Latest Classic Rock News
"I wish you nothing but a very sore arm!" Iron Maiden manager on fans who ignored plea not to use mobile phones
Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour got off to a brilliant start in Budapest – even if some "selfish" fans broke no-phone rule
Kirk Hammett picks the Metallica album where he got his playing "spot on"
Iconic Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett thinks he nailed his playing on this album in particular
"It’s the sound of four men who feel like their lives depend on it." Bono gives update on U2's next album
"You’ve got to deal with the past to get to the present, in order to make the sound of the future" says Bono
John Fogerty does a Taylor Swift and rerecords some Creedence Clearwater Revival classics
To celebrate owning his songs again, Fogerty is releasing "John's Version" recordings – listen to the first three now
Ex-RHCP guitarist Josh Klinghoffer avoids jail after entering plea in vehicular manslaughter case
Klinghoffer was warned about his future conduct during court proceedings in California
Download festival comments after artists speak out over “unsafe” toilets for trans people
Several musicians complained on social media after reports that the UK’s biggest rock/metal festival does not want trans people using the toilets of the gender they transitioned to
Queens of the Stone Age announce international screenings for Alive in the Catacombs film
Alive in the Catacombs will be screened in cinemas in 20 countries next month
Latest Classic Rock Features
The tale of Smashing Pumpkins’ odd, all-over-the-shop 1998 tour to support Adore
Billy Corgan & co. totally lost the plot in the bid to try and replace Jimmy Chamberlin in 1998. Two words: "percussion solo".
How Alice In Chains came back from the brink
After the death of Layne Staley, it took Alice In Chains seven years to return with a new frontman and album. This is their story
The Blue Öyster Cult albums you should definitely listen to... and one to avoid
There’s a lot more to Blue Öyster Cult than more cowbell, as their best albums clearly show
The essential slow Slayer songs
Despite their reputation as one of thrash metal’s fastest bands, Slayer haven’t been afraid to lift the pedal from the metal on occasion. Here’s when they did it best.
How Skid Row and Sebastian Bach Went To War
Skid Row were once blood brothers, but infighting and a split with their singer turned it all into an ‘abyss of hatred’
Why the teenage John Frusciante walked away from an audition for Frank Zappa's band
In another universe, John Frusciante might never have joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Supergroup the Dead Daisies kick back down south with uneven blues covers album
Lookin' For Trouble was recorded at Fame Studios in Alabama, home of the Muscle Shoals Sound
"An Iron Maiden gig quite unlike any other we've seen." The first night of Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour packs big surprises, lashings of nostalgia and a state-of-the-art new show
From beloved rarities getting dusted off to some truly impressive new visuals, Maiden kicked off their new world tour in style
The Tubes bring in the big producer on The Completion Backwards Principle, with mixed results
Desperate for major label success, The Tubes turned to David Foster, who had just struck gold with Earth, Wind And Fire
Skunk Anansie's The Painful Truth is their best work in decades
Veteran Brit-rockers Skunk Anansie defy challenging times with ambitious midlife reboot The Painful Truth
It's not just the familiar names on Young & Wild glam metal compilation
The good, the bad and the ugly from a colourful 10-year period of American hard rock gathered together on Young & Wild - A Decade Of American Glam Metal 1982-1992
Mahavishnu Orchestra explore new musical worlds on The Inner Mounting Flame
Mahavishnu Orchestra's The Inner Mounting Flame was the first jazz-rock album that found favour among significant numbers of rock aficionados
