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Skin on Britpop, Lemmy and 30 years of Skunk Anansie
By Emma Johnston published
From Oasis attending their early gigs to hanging out with David Bowie and Lemmy, Skin became a true rock icon in the 90s

How Journey found Steve Perry and made Infinity, the album that set them on the road to superstardom
By Derek Oliver published
Journey were a noodling jazz-rock band with a cult following – until they discovered Steve Perry and made 1978’s Infinity

7 bands that defined Incineration Festival 2025
By Merlin Alderslade published
London's premier extreme metal festival descended on Camden Town on Saturday night. These are the bands that ruled most

How Employed To Serve are fostering British metal's next gen
By Stephen Hill published
From starting their own label and running a PR firm to teaming up with Jesse Leach and Will Ramos, Employed To Serve represent the true spirit of DIY

The epic story of Pink Floyd’s Live At Pompeii, the prog classic recorded next door to a volcano
By Mark Blake published
Lights! Camera! Chaos! How Pink Floyd made their 1972 album Live At Pompeii

How Ne Obliviscaris became the first band to successfully crowdfund a world tour
By Cheri Faulkner published
Committed to a unique musical approach they’d developed over a decade, they feared they’d spend their careers trapped in the underground. And they expected a backlash when they asked for fan support – but they needn’t have worried

Behind the scenes on Guns N' Roses' first trip to Japan
By Alan Niven published
Classic Rock presents the first in an exclusive series of excerpts from former Guns N' Roses manager Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury

The Darkness: Every album ranked from worst to best
By Chris Lord last updated
Updated! Few bands do OTT rock’n’roll quite like The Darkness - and here’s where to start with their back catalogue

"I chased him down the hall with my d**k in my hand." How an epic fistfight with racist skinheads turned hip-hop superstar Ice Cube and Ministry's Al Jourgensen into unlikely allies
By Paul Brannigan published
Relations between the Ministry and Ice Cube camps on 1992's Lollapalooza tour were somewhat strained, until racists showed up spoiling for a fight
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