Latest Classic Rock News
Watch David Lee Roth and Alex Van Halen reunite for TEDx event
Watch Roth and Van Halen speak about their approach to creating art and the importance of absorbing foreign cultures
Oasis announce Live '27 world tour
"Demand for Oasis Live ’27 is expected to be extremely high" might be the understatement of the year
Halloween director John Carpenter wants to make a Metallica music video
The master of horror is a big fan of the US metal titans, especially their 1991 self-titled album
Rick Springfield reflects on killing a man during trip to entertain troops in Vietnam
Rick Springfield was responsible for the death of a Viet Cong soldier in 1968
Dead Boys guitarist Cheetah Chrome dead at 71
Cheetah Chrome founded the Dead Boys in 1975 and co-wrote punk classics Sonic Reducer and Ain't It Fun
Nicko McBrain would be “delighted” to drum on Iron Maiden’s next album – on one condition
The 74-year-old retired from the stage in December 2024, almost two years after suffering a mini-stroke which paralysed the left side of his body
Legendary drummer Carmine Appice on writing Rod Stewart’s biggest hit on a drum machine
Carmine Appice was behind one of the greatest disco-rock songs of the 70s
Latest Classic Rock Features
Why the Flamin' Groovies will never forget the night they met the Sex Pistols
San Francisco rock'n'rollers the Flamin' Groovies are about to embark on a UK tour to celebrate 50 years of their classic Shake Some Action single
“It was part of the job to destroy Genesis and Yes”: Captain Sensible loved prog, but hid it
The Damned guitarist on spending years ripping off the genre he professed to hate, and the obscure tracks he’d play on Desert Island Discs – if they’d ever let him appear
Billy Morrison's wild tales of Ozzy Osbourne, Lemmy, Billy Idol, Nick Cave and more
Billy Morrison partied with Ozzy, got a bollocking from Sharon, shot up with Nick Cave, choked on Cypress Hill’s weed smoke, and was tasked with Lemmy’s backstage rider. These are his stories
Why the ominous warnings Muse shared on their epic space odyssey The Resistance now seem horribly prophetic
Released on September 14, 2009, Muse's Grammy Award-winning fifth album saw Matt Bellamy's band deliver a soundtrack for those "fighting back against malevolent interests"
The bizarre ’80s supergroup that links the Misfits, Yngwie Malmsteen and Skid Row
While ex-Misfits singer Glenn Danzig went onto solo stardom, his former bandmates Jerry Only and Doyle launched forgotten ‘Christian metal’ band Kryst The Conqueror
Was Pink Floyd’s attempt to make an album from found sounds just a delaying tactic?
Roger Waters argued there was no difference between playing guitar or a water tap. But after exploring the concept of Household Objects over four years, they abandoned their early experimental era for ever
Latest Classic Rock Reviews
Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger might be the best film ever made about music's ability to emotionally impact vast crowds
Dovetailing with the announcement of the band's 2027 world tour, Oasis' new film is a genius piece of marketing. But it's also so much more than that
Gentle Giant's Octopus represents all of progressive rock's virtues
Gentle Giant's Octopus can be something of an acquired taste, with its multi-faceted approach and highbrow subject matter
Are Anthrax nearing the end? If so Cursum Perficio is a solid if imperfect send-off
After 12 albums and 45 years, Anthrax are still trying new things on Cursum Perficio
The Meffs deliver a confrontational, triumphant performance on new album Business
Essex pistols The Meffs know what they want and are stopping for no one
Necropolitan proves Green Lung might be the UK's answer to Ghost
Necropolitan charts yet another resounding success for Britain's hottest doom metal band
An emotional Jon Bon Jovi lights up London on his band's triumphant return to England's national stadium
Night one of Bon Jovi's three-night stand at Wembley Stadium offers redemption for JBJ
