Latest Classic Rock News
Gene Simmons says sorry for controversial comments about the late Ace Frehley
Gene Simmons' apology came shortly after a Senate hearing in which he claimed successful musicians were treated "worse than slaves"
Big Big Train announce new Woodcut – The Making And The Meaning book
Prog rock septet Big Big Train will release their new album, the conceptual Woodcut, in February
Country music superstar horrifies shocked fans with "demon ritual" at Las Vegas show
"Looks like y'all sold your souls"
"He knew. He was ready" Sharon Osbourne has revealed the final words that her husband Ozzy said to her before he passed away
Sharon has been speaking about the final moments that she had with Ozzy, and what he said to her the morning of July 22
"We didn’t have an idea between us." Pink Floyd's Nick Mason on the making of Wish You Were Here
"We weren’t four lovable mop tops anymore"
Robert Plant announces US tour with Saving Grace
Robert Plant and Suzi Dian's Roar in the Fall tour finished a US run last month - but they'll be back next year
"We knew there was still a chapter left to write": Triumph announce first tour in more than three decades
The Canadian legends will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a run of shows in the US and Canada
Latest Classic Rock Features
"His performance was so far out of time, out of tune": The shambolic story of The Rolling Stones' star-studded Rock And Roll Circus
With Brian Jones falling apart on set, the Rock And Roll Circus went so badly that the planned film wasn’t released until 28 years later
The Dutch quartet inspired by just five minutes of Soft Machine music to make an iconic debut album
Their 1970 debut album, deliberately featuring no guitars at all, was inspired by the Canterbury band’s approach and Frank Zappa’s public persona – and it attained iconic status
“It was my first studio job. I wiped a Robert Fripp guitar section”: World-class producer’s shaky start
After the baptism of fire that was King Crimson’s Lizard, he worked on Tangerine Dream’s Rubycon, Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage and dozens of Van Morrison records
"These guys are simply timeless:" Triumph's Rik Emmett picks five essential guitar albums
Canadian guitar legend and founding member of Triumph Rik Emmett picks five guitar classics that inspired his own path
The story of the Ronnie James Dio classic assembled from other bands' spare parts
Rainbow In The Dark a highlight of Holy Diver, an album Ronnie James Dio said was “one of the proudest things I’ve ever done”
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram may channel the ghosts of the past, but he's striving for something new
Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram grew up with the blues, but on fourth album Hard Road he's branching out
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Sabaton's Legendary tour lives up to its name: Review
Thanks, but no tanks: history-loving Swedes Sabaton reinvent their stage show for the Legendary tour
Jimmy Barnes strives for solo success on second album For The Working Class Man
Freed from Cold Chisel, Australian national treasure Jimmy Barnes called in the big guns for his attempted US breakthrough
Freddie Mercury's Mr Bad Guy at 40: Still the great album that might have been
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.
Dave Mustaine reaches thrash metal nirvana on Megadeth's Rust In Peace
No filler or flab on one of the most obscenely thrilling moments in all of recorded metal history
Foreigner arrive fully-formed and formidable on debut album
While punk rock was big news in 1977, the radio-friendly rock of Foreigner was still perfectly timed
Aerosmith and Yungblud's One More Time EP is a surprising but welcome triumph
Rock's past and present meet in the middle and make a certain kind of magic in hopes of securing its future
