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No compromise: How Joan Armatrading made the album that set her on the path to stardom
After accidentally getting a start in the London production of Hair, Joan Armatrading made the demo that (eventually) changed her life
James Bruner was drawn into rock by the greats: Now he's ready to become one
James Bruner grew up listening to Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, then dropped out of university to throw everything into his craft
Nine Muddy Waters albums you should listen to and one to avoid
The best albums from Muddy Waters, the electric warrior of fine blues who mobilised the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 16, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Lemon Twigs, Devon Townsend, All Them Witches and more
The day Toto guitarist Steve Lukather defied orders and jammed Beatles songs with Paul McCartney
If anyone tells you 'Never meet your heroes', ignore them
Phil Campbell interview: My life in Motörhead
In 2010, Classic Rock interviewed late Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell about his brilliant quarter century in one of rock'n'roll's greatest bands
How a punk legend helped resurrect the career of an American icon in less than half an hour
Glenn Danzig wrote Thirteen for Johnny Cash's 1994 album American Recordings
“We never really fitted in at all. Most heavy metal bands were riff-based. A thousand bands were copying Judas Priest and Iron Maiden”: The chaotic story of Spider, the unluckiest boogie rock band of the 80s
They were touted as the new Status Quo but things never quite worked out
The turbulent story of Anvil, the band who claim to have brought heavy metal to North America
Anvil should have been huge, but fate had other plans
How the Marshall Tucker Band made Can’t You See, the southern rock that deserves to be up there with Sweet Home Alabama
The Marshall Tucker Band made a stone-cold southern rock classic with Can’t You See
How Muddy Waters made a stunning return to form in the twllight of his career - with help from Johnny Winter
Muddy Waters was 62 when he released 1977’s classic Hard Again
The story behind the weirdest track on Pearl Jam's album Vitalogy – and it's not Bugs
The story behind the weirdest track on their third album Vitalogy – and it's not Bugs
“He smashed the LP against the wall. It was the only one we had!” Prog pioneers’ doubts over the song that made their name
With the help of The Who and Jimi Hendrix, and a helmet he found outside his hotel room, the bandleader acquired a nickname he’s now carried for nearly 60 years
How a bleak anti-war song and a massive u-turn helped push Metallica to superstar level
Metallica got their mainstream breakthrough after breaking their ‘no videos’ rule
The turbulent story of Taste, the blues rock trailblazers loved by John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Brian May
Led by the magnetic Rory Gallagher, Taste should have been as big as Cream or Fkeetwood Mac
The album that Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale wants played at her funeral – and the pop record that became a drunken karaoke favourite
The albums that changed Lzzy Hale’s life
How rock’s most volatile band wrote the song that invented the 1990s – and then imploded
The greatest song ever to feature vocals from the singer’s pet dog
