Latest Classic Rock News

Listen to the unreleased Queen song that Brian May gifted fans
By Paul Brannigan published
Brian May teases 2026 re-issue of Queen's second album with broadcast of unreleased song dating back to 1969

After 50 years, Pink Floyd have released an official video for one of their greatest songs
By Paul Brannigan published
Watch the official music video for Pink Floyd classic Wish You Were Here

Robert Plant on how Wales and Tolkien influenced Led Zeppelin
By Merlin Alderslade published
Robert Plant channelled Tolkien into his lyrics - even if his Led Zep bandmates didn't realise it at the time

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Rea dead at 74
By Fraser Lewry published
Chris Rea has passed away after a series of health battles

John 5 reveals the secret to stepping into the shoes of Van Halen, Mick Mars and more
By Merlin Alderslade published
John 5 has picked up the axe for the likes of Mötley Crüe and Rob Zombie, and he's learned a few lessons along the way

Ghost's Mary On A Cross has officially just gone platinum in the UK
By Merlin Alderslade published
Ghost's biggest song has just achieved a major milestone

Nazareth part ways with Carl Sentance, announce new singer
By Fraser Lewry published
A decade after replacing founding frontman Dan McCafferty in Nazareth, Carl Sentance has left the band
Latest Classic Rock Features

"We played it for our label and management and they told us it would end our career": The story of the glam metal classic inspired by an unfaithful exotic dancer
By Richard Bienstock published
Poison topped the US charts in late 1988 with a power ballad that singer Bret Michaels poured his broken heart into

“It’s one of our few songs I listen to without cringing”: Canadian band surprised themselves with 1981 hit
By Malcolm Dome published
Written in an English market town with a producer who worked them hard, their 1981 track became the third most-played single in the US that year

Lemmy's personal assistant looks back at six years on the road with the Motörhead legend
By Dan Hawcroft published
Dan Hawcroft spent 24 hours a day with Lemmy and Motöhead for 11 months of each year – and he's got the scars to prove it

"Yelling, fighting, drugs, alcohol… everything always went on. At the very end, he took me to his house and gave me a sword." Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister, by those who knew him best
By Dave Everley published
On what would've been his 80th birthday, we remember rock'n'roll icon and Motorhead legend Lemmy Kilmister

Jane’s Addiction represented a new form of prog when they released Nothing’s Shocking
By Ben Myers published
Authentic and challenging, the quartet shaped the music of a decade with their major-label debut

Donovan’s transcendental tales of The Beatles, Dylan, Hendrix and David Lynch
By Hugh Fielder published
Folk-rock pioneer Donovan on jamming with Macca and Dylan, butting heads with John Paul Jones and meditating with David Lynch

Alien Sex Fiend’s mushroom-powered path to prog appreciation
By Natasha Scharf published
Nik Fiend’s journey from a cover of Silver Machine that Lemmy liked to sharing a label with Hawkwind

“He was unable to write something with delight in it. It’s epic”: William Shatner’s surprising Christmas album
By Jo Kendall published
The Star Trek icon gets silly and serious in turns as he discusses what the season means to him, the secret to living long and prospering, and the presents Kirk and Spock might give each other
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Judas Priest revive themselves on Painkiller before Rob Halford's decade-long hiatus
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Judas Priest follow up the lukewarm Turbo and the tepid Ram It Down with the red-hot Painkiller

Prince aims for superstardom and succeeds with Purple Rain - just steer clear of the movie
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The Purple Rain movie may have been a polished turd of soapy melodrama, but it – and the brilliant soundtrack – transformed Prince into a towering icon of the video age

Jan Akkerman celebrates four decades of My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow
By Stephen Dalton published
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.

Sabaton's Legendary tour lives up to its name: Review
By Rich Hobson published
Thanks, but no tanks: history-loving Swedes Sabaton reinvent their stage show for the Legendary tour

Jimmy Barnes strives for solo success on second album For The Working Class Man
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Freed from Cold Chisel, Australian national treasure Jimmy Barnes called in the big guns for his attempted US breakthrough

Freddie Mercury's Mr Bad Guy at 40: Still the great album that might have been
By Stephen Dalton published
Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.





