Latest Classic Rock News
Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson remembers his first impression of Metallica’s Master Of Puppets
Playing in Metallica’s rival band didn’t stop him from loving their landmark third album same as everyone else
Former ELO members reunite to present band's silver electric cello donated to Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Former Electric Light Orchestra members Melvyn Gale, Bev Bevan and Mik Kaminski appeared at Birmingham City University to honour former ELO keyboard player Richard Tandy
Former Iron Maiden singer Blaze Bayley to perform at band’s blockbuster Knebworth festival in July, playing songs from The X Factor, Virtual XI and The Best Of The Beast
The vocalist, who fronted the heavy metal titans from 1994 to 1999, will headline the Friday night of the two-day event
Kid Rock is being investigated by the US Army after posting video of military helicopter flyby
The self-styled American Bad Ass is seen applauding two Apache helicopters outside his Nashville home on social media post
New Rush drummer Anika Nilles looks back on her first rehearsal with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson
Anika Nilles, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock
The unlikely resurrection of Rush - Only in the new issue of Classic Rock
Also in Classic Rock 352: The Clash, Zakk Wylde, David Bowie, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Patti Smith, Bob Mould, Skindred, Jeff Wayne, Chris Difford, Jeff Scott Soto, A Thousand Horses and more
Deep Purple announce US tour with Kansas and Jefferson Starship
Deep Purple's North American tour dates are the band's first on the continent since 2024's = 1 More Time Tour
Latest Classic Rock Features
How Halestorm's I Get Off smashed some silly taboos in the modern rock scene
Believe it or not, a lot of modern mainstream rock had become a little prudish by around 2009. Halestorm helped change that
The prog stars who influenced a comedy musician’s career – and made him become a milkman for a while
Graham Fellows, creator of Jilted John and John Shuttleworth, started out with ELP before finding Yes, Focus, The Enid and Pink Floyd (although he has no time for The Dark Side Of The Moon)
Michael Monroe looks back at a career packed with thrills, spills, triumph and tragedy
You could say Michael Monroe has really lived the rock’n’roll life, but it would be an understatement
How David Bowie conquered time to write the song that gave him an audience
How a young David Bowie’s artistic manifesto was captured in three and a half perfect minutes
Kavus Torabi on the new adventures of psychedelic rock, jazz, space-rock and more collective Gong
Since being handed the role of Gong gatekeeper by late founder Daevid Allen, Kavus Torabi has guided the band through a trilogy of albums
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: March 30, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Suzi Quatro feat. Alice Cooper, CJ Wildheart, Robert Jon & The Wreck and more
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Kreator bring demons, wicker men and the most fire this side of Parkway Drive to stunning London show
Supported by Nails, Exodus and Carcass, the German luminaries reach a new level of pageantry
Todd Rundgren delights some and confounds others on A Wizard, A True Star
Aided by magic mushrooms and a newly built studio, Todd Rundgren sets out to chart "the chaotic musical element” in his head
Suzi Quatro refuses to dim the lights on 18th album Freedom
Freedom is Suzi Quatro's third album in collaboration with son LR Tuckey
The Expanded Edition of Van Halen's 5150 is bigger but not necessarily better
Exit Dave, enter Sammy, and Van Halen's first No.1 album
Opeth's Blackwater Park: A mesmerisingly brilliant prog-metal album’s quarter-century celebration
In which Steven Wilson helps Opeth emerge from the musky cocoon of their darker 90s albums with a wider and brighter sound
Melissa Auf der Maur's 90s rock memoir Even the Good Girls Will Cry is a frank, fearless and fabulously revelatory read
You won't read a better '90s music biography than former Hole / Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf der Maur's new memoir
