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The Sheepdogs: On the road with a band who wield retro tastes like superpowers
What happened when we joined Canada’s modern-day rock’n’roll perennials The Sheepdogs for shows in their homeland
10 obscure but brilliant 70s bands who should have been huge
These 70s bands came, they rocked, and they vanished without trace
What exactly is Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl whispering on Everlong?
The 1997 single with the inaudible crackly bit has been streamed 1.8 billion times on Spotify
The story of Roundabout by Yes and the record company interference that made it successful
Inspired by Scottish scenery and circular intersections, Roundabout helped break Yes in the US after Atlantic Records took a blade to it
Bon Scott: The story of a friendship with a golden-hearted charmer
Fifa Riccobono was the CEO at AC/DC's Australian record label Albert Music – and a friend to Bon Scott from his first shows
“It took me until album number three before I found an identity”: Peter Gabriel’s first four solo records
Car, Scratch, Melt and Security log the incredible distance he covered between leaving Genesis and creating So
Jethro Tull’s 1980s: Haunted studio, nuclear evacuation cars on standby and a tasteless stage trick
Ian Anderson looks back on A, Broadsword And The Beast, Under Wraps and Walk Into Light, and the musicians that made it a rich and rewarding era – even if some fans weren’t happy
Meet Frenzee, the Greek-Australian siblings running on red wine, darts and very high acid reflux
Fired up musically and politically, the Frenzee siblings blend punk, metal and rock
“The label staff just assume the artists get rich”: Marillion’s bad old days before crowdfunding
The pledge pioneers got out before the platform collapsed – and they’ve never gone back to the way it was before their great escape
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 31, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Clutch, Queens Of The Stone Age, the Temperance Movement and more
The 'bad' metal albums that are much better than you remember
From Iron Maiden to Metallica, Slayer to Guns N' Roses, these are the 'dud' albums that deserve a second look
The strange story of Brian May, Eddie Van Halen and a kids’ TV theme
What happened when two of rock’s most famous guitarists teamed up in the studio
Dennis DeYoung reveals the stories behind 10 iconic Styx songs
From Lady to Mr Roboto “At the end I’m yelling, ‘I’m Kilroy!’ Where the hell does that come from?”
Aerosmith were one of the biggest American rock bands of the 1970s. And then it went to hell
How drugs and ego tore apart America’s greatest rock’n’roll band
"This girl and I have been through the fire." Aged 15, Mikaela Mayer was playing alongside Nita Strauss in an all-girl metal band touring America with Avenged Sevenfold and My Chemical Romance. Tonight she's fighting for three world boxing titles
Teenage metal band Lia-Fail may not have conquered the world, but their former guitarist and bassist are now global stars
"David Bowie may have saved my life." How a head-hunting phone call from David Bowie helped one of alternative rock's most influential musicians pull back from the abyss during his darkest hours
In 1999, David Bowie asked Page Hamilton to join his touring band. It was a job offer that changed everything for Helmet's frontman
How Led Zeppelin and The Doors inspired The Cult to write one of rock’s greatest anthems
The Cult’s She Sells Sanctuary can lay claim to be the first great alternative rock anthem
