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Dave Grohl reflects on the aftermath of the 2022 death of his best friend Taylor Hawkins
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Official Alan Parsons Project 50th anniversary book now available for pre-order
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Lzzy Hale looks back on the disasters Halestorm endured to make their first album
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Suzi Quatro discovers she's been breaking the law for over half a century
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Latest Classic Rock News

Dave Grohl reflects on the aftermath of the 2022 death of his best friend Taylor Hawkins
By Paul Brannigan published
"Losing Taylor was never meant to be"

Official Alan Parsons Project 50th anniversary book now available for pre-order
By Martin Kielty published
She’s spent years looking through late dad Eric Woolfson’s archive, so Joel McIver’s book is full of never-previously-seen material

Lzzy Hale looks back on the disasters Halestorm endured to make their first album
By Metal Hammer published
The Pennsylvania hard rockers also survived a producer stepping down and their A&R guy being fired by their label

Suzi Quatro discovers she's been breaking the law for over half a century
By Fraser Lewry published
The original Queen of Noise has fallen foul of the authorities

Watch the first trailer for new Iron Maiden documentary Burning Ambition
By Merlin Alderslade published
We've finally got a proper glimpse of the biggest heavy metal documentary coming in 2026!

Placebo announce reimagined version of 1996 debut album, 30th anniversary tour
By Paul Brannigan published
Placebo Re:created is described by the band as a "director’s cut" of their groundbreaking debut album

Quirky YouTube sensations Angine de Poitrine announce new album for April
By Jerry Ewing published
Canadian math rock duo Angine de Pointrine's UK May live dates have completely sold out
Latest Classic Rock Features

Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on 25 years of Blackwater Park and why he might stop growling again
By Matt Mills published
We caught up with the progressive metal mastermind and made him begrudgingly talk about his band’s magnum opus

Can you imagine Pink Floyd’s The Wall without Comfortably Numb? Roger Waters once did
By Daryl Easlea published
The band’s signature track was the source of great disagreement as their massive 1979 concept album came together. Its absence could have robbed them of one of their greatest onstage moments

For 40 years, Danny Francis kept rock stars out of trouble - and his stories prove it
By Paul Elliott published
When Danny Francis died in 2025, he left behind a lifetime of memories with Paul McCartney, Bad Company, Kiss, Bon Jovi, Cher and more

Nine Steve Winwood albums you should listen to and one to avoid
By Paul Elliott published
With the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and solo, Steve Winwood has shown himself to be a truly singular talent. These are his best albums

The story behind the troubled birth of Foo Fighters' second album, The Colour And The Shape
By Simon Young published
Despite countless setbacks and obstacles, Dave Grohl emerged from Kurt Cobain's shadow with a clutch of songs that primed Foo Fighters for stadiums

The frazzled story of Captain Beyond, the stoner rock supergroup crushed by the music business
By Ken McIntyre published
"They did everything they could to destroy us. That's why we're like this secret, cult band."
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

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

Powerwolf conquer Wembley Arena: Review
By Rich Hobson published
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
By Pat Carty published
More songs about rockin’ an’ rollin’






