Latest Classic Rock News
"Like a fantastic beast sprung from Dante's Inferno": Meet the 67-million-year-old Triceratops skull named after Ozzy Osbourne
The late Black Sabbath frontman is now the subject of a dinosaur-themed tribute
Uriah Heep founder Mick Box to miss dates on farewell tour after falling ill
Mick Box will miss his first Uriah Heep shows since 1969: Stand-in guitarist announced
Jack White mercilessly mocks Donald Trump over "365 wins in 365 days" claims
The White Stripes' founder has promised to block any followers who tell him to "stick to music"
"I’m surprised they didn‘t fire me!" Producer Michael Beinhorn on working with Soundgarden
The making of Soundgarden's fourth album was no picnic for the Seattle band
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
Latest Classic Rock Features
That time Steven Wilson covered a Taylor Swift song, proving he’ll always do what he likes
Ahead of launching The Future Bites, he delivered his version of Swift’s The Last Great American Dynasty, hailing her storytelling abilities
That time David Bowie feared witches under the spell of Jimmy Page had targeted him to help birth the Antichrist
A fascination with occult magic did nothing to help David Bowie's sanity in the mid '70s
Inside the night James Hetfield caught fire - and Axl Rose caused a riot
A look back at one of the most chaotic gigs in the history of rock 'n' roll
The story behind one of the greatest alt. rock singles ever written
"We thought no-one would play it." The story behind one of the great '90s alt. rock singles, The Breeders' Cannonball
Nine Rory Gallagher albums you should definitely listen to and one to avoid
Rory Gallagher left a tremendous legacy of albums studded with real gems – and these are the best of them
“I pushed the fader up. He pulled it down. I haven’t forgotten”: Alex Lifeson’s struggle with Rush’s synth obsession
The guitarist was never against the band going in new directions, but feels he had to fight to be heard on every album from Signals to Presto
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?
