Latest Features on Classic Rock
I experienced the new Ozzy Osbourne Haunted House attraction at Universal Studios, and it's far from the lazy cash-in you might have feared
Boarding the crazy train, escaping werewolves and a giant bat biting Ozzy’s head off - here’s what it’s really like inside Universal’s brilliant, Ozzy-themed haunted house
Could a cult prog band with Roxy Music, Gong and Robert Wyatt links return five decades on?
Phil Manzanera’s Quiet Sun released one album four years after they’d officially broken up. But in building an anniversary edition, they found themselves writing new music
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
Oasis: every album re-reviewed and ranked
As Oasis gear up for their second world-conquering reunion tour in summer '27, here are the Manchester superstars' studio albums ranked from worst to best
Halestorm talk crushes, collabs and which song they'd happily retire
Since joining forces in 2003, Lzzy Hale and Joe Hottinger have built Halestorm into one of rock's brightest bands
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 14, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Steven Wilson, The War On Drugs, Twin Temple and more
When true rebels came out as prog fans: Five essential neo-prog albums of the 80s
The second-wave movement didn’t last long – but its bands revitalised the genre with an attitude and energy that’s still being felt today
The chaotic birth of Guns N’ Roses and the wild road to Appetite For Destruction
Sex, strops and strippers – how a bunch of feral LA rockers became The World’s Most Dangerous Band
The classic Rick Wakeman album inspired by a mythical king, Ziggy Stardust and a heart attack
The Myths And Legends Of King Arthur was Rick Wakeman’s most ambitious solo album
The unhinged techno-rock anthem that sounds like ‘Satan’s own spin class’ and saved a rock legend’s life
Glenn Hughes was on his uppers – and then electronic maverick duo The KLF came knocking
That time Slade's Noddy Holder reviewed Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins and Oasis
In 1996, Select magazine asked Slade's Noddy Holder to critique a batch of newly-released singles, with entertaining results
In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell and Steve Hogarth replaced Fish in Marillion
How rookie Marillion vocalist Steve Hogarth proved to be more than just a Fish substitute
Flesh & Blood: the story of the short-lived melodic rock supergroup
Featuring members of Touch, Tyketto, Saraya and Asia, Flesh & Blood only released one album and never played live
“We were one of the first bands to take punk and mix it with glam and metal. We started a whole new trend”: How Motley Crue created the album that invented 80s hair metal with help from an ex-construction worker and Queen’s producer
Motley Crue’s Vince Neil on the debut album shaped an entire decade
