Latest Features on Classic Rock
Phil Campbell interview: My life in Motörhead
In 2010, Classic Rock interviewed late Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell about his brilliant quarter century in one of rock'n'roll's greatest bands
How a punk legend helped resurrect the career of an American icon in less than half an hour
Glenn Danzig wrote Thirteen for Johnny Cash's 1994 album American Recordings
“We never really fitted in at all. Most heavy metal bands were riff-based. A thousand bands were copying Judas Priest and Iron Maiden”: The chaotic story of Spider, the unluckiest boogie rock band of the 80s
They were touted as the new Status Quo but things never quite worked out
The turbulent story of Anvil, the band who claim to have brought heavy metal to North America
Anvil should have been huge, but fate had other plans
How the Marshall Tucker Band made Can’t You See, the southern rock that deserves to be up there with Sweet Home Alabama
The Marshall Tucker Band made stone cold southern rock classic with Can’t You See
How Muddy Waters made a stunning return to form in the twllight of his career - with help from Johnny Winter
Muddy Waters was 62 when he released 1977’s classic Hard Again
The story behind the weirdest track on Pearl Jam's album Vitalogy – and it's not Bugs
The story behind the weirdest track on their third album Vitalogy – and it's not Bugs
“He smashed the LP against the wall. It was the only one we had!” Prog pioneers’ doubts over the song that made their name
With the help of The Who and Jimi Hendrix, and a helmet he found outside his hotel room, the bandleader acquired a nickname he’s now carried for nearly 60 years
How a bleak anti-war song and a massive u-turn helped push Metallica to superstar level
Metallica got their mainstream breakthrough after breaking their ‘no videos’ rule
The turbulent story of Taste, the blues rock trailblazers loved by John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Brian May
Led by the magnetic Rory Gallagher, Taste should have been as big as Cream or Fkeetwood Mac
The album that Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale wants played at her funeral – and the pop record that became a drunken karaoke favourite
The albums that changed Lzzy Hale’s life
How rock’s most volatile band wrote the song that invented the 1990s – and then imploded
The greatest song ever to feature vocals from the singer’s pet dog
“It’s definitely earned its keep”: David Gilmour on the guitar he sold for $4m – that’s just sold again for $14.5m
The Black Strat was with him from 1970 until 2019, when it was one of more than 120 instruments he auctioned for charity
The explosive story of Third World War, the band who inspired The Who and influenced punk
From John Lennon to The Who, The Faces, The Clash, Steve Albini and beyond, Third World War influenced many
Why Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan destroyed his past
Rival Sons’ frontman Jay Buchanan on his solo album, songwriting, the call of the wild, storytellers, falling in love and more
How a simple break-up song evolved into The Doors' darkest, weirdest and most disturbing freak-out
How The End began, then went weird
Marmozets fizz back with a new album after a seven-year absence
CO.WARD.DICE will be released in May
