Latest Features on Classic Rock
Grunge may have burst the big-hair bubble, but it saved Heart
The Wilson sisters look back on hit records, death threats and a career like no other
Drugs, death and rock'n'roll - the debauched story of Cactus
When Vanilla Fudge split in 1969, Cactus emerged from the meltdown. When they weren’t in jail they were partying. When they weren’t naked they were taking drugs
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Featuring Marcus King, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Bernie Marsden and five other sailors on the seven seas of rock
Lacuna Coil's Cristina Scabbia on tech, Depeche Mode and new album Sleepless Empire
Italian gothic metallers Lacuna Coil are showing no signs of slowing down
The epic story of the Scorpions, the German band who smashed through the barriers to conquer America
The Scorpions proved that Britain and the US didn’t have the monopoly on hard rock and heavy metal
In 1984, Paul McCartney shed revealing new light on his relationship with John Lennon
"If you ever got a speck of praise from John, a crumb of it, you were quite grateful." Paul McCartney on John Lennon
The Pretty Things singer Phil May’s wild tales of Hendrix, Zeppelin, Iggy Pop and Judy Garland
Late Pretty Things singer Phil May was mates with Hendrix and Page, a rival of the Stones and an accidental drinking buddy of Judy Garland
How Bon Jovi hit the jackpot with Slippery When Wet, the album that turned them into the hottest hard rock band of the 80s
Slippery When Wet turned Bon Jovi from also-rans to multi-platinum superstars
Robby Krieger and John Densmore remember life with Jim Morrison and tell the story of The Doors
Sixty years after The Doors took audiences on a destination-unknown thrill ride, Robby Krieger and John Densmore tell the band's wild story
How Journey found Steve Perry and made Infinity, the album that set them on the road to superstardom
Journey were a noodling jazz-rock band with a cult following – until they discovered Steve Perry and made 1978’s Infinity
The epic story of Pink Floyd’s Live At Pompeii, the prog classic recorded next door to a volcano
Lights! Camera! Chaos! How Pink Floyd made their 1972 album Live At Pompeii
Behind the scenes on Guns N' Roses' first trip to Japan
Classic Rock presents the first in an exclusive series of excerpts from former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury
The Darkness: Every album ranked from worst to best
Updated! Few bands do OTT rock’n’roll quite like The Darkness - and here’s where to start with their back catalogue
Bumblefoot on wrangling famous guitarists, his new album, and the celebrity hot sauce community
One-time GN’R guitarist Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal has a finger in more than one pie – and sauce to put on it
The Pretenders albums you should listen to... and one to avoid
Navigating a path through classic pop, soul, garage-rock and rock’n’roll, Chrissie Hynde steered the Pretenders to major success - and these are their best albums
Steven Wilson on being a control freak, the wonder of space, Porcupine Tree and more
Steven Wilson's new album The Overview promises to take listeners "on an incredible journey from Earth to the other side of the universe"
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Featuring Skunk Anansie, Gotthard, Fishbone and five other horsemen and horsewomen of the rockpocalypse
