Latest Features on Classic Rock
"I didn’t like the stigma of being a YouTuber." How The Darkness' Justin Hawkins became metal's least likely influencer
The Darkness frontman has tackled everything from the rise of Sleep Token and President to Yungblud's performance at the Grammys
Dave Hill's Slade are hitting the road for the last time, but he isn't finished
There’s still time to feel the noize
Longtime Ozzy Osbourne photographer Mark Weiss remembers the Prince of Darkness
Mark Weiss remembers two iconic shoots with Ozzy: one in a bath, one shaven-headed
How Monster Magnet came up with metal’s greatest f**k-you anthem
Monster Magnet mainman Dave Wyndorf holed up near Las Vegas with guitars, speakers, a drum machine and a four-track recorder
The story of Beast Over Hammersmith: the great Iron Maiden live album that was lost for 20 years
Beast Over Hammersmith shows Iron Maiden in thunderous form at the height of their success. This is why it has never been seen in full.
“We made bad albums. Two should be melted down into flowerpots”: What Carl Palmer really thinks of ELP
Comparing his band to Yes and Pink Floyd, the sole surviving member looks back on OTT productions, getting carried away with overdubs and constant criticism – but insists: “We were setting a standard”
Genesis made rock for hirsute proggers: Then they wrote the song that brought women to their shows
Genesis's first single since becoming a three-piece was a savvy change of tack
Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson look back on the album that changed their lives
Fifty years ago, Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson gatecrashed the male-dominated, payola-fuelled rock scene
The End is only The Beginning: The Kiss Kruise in Las Vegas kicks off a new chapter in Kisstory
72 hours in Sin City: What we learned at Kiss Kruise: Land-Locked In Vegas
Cyndi Lauper, Chrissie Hynde, Aimee Mann and the Rush duets that got away
For their 1987 single Time Stand Still, Rush wanted a female singer. They got someone who turned them into "complete goofballs"
Did Steve Hogarth deny the world a lot of great music with his approach to Marillion?
He discusses embracing artistic tension, avoiding the well-trodden path, escaping his narcissism, what really went wrong with the record industry, the band’s decade in the wilderness and why it took him 28 years to get them to the Royal Albert Hall
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: November 17, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Massive Wagons, Black Stone Cherry, Starbenders and more
Why The Only Ones’ Even Serpents Shine is actually a prog album
Vocalist Peter Perrett used his voice to disorientate, just like Peter Gabriel, while the band felt like XTC, produced by Joe Meek, steeped in Van der Graaf Generator
Jethro Tull’s saddest, darkest album could have been even darker
Death, dysfunction and ecological disaster surrounded Ian Anderson as his changing world shaped a “forever tainted” record
Clutch's Neil Fallon: 10 songs that changed my life
Clutch's firebrand preacher explains how blues, funk and hip hop all set him on the path to music
Why Stevie Nicks turned down Prince's biggest song and spent the night at his purple palace
Stevie Nicks reveals how she and Prince became flirty friends and collaborators...
A prog poet formed a group of A-list colleagues and went on a trip into the unknown. They got lost - or so it seemed
His only solo release merged Genesis, Greenslade and Soft Machine vibes with an additional experimental edge. But the real beauty is that it couldn’t have been made any other time than the early 70s
