Latest Classic Rock News
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea announces first North American, UK and European solo shows
Listen to Traffic Lights, Flea's new solo single, featuring Radiohead's Thom Yorke
Sonic Youth legend Kim Gordon announces new album Play Me, shares new single Not Today
Kim Gordon's follow-up to 2024's The Collective is incoming
Peter Gabriel announces physical release of live albums In The Big Room and Live At WOMAD 82
Peter Gabriel will release live albums In The Big Room in March and Live At WOMAD 82 in May
Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive Megadeth cover and a copy of the band’s self-titled final album
Megadeth’s self-titled swansong drops on January 23, and you can get it on vinyl in a bundle with the latest issue of Metal Hammer
The man who became Boston's singer but wasn't allowed to tell anyone has finally broken his silence
With singer Brad Delp's future in Boston uncertain, Tom Scholz hired a secret replacement. Four decades on, he's finally telling his story
Sammy Hagar promises "deep dive into the Van Halen years" on tour dates with Rick Springfield
Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani and Kenny Aronoff will bring the party to seven cities that aren't Las Vegas this summer
AC/DC threw Taylor Momsen a bat-themed birthday party, after she got bit halfway through a show
“When AC/DC give you a nickname, you stick with that!”
Latest Classic Rock Features
“I said, ‘Listen, I don't think you should die!’” How Dave Grohl realised that the end was near for Kurt Cobain and Nirvana
“Five minutes later the phone rings, and someone goes, ‘Dude, turn on CNN’”
This is what happened when Metallica's Lars Ulrich interviewed one of his heroes, Iron Maiden's Steve Harris
In 1996, the leaders of two of the biggest metal bands on the planet sat down to discuss their respective journeys in music
“I have to fit a guitar part over this?” How Rush made Grammy-nominated instrumental YYZ
When Alex Lifeson got back from a journey his bandmates presented him with a jam piece that finally gelled when they added Morse code to the intro
Influenced by Aleister Crowley, Eddie and the Hot Rods wrote the song that introduced new wave
The Sex Pistols weren't the only authority-baiting band to storm the charts in 1977
A brief history of Cardiacs, the UK's most adored detested band
Cardiacs defied classification for decades, but new album LSD – finished five years after the death of creative lynchpin Tim Smith – was widely hailed as one of the best albums of 2025
“His son said it made it easier for him to let go”: The last message of a prog giant who saw his band outlive him
The Canterbury scene veteran had known the end was near, and set about ensuring his vision would continue in his absence – which it has, despite initial reluctance
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Chris Rea finds friends among fans of Mark Knopfler, J.J. Cale and Robbie Robertson on The Road To Hell
The Road To Hell fuses Chris Rea's weather-beaten blues instincts with serious songwriting smarts and a sharp-eyed sense of social unease
This is the end, but Megadeth are leaving us with an absolute killer of a final album
Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with
Alter Bridge are at their most Alter Bridge on the unwaveringly confident Alter Bridge
It's more of the same on Alter Bridge's self-titled seventh album, but who’s complaining when their same is this good?
Steven Wilson seeks the sweet spot between pop and progression on Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Inspired by a tragic modern story, Steven Wilson's Hand. Cannot. Erase. is often hailed as his masterpiece. But is it?
Judas Priest revive themselves on Painkiller before Rob Halford's decade-long hiatus
Judas Priest follow up the lukewarm Turbo and the tepid Ram It Down with the red-hot Painkiller
Prince aims for superstardom and succeeds with Purple Rain - just steer clear of the movie
The Purple Rain movie may have been a polished turd of soapy melodrama, but it – and the brilliant soundtrack – transformed Prince into a towering icon of the video age
