Music

Nine Sepultura albums to listen to, and one to avoid

By Joe Daly published 10 June 26

Sepultura came from a country where heavy metal barely registered, but eventually they made a huge worldwide impact on the genre

How ZZ Top mixed Depeche Mode and southern rock to deliver one of the biggest songs of 1983

By Classic Rock Magazine published 10 June 26

The story of Sharp Dressed Man, the second of the Eliminator video trilogy that catapulted ZZ Top into pop culture superstardom

The story of Queens Of The Stone Age's signature tune, a mysterious banger powered by Dave Grohl

By Greg Prato published 9 June 26

The one where the deer terrorises a troop of Boy Scouts

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 8, 2026

By Polly Glass published 8 June 26

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Europe, Mastodon, Stanley Simmons and more

Gwen Stefani wrote an album about her bandmate dumping her, and it made No Doubt huge

By Niall Doherty published 8 June 26

The Californian ska-pop quartet went supernova with Gwen Stefani's heartbreak anthems

In 1972, Deep Purple were falling apart – then they made the album that changed rock music

By Mick Wall published 7 June 26

Deep Purple’s Made In Japan is arguably the most influential double live album in history

The inside story of Black Sabbath’s stoned masterpiece Master Of Reality

By Henry Yates published 7 June 26

How Black Sabbath pushed metal to ever heavier levels on their immortal third album