Latest Classic Rock News
Watch ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted cover Bob Seger’s Turn The Page at North American tour kickoff this week
Metallica put their stamp on the classic track with 1998’s Garage, Inc. album
Taylor Momsen on her love for Chris Cornell and Soundgarden
"All of Chris Cornell’s work speaks to me on a level that nothing else does"
Gary Glitter faces new charges of sexual abuse against a minor
Glitter has been accused of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13, and three counts of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14
Rush launch official t-shirt to raise funds for Venezuelan earthquake relief
The June 24 earthquakes killed at least 2,295 and left more than 11,000 injured
Devin Townsend explains why he pooed in Steve Vai’s guitar case
The prog metal polymath sang in the guitar maestro’s solo band in the early 1990s
Ian McNabb tells a Noel Gallagher story Noel Gallagher won't want you to hear
Icicle Works leader Ian McNabb jammed with Crazy Horse and Noel Gallagher in 1994 – and he wasn't impressed by the Oasis man
Brian May and Rick Wakeman join stellar lineup at 2026 Starmus festival
The Starmus Festival celebrates astronomy, space exploration, music, art, and the natural sciences
Latest Classic Rock Features
The story behind Foo Fighters' secret first show
"I remember it being such a huge relief that we just made it to the end"
It's 10 years since Radiohead last released an album and I accidentally got the only interview for it
How a night on the tiles in Paris with Radiohead in 2016 turned into something more special
It looks like a beer bong and sounds like a robot: the story of Joe Walsh's Rocky Mountain Way
Rocky Mountain Way came to Joe Walsh as he mowed his lawn, much to the detriment of his furious neighbour's rose bushes
Blue October's Justin Furstenfeld reflects on runaway creativity – and personal train wrecks
This year US alt.rockers Blue October are playing their 2006 album Foiled in full on tour – and Justin Furstenfeld is just glad he can
Reflected glory: the story of the Neil Young and Pearl Jam team-up album Mirror Ball
The grunge superstars learned a lot when they teamed up with the rock veteran to make his 1995 album, but they regret not putting their name on it
How Rick Wakeman proved everyone wrong with The Six Wives of Henry VIII
His 1973 debut solo album was roundly hated by label bosses and reviewers – but it became a coffee-table classic and gave him freedom from Yes
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Splat! confirms beyond question that Deep Purple are enjoying yet another golden age
The Deep Purple renaissance continues
The Kinks trade music-hall whimsy for slabs of arena rock on Give The People What They Want
The Kinks' 19th studio album explored the band's harder edges and saw the reintroduction of an old friend
Unashamedly grandiose space-rockers Muse hit new disco-metal heights on The Wow! Signal
The Wow! Signal is Muse at their sharpest, eclectic and energised, but low on the bloat and bombast that sometimes marred previous albums
The Stooges mark the post-Altamont death throes of the hippy zeitgeist on Fun House
The Stooges' second album Fun House is a beautiful seven-track study in the feral and unhinged
The Rolling Stones' 25th album Foreign Tongues isn't just Hackney Diamonds II
The Rolling Stones follow up Hackney Diamonds with assistance from Paul McCartney, The Cure's Robert Smith, Steve Winwood and more
Electric Warrior – T.Rex's collection of sun-dappled narco-rockers – is more than the two hits
Marc Bolan sheds his hippy skin and reinvents himself as a golden god with a gleaming, screaming electric guitar
