Latest Classic Rock News

Rare footage of Led Zeppelin on tour in 1972 has surfaced online
By Fraser Lewry published
The newsreel footage was filmed by Dutch music show Popzien in 1972

Faith No More's Roddy Bottum on hair metal
By Stef Lach published
Queer icon Roddy Bottom of Faith No More recalls the "ugly" side of hair metal

3 Doors Down frontman Brad Arnold dead at 47
By Stef Lach published
Tributes pour in for 3 Doors Down singer who helped "redefine mainstream rock music"

Neil Young cancels upcoming European tour, saying "This is not the time"
By Fraser Lewry published
Neil Young was scheduled to begin a run of European shows in June - including six UK dates

Steven Wilson announces new live album Impossible Tightrope and launches hi-res audiophile resource
By Fraser Lewry published
Headphone Dust will host high-resolution, 5.1, and Atmos/spatial audio editions of Wilson's work

Everything you need to know if you fancy joining Skid Row
By Paul Brannigan published
Skid Row's announce world-wide search for new vocalist

Ghost’s Tobias Forge says it was a relief when he lost his anonymity: “I can’t eclipse what Ghost is. I’m not interesting enough.”
By Matt Mills published
Forge was revealed to be the man behind the band when he was sued by four former members in 2017
Latest Classic Rock Features

The overlooked blues-boogie icon who hung out with Bonnie Raitt, played with the Stones and Dylan and appeared at Live Aid
By Nick Hasted published
George Thorogood is still bad to the bone after all these years

Steve Vai gave Devin Townsend his big break in the early 1990s. Decades later they got back together
By Tom O' Boyle published
Metal Hammer brought the guitar master and his former apprentice back together in 2018

“I didn’t realise just how prog Genesis were”: When Rivers Meet’s Aaron Bond came late to the prog party
By Julian Marszalek published
Blues guitarist discusses his passion for Phil Collins and co’s latterday work

How Ringo Starr, Isaac Asimov and the Devil inspired one of rock’s greatest ever drum solos
By Geoff Barton published
The sci-fi inspired Deep Purple song that became the benchmark for rock drum solos

Jordan Rudess would have been a classical pianist if he hadn’t discovered this prog icon
By Grant Moon published
Dream Theater genius’ musical world includes Steven Wilson, Van der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, Leprous, Rick Rubin and Neil Young

The southern rock legend who quit Lynyrd Skynyrd before they became famous and then rejoined 25 years later
By Paul Rees published
Rickey Medlocke has been involved in not one but two iconic Southern Rock bands
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Jay Buchanan is captivating and contrary on Weapons Of Beauty
By Philip Wilding published
Rival Sons singer Jay Buchanan’s solo album is full of heart, blues and soul

The Alan Parsons Project's Eye In The Sky sounds like punk and new wave pop rock never happened
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Alan Parsons' most commercially successful album bore fruit with the sports anthem Sirius and the hits Eye In The Sky and Old And Wise

Francis Rossi doesn't quite return to the pile-driving sound of Status Quo on The Accidental
By Neil Jeffries published
Status Quo frontman surprises himself with unexpected fifth solo album

Sweet rock hard and conjure up a cult classic on Give Us A Wink
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Could Sweet still produce after dumping Chinn and Chapman? You bet!

Decades on, The Beatles' White Album is still igniting pub arguments
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The one where the cracks in the Beatles' armour began to appear and quality control took a back seat

Gluecifer's first album in two decades is sleazy and snotty, packed with blood-guzzling scorchers
By Sleazegrinder published
Gluecifer bring Scandinavian action rock (back) to the Man on sixth album Same Drug New High







