Latest Features on Classic Rock
Night Ranger look back on their sudden rise, sudden fall, and return to mid-level happiness
How did Night Ranger, a hard rock band with a few good licks and a few bad hairdos, suddenly find themselves in charts and stadiums all over the world?
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Featuring Halestorm, The Cold Stares, Cardinal Black and five other rock'n'roll warriors on the edge of time
The Eddie Money albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
Eddie Money was a singer who was never as well known as he should have been, but the ‘patron saint of uncool’ made some cool records
Don Airey on Rainbow, Deep Purple and his awesome solo album Pushed To The Edge
Deep Purple keyboard player, go-to session guy and solo artist Don Airey on his new album, touring, Purple, Blackmore and more
The tale of Smashing Pumpkins’ odd, all-over-the-shop 1998 tour to support Adore
Billy Corgan & co. totally lost the plot in the bid to try and replace Jimmy Chamberlin in 1998. Two words: "percussion solo".
How Alice In Chains came back from the brink
After the death of Layne Staley, it took Alice In Chains seven years to return with a new frontman and album. This is their story
The Blue Öyster Cult albums you should definitely listen to... and one to avoid
There’s a lot more to Blue Öyster Cult than more cowbell, as their best albums clearly show
The essential slow Slayer songs
Despite their reputation as one of thrash metal’s fastest bands, Slayer haven’t been afraid to lift the pedal from the metal on occasion. Here’s when they did it best.
How Skid Row and Sebastian Bach Went To War
Skid Row were once blood brothers, but infighting and a split with their singer turned it all into an ‘abyss of hatred’
Why the teenage John Frusciante walked away from an audition for Frank Zappa's band
In another universe, John Frusciante might never have joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Led Zeppelin - Out of Control in the USA
Led Zeppelin’s final tour of the US in 1977 should have been their most glorious. But it wasn’t. There was tension, unpleasantness and negativity, and that was just the start
Mike Campbell on life as Tom Petty’s right hand man and the highs and lows of being a Heartbreaker
The life and times of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, Turnstile, Jerry Cantrell and five other scary monsters from the rock'n'roll deep
The epic story of Styx’s Pieces Of Eight, the pomp rock masterpiece that began to tear them apart
Styx’s 1978 album Pieces Of Eight was a watershed moment for the pomp rock stars – for good and for bad
Why the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde is one of the last rock stars unafraid of saying what’s on her mind
In 2016, the Pretenders released their 10th album, Alone - but Chrissie Hynde was showing no sign of playing the game
Bonnie Raitt on winning Grammys, working with Prince, and why we need to work together
An update from Bonnie Raitt as she prepares for her upcoming tour of Europe
The prog superstars who tried to steal drummer Roger Taylor from Queen
The history of two hugely successful bands could have been very different
