The 30 best British Blues Rock albums ever By Sian Llewellyn, Scott Rowley, Geoff Barton, Hugh Fielder, Paul Henderson Direct from the Delta to Dartford and beyond, the Blues turned British rock on its head
Billy Gibbons’ Night of Guitars: inside Gibson’s all-star comeback gig By Scott Rowley Billy Gibbons, Peter Frampton and Nancy Wilson head-up a generation spanning gig that shows that rock music is in good health too
Gerry Rafferty: The Man Who Hated the Music Business By Scott Rowley Gerry Rafferty’s former manager Jon Brewer recalls what it was like managing the Baker Street star in the wheeling-dealing 70s – the age of chart-fixing, payola and big money.
The Life and Hard Times of Big Country and Stuart Adamson By Scott Rowley We talk to the surviving members of Big Country about their rise, fall, and subsequent rise — and the suicide of Stuart Adamson
Anti-music and pro fun: Pete Shelley, the punk who changed the music business By Scott Rowley How the Buzzcocks invented independent records and challenged ideas of what it meant to be a male rock star
Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley has died, aged 63 By Scott Rowley Updated Breaking news: punk singer-songwriter Pete Shelley, dies aged 63
The 7" singles that defined the 1980s By Scott Rowley, Sian Llewellyn Celebrating the diminutive wax platters that defined the sound of the 1980s
Has rock music run out of ideas? By Scott Rowley Rock music isn't dead, it's just going round in circles and eating its own tail.
Why is anyone even talking about Greta Van Fleet when we still have The Darkness? By Scott Rowley The Darkness came to Glasgow to help launch Marshall’s new beers and reminded us of where the bar is actually set…
Britpop: A guide to the best albums By Scott Rowley Ding-ding! Take your corners for the battle of the 90s: loud-mouthed Mancunian louts vs mockney softies
Slash interview: rejoining Guns N’ Roses; Lemmy’s last days and the #MeToo minefield By Scott Rowley Exclusive: Classic Rock talks to Slash about getting the band back together, getting older, and getting on with Axl
The Clash Albums Ranked From Worst To Best – The Ultimate Guide By Scott Rowley Want to know the best albums by The Clash? And the worst? Here is the ultimate guide…
The Classic Rock Album Of The Week Club By Scott Rowley An on-going league table of albums reviewed by Classic Rock's Album Of The Week Club so far...
Alternative 80s: A guide to the best albums By Scott Rowley From jangly indie to dark, sexy alt-rock, the 80s was the decade when there really was an alternative to the mainstream
New wave: A guide to the best albums By Scott Rowley After punk came a new wave of bands determined to do things differently, and often sounding very unalike. We round up 10 of the best new wave and post punk albums ever made
This song from Norway's Orions Belte that's kinda-sorta-not-really about boxer Joe Frazier is actually one of the best new blues tracks of the week... By Scott Rowley Honest. And it has a trippy video too.
Bullets, bikers & burnout: Jimi Hendrix's last gig By Scott Rowley Eyewitness accounts and unseen pictures of Jimi Hendrix's last gig – a festival marred by appalling weather, machine-gun fire and marauding Hell's Angels…
Inside Pearl Jam's astonishing end-of-tour blow out By Sian Llewellyn, Scott Rowley, Fraser Lewry We went to see Pearl Jam play the O2. We got the Trump balloon, a set that smashed the curfew, and a whole load of hysteria
Exclusive: The Andy Fraser Interview By Scott Rowley Andy Fraser talks candidly about his upbringing, the decline of Paul Kossoff, his relationship with Paul Rodgers and more...
Why it’s literally, yes, literally impossible to criticise the Foo Fighters… By Scott Rowley Dave Grohl is way ahead of you, that’s why.
Joe Bonamassa: a life in bulletpoints By Scott Rowley Joe Bonamassa was discovered as a kid, mentored by the greats – and screwed by the music biz. Then he got his revenge…
Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana dies, aged 87 By Scott Rowley Tributes paid as Elvis Presley's first regular drummer, Dominic Joseph Fontana, passes away in his sleep.
Fleetwood Mac guitarist Danny Kirwan dies, aged 68 By Scott Rowley Mick Fleetwood pays tribute to guitarist who "was a huge force in our early years".
What people don't tell you about the Rolling Stones on their No Filter tour By Scott Rowley Includes: stuff about their hair, Mick's terrible between-song banter, what #MeToo means to them and more…
The music press killed Jesus Jones. But did the band have the last laugh? By Scott Rowley Jesus Jones were built up by the music press – and knocked right back down again when fashions changed. Frontman Mike Edwards on chart success, depression and the rise and demise of that most despised of all music genres: ‘indie dance’.
