Classic Rock Features

Judy Dyble was always amazed at the quality of her collaborators

By Mike Barnes published 13 February 26

In 2018, Fairport Convention’s first female vocalist found herself inspired by a trapped rainbow, a bad Elvis impersonator and her early work with Giles, Giles and Fripp

Why the world is seeing a lot of Bruce Springsteen

By Paul Rees published 13 February 26

The last year has seen the release of Tracks II: The Lost Albums, the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, the expanded Nebraska ’82 and the completion of the Land Of Hopes And Dreams tour... and there's plenty more to come

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on why the early Beatles were so dangerous

By Ian Anderson published 12 February 26

As a young teen, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson fell in love with the mop-top Beatles. But then he dug deeper and discovered something darker, druggier and way more dangerous

How Sammy Hagar helped Van Halen win the war against David Lee Roth

By Paul Elliott published 12 February 26

Van Halen lost a superstar singer when Dave Lee Roth quit the band, but new frontman Sammy Hagar and Foreigner's Mick Jones ensured the loss was short-lived

Elles Bailey talks fame, vanity, mental health and the childhood trauma behind her smoke’n’honey battle cry

By Henry Yates published 12 February 26

With the release of her eighth album, Can’t Take My Story Away, roots star Elles Bailey's story is turning into a real page turner

Samantha Fish on playing with the Stones and her complicated relationship with the blues

By Dave Ling published 12 February 26

Contemporary blueser Samantha Fish hits UK venues in late February, with mainland European and US shows beginning in March

The story of the mongrel mix that sold a million and became the original rock’n’roll anthem

By Rob Hughes published 12 February 26

Sell a million, get a free Cadillac

New horror movie Whistle has a killer soundtrack to match

By Rich Hobson published 11 February 26

Director Corin Hardy shares how music played a big part in his killer new horror movie Whistle

How a song about gang wars helped a Ph.D. student and a school janitor become the '90s most unlikely rock stars

By Paul Brannigan published 11 February 26

The story of the song that helped launch the biggest independently-released rock album of all time

“If I find him haunting me, I’ll know I did something wrong”: How Cardiacs completed late leader Tim Smith’s album LSD

By Dom Lawson published 11 February 26

A brother who took over the band, a singer who struggled to keep the secret and a determination to do exactly what their late leader would have wanted led to the end of an 18-year journey

Ozzy Osbourne was "the voice of reason" on WWE RAW

By Rich Hobson published 11 February 26

Trust Ozzy Osbourne to give American broadcasters a lesson in British swearing

“I blame The Beatles for me getting a whacking!” Derek Shulman’s path to Gentle Giant

By Sid Smith published 11 February 26

Singer and future A&R icon recalls what the Fab Four meant to him, why Hendrix made him break up his first big band, and the truck stop where he met Syd Barrett, Eric Clapton and others

Prog-metallers Karnivool are back to reclaim their crown – if they don't die on stage first

By Henry Yates published 11 February 26

A 12-year gap between albums would see most bands lose fans and momentum, but not Australian prog-metal titans Karnivool

“It’s no good saying, ‘I’ll be dead by the time this becomes a crisis’”: Jethro Tull – a warning from history

By Malcolm Dome published 11 February 26

Ian Anderson believes he has a duty to tackle global issues, and argues it’s a very folky thing to do

What happened when XTC's bass player accidentally wrote their first big hit

By Paul Lester published 11 February 26

Making Plans for Nigel established XTC as the intelligent arm of the post-punk movement – and it's still being directed at current Nigels

Nine Jack White albums you should listen to and one to avoid

By Henry Yates published 11 February 26

From The White Stripes to The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, Third Man Records and beyond, Jack White is Detroit's latest favourite son

How a 1929 silent movie inspired the surreal alt. rock anthem that helped launch a musical revolution

By Rob Hughes published 10 February 26

The making of the alt.rock classic that inspired Kurt Cobain and took 10 minutes to write

“I felt like the John Lennon of Israel. But this is a ‘failure’ album”: The story of Blackfield V

By Paul Lester published 10 February 26

Aviv Geffen expressed deep admiration for Wilson on their fifth collaborative work – but also his jealousy over the Porcupine Tree leader’s success

How Mrs Robinson became an era-defining hit and an albatross around The Lemonheads' neck

By Bill DeMain published 10 February 26

Recorded and mixed in just three hours, one of grunge's biggest songs was hated by the man who wrote it