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Fleetwood Mac star Lindsey Buckingham attacked in Santa Monica
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Sub Pop announces details of what promises to be the best record on the label since its '90s heyday
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Bruce Springsteen launches his fiercest attacks yet against "criminal clown" Donald Trump
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Jethro Tull announce six-disc reissue of 1984 album Under Wraps
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Latest Classic Rock News

Fleetwood Mac star Lindsey Buckingham attacked in Santa Monica
By Fraser Lewry published
According to law enforcement, the suspect threw an unknown substance at Buckingham before fleeing

Sub Pop announces details of what promises to be the best record on the label since its '90s heyday
By Paul Brannigan published
Get ready for the return of cult heroes Slift

Bruce Springsteen launches his fiercest attacks yet against "criminal clown" Donald Trump
By Paul Brannigan published
The Boss was not holding back at the opening night of his new Land of Hope and Dreams tour

Jethro Tull announce six-disc reissue of 1984 album Under Wraps
By Jerry Ewing published
Jethro Tull's Under Wraps: The Unwrapped Edition brings together the band's 1984 album and Ian Anderson's 1983 debut solo album, Walk Into Light

Masked-up Canadian math rockers Angine de Poitrine announce new EU and UK tour for October
By Jerry Ewing published
YouTube math-rock sensations Angine de Poitrine will release their second album, Vol. II, in April

Inside King Ultramega, the star-studded tribute to Soundgarden legend Chris Cornell
By Matt Mills published
How a spur-of-the-moment pandemic jam turned into a special tribute to a much-missed legend

Journey's Jonathan Cain admits to deliberately misleading fans over Steve Perry
By Fraser Lewry published
Life continues to be interesting in the Journey camp
Latest Classic Rock Features

"I lost it. I was just screaming and swinging at people. I’m not proud of it." How Red Hot Chili Peppers made By The Way, in their own words
By Paul Brannigan published
"It’s not some champagne and caviar rock star party for us"

Meet the band bringing true heavy metal back to Mexico - and trying to escape it
By Chris Chantler published
Jet Jaguar are one of their country's few old school heavy metal bands, but they're not planning on staying

Approved by Blondie, Iggy Pop and the Sex Pistols, The Molotovs are a ferocious generational voice
By Mark Beaumont published
After cutting their teeth in parks and at protests, scooter rallies and mod events, The Molotovs have now sold 10,000 tickets for their upcoming tour

The story of the song that heralded Blondie's comeback – but tanked in the US
By Rob Hughes published
Written about "sexual repression causing incredible desire among a school full of boys", Maria was a No.1 across Europe

The day The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde met Motorhead's Lemmy
By Paul Brannigan published
"Without Lemmy, The Pretenders wouldn’t have happened"

How Halestorm's I Get Off smashed some silly taboos in the modern rock scene
By Rich Hobson published
Believe it or not, a lot of modern mainstream rock had become a little prudish by around 2009. Halestorm helped change that

The prog stars who influenced a comedy musician’s career – and made him become a milkman for a while
By Jo Kendall published
Graham Fellows, creator of Jilted John and John Shuttleworth, started out with ELP before finding Yes, Focus, The Enid and Pink Floyd (although he has no time for The Dark Side Of The Moon)
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Kreator bring demons, wicker men and the most fire this side of Parkway Drive to stunning London show
By Matt Mills published
Supported by Nails, Exodus and Carcass, the German luminaries reach a new level of pageantry

Todd Rundgren delights some and confounds others on A Wizard, A True Star
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Aided by magic mushrooms and a newly built studio, Todd Rundgren sets out to chart "the chaotic musical element” in his head

Suzi Quatro refuses to dim the lights on 18th album Freedom
By Everett True published
Freedom is Suzi Quatro's third album in collaboration with son LR Tuckey

The Expanded Edition of Van Halen's 5150 is bigger but not necessarily better
By Hugh Fielder published
Exit Dave, enter Sammy, and Van Halen's first No.1 album

Opeth's Blackwater Park: A mesmerisingly brilliant prog-metal album’s quarter-century celebration
By Dan Peeke published
In which Steven Wilson helps Opeth emerge from the musky cocoon of their darker 90s albums with a wider and brighter sound

Melissa Auf der Maur's 90s rock memoir Even the Good Girls Will Cry is a frank, fearless and fabulously revelatory read
By Paul Brannigan published
You won't read a better '90s music biography than former Hole / Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur's new memoir





