Latest Features on Classic Rock
“We were asked to do Glastonbury. I had no intention”: John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest and the demons that drive him
New album Relativity gave him flashbacks to the 70s – and though the factors that led to his split with Les Holroyd are all in the past, he can’t see how a reunion might happen
If you have a friend who loves Ozzy Osbourne or Black Sabbath, these present ideas should hit the right note this Christmas
If you have a friend who loves Ozzy Osbourne or Black Sabbath, these present ideas should hit the right not this Christmas
Heartbroken and stricken with cancer, Stephen Dale Petit built his masterpiece Be The Love
Stephen Dale Petit's Be The Love is an album that burns with the urgency and creativity of a man on borrowed time
The story of the seventies classic "inspired" by John Lee Hooker that paid for the drummer's Lamborghini
"Of course Slow Ride is about sex,” says Foghat drummer Roger Earl. "All rock'n'roll songs are about sex, aren’t they?"
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 15, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Starbenders, DeWolff, Stanley Simmons and more
Modern prog stalwart and Asia guitarist John Mitchell gears up for guest-heavy London show
John Mitchell & Friends play Dingwalls this week - and it promises to be a night filled with surprises
The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2025
Twelve months of life-enriching, extraordinary new music
“I said we shouldn’t do Another Brick In The Wall at the school fête”: Slow Horses showrunner Will Smith’s record collection
Stand-up, actor, novelist and producer on how much Marillion means to him, the four lines of Jon Anderson lyrics that bring him to tears, his favourite Vangelis soundtrack and his claim that Dire Straits are a prog band
Farewell to Orange Goblin: one of Britain's best, most brilliantly bonkers bands
They've shook hands with Dio, hung out in a strip club with Lemmy and helped found Britain's stoner metal scene, but now Orange Goblin are taking their final bows
Best Christmas gifts for Iron Maiden fans: Rock the festive season with our pick of perfect presents
From clothes to colouring books, these Maiden-related pressies are sure to go down a treat over the festive season
The story behind Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley's final recording
"I didn’t recognize him. He looked like an 80-year-old man"
Excess, eyebrows, and an extremely erratic encounter with Ozzy Osbourne
An audience with the Prince of Darkness on the Ultimate Sin tour
Neil Fallon on Clutch, corporations and Christmas
"There’s a lot of joy that we don’t see at home": Clutch begin another run of UK Christmas shows next week
Rick Wakeman on his sequel to The Red Planet, and taking David Bowie along for the ride
Keyboard maestro has gone back to work with the English Rock Ensemble for the follow-up to his 2020 album, and he says the process feels like early 70s Yes
The shambolic story of The Rolling Stones' star-studded Rock And Roll Circus
With Brian Jones falling apart on set, the Rock And Roll Circus went so badly that the planned film wasn’t released until 28 years later
The Dutch quartet inspired by just five minutes of Soft Machine music to make an iconic debut album
Their 1970 debut album, deliberately featuring no guitars at all, was inspired by the Canterbury band’s approach and Frank Zappa’s public persona – and it attained iconic status
“It was my first studio job. I wiped a Robert Fripp guitar section”: World-class producer’s shaky start
After the baptism of fire that was King Crimson’s Lizard, he worked on Tangerine Dream’s Rubycon, Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage and dozens of Van Morrison records
