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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

Four decades down the line, Fastway's debut album falls short of classic status
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Combining Eddie Clark’s in-your-face guitar, Dave King’s high-register vocals and Jerry Shirley’s gut-rumbling drumming, Fastway peaked early

Paul McCartney & Wings crush the myth that Macca's seventies were mid
By Chris Roberts published
Curated by Paul McCartney, this Wings best-of charts the story of a band on its way to becoming one of the biggest-selling acts of all time

Jimi Hendrix's giant-steps second album Axis: Bold As Love, now upgraded
By Kris Needs published
The deluxe edition reissue of Axis: Bold As Love includes 40 bonus outtakes, alternative versions, TV and radio appearances

Wolfgang Van Halen finds his voice and sets a high bar on third Mammoth album
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The third Mammoth album feels like the work of a musician settling comfortably into his own space and comfortable with all that attention

The latest edition of The Bootleg Series tracks Bob Dylan from Minnesota to Greenwich Village
By Paul Whitelaw published
A legend ascends in the latest forensic deep dive into Bob Dylan’s back pages on Volume 18: Through The Open Window 1956-1963

The latest upmarket makeover of The Who's Who Are You is interesting and exhaustive
By Pat Carty published
The Who’s last blast with Keith Moon

British goth rockers Creeper outdo themselves on fangtastic fourth album
By Chris Lord published
British goth rockers Creeper outdo themselves on fangtastic fourth album

Jeremy Allen White shines in the Boss’s breakdown biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
By Pat Carty published
The review of the film of the book about the making of Bruce Springsteen's bleak masterpiece, Nebraska

Review: Ace Frehley annoys Gene and Paul by releasing the most successful of the Kiss solos
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Kiss famously released four solo albums on the same day. Just as famously, only one of them was truly worthy of the Kiss name - Ace Frehley's

Review: Elton John - Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (50th Anniversary Edition)
By Stuart Bailie published
Peak 70s Elton John, a songwriting triumph

"Love Chant is a wonderful and surprisingly vital return to the fray": The Lemonheads' first album of original songs in 20 years is up there with their best
By Everett True published
The Lemonheads' eleventh album is fun, frantic, and full of classic hooks and self-deprecating refrains
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