Latest Classic Rock News

"We’re gonna come back – it’s gonna be bigger than Oasis."
By Paul Brannigan published
Tenacious D's Kyle Gass on the joke which caused the group's world to crumble around them

Meet the 67-million-year-old Triceratops skull named after Ozzy Osbourne
By Fraser Lewry published
The late Black Sabbath frontman is now the subject of a dinosaur-themed tribute

Uriah Heep founder Mick Box to miss dates on farewell tour after falling ill
By Fraser Lewry published
Mick Box will miss his first Uriah Heep shows since 1969: Stand-in guitarist announced

Jack White mercilessly mocks Donald Trump over "365 wins in 365 days" claims
By Fraser Lewry published
The White Stripes' founder has promised to block any followers who tell him to "stick to music"

"I’m surprised they didn‘t fire me!" Producer Michael Beinhorn on working with Soundgarden
By Paul Brannigan published
The making of Soundgarden's fourth album was no picnic for the Seattle band

Violet Grohl salutes one of America's greatest-ever film-makers on new single
By Paul Brannigan published
Listen to Violet Grohl's haunting new single What's Heaven Without You

Rush to release Super Deluxe box set of 1984's Grace Under Pressure in March
By Jerry Ewing published
New reissue of Rush's tenth studio album, Grace Under Pressure, features new Terry Brown mix of the album and a full 1984 Toronto concert recording
Latest Classic Rock Features

Radiohead, Primal Scream influencers found new singer on the street, after the last one went mad on stage
By Rob Hughes published
The late Holger Czukay discusses the importance of Can's groundbreaking second album Tago Mago

What happened when a SWAT team swooped on ex-Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri
By Joe Daly published
The former QOTSA bassist faced a potential prison sentence of up to 15 years

Car crashes, Satanism and 28 Years Later: the story behind Iron Maiden's The Number Of The Beast
By Rich Hobson published
From ominous omens to a horror film that got everyone talking, the legacy of The Number of The Beast is bigger than ever

The story of Feeder's breakthrough hit, a song its writer doesn't want to talk about ever again
By Henry Yates published
Drink cider from a lemon? Grant Nicholas reveals the real inspiration behind Feeder's hit single Buck Rogers

How Iron Maiden got their man and made the album that sent them stratospheric
By Iron Maiden published
Iron Maiden's second album Killers was a powerful statement of intent, but one cog in the momentum-gathering machine was a little loose and needed replacing

That time Steven Wilson covered a Taylor Swift song, proving he’ll always do what he likes
By Martin Kielty published
Ahead of launching The Future Bites, he delivered his version of Swift’s The Last Great American Dynasty, hailing her storytelling abilities
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Decades on, The Beatles' White Album is still igniting pub arguments
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The one where the cracks in the Beatles' armour began to appear and quality control took a back seat

Gluecifer's first album in two decades is sleazy and snotty, packed with blood-guzzling scorchers
By Sleazegrinder published
Gluecifer bring Scandinavian action rock (back) to the Man on sixth album Same Drug New High

Chris Rea finds friends among fans of Mark Knopfler, J.J. Cale and Robbie Robertson on The Road To Hell
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The Road To Hell fuses Chris Rea's weather-beaten blues instincts with serious songwriting smarts and a sharp-eyed sense of social unease

This is the end, but Megadeth are leaving us with an absolute killer of a final album
By Dom Lawson published
Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with

Alter Bridge are at their most Alter Bridge on the unwaveringly confident Alter Bridge
By Emma Johnston published
It's more of the same on Alter Bridge's self-titled seventh album, but who’s complaining when their same is this good?

Steven Wilson seeks the sweet spot between pop and progression on Hand. Cannot. Erase.
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Inspired by a tragic modern story, Steven Wilson's Hand. Cannot. Erase. is often hailed as his masterpiece. But is it?

Judas Priest revive themselves on Painkiller before Rob Halford's decade-long hiatus
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Judas Priest follow up the lukewarm Turbo and the tepid Ram It Down with the red-hot Painkiller

Prince aims for superstardom and succeeds with Purple Rain - just steer clear of the movie
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The Purple Rain movie may have been a polished turd of soapy melodrama, but it – and the brilliant soundtrack – transformed Prince into a towering icon of the video age




