Classic Rock Features

From grungy indie to avant-garde rock, Radiohead have always been restlessly creative. Here's their proggiest tracks

The story behind No More Tears, the album that saved Ozzy Osbourne’s career – and possibly his life

Prince Of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne talks about Black Sabbath, sobriety, burying the hatchet, beating the booze and sticking it to Lollapalooza

From writing advertising jingles music in a London bedsit, to headlining Wembley Arena fronting The Darkness, a lot has happened to Justin Hawkins

Before he became a soundtrack king, Vangelis made this cult classic that began as a celebration of late-60s freedom and ended with Salvador Dalí threatening to bomb cathedrals with hippos

As Feeder's Polythene turns 25, we reveal the story behind one of the greatest debut albums of the 1990s

There’s a sneaky reference to Fish-era Marillion in hit Apple TV+ show Slow Horses that only hardcore fans of the prog icons will get

From '80s pop to universe-expanding prog, these 10 records shaped Coheed And Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez

Throw in British op-art, Balinese art, Czech nouveau art and the cinematic visions of Stanley Kubrick, and you've got yourself a classic

Glenn Hughes and Joe Bonamassa discuss their careers, wonder why rock’s future will suffer from a lack of small venues, and mention something about a new Black Country Communion album

Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1975 hit Saturday Night Special belied the band's pistol-packin’ image, but things were never quite that black and white

From Mafia finales to Arnold Schwarzenegger: the brilliant and often bizarre and afterlife of Journey’s Don't Stop Believin'

Anthony Vincent covering Queen's Another One Bites The Dust in the style of Chris Cornell is like something unearthed from the Seattle legend's vaults

Metallica might have become the biggest metal band in the world, but that didn't stop them trolling the execs at MTV

First published in 2017, Metal Hammer writer Mörat's tribute to his friend Chris Cornell remembers a frontman like no other

An exploration of the puzzling, mould-breaking, occasionally very noisy and often terrifying world of King Crimson

Former Rush singer/bassist Geddy Lee, who is due to publish his memoir next year, talks us through his career highlights from the 20-plus years of Classic Rock’s lifetime

How the offspring of famous musicians are taking over rock and metal

Pat Boone singing Metallica, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, Guns N' Roses and Led Zeppelin? Step right this way...

When the going gets tough, bodyguard-to-the-stars Michael Francis – who's spent time with Elvis, lived with Cher and saved Paul Rodgers from several beatings – is the man you’d want on your side