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Watch Greta Van Fleet’s heavenly video for Heat Above
Greta Van Fleet release latest video taster for their forthcoming The Battle At Garden’s Gate album
This remix of Van Halen’s Runnin’ With The Devil is filthy, and we kinda love it
Listen to the Rhythm Scholar Rock 'n' Roll Inferno Remix of Runnin’ With The Devil, with added Zeppelin, Sabbath, James Brown and Space Invaders samples
Mick Fleetwood wants to “heal” Fleetwood Mac’s life-long wounds
“Would I love to think a reunion could happen? Yeah,” says Mick Fleetwood as he reveals patched-up relationship with former guitarist Lindsay Buckingham
Listen to the final song Kurt Cobain ever sang onstage, from Nirvana’s last-ever gig
On March 1, 1994 Nirvana played what would be their last show ever in Munich. This was the last song Kurt Cobain ever sang in public
This 17-year-old TikTok shredder has given a Foo Fighters hit the blazing solo it deserves
Jasmine Star supplies the Foo Fighters’ track Shame Shame with a helpful serving of guitar-shredding wizardry
Download 2021 cancelled, Iron Maiden, Kiss and Biffy Clyro announced as 2022 headliners
Download is the latest music festival to cancel 2021 event, Iron Maiden, Kiss and Biffy Clyro revealed as 2022’s headliners
Rammstein have recorded a secret new album in lockdown
“We recorded an album that we hadn't planned on,” says Rammstein’s Flake Lorenz
Tour the world with Freddie Mercury as Queen launch first mobile game
Queen: Rock Tour promises players "no masks, no social distancing, just the good old fashioned live experience"
New Frank Zappa book spotlights his Scandinavian exploits
Frank Zappa - The Nordic Stories collates fan memories from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland
Yes release new live clip of Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Prog legends Yes detail limited edition vinyl version of upcoming Union 30 Live
Yes release live clip of Roundabout and announce new massive Union live box set
Yes to release massive 30-disc limited edition deluxe box set Union 30 Live in May
Journey’s Don't Stop Believin’ passes 1 billion streams on Spotify
Journey become only the second band to rack up 1 billion streams of an an individual song on Spotify
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Cardiacs: a guide to their best albums
Cardiacs were easy to hate, with their at times unfathomable music, but for fans of the weird and wonderful there was nothing else like them
Vote for the greatest Slayer song ever
Slayer recorded more than 130 songs during their lifetime. We want you to tell us which one you think is best
Tracks of the Week: new music from The Dust Coda, The Datsuns and more
Eight marvellous musical monsters emerging from rock'n'roll's magnificent murk
Brunhilde: "We want to provoke!"
Meet the German punk-metal sensations who've already dented the charts and are intent on confounding your expectations
Steven Adler: How Guns N' Roses made Appetite For Destruction
In 1987, the ‘real’ GN’R bottled the mayhem of the Sunset Strip on their classic debut album Appetite For Destruction. Ousted drummer Steven Adler tells all
Why I ❤️ Experience Hendrix – The Best Of Jimi Hendrix, by Paul Rodgers
Paul Rodgers, once of Free and Bad Company and subsequent solo star, on the Jimi Hendrix compilation that's "something special"
The rise of the Walker Brothers and the terrifying reality of pop mania
For a short period in the 60s, the Walker Brothers were bigger than The Beatles, idolised and frantically mobbed by hysterical screaming girl fans – but their main singer hated it
14 songs that defined the career of Ronnie James Dio
From playing bass with The Vegas Kings, a rockabilly outfit formed in 1957, to his time with Rainbow, Black Sabbath, solo and beyond, Ronnie James Dio had a career like no other
The story behind Gimme Some Lovin’ by the Spencer Davis Group
Gimme Some Lovin’ by the Spencer Davis Group was knocked off in less time than it took to cart Steve Winwood’s Hammond into the Marquee
Captain Beefheart: a guide to his best albums
Captain Beefheart, the Magic Band’s eccentric leader, was an influential artist tortured by his failure to break into the mainstream. These are his best albums
The Story Behind The Song: Metallica’s Enter Sandman
How a grunge band inadvertently inspired the song that would turn Metallica into the world’s biggest metal band
The Police: fake punks, buried tapes, and the making of Zenyatta Mondatta
How The Police battled a tight deadline, rid themselves of label interference, and made the album that turned them into international superstars: Zenyatta Mondatta
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
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Be-Bop Deluxe's Drastic Plastic expanded but still elegant
Drastic Plastic was Be-Bop Deluxe's swansong album before Bill Nelson moved on, and its consistency masked an inner turmoil
The Black Crowes celebrate 30 years of Shake Your Money Maker in deluxe style
The Black Crowes' classic debut album Shake Your Money Maker, boxed, now with previously unreleased material
Steve Lukather plays it safe on I Found The Sun Again
On Steve Lukather's I Found The Sun Again the 60s and 70s influence a surprisingly safe record, despite the dynamic personnel involved
Alice Cooper's Detroit Stories is his most concise bolt of precision-tooled heavy rock in 50 years
Fifty years since Love It To Death, Alice Cooper revisits his birth city and forges a late-life classic with Detroit Stories
Lee Kerslake's Eleventeen is a poignant, welcome reminder of his skills
Eleventeen by Lee Kerslake is a fitting farewell from the former Ozzy and Uriah Heep drummer
The Alarm's War: recorded in isolation but bursting with heart
War (that's Raw in reverse, spelling fans) is The Alarm's rapid response to modern life
Whitesnake's Blues Album blurs genres but remains in the shadow of the blues
After Whitesnake albums called silver, gold, purple, red and white, David Coverdale completes a weird rainbow on The Blues Album
Mogwai's As The Love Continues treads an unlikely fine line between waft and heft
Sound sense from Mogwai on 10th album As The Love Continues
Ricky Warwick's complex soul exposed on When Life Was Hard And Fast
Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick's panoramic When Life Was Hard And Fast is his seventh album under his own name
The Hold Steady's Open Door Policy finds new life beyond the burn-out
Brooklyn’s anthemic bar rockers The Hold Steady tell stories featuring a litany of beaten characters on Open Door Policy, but there's light in the darkness
Dio live albums: repackaged but still offering more Heaven than Hell
Ronnie James Dio's live albums Evil Or Divine: Live In New York City and Holy Diver Live get taken out for another spin
