Latest Classic Rock News
Love Vinnie Vincent? Then you'll probably be OK with the two-million-dollar price tag for his new album
The launch of the Vinnie Vincent Invasion's new album comes just months after the former Kiss man received flak for charging $225 for his Ride The Serpent single
James Hetfield proposes to partner Adriana Gillett underwater while swimming with whale sharks
She said yes!
Sebastian Bach sorry for relationship with 17-year-old Christina Applegate
Skid Row and new Twisted Sister singer Sebastian Bach famously derailed Christina Applegate and Brad Pitt's union
Gary Holt has seen it all with Slayer and Exodus – and he's not ready for it to end
Thrash guitar hero Gary Holt on life on the road with Slayer and Exodus
Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell dead at 64
Phil Campbell passed away away following “a complex and major operation”
Metal Up Your Bass! TransAtlantic duo remaster entire early Metallica catalogue with bass parts restored and made louder
Good news for lovers of low end metallic grooves
"I'll see you all around." Ghost appear to have killed off another of their iconic frontmen in a hilarious new video that has everyone talking
Frater Imperator announces leave of absence in Chapter 25: The Portrait. Is this really the end?
Latest Classic Rock Features
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 16, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Lemon Twigs, Devon Townsend, All Them Witches and more
"They told us we couldn't say anything to Paul about the Beatles. We were bummed out."
If anyone tells you 'Never meet your heroes', ignore them
Phil Campbell interview: My life in Motörhead
In 2010, Classic Rock interviewed late Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell about his brilliant quarter century in one of rock'n'roll's greatest bands
How a punk legend helped resurrect the career of an American icon in less than half an hour
Glenn Danzig wrote Thirteen for Johnny Cash's 1994 album American Recordings
“We never really fitted in at all. Most heavy metal bands were riff-based. A thousand bands were copying Judas Priest and Iron Maiden”: The chaotic story of Spider, the unluckiest boogie rock band of the 80s
They were touted as the new Status Quo but things never quite worked out
The turbulent story of Anvil, the band who claim to have brought heavy metal to North America
Anvil should have been huge, but fate had other plans
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
David Bowie successfully charts a path into his later years with the help of a returning friend
David Bowie transforms once again, this time into himself
Powerwolf conquer Wembley Arena: Review
Powerwolf might have enough pyro to level a city, but they've got singalongs to unite the masses
The Black Crowes' blessed resurrection keeps rolling on A Pound Of Feathers
More songs about rockin’ an’ rollin’
AC/DC are captured in their hungry prime on If You Want Blood You've Got It
Recorded in front of a rabid Glasgow audience, If You Want Blood is AC/DC and Bon Scott at their live peak
Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio celebrated on Rainbow - The Temple Of The King 1975-76
Nine CDs of Ritchie, Ronnie and Rainbow
Japan's Flower Travellin' Band aren't for the faint-hearted on proto-prog-guitar-wigout Satori
Bored with covering Western blues bands, the Flower Travellin' Band set out on their own sonic adventure
