
Kirk Hammett and Phil Collen for Classic Rock Roll Of Honour
Voting opens as guitar heroes Kirk Hammett and Phil Collen confirmed as latest stars to appear at Classic Rock awards show in Japan
Voting opens as guitar heroes Kirk Hammett and Phil Collen confirmed as latest stars to appear at Classic Rock awards show in Japan
Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water voted Greatest Guitar Riff Ever in World Guitar Day 2017 poll
Grammy 2018 nominations are announced – with Chris Cornell, Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Metallica, Roger Waters, Avenged Sevenfold and more leading rock charge
Weather experts at the Met Office report 40.6mm of rainfall over the three-day Donington event
Government publishes report into secondary ticket market – but doesn't recommend any changes to current legislation
TeamRock's roundup of all the news snippets from the world of rock and metal today – featuring Motley Crue, Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth, Gojira and AC/DC
Albums by Queen, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Meat Loaf and Phil Collins revealed as the biggest selling of all time in the UK
The Rolling Stones are collectively the richest band in Britain, according to The Sunday Times annual list
As the UK prepares to celebrate National Album Day on Saturday - a new survey has revealed our favourite albums to play while we’re driving
Bid on Iron Maiden, Bullet For My Valentine, Alice Cooper, Phil Collins items and more as Heavy Metal Truants aim to increase £230k charity total
TeamRock's roundup of all the news snippets from the world of rock and metal today, July 14, 2016 – featuring David Bowie, Mastodon, Megadeth, Coheed & Cambria, Crown The Empire and more
The very best Rolling Stones tracks, as chosen by those best qualified to judge: their fellow musicians
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil reflects on Freddie Mercury & Co, from the new book Long Live Queen
Ever wonder what classic World Cup moments would look like on cup-winning album sleeves? Wonder no more…
The Editors of Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, and Prog choose the stories they're most proud of publishing this year.
For World Guitar Day 2017, we asked you to vote for the greatest ever guitar riffs. Here then, are the 20 greatest riffs of all time: the stories behind them and how to play them…
Between 1971 and 1974, Rory Gallagher made six incendiary albums that sealed his reputation as the People’s guitar hero. This is the story
How Jimi Hendrix's second psychedelic masterpiece Axis: Bold As Love proved it wasn't just America’s west coast musicians who were inspired by acid
Just as everything seemed to be going right for The Allman Brothers, drugs, deaths and disintegration shot their dream into oblivion
A slew of acclaimed albums and hit singles, non-stop tours, a ruinous record deal and a singer who couldn't let go. What the hell happened to Creedence Clearwater Revival?
We investigate the career highlights of Jaco Pastorius, bass player extraordinaire
Just months before he died, blues icon Johnny Winter and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry met for the first time to talk hell-raising, music-making and the price of fame.
Four Cream concerts brought back to life, warts ‘n’ all, from 1968's Goodbye Tour
A battered Strat. A check shirt. Rory Gallagher wore them both well, as a new live album recorded in 1977 shows
Collector-friendly seven-inch single box set from reluctant rock god Robert Plant
Multi-disc career overview from great American noodlers The Allman Brothers Band
Recorded at London's Islington Academy in 2009, Gary Moore: Live from London finds the guitarist back in blue and at his peak
Side one is an acknowledged prog masterpiece... but how much does side two drag the overall score down?
Texas Flood was the debut album from Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Texas cat with the hat and the Strat who hot-wired the 80s blues revival
The return of Rich Robinson’s high flying birds The Magpie Salute, with second album High Water II
After half a century on the cutting room floor, Creedence Clearwater Revival's Woodstock set is officially out at last
Three-CD set combines post-’71 studio cuts, live recordings and recent tour guest slots from The Rolling Stones