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Sepultura founders Max and Iggor Cavalera declined invitation to perform at band’s final show, claims guitarist
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Why Avenged Sevenfold “fell in love” with Metallica’s ever-controversial St Anger
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Pentangle drummer Terry Cox, who also played on David Bowie's Space Oddity, has died, aged 89
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The day Anthony Kiedis was fired from Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Latest Classic Rock News

Sepultura founders Max and Iggor Cavalera declined invitation to perform at band’s final show, claims guitarist
By Matt Mills published
Even though Kisser spoke with ex-drummer Iggor over the phone, an onstage reunion doesn’t seem to be on the cards

Why Avenged Sevenfold “fell in love” with Metallica’s ever-controversial St Anger
By Matt Mills published
They’re not quite there with Lulu, though

Pentangle drummer Terry Cox, who also played on David Bowie's Space Oddity, has died, aged 89
By Jerry Ewing published
Drummer Terry Cox was part of the classic Pentangle line-up alongside Jacqui McShee, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson

The day Anthony Kiedis was fired from Red Hot Chili Peppers
By Paul Brannigan published
How detox helped save Anthony Kiedis' soul, and possibly his life

Take a first look inside Oasis Live ‘25 Opus book
By Paul Brannigan published
Oasis share first images from photographer Simon Emmett's book documenting their 2025 tour

Lord Of The Rings star Elijah Wood can no longer listen to Metallica’s Enter Sandman, and his infant son is to blame
By Matt Mills published
“It became the only song that he wanted to hear for a very long stretch of time”

Bryan Adams and Pat Benatar announce extensive run of US shows
By Fraser Lewry published
The latest leg of Bryan Adams' Roll With The Punches tour will feature the returning Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
Latest Classic Rock Features

"By writing obsessively in my diary I was admitting, This is madness, you are in danger, be careful." Hole, Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur on surviving the '90s, love, loss, and her brilliant memoir Even The Good Girls Will Cry
By Paul Brannigan published
"There was a lot of pain from all the death and drugs and corporate destruction"

The miraculous rise of Porcupine Tree, the modern prog superstars who started out as a joke
By Dave Ling published
An archive interview with the band whose modern take on progressive rock brought the genre out of the past and gave it a future

Nine albums by The Mission to listen and one to ignore
By Alex Burrows published
Goth’s bleak misanthropy was upcycled and infused with hippiefied glam by The Mission, who celebrate their 40th this year

How Sylvester Stallone turned Survivor from no-hopers to heavyweight champions of AOR
By Dave Ling published
The story behind the biggest song of 1982

Hotel bombings, car crashes, conspiracy theories and towering infernos: The A to Z of B.B. King
By Henry Yates published
Introduction written by Joe Bonamassa

A brilliant and bonkers interview with Motorhead's Phil Campbell
By Rich Hobson published
Equine pranks, epic benders and a million-dollar tantrum: This is what it was like being the (second) longest-serving member in rock'n'roll's greatest band
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

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

Linda Ronstadt gently explores an eclectic selection of songs on Heart Like A Wheel
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Heart Like A Wheel was a key step in Ronstadt's mid-70s rise, thanks to an astute choice of songs, smart production and *that* voice

Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and The Mothers' Bongo Fury, revisited and expanded
By David Stubbs published
A six-disc, 57-track edition of the legendary 1975 collaboration, featuring live recordings and outtakes

The Legendary Edition of Aerosmith's debut album expands the original with live and session tracks
By John Aizlewood published
American rock giants’ debut album, with added Harmonica Jam Bass Jelly

Tedeschi Trucks Band continue the search for transcendence on the sublime Future Soul
By Fraser Lewry published
The best album yet from peak Derek and ‘punk’ Susan

David Bowie successfully charts a path into his later years with the help of a returning friend
By Classic Rock Magazine published
David Bowie transforms once again, this time into himself






