Classic Rock Reviews

Ex Dio-ites Last In Line find their own style on II

Stranger In Town is an album featuring three of Bob Seger's most celebrated songs, but it's not his most celebrated album. What's going on?

Susan Tedeschi. Derek Trucks. And their Band. Album number four is Signs

Turn-of-the-century reissues from a reinvigorated Megadeth

A debut album from the youthful Free, a band with a couldn’t-care-less attitude honed on the rough-and-ready UK circuit of blues clubs and ballrooms

SAHB crept up on an unsuspecting nation, grabbed it by the balls and won hearts and minds in unison

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' career-spanning double CD compilation, also available on quadruple vinyl

Paradise Theater: a concept piece based on a fictional rundown venue, and a metaphor for the American dream

Long Beach rockers’ Rival Sons' sixth album twists and turns and ultimately triumphs

Dovetailing perfectly with what AC/DC and Aerosmith were doing, the Scorpions added arena sparkle to their sound

Ex-Montrose, pre-Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar seeks solo success

Old and new Magnum material given a live sparkle

When push comes to shove, Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs might just showcase Eric Clapton at his very best

Slade may not have been cool, but they were a better live act than most, and Alive! captures the band at their fiery best

After three decades of negotiation, Cheap Trick finally play Liverpool's legendary Cavern club

In which Genesis cause controversy and dismay by turning their hand to shorter, more pop-orientated songs

From a time when Creedence Clearwater Revival and Californian plaid ruled the world

Baby, Bruce Springsteen was born to run, and run, and run…

Girlschool didn’t so much sound like they might scratch your eyes out as boot you in the balls and nick your beer