Latest Classic Rock News
Ozzy Osbourne is doing retirement the right way – by painting abstract art with champanzees
Pieces co-painted by The Prince Of Darkness and his primate pals are now up for auction
Jeff Lynne's ELO forced to cancel second-to-last concert ever, minutes before showtime
The Electric Light Orchestra's 55-year career is scheduled to come to a halt this weekend in London
Tom Morello releases powerful new single in support of immigrant rights across America
Pretend to Remember Me arrives a week after Rage Against The Machine man Morello directed Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning celebration
Paul McCartney is bringing his Got Back tour back to North America
Beatles legend Paul McCartney will play 19 shows across the US and Canada later this year
Deftones announce new album Private Music: Listen to the new single My Mind Is A Mountain now
New Deftones album private music finds the band working with an old friend once again
The man who almost sang for Metallica has no regrets: “I could have ruined metal”
Armored Saint vocalist John Bush says it wasn’t his “destiny” to front the biggest metal band of all time
Ozzy Osbourne to release new memoir Last Rites, centred around his recent health struggles
The Prince Of Darkness’ second and final memoir will come out in October
Latest Classic Rock Features
Why Izzy Stradlin was the rock'n'roll heart of Guns N' Roses
Classic Rock presents the third in an exclusive series of excerpts from former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury
The story of The Doors’ Waiting For The Sun, the album that set Jim Morrison on the path to destruction
Three albums in and Jim Morrison was heading down a dark path
The Uriah Heep albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
Five decades of rockin': a handy guide to the best albums in the world of the legendary Uriah Heep
PFM on brushes with royalty, spaghetti with Aerosmith, and how to annoy America
Premiata Forneria Marconi, aka PFM, remain one of the great trailblazers of European prog rock
“Robert Fripp said he wanted to revolutionise rock’n’roll with us. I wasn’t sure, given what I’d just heard. But they were about to throw us out the squat”: The League Of Gentlemen led to Beat-era King Crimson
The band lasted only seven months, and felt like a bad movie for some of those involved – but the musical experiment inspired Fripp to reform King Crimson for their 80s brilliance
30 rock and metal songs that defined the 1980s
From AC/DC and Iron Maiden to Guns N’ Roses and Faith No More, this is the soundtrack to a decade
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Jethro Tull's expanded Still Living In The Past fails to produce much magic from the vaults
Daze of future past
King Diamond brings horror, heavy metal and a touch of welcome silliness to Rock Imperium Festival
King Diamond rolls back the years with a bombastic, theatrical showing in Murcia
Garbage's classic electro-grunge-pop debut, revisited
Combining Massive Attack with Nine Inch Nails and the Smashing Pumpkins was always a great elevator pitch
Black Sabbath's Back To The Beginning: our ultimate review of their triumphant final show
Our blow-by-blow review of the biggest heavy metal show ever as Black Sabbath triumphantly bow out
Oasis smash Cardiff with an all-killer, no-filler reunion set - but what a disappointing crowd
Oasis delivered a near-flawless comeback show... but where were all the vibes?
Slayer's return to the UK was chaotic but ultimately triumphant
Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon and Hatebreed supported Slayer for their spectacular UK comeback
