Latest Classic Rock News
Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea pays tribute to the "beautiful boy" who broke his heart
"I looked up to him. I was in love with him"
Jon Anderson announces September UK tour dates
Jon Anderson returns to the UK for live shows for the first time in three years, this time supported by The Band Geeks
Watch Rob Halford discuss rioting and rage in trailer for The Ballad of Judas Priest documentary
"You cannot cage this music, you cannot put this music behind bars"
R&B superstar Thundercat looks back on his nine years in hardcore punk legends Suicidal Tendencies
Former Ariana Grande, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg bass legend revisits his punk rock past
"Hey, everybody. It's me, Dee Snider, and I'm not dying!"
"Don't worry about old Dee"
Steven Wilson announces two Royal Albert Hall dates in October, his only live shows this year
Steven Wilson will perform with an orchestra and choir for the very first time with a live show featuring previously unheard arrangements of The Overview
Sister Ghost shares raging punk single Not Your Toy, lines up special Valentine's Day show
"We can reclaim our collective power"
Latest Classic Rock Features
How John Lydon left the trainwreck of the Sex Pistols behind with trailblazing self-determination
Johnny Rotten became John Lydon and the dense punk sound became spacious dub for his new band PiL’s first real statement of intent
“The fact that its roots are in tragedy only adds to its poignancy”: Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush’s duet Don’t Give Up
If a fatal accident hadn’t taken place on her one and only tour, the grief-ridden pair might never have been on stage together – robbing her of a career-changing revelation
“Pretentious, perhaps. But let’s call it pioneering”: Why we still love Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Surreal imagery, crediting classic poets and philosophers, trying to scare each other with freak-out jams, inspiration from mime artists… it’s without doubt the most adventurous music any member the band ever made
“It was career suicide, but it felt good”: Steve Morse took on a media mogul and got away with it
Guitarist worried about asking friends John Petrucci and Eric Johnson to guest on his new album – but decades ago he had no hesitation in confronting industry giant Clive Davis to get what he wanted
Die Spitz - the Texan doom punks fighting for a better world
Meet Die Spitz - the Texan doom punks as likely to appeal to Black Sabbath fans as Amyl And The Sniffers
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: February 16, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from The Sheepdogs, All Them Witches, Starbenders and more
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Faster Pussycat's debut is a middle-finger-in-the-air collection of songs about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll
Faster Pussycat capture all the sleaze of Sunset Strip on rowdy self-titled debut
Deftones get hot and heavy at first UK show of 2026
TikTok, baddiecore and the nu metal renaissance: Deftones are finally getting their dues
Beers, belly flops and the Bahamas: what it's like on the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise
Anthrax, Paradise Lost, Eluveitie and more packed out this year's 70000 Tons Of Metal
Scorpions mix hard rock, pop and metal on the pre-stardom classic Taken By Force
The Scorpions' last album with Uli Jon Roth and first with Herman Rarebell sums them up in the year that punk broke
Jay Buchanan is captivating and contrary on Weapons Of Beauty
Rival Sons singer Jay Buchanan’s solo album is full of heart, blues and soul
The Alan Parsons Project's Eye In The Sky sounds like punk and new wave pop rock never happened
Alan Parsons' most commercially successful album bore fruit with the sports anthem Sirius and the hits Eye In The Sky and Old And Wise
