Latest articles by Scott Rowley
For David Bowie in 1983, art-rock and clown suits were in the past. He wanted to become a bona fide superstar. So he recruited the man nicknamed The Hitmaker
In 1977, Metro’s Criminal World was considered “too gay” for the BBC. By 1983, it was too suggestive for David Bowie too
The mindboggling tale of Buckethead, his beloved wolf poo and the pornographic chicken shack
The frontman for the Two-Tone legends The Specials – as well as Fun Boy Three and The Colourfield – has died
Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood and Thunder's Luke Morley pay tribute to Daryl Clark, founder of ChildLine Rocks and the Sons Of Royalty Charity bike ride
The Gun Club, Cramps and Bad Seeds guitarist looks back over a life in three of the most exciting bands of the 80s
The Cramps' Goo Goo Muck has gone viral thanks to Netflix's Wednesday show - but the song's history is as murky as the music itself
Blood, guts and heartache as Timothée Chalamet noms on human flesh in, like, a sensitive way
Save £100s on guitars from Fender, Gibson, Squier, PRS, Schecter, Kramer and many more
The former Dr. Feelgood guitarist's death was confirmed via his family this morning
Buying guide Updated weekly: an ongoing league table of all the albums reviewed by Classic Rock's Album Of The Week Club so far
Ed Mitchell, writer for Classic Rock, Total Guitar, Guitarist and more has died aged 52
A tribute to a drummer gone too soon. A stage full of people with their own tragedies. So why was the Taylor Hawkins Tribute so uplifting?
The story behind Foo Fighters' 1997 classic single
Dave Grohl is way ahead of you, that’s why.
A tribute to Storm Thorgerson, the man who reshaped the world of album art
Two of the lost bands of the alternative 80s, the Batfish Boys were born out of the March Violets - and the man behind them can't even remember making their debut album...
The surviving members of Big Country on their rise, fall, and subsequent rise – and the suicide of Stuart Adamson
They had top 20 hits, a gifted guitar hero and were an influence on U2 and the Manics. So why are the Skids largely forgotten?
Singer, guitarist, Twitch-streamer, brand ambassador: Trivium's Matt Heafy on his new Epiphone guitars and the things that power his insanely productive life
“I like getting up people's noses…” Singer, songwriter and catsuit wearer Justin Hawkins of The Darkness on his love of posh clothes, creepy books and "fizzy fish & chips"
From jangly indie to dark, sexy alt-rock, the 80s was the decade when there really was an alternative to the mainstream
Thought Elvis was a bloated old hack in a rhinestone-studded jumpsuit? Witness Elvis 2.0: the barrier-smashing revolutionary they tried to cancel…
