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Brian Fallon shares first new solo music in five years
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Stoner/doom stalwarts Green Lung return with riffy single Evil In This House ahead of first-ever festival headline show
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Remixed and remastered version of Quiet Sun's legendary Mainstream album due in September
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Ritchie Blackmore finally confirms that Christopher Cross really did replace him that one time
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Latest Classic Rock News

Brian Fallon shares first new solo music in five years
By Paul Brannigan published
Listen here to new Brian Fallon songs Not Bad For New Jersey and Better Before

Stoner/doom stalwarts Green Lung return with riffy single Evil In This House ahead of first-ever festival headline show
By Matt Mills published
The Londoners will headline Desertfest this weekend and release their fourth album, Necropolitan, in September

Remixed and remastered version of Quiet Sun's legendary Mainstream album due in September
By Jerry Ewing published
Quiet Sun featured Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera alongside Matching Mole's Bill MacCormick with Dave Jarrett and Charles Hayward

Ritchie Blackmore finally confirms that Christopher Cross really did replace him that one time
By Fraser Lewry published
The incident took place in Texas in 1970 after Blackmore reacted badly to some flu shots

Jack Douglas, celebrated producer for Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, John Lennon and more, dead at 80
By Fraser Lewry published
Jack Douglas also worked on recordings by James Gang, Alice Cooper, Montrose, Mountain, The Who, Patti Smith, Blue Öyster Cult, New York Dolls, Starz and many more

Journey add 40 more dates to mammoth Final Frontier tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Journey's long-running soap opera has been extended for another season

Listen to Deep Purple's electrifying new single Arrogant Boy
By Fraser Lewry published
Arrogant Boy comes from Deep Purple's upcoming 24th album, Splat!
Latest Classic Rock Features

How a robbery in New Orleans in 1970 forced David Gilmour to purchase what has become the highest-priced guitar in history
By Paul Brannigan published
"The police hadn't helped us much, but the FBI got to work"

The story behind the worst Guns N' Roses show ever
By Paul Brannigan published
"It was a huge disaster in front of 65,000 people. We fell apart"

How Gong became more Gong than ever with latest album Bright Spirit
By Phil Howitt published
The most stable line-up in the band’s six-decade history have completed their first trilogy, with new spiritual insight and an old but well-loved guitar style borrowed from Syd Barrett

What happened when we took Skindred record shopping in Newport
By Polly Glass published
Genre-smashing Welsh rockers Skindred undertake Classic Rock's £50 vinyl challenge

"70s metal was definitely the coolest. AC/DC had some fly records, Sabbath had some cool s**t." Ten Beastie Boys songs featuring samples of classic rock anthems
By Paul Brannigan published
"When hip hop DJs started using those chunky riffs, we started checking out old metal again"

How Iron Maiden made The Soundhouse Tapes
By Matt Mills published
As the heavy metal juggernauts continue their 50th birthday celebrations, we look back on how The Soundhouse Tapes started it all
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Viral sensations Angine de Poitrine dazzle, confuse and delight at debut London show
By Polly Glass published
Avant-garde Canadian twosome Angine de Poitrine justify all the hype at their sold-out London debut

Album Of The Week Club: The Sex Pistols burn the apple cart to the ground on Never Mind The Bollocks
By Classic Rock Magazine published
A work of spittle-flecked, petulant genius

Review: Linda Perry puts her strengths and vulnerabilities on display for the world to see
By Emma Johnston published
Former 4 Non Blondes frontwoman and all-powerful pop songwriter Linda Perry goes solo

Review: The Lemon Twigs fill a bumper bag of poptastic delight on Look For Your Mind!
By Pat Carty published
Brian and Michael D’Addario continue to effortlessly pluck songs from the rock'n'roll ether

Everything that happened at the debut live show by Stanley Simmons
By Joe Daly published
The sons of Kiss icons Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons played their first show together at a tiny venue in San Diego – and Classic Rock was down the front

Supergroup Wild Horses pull up short on lacklustre debut studio album
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Rainbow's Jimmy Bain + Thin Lizzy's Brian Robertson = Mild Horses






