Latest Classic Rock News
Violet Grohl salutes one of America's greatest-ever film-makers on new single
Listen to Violet Grohl's haunting new single What's Heaven Without You
Rush to release Super Deluxe box set of 1984's Grace Under Pressure in March
New reissue of Rush's tenth studio album, Grace Under Pressure, features new Terry Brown mix of the album and a full 1984 Toronto concert recording
Iron Maiden respond to that jaw-dropping 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple scene
If you've seen the film, you know it has one of the most surprising and bonkers heavy metal needle drops ever
Ten minutes of previously unseen live film of Pink Floyd has escaped onto the internet
The footage sees Pink Floyd playing Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Money on their North American tour in 1977
Roger Waters believes that his vocal opposition to "evil" US President Trump could get him killed
"Trump is obviously very evil, but now he's demented as well as being very evil"
A second, cuter version of the Sphere venue is coming to the US
Sphere at National Harbor, Maryland, will be a scaled-down version of the groundbreaking Las Vegas venue
John Fogerty sprinkles rock'n'roll magic with songs and stories at intimate Tiny Desk Concert
"I realised I had passed into the land of greatness": John Fogerty tells the story behind the creation of his first great song
Latest Classic Rock Features
The song that turned an English blues outfit into a globe-trotting rock band with high-maintenance habits
All thanks to a warm, evergreen slice of pure pop genius
Buckcherry's Josh Todd on the state of the nation, managing old habits, and going back to school
After 11 studio albums, Buckcherry are on a roll - and Josh Todd is getting good grades
Watch Geddy Lee give celebrity tobogganing advice
Rush's Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson all appeared on Canadian satire show The Mercer Report over the years
How Clutching At Straws broke Marillion and Fish apart
Their fourth studio album came at a point of high tension. Instead of taking the break they needed, they were sent back into the studio. It took decades to resolve the issues that blew up
How Mike Oldfield made Maggie Reilly sing in an odd style to make Moonlight Shadow
A bottle of wine, a thesaurus and a rhyming dictionary sent his career out of the doldrums, into the Top 5, and helped make 1983 album Crises a success
The story of the joyous breakthrough hit inspired by Thin Lizzy, Star Wars and Dutch cigars
From school to hellraising in short order – all enabled by a story of a whirlwind intergalactic romance
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Decades on, The Beatles' White Album is still igniting pub arguments
The one where the cracks in the Beatles' armour began to appear and quality control took a back seat
Gluecifer's first album in two decades is sleazy and snotty, packed with blood-guzzling scorchers
Gluecifer bring Scandinavian action rock (back) to the Man on sixth album Same Drug New High
Chris Rea finds friends among fans of Mark Knopfler, J.J. Cale and Robbie Robertson on The Road To Hell
The Road To Hell fuses Chris Rea's weather-beaten blues instincts with serious songwriting smarts and a sharp-eyed sense of social unease
This is the end, but Megadeth are leaving us with an absolute killer of a final album
Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with
Alter Bridge are at their most Alter Bridge on the unwaveringly confident Alter Bridge
It's more of the same on Alter Bridge's self-titled seventh album, but who’s complaining when their same is this good?
Steven Wilson seeks the sweet spot between pop and progression on Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Inspired by a tragic modern story, Steven Wilson's Hand. Cannot. Erase. is often hailed as his masterpiece. But is it?
