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Get 15% off band shirts, hoodies and more – including Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Metallica
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Bob Seger announces rescheduled tour dates
Veteran rocker Bob Seger will return to the road after recovering from a back injury
Billy Corgan: Metal doesn’t get the respect it deserves
Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan tells Metallica’s Lars Ulrich that metal has always been looked down upon by certain sections of society
Pearl Jam “exploring” ideas for new studio album
Bassist Jeff Ament says work on the follow-up to 2013’s Lightning Bolt is in its very early stages
Roger Daltrey: Sexual harassment doesn’t happen in the music industry
The Who frontman says the sexual harassment of women doesn’t happen in the music world and calls claims made after Weinstein allegations “salacious crap”
Watch Metallica fans get a tour of band’s inner sanctum
Hetfield & Hammett Experience contest winners explore Metallica’s HQ - watch them get a guided tour
Ghost share star-studded video for new single Dance Macabre
Video shows artists including Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Anthrax’s Charlie Benante and Phil Anselmo rocking out to new track Dance Macabre
Rolling Stones tour & tickets: where to buy tickets for the No Filter tour 2018
Updated The Rolling Stones play six UK dates on their No Filter tour, with shows in Europe to follow
Mastodon’s Brann Dailor celebrates DC Comics’ Dark Days: The Road To Metal
Mastodon’s Brann Dailor releases his first-ever solo track Red Death which is inspired by DC Comics’ new graphic novel Dark Days: The Road To Metal
Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson share a laugh as they introduce summer tour
Watch as Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson struggle to introduce their upcoming Twins Of Evil: The Second Coming Tour
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10 Things we learned at the Britrock Must Be Destroyed gig in Glasgow
The Wildhearts, Reef, Terrorvision and Dodgy came to town. Cue weird nostalgia, hot weather and snogging…
The music press killed Jesus Jones. But did the band have the last laugh?
Jesus Jones were built up by the music press – and knocked right back down again when fashions changed. Frontman Mike Edwards on chart success, depression and the rise and demise of that most despised of all music genres: ‘indie dance’.
Tracks Of The Week: new music and videos from Clutch, Ghost and more
Time for Classic Rock's weekly fix of the best new tunes. Listen in, then vote for your favourite at the foot of this page...
Punk, Reagan and Dave Grohl: The Story Behind Scream's No More Censorship
Thirty years since its release, guitarist Franz Stahl talks us through how DC punk legends Scream made their tricky fourth album
The Who’s Live At Leeds – the story behind the ‘definitive hard-rock holocaust’
By the beginning of 1970, The Who were road-hardened and sick of playing 'Tommy'. So they took it back to basics with an album that set the bar for live albums in the 70s
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds album review
Brian Wilson set out to create “the greatest rock album ever made” – the result was a gorgeous avant garde pop album that paved the way for progressive rock…
Ronnie James Dio: My Life Story
Back in 2008, we were lucky enough to talk to the mighty Ronnie James Dio about life, his stage name and playing the trumpet
The Stooges' James Williamson returns, and fire still burns in his fingertips
Premiere James Williamson & The Pink Hearts have released a video for Riot On The Strip, the incendiary first track from upcoming album Behind the Shade
Extreme: The Rollercoaster Story Of Hair Metal’s Funk Brothers
At the start of the 90s, Extreme were the runts of the hard rock pack – until they turned up the bass and got the funk out. This is the story of the band who brought funk rock to the charts
The 10 best and worst Bad News songs
Bad News: the band who'd be as rich as the Stones if only they'd sold as many records as them
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
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Guns N’ Roses – Appetite For Destruction review
It was the album that kick-started the story of Guns N’ Roses – and introduced the world to a guitarist named Slash.
Shinedown - Attention Attention album review
Shinedown's sixth album Attention Attention charts their journey to the bottom and back
Reef - Revelation album review
After the blink of an eye that lasted 18 years, Reef are back with their fifth album
Wishbone Ash - The Vintage Years 1970 - 1991 box set review
Wishbone Ash blaze, crash-dive and become yacht-rock captains on this monolithic, 30-CD box set
Album Of The Week Club Review: Mott The Hoople - The Hoople
Mott The Hoople's final album comes under the Album Of The Week microscope
Chris Squire - Fish Out Of Water box set review
A bells-and-whistles box set of late Yes bassist’s solo album
Godsmack - When Legends Rise album review
On album number seven Godsmack bring a welcome maturity to the fore
