Latest Features on Classic Rock
Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld reflects on runaway creativity – and personal train wrecks
This year US alt.rockers Blue October are playing their 2006 album Foiled in full on tour – and Justin Furstenfeld is just glad he can
Reflected glory: the story of the Neil Young and Pearl Jam team-up album Mirror Ball
The grunge superstars learned a lot when they teamed up with the rock veteran to make his 1995 album, but they regret not putting their name on it
How Rick Wakeman proved everyone wrong with The Six Wives of Henry VIII
His 1973 debut solo album was roundly hated by label bosses and reviewers – but it became a coffee-table classic and gave him freedom from Yes
The 50 best rock albums of 2026 (so far)
Six months of classic rock, prog rock, stoner rock, southern rock, country rock, blues rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock, power pop, heavy metal, punk and all forms of rock'n'roll
Why Roger Hodgson’s most ambitious Supertramp song still gives him goosebumps
Fool’s Overture, from 1977’s Even In The Quietest Moments, came together after a few years of stewing. It still takes its writer on a journey when he hears it
The epic story of Foreigner 4, the AOR masterpiece that helped shape 80s rock
Foreigner 4 is one of the greatest rock albums of the 80s – and one of the most expensive
How Tool redefined prog metal for the 21st century with Lateralus
Lateralus wasn't just the album that redefined Tool - it paved the way for bands like Mastodon and Gojira in the years to come
"There’s two days missing from my life. Apparently, we had a really good time!" That time The Cure's Robert Smith went on a 48 hours drinking session with David Bowie's guitarist, then offered him a job
Robert Smith and Reeves Gabrels got together in 1997 to rehearse for David Bowie’s 50th birthday gig, then hit the town to celebrate. Things got messy
In 1993, Kurt Cobain asked Sepultura man Max Cavalera where to get heroin in Brazil
When trying to score drugs at a South American festival, Nirvana’s leader turned to what he believed to be a local expert
“Our best friends were drug dealers”: The chaotic story of Aerosmith’s early years
The birth of American rock’s original Crazy Gang
The surreal story of the night Alice Cooper met Elvis Presley
When Alice Cooper received an invitation to meet Elvis Presley, things didn't go as "the cat with the snake" had imagined
“I got shot down many times: ‘It’s pop. It’s bubblegum. The logo is ugly. We don’t hear a single!’” Asia’s debut album
The fleeting moment when a prog supergroup hijacked the US pop charts, becoming 1982's band of the summer
“I think James is still fuming”: an interview with the artist who created Metallica’s Load and Reload album covers
Artist Andres Serrano looks back on his involvement with the controversial covers for Metallica’s Load and Reload albums
Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore on Page, Beck, Clapton and more
Blackmore on Hendrix, Beck, Page, Clapton, Townshend and more
“They say it all went wrong when I started singing. I think we got better”: Genesis’ A Trick Of The Tail, track by track
50 years ago, as Phil Collins took over from Peter Gabriel, the always-divisive band had fans to appease and debts to pay. This is how they did it
Meet The Scratch, the missing link between The Dubliners and Metallica
More than just a party band with a "weird little sound", The Scratch's third album Pull Like A Dog is out now
ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons on the night his teenage band supported Jimi Hendrix
When The Moving Sidewalks were picked to support Jimi Hendrix in Texas in 1968, they had just about enough songs to play a full set, but two of those were Jimi Hendrix hits
