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A grieving Gregg Allman slows things down on the gospel-country-blues of Laid Back
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Gregg Allman takes a break from the Brothers to mourn his brother

Troubled times call for torrential measures on hard-rocking new Foo Fighters album
By Mark Beaumont published
Your Favourite Toy is the Foo Fighters' twelfth album and the follow-up to But Here We Are

Nine Inch Nails get a Clubland-style remix: Review
By Rich Hobson published
Nine Inch Nails and recent tourmate Boys Noize have teamed up for a killer remix album to commemorate their Coachella sets

Motörhead's On Parole Sessions are a noble endeavour but the extras are perplexing
By Dave Everley published
Motörhead's shelved would-have-been debut album gets the box set treatment it doesn’t need

Supergroup Bad English's debut album is a perfect time capsule of late-80s AOR
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The million-dollar lineup of John Waite, Neal Schon, Jonathan Cain, Ricky Phillips and Deen Castronovo piles on the gloss

Shakin' Street mix high-energy rock with post-punk pop sensibility on self-titled album
By Classic Rock Magazine published
What Ross The Boss did after the Dictators but before Manowar

Jim Jones All Stars' Cat Fight is a record for people who wanna have a good time, all the time
By Sleazegrinder published
Produced by the Black Crowes' Chris Robinson, Cat Fight is a sleazy Shangri-La

Kreator bring demons, wicker men and the most fire this side of Parkway Drive to stunning London show
By Matt Mills published
Supported by Nails, Exodus and Carcass, the German luminaries reach a new level of pageantry

Todd Rundgren delights some and confounds others on A Wizard, A True Star
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Aided by magic mushrooms and a newly built studio, Todd Rundgren sets out to chart "the chaotic musical element” in his head

Suzi Quatro refuses to dim the lights on 18th album Freedom
By Everett True published
Freedom is Suzi Quatro's third album in collaboration with son LR Tuckey

The Expanded Edition of Van Halen's 5150 is bigger but not necessarily better
By Hugh Fielder published
Exit Dave, enter Sammy, and Van Halen's first No.1 album

Opeth's Blackwater Park: A mesmerisingly brilliant prog-metal album’s quarter-century celebration
By Dan Peeke published
In which Steven Wilson helps Opeth emerge from the musky cocoon of their darker 90s albums with a wider and brighter sound

Melissa Auf der Maur's 90s rock memoir Even the Good Girls Will Cry is a frank, fearless and fabulously revelatory read
By Paul Brannigan published
You won't read a better '90s music biography than former Hole / Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur's new memoir

Linda Ronstadt gently explores an eclectic selection of songs on Heart Like A Wheel
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Heart Like A Wheel was a key step in Ronstadt's mid-70s rise, thanks to an astute choice of songs, smart production and *that* voice

Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and The Mothers' Bongo Fury, revisited and expanded
By David Stubbs published
A six-disc, 57-track edition of the legendary 1975 collaboration, featuring live recordings and outtakes

The Legendary Edition of Aerosmith's debut album expands the original with live and session tracks
By John Aizlewood published
American rock giants’ debut album, with added Harmonica Jam Bass Jelly

Tedeschi Trucks Band continue the search for transcendence on the sublime Future Soul
By Fraser Lewry published
The best album yet from peak Derek and ‘punk’ Susan
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