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The epic story of the stolen song that could be the next Stranger Things hit
Deep Purple's Child In Time has a long and complicated history – and now a whole new audience are hearing it for the first time
How Aerosmith grew to hate each other but learned to love again
Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer on the making of Aerosmith's Music From Another Dimension!
Stewart Copeland on The Police, being outdone by Pink Floyd, Neil Peart and life in his 70s
The accidental archivist revels in found sounds, movie soundtracks, spoken-word performances – and after dealing with his tensions of the 80s, explains why his brother isn’t talking to him
10 bands that will fill the Black Sabbath-shaped hole in your life
Black Sabbath may be no more, but there are still plenty of bands they’ve inspired out there
The Renaissance Man: Ginger Wildheart albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
Ginger Wildheart has multiple strings to his bow: brilliantly memorable hard rock with The Wildhearts, bleeding-heart confessionals under his own name, and plenty in between
Masters Of Reality's Chris Goss on Ginger Baker, David Bowie and the aggression of Rick Rubin
The gospel according to Chris Goss
The day a metal superstar was almost decapitated on live TV by one of Britain's most popular singers
Remember that time a metal legend was almost decapitated on British TV?
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 14, 2025
Eight new songs you need to hear right now from Jack Black, Halestorm, 38 Special and more
Did David Bowie really have a hand in NINE classic albums in a three year period? Yes, he did.
After two failed solo albums, in the period between 1971 and 1974, David Bowie worked on nine of rock's greatest albums. WTF?
"Y’know what I'm proud of? That they're all alive": Machine guns, snakes and missing millions – Alan Niven, the first manager of Guns N' Roses, looks back
When Guns N' Roses released Appetite For Destruction they were managed by Alan Niven. This is how he dealt with The Most Dangerous Band In The World
The epic story behind Queen’s triumphant comeback with Adam Lambert
No one expected Queen to return in 2011 – not least Queen themselves
“The album sounds incredible. A masterpiece, even though I say so myself!”: Black Sabbath are over – this is what the four members are doing next
Black Sabbath may be over, but are Ozzy and co actually hanging up their boots?
Why Izzy Stradlin was the rock'n'roll heart of Guns N' Roses
Classic Rock presents the third in an exclusive series of excerpts from former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury
The story of The Doors’ Waiting For The Sun, the album that set Jim Morrison on the path to destruction
Three albums in and Jim Morrison was heading down a dark path
The Uriah Heep albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
Five decades of rockin': a handy guide to the best albums in the world of the legendary Uriah Heep
PFM on brushes with royalty, spaghetti with Aerosmith, and how to annoy America
Premiata Forneria Marconi, aka PFM, remain one of the great trailblazers of European prog rock
“Robert Fripp said he wanted to revolutionise rock’n’roll with us. I wasn’t sure, given what I’d just heard. But they were about to throw us out the squat”: The League Of Gentlemen led to Beat-era King Crimson
The band lasted only seven months, and felt like a bad movie for some of those involved – but the musical experiment inspired Fripp to reform King Crimson for their 80s brilliance
