Latest Classic Rock News
"I was thinking about all the singers that came from the Seattle scene and how many of them had since died." Pearl Jam's Mike McCready announces rock opera about the history of grunge in Seattle
Mike McCready's Farewell to Seasons will also be published as a graphic novel
Papa Roach have just named the best nu metal songs of all time – and, yes, one of them picked Last Resort
No false modesty here
Bruce Springsteen shares Pogues cover from upcoming Shane MacGowan tribute album
Springsteen cover is the first single to be released from 20th Century Paddy: The Songs of Shane MacGowan
Jack Osbourne and wife Aree welcome baby daughter and name her after the Prince Of Darkness
The couple had their second child together last Thursday
Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson responds to Dave Mustaine’s jab at former members’ “past behaviours”
Mustaine recently said that Megadeth won’t reunite with former members on their farewell tour due to one particular person’s past
Violet Grohl channels the '90s on new song 595, announces debut album
Violet Grohl channels the '90s on new single 595
Tool's Maynard James Keenan shares his love for the legendary singer-songwriter who changed his life
Tool / A Perfect Circle vocalist salutes a folk-rock icon
Latest Classic Rock Features
How a simple break-up song evolved into The Doors' darkest, weirdest and most disturbing freak-out
How The End began, then went weird
Marmozets fizz back with a new album after a seven-year absence
CO.WARD.DICE will be released in May
From teenage fan to first-name pals: The Phil Lynott I knew
Classic Rock writer Mick Wall remembers the Phil Lynott that most never knew
How Humble Pie made the ultimate whiplash boogie white boy blues
With its monolithic riff and yelping lead vocal, the live version of Stone Cold Fever typifies Humble Pie, one of the best live blues-rock bands of their era
The story behind the Blondie classic that everyone misunderstood
"I don't think there's a song on the first record without a reference to someone getting shot, stabbed, degraded, or insulted"
The ultimate Motorhead playlist (as picked by Metallica, Judas Priest and more)
We asked some of metal's biggest names to share which Motorhead songs mean most to them
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
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
Foo Fighters return to their punk roots in Manchester
Dave Grohl winds back the clocks with a very sweaty, very intimate show in Manchester
