Classic Rock Reviews

Formed from the Wishbone Ash's background in hard rock, folk and crisp, electric blues, Argus's evocative strains pioneered a twin-guitar approach that was adopted by countless other bands

David Coverdale shows he can still keep it up after all these years, as Whitesnake unfurl Flesh & Blood

Saints & Sinners by Whitesnake features two songs that would later be successfully remodelled... but what of the rest of the album?

Timely defiance from E Street Band legend Little Steven, with new album Summer Of Sorcery

The Wildhearts' first album in 10 years, Renaissance Men, ticks all the right boxes – arriba!

Metallica's Black Album turned them from rising thrash stars to mainstream rock icons. Did the compromise come at a cost?

Bon Jovi's second album 7800° Fahrenheit failed to launch the band towards superstardom in the way its follow-up Slippery When Wet did. Can our reviewers figure out why?

Three-CD set combines post-’71 studio cuts, live recordings and recent tour guest slots from The Rolling Stones

Dream Theater keyboard player Jordan Rudess goes bonkers on Wired For Madness album

Thirty-five years down the road and The Quireboys still sound fresh on 12th album Amazing Disgrace

Blue Oyster Cult's debut album: the first forays into sonic exploration from the thinking man’s rock band

An inspiration for Guns N' Roses and a cover featuring a bat-like creature with vicious teeth. It can only be Nazareth's Hair Of The Dog

How do you follow an album that changed the world? For the most part it's rinse then repeat

Rolling Stone Keith Richards' 1988 solo debut gets major expansion job – in real Fender wood!

Pink Floyd's Atom Heart Mother marked the point where the band found their way out of their post-Barrett malaise

UK rockers of a certain age were introduced to Nantucket Sleighride by political broadcasting on the TV, but there was also an album attached to the song

After Rick Parfitt, what next for the Status Quo man?

In which we discuss communal music youth programs in a social democracy, and what they meant for Europe's album The Final Countdown

In mid-1975, Peter Frampton was a moderately successful solo artist. Within a year, Frampton Comes Alive! had smashed all known sales records...