Latest Reviews on Classic Rock
The Darkness in Auckland, New Zealand - live review
At the end of the year, The Darkness will headline the O2 in London: This week, we caught up with them at a venue 1/20th of the size in New Zealand
Faster Pussycat's debut is a middle-finger-in-the-air collection of songs about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll
Faster Pussycat capture all the sleaze of Sunset Strip on rowdy self-titled debut
Deftones get hot and heavy at first UK show of 2026
TikTok, baddiecore and the nu metal renaissance: Deftones are finally getting their dues
Beers, belly flops and the Bahamas: what it's like on the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise
Anthrax, Paradise Lost, Eluveitie and more packed out this year's 70000 Tons Of Metal
Scorpions mix hard rock, pop and metal on the pre-stardom classic Taken By Force
The Scorpions' last album with Uli Jon Roth and first with Herman Rarebell sums them up in the year that punk broke
Jay Buchanan is captivating and contrary on Weapons Of Beauty
Rival Sons singer Jay Buchanan’s solo album is full of heart, blues and soul
The Alan Parsons Project's Eye In The Sky sounds like punk and new wave pop rock never happened
Alan Parsons' most commercially successful album bore fruit with the sports anthem Sirius and the hits Eye In The Sky and Old And Wise
Francis Rossi doesn't quite return to the pile-driving sound of Status Quo on The Accidental
Status Quo frontman surprises himself with unexpected fifth solo album
Sweet rock hard and conjure up a cult classic on Give Us A Wink
Could Sweet still produce after dumping Chinn and Chapman? You bet!
Decades on, The Beatles' White Album is still igniting pub arguments
The one where the cracks in the Beatles' armour began to appear and quality control took a back seat
Gluecifer's first album in two decades is sleazy and snotty, packed with blood-guzzling scorchers
Gluecifer bring Scandinavian action rock (back) to the Man on sixth album Same Drug New High
Chris Rea finds friends among fans of Mark Knopfler, J.J. Cale and Robbie Robertson on The Road To Hell
The Road To Hell fuses Chris Rea's weather-beaten blues instincts with serious songwriting smarts and a sharp-eyed sense of social unease
This is the end, but Megadeth are leaving us with an absolute killer of a final album
Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with
Alter Bridge are at their most Alter Bridge on the unwaveringly confident Alter Bridge
It's more of the same on Alter Bridge's self-titled seventh album, but who’s complaining when their same is this good?
Steven Wilson seeks the sweet spot between pop and progression on Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Inspired by a tragic modern story, Steven Wilson's Hand. Cannot. Erase. is often hailed as his masterpiece. But is it?
Judas Priest revive themselves on Painkiller before Rob Halford's decade-long hiatus
Judas Priest follow up the lukewarm Turbo and the tepid Ram It Down with the red-hot Painkiller
Prince aims for superstardom and succeeds with Purple Rain - just steer clear of the movie
The Purple Rain movie may have been a polished turd of soapy melodrama, but it – and the brilliant soundtrack – transformed Prince into a towering icon of the video age
