Latest Classic Rock News
William Shatner announces that Rob Halford will guest on his eagerly-awaited all-star heavy metal album
Captain Kirk and the Metal God are working on a cover of Judas Priest's classic You've Got Another Thing Comin'
The Beach Boys replace Bruce Johnston with singer found on social media
Three years ago Chris Cron made a video entitled How To Sound Like The Beach Boys and uploaded it to Instagram: Now he's in the band
Watch guitarist turn hits by Blink-182, Creed and Chris Stapleton into black metal riffs
Imperial Triumphant’s Zachary Ezrin is giving a wide array of hit songs an icy makeover
Sepultura founders Max and Iggor Cavalera declined invitation to perform at band’s final show, claims guitarist
Even though Kisser spoke with ex-drummer Iggor over the phone, an onstage reunion doesn’t seem to be on the cards
Why Avenged Sevenfold “fell in love” with Metallica’s ever-controversial St Anger
They’re not quite there with Lulu, though
Pentangle drummer Terry Cox, who also played on David Bowie's Space Oddity, has died, aged 89
Drummer Terry Cox was part of the classic Pentangle line-up alongside Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson
The day Anthony Kiedis was fired from Red Hot Chili Peppers
How detox helped save Anthony Kiedis' soul, and possibly his life
Latest Classic Rock Features
The story of Blackfoot, the southern rock legends who took ten years to become an overnight success
A tale of terrifying underachievement
Remembering Ozzy Osbourne's bizarre '90s collaboration with Miss Piggy
Never heard Ozzy and Miss Piggy's take on Born To Be Wild? Lucky you
Melissa Auf der Maur on the '90s, love, loss, and her brilliant memoir Even The Good Girls Will Cry
"There was a lot of pain from all the death and drugs and corporate destruction"
The miraculous rise of Porcupine Tree, the modern prog superstars who started out as a joke
An archive interview with the band whose modern take on progressive rock brought the genre out of the past and gave it a future
Nine albums by The Mission to listen and one to ignore
Goth’s bleak misanthropy was upcycled and infused with hippiefied glam by The Mission, who celebrate their 40th this year
How Sylvester Stallone turned Survivor from no-hopers to heavyweight champions of AOR
The story behind the biggest song of 1982
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Melissa Auf der Maur's 90s rock memoir Even the Good Girls Will Cry is a frank, fearless and fabulously revelatory read
You won't read a better '90s music biography than former Hole / Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur's new memoir
Linda Ronstadt gently explores an eclectic selection of songs on Heart Like A Wheel
Heart Like A Wheel was a key step in Ronstadt's mid-70s rise, thanks to an astute choice of songs, smart production and *that* voice
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and The Mothers' Bongo Fury, revisited and expanded
A six-disc, 57-track edition of the legendary 1975 collaboration, featuring live recordings and outtakes
The Legendary Edition of Aerosmith's debut album expands the original with live and session tracks
American rock giants’ debut album, with added Harmonica Jam Bass Jelly
Tedeschi Trucks Band continue the search for transcendence on the sublime Future Soul
The best album yet from peak Derek and ‘punk’ Susan
David Bowie successfully charts a path into his later years with the help of a returning friend
David Bowie transforms once again, this time into himself
