Latest Classic Rock News
Billy Corgan joins My Chemical Romance for Smashing Pumpkins cover in Chicago
Smashing Pumpkins frontman is surprise guest for My Chemical Romance's cover of Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Watch: Bruce Dickinson talks leaving Iron Maiden in the 90s, making Balls To Picasso and THAT reggae moment
We sat down with Iron Maiden’s frontman to talk about life around the release of his second solo album, which was recently remixed and reissued
New Peter Hammill biography to be published in November
The 500 plus page ROCK and ROLE: The Visionary Songs of Peter Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator features many rare and previously unseen photographs
Bruce Dickinson explains why his solo music is heavier than Iron Maiden
The frontman’s solo output uses more downtuning and fewer guitar harmonies than Maiden’s songs
Listen to Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen's atmospheric Hollow Man collaboration
Also out now: Bon Jovi's new single Red, White and Jersey
Neil Young launches scathing attack on Donald Trump in new song Big Crime
Neil Young's Big Crime calls out Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard on US streets
Entire Genesis 1973 Bataclan show made available online
Genesis's show at the Paris Bataclan on 1973's tour in support of Foxtrot can now be viewed in its entirety
Latest Classic Rock Features
The forthright attitude behind Roger Dean’s album art for Yes
Inspired by real-life landscapes and knowing what he didn’t like, the forthright creator of remarkable worlds explains his partnership with Yes
“We were a punk band with Beatles melodies. We had no effects, barely any equipment, just loads of attitude, 12 cans of Red Stripe and ambition."
The greatest rock album of the '90s was released on this day 31 years ago. Now a new generation is discovering its irresistible swagger
Debate: What's the greatest live album ever?
Please help us settle one of rock’s most enduring arguments
"It's kind of a concept record, if the word ‘concept’ didn’t suck."
QOTSA's Songs for the Deaf has just turned 23. This is the story behind a modern classic
The Black Keys are back and they're bruised
Last year, they cancelled a tour, their album flopped and they fired their managers. Can the Black Keys come back?.
Debate: what's the greatest punk album ever?
Ramones? Fun House? The Crack? Dookie? The Shape Of Punk To Come? Randy the Band? We want to know your pick for punk's finest hour
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
I just watched Metallica play in front of a few hundred people
Intimate, fun and occasionally feral, I feel like I just witnessed something truly special
Soft rock's Mr Nice Guy returns to familiar ground on Roll With The Punches
Bryan Adams defiantly sticks to his guns on Roll With The Punches
Lighting up a dank east London basement, Ecca Vandal proves that she's got the songs, the skills, the attitude and the aura to become alt.rock's next 'new' star
Ecca Vandal is a breath of fresh air, and a star in the making
Black Country Communion's debut album is a heartfelt homage to 1973
Original it ain't, but Black Country Communion's debut ticks all the right boxes for anyone who can't get enough of that classic early-70s sound
Robert Jon & The Wreck keep the southern vibes alive on Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes
Hard-working southern-fried So Cal quintet Robert Jon & The Wreck make an impressive return on album number nine
Exodus break the habit of a lifetime on Force Of Habit
With Metallica's Black album bringing them a huge new audience, Exodus clambered aboard the experimental bandwagon
The deluxe edition of UFO's No Place To Run successfully upgrades the original
UFO's Paul Chapman-era classic No Place To Run has never sounded better
You’ve never heard of this space rock band, but they just put on one of the loudest, craziest and most incredible festival sets I’ve seen in my life
Though French cosmonauts Slift are very much a cult prospect, it’s only a matter of time before their mesmerising live shows make them superstars