Latest Reviews on Classic Rock
While punk rock was big news in 1977, the radio-friendly rock of Foreigner was still perfectly timed
Rock's past and present meet in the middle and make a certain kind of magic in hopes of securing its future
74-75: Night Life / Fighting finds Phil Lynott, Brian Downey, Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson pointing Thin Lizzy in the right direction
The bottom of the Abbey Road barrel approaches
Spock’s Beard: Still proud to be prog on The Archaeoptimist
Mick Taylor exits the Stones and fun times return
Theatre Of Pain: Still painful
Life at the melodic end of the hard rock spectrum was not always kind
Kiss are back, and Classic Rock were there to witness it
What happened when Jake Kiszka and Chris Turpin’s maverick blues project Mirador played London on their first UK tour
Southern rock flagbearers Blackberry Smoke serve up an overstuffed career-spanning compilation
Illinois past masters Cheap Trick relight the flame on swaggering 21st album All Washed Up
Combining Eddie Clark’s in-your-face guitar, Dave King’s high-register vocals and Jerry Shirley’s gut-rumbling drumming, Fastway peaked early
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
The deluxe edition reissue of Axis: Bold As Love includes 40 bonus outtakes, alternative versions, TV and radio appearances
The third Mammoth album feels like the work of a musician settling comfortably into his own space and comfortable with all that attention
A legend ascends in the latest forensic deep dive into Bob Dylan’s back pages on Volume 18: Through The Open Window 1956-1963
