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AC/DC bring earthquake-level noise to first Australian show in 10 years
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Watch unmasked Kiss pay emotional tribute to late Ace Frehley at Las Vegas show
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Marillion's Steve Hogarth shares cover of Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat as he announces new live album
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"Lemmy goes and sees his doctor, and the doctor is like, ‘Holy ****! If you’d waited another week, you’d have died!'" How Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister shrugged off his health issues for years
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Latest Classic Rock News

AC/DC bring earthquake-level noise to first Australian show in 10 years
By Stef Lach published
Residents of Melbourne who live miles away from venue were shook all night long by AC/DC's seismic return

Watch unmasked Kiss pay emotional tribute to late Ace Frehley at Las Vegas show
By Stef Lach published
Kiss Kruise: Land-locked in Vegas launches with heartfelt tribute to guitarist Ace Frehley who died last month

Marillion's Steve Hogarth shares cover of Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat as he announces new live album
By Jerry Ewing published
Steve Hogarth will release live album SPQR, with Italian prog rockers RanestRane, on CD, Blu-ray and vinyl, in January

"Lemmy goes and sees his doctor, and the doctor is like, ‘Holy ****! If you’d waited another week, you’d have died!'" How Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister shrugged off his health issues for years
By Merlin Alderslade published
Some of Lemmy's closest allies share warm stories of the typically bullish way Lemmy would deal with any health problems

Hear John Petrucci add lightning to new Steve Morse Band song Triangulation
By Martin Kielty published
Dream Theater guitarist guests on instrumental title track to the Flying Colors and Kansas counterpart’s latest record, which also features Eric Johnson and Kevin Morse

The Osbournes speak out against liars, grifters and "nutters" taking advantage of Ozzy's death
By Merlin Alderslade published
Unsurprisingly, some people have used the death of Ozzy to spread nonsense - and toenails, apparently

Choir marks 10th anniversary of Paris terrorist attacks with poignant version of Rival Sons song
By Fraser Lewry published
France remembers the 130 victims of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris
Latest Classic Rock Features

Clutch's Neil Fallon: 10 songs that changed my life
By Rich Hobson published
Clutch's firebrand preacher explains how blues, funk and hip hop all set him on the path to music

Why Stevie Nicks turned down Prince's biggest song and spent the night at his purple palace
By James McNair published
Stevie Nicks reveals how she and Prince became flirty friends and collaborators...

A prog poet formed a group of A-list colleagues and went on a trip into the unknown. They got lost - or so it seemed
By Derek Oliver published
His only solo release merged Genesis, Greenslade and Soft Machine vibes with an additional experimental edge. But the real beauty is that it couldn’t have been made any other time than the early 70s

Every David Coverdale and Whitesnake album, ranked from worst to best
By Neil Jeffries published
David Coverdale has been there, done that, and sung a song of sweet love while doing it

Devon Allman picks the soundtrack of his life
By Rob Hughes published
Singer/songwriter/guitarist Devon Allman picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance

How Public Enemy and Anthrax united to create a whole new genre
By Henry Yates published
How thrash kingpins Anthrax and hip hop titans Public Enemy created the greatest rap-metal song of all

Hair, sweat, blood and white denim that hadn't been washed in weeks. The 00s' first rock classic
By Sleazegrinder published
The Twin Towers fell, and then came a song that made us remember life wasn't all doom and gloom

“A big chapter was coming to an end. I couldn’t tell anyone”: Genesis and The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour
By Daryl Easlea published
The final road trip with Peter Gabriel featured an over-ambitious stage set, performing a double-album no one had yet heard, and dealing with dangerous and deadly mishaps – all while suspecting their singer was going to quit and the band might end
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Review: Greta Van Fleet guitarist Jake Kiszka’s new band Mirador play London for the first time
By Polly Glass published
What happened when Jake Kiszka and Chris Turpin’s maverick blues project Mirador played London on their first UK tour

Blackberry Smoke overcook the recipe on Rattle, Ramble & Roll - The Best Of Volume One
By Dave Everley published
Southern rock flagbearers Blackberry Smoke serve up an overstuffed career-spanning compilation

Cheap Trick's electricity is evergreen on All Washed Up
By Chris Roberts published
Illinois past masters Cheap Trick relight the flame on swaggering 21st album All Washed Up

Four decades down the line, Fastway's debut album falls short of classic status
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Combining Eddie Clark’s in-your-face guitar, Dave King’s high-register vocals and Jerry Shirley’s gut-rumbling drumming, Fastway peaked early

Paul McCartney & Wings crush the myth that Macca's seventies were mid
By Chris Roberts published
Curated by Paul McCartney, this Wings best-of charts the story of a band on its way to becoming one of the biggest-selling acts of all time

Jimi Hendrix's giant-steps second album Axis: Bold As Love, now upgraded
By Kris Needs published
The deluxe edition reissue of Axis: Bold As Love includes 40 bonus outtakes, alternative versions, TV and radio appearances




