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Jan Akkerman celebrates four decades of My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow
By Stephen Dalton published
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.

Sabaton's Legendary tour lives up to its name: Review
By Rich Hobson published
Thanks, but no tanks: history-loving Swedes Sabaton reinvent their stage show for the Legendary tour

Jimmy Barnes strives for solo success on second album For The Working Class Man
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Freed from Cold Chisel, Australian national treasure Jimmy Barnes called in the big guns for his attempted US breakthrough

Freddie Mercury's Mr Bad Guy at 40: Still the great album that might have been
By Stephen Dalton published
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.

Dave Mustaine reaches thrash metal nirvana on Megadeth's Rust In Peace
By Classic Rock Magazine published
No filler or flab on one of the most obscenely thrilling moments in all of recorded metal history

Foreigner arrive fully-formed and formidable on debut album
By Classic Rock Magazine published
While punk rock was big news in 1977, the radio-friendly rock of Foreigner was still perfectly timed

Aerosmith and Yungblud's One More Time EP is a surprising but welcome triumph
By Jack Rogers published
Rock's past and present meet in the middle and make a certain kind of magic in hopes of securing its future

Review: 74-75: Night Life / Fighting is a seven-CD countdown to Thin Lizzy's lift-off
By Paul Elliott published
74-75: Night Life / Fighting finds Phil Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson pointing Thin Lizzy in the right direction

The Beatles' Anthology 4 is more evidence of original reality turned distorted mythology
By David Quantick published
The bottom of the Abbey Road barrel approaches

Spock’s Beard are still pushing prog’s boundaries on first album in seven years
By John Aizlewood published
Spock’s Beard: Still proud to be prog on The Archaeoptimist

The Rolling Stones first album without Mick Taylor, now available in super deluxe form
By Stuart Bailie published
Mick Taylor exits the Stones and fun times return

Mötley Crüe's third album gets an undeserved anniversary makeover
By Fraser Lewry published
Theatre Of Pain: Still painful

Praying Mantis fail to surf the NWOBHM wave on Time Tells No Lies
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Life at the melodic end of the hard rock spectrum was not always kind

Two years on from their farewell show in New York, Kiss return to the stage in Las Vegas
By Clay Marshall published
Kiss are back, and Classic Rock were there to witness it

Review: Greta Van Fleet guitarist Jake Kiszka’s new band Mirador play London for the first time
By Polly Glass published
What happened when Jake Kiszka and Chris Turpin’s maverick blues project Mirador played London on their first UK tour

Blackberry Smoke overcook the recipe on Rattle, Ramble & Roll - The Best Of Volume One
By Dave Everley published
Southern rock flagbearers Blackberry Smoke serve up an overstuffed career-spanning compilation

Cheap Trick's electricity is evergreen on All Washed Up
By Chris Roberts published
Illinois past masters Cheap Trick relight the flame on swaggering 21st album All Washed Up
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