Latest Classic Rock News
Carmine Appice names the forgotten rock drummer who “started everything”
The Vanilla Fudge drummer salutes a rock pioneer – and clears up a famous Led Zeppelin rumour
Ministry pull no punches in anti-Trump video for We Hate
Tired of Donald Trump's "self-aggrandising AI slop", Ministry turn the tables on "Hair Mussolini" with colourful AI video
Former AC/DC drummer Chris Slade retires at 79
Chris Slade retires from drumming after career that saw him star on AC/DC's The Razors Edge
Watch a young Black Sabbath confuse the hell out of stoned European hippies one week before Paranoid became a hit single
Black Sabbath’s performance of Paranoid at Jazz Bilzen festival in August 1970 is a sweet snapshot of metal history
All members of Buckcherry safe after tour bus involved in fatal crash
One person has died after a multi-vehicle crash in South Carolina which involved Buckcherry's tour bus
MTV have scrapped the ‘Best Rock’ category at their Video Music Awards after 37 years
Looking for rock music at this year's MTV VMAs? Good luck with that
Nickelback release epic power ballad Leave Me Behind
Nickelback gear up for the release of their eleventh album – and warn fans to be on the lookout for scammers
Latest Classic Rock Features
Forget what critics and sales stats might tell you, Flick Of The Switch is the finest AC/DC album since Back In Black
Flick Of The Switch is AC/DC's most under-rated album. The End
Judas Priest and Elegant Weapons guitarist Richie Faulkner made us a playlist
Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix and Pantera are just some of the artists that make Richie tick
“He tore the whole thing to shreds and was very unkind”: Jethro Tull’s War Child and 1974
Their seventh studio album was the result of a failed attempt to make a movie – but the band leader believes many more significant things happened in the world of music that year
Biff Byford reveals why he thinks Metallica have never covered a Saxon song
Metallica have never covered Saxon on record – could an old beef be the reason why?
How abandoned songs, a broken foot and footballer-size egos destroyed a Yes album
The classic line-up fell apart after disastrous attempts to make the follow-up to Tormato in Paris, before a new line-up released Drama in 1980
Inside Kings Of Chaos, rock’s billion dollar supergroup
Featuring members of Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Deep Purple, Alter Bridge and more, Kings Of Chaos were rock’s most high-profile covers band
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
"The album's brevity is its biggest advantage." J.J. Cale keeps it short on the easygoing Okie
J.J. Cale's most famous songs were made famous by others, but Okie's laid-back charm is enticing in its own right
Castle Rat look like future headliners at Bloodstock: review
Castle Rat have barely played a dozen gigs in the UK, but pulled a massive crowd for their early afternoon slot at Bloodstock
Judas Priest's Bloodstock set is a triumphant homecoming: review
Rob Halford confirms Judas Priest are working on a new album as they bring some of heavy metal's greatest anthems home to Bloodstock
Fifty years on, Robin Trower's Bridge Of Sighs is still an all-time blues rock classic
Bridge Of Sighs was the second of Robin Tower's power trio’s superb trilogy of back-to-back albums in the mid-70s, and sealed his reputation
L7's Bricks Are Heavy was a breath of fresh air in a scene that quickly became stale
Pretend We’re Dead might be Bricks Are Heavy's best-known track, but Shitlist, Everglade and Wargasm proved L7 were canny songwriters.
Stuart Adamson's guitar work elevates Skids' Scared to Dance above the ordinary
The sound of a bunch of scrappy youths from Scotland's industrial heartland
