Latest articles by Tom Poak
Test your rock knowledge with this week's Classic Rock Quiz
20 questions to test your rock knowledge
Test your rock knowledge with this week's Classic Rock Quiz
20 questions to test your rock knowledge
Wanna get your kids off their phones? Buy them a decent set of headphones
I thought my kids would be a little army of music nerds but social media and video games had other plans for them. And then I got them a serious pair of headphones…
Win a PRS Guitar signed by Creed!
Win a Tremonti PRS Guitar signed by all members of Creed, plus a vinyl copy of Human Clay, a subscription to Guitar World and a Classic Rock Collector's Edition with signed setlist!
Nancy Wilson, Lita Ford, Nita Strauss and more to head up women-only Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp
Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp announce their third annual female-only camp
“Led Zeppelin’s fee went from £500 to £20,000 in a year!” Collapsing stages and no toilets: The 1969 Bath Blues Festival that inspired Glastonbury
They sold 7000 tickets – and 30,000 people turned up. How The Bath Blues Festivals became the inspiration to a young Michael Eavis and Glastonbury.
“When they make documentaries about the 70s, they talk about glam and prog rock. 10cc weren't either so we don’t get a mention..." The rise and fall of 10cc's original line-up
Four great musicians and songwriters, known for their pioneering studio techniques, 10cc ruled the charts and straddled a line between prog and pop. But was their genre-defying talent their undoing?
“We realised during lockdown that classic rock changes people's lives…” Toyah and Robert Fripp on why they do what they do
Toyah and Robert Fripp on the healing powers of music: “We should live every year of our lives as if it's the best year of our lives”
“David was furious: 'I won’t have that kind of disloyalty!’" The real reason David Bowie ended Ziggy Stardust and sacked the Spiders From Mars
50 years ago, David Bowie announced that he was playing his last ever show. It marked a split from the men who had revitalised his career – and it was all over money…
Cormac McCarthy was the author of heavy books. In turn, those books inspired some very heavy music
Cormac McCarthy has died aged 89. The author of No Country For Old Men, The Road, Blood Meridian, his books struck a chord with Nick Cave, Clutch, Earth, Watain and more – why?
"I am the Eggman!" Eric Burdon was the character referred to in The Beatles classic I Am The Walrus – and the story behind it is kinda filthy
How John Lennon took an amazing x-rated story – told to him at an orgy – and turned it into part of a psychedelic masterpiece
The 1973 Paul McCartney TV Special might be the exact moment people started rolling their eyes at Paul McCartney
Screened 50 years ago, the James Paul McCartney TV special offers a bizarre window into Macca's mindset post-Beatles
10 of the weirdest gigs ever
From Metallica on ice to Brian May on a royal roof, these are 10 of the strangest gigs in rock history
Watch as Grammy-winning guitarist Kingfish plays Hendrix so well he would've blown the roof off the Hard Rock Hotel if he wasn't already on it
JIMI AT 80 Christone "Kingfish" Ingram plays Jimi's Red House – on the roof of Hendrix's last-known house
Watch: The Story of Ozzy Osbourne's Diary Of A Madman
Let the madness begin. 40 years after its release, Diary Of A Madman deserves to be remembered as more than the album that kicked off Ozzy's crazy years...
Behold! The greatest heavy metal documentary of all time!
WATCH Looking for something to watch? This classic 1989 BBC Arena documentary starring Motorhead, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Metallica and more has it all
Kurt Cobain asked Dinosaur Jr’s J. Mascis to join Nirvana – twice!
New Dinosaur Jr documentary tells the story of one of alt.rock’s most influential bands, from punch-ups to professional mishaps
"I was out of my gourd": David Bowie duetting (and flirting) with Cher might be the most 70s thing you'll ever see
In 1975, Bowie joined Cher on her new TV show. The result was a flirty, coke-fuelled cheesefest that would end most careers
Watch David Bowie react as his 1970 Space Oddity award performance is sabotaged by an orchestra
It's the 10th May, 1970, and David Bowie's moment of triumph is about to go wrong...
The Beatles Get Back documentary: How to watch it and what people are saying about it
How to see and why to watch the most talked about music doc of the year: Peter Jackson's Beatles opus, Get Back
It was the 7th best track of 1992: so why haven’t you heard it?
How The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy’s Television brought beats to a rock audience
Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse bring Good times, End Times to the UK this week
Go see Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse, have a nice cold pint and wait for all of this to blow over. How's that for a slice of fried gold?
