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Yungblud responds to backlash over controversial Till Lindemann photo
By Louder published
Yungblud responds to fans’ disappointment after a photo appeared online of him with Rammstein’s Till Lindemann

Record company execs expect big things of Dave Grohl's daughter Violet
By Stef Lach published
Violet Grohl has signed a record contract with Republic Records/Island EMI who say "she represents the next generation of artists"

Geddy Lee on the chances of recording new Rush material
By Stef Lach published
With a massive reunion tour on the horizon, Rush icon Geddy Lee is open to making new music with drummer Anika Nilles

“I’ve got fame, I’ve got adulation, but I was still in the mental prison."
By Paul Brannigan published
"It started to get very gruesome for me, it was a total train wreck"

Tedeschi Trucks Band announce new studio album, launch new single and confirm mammoth tour
By Fraser Lewry published
Future Soul will be released during Tedeschi Trucks Band's upcoming residency at New York's Beacon Theater

Former Scorpions / Michael Schenker bassist Francis Buchholz dead at 71
By Paul Brannigan published
"Though the strings have gone silent, his soul remains in every note he played and in every life he touched"

The historic Loch Ness manor linked to Jimmy Page and Aleister Crowley is opening to the public
By Fraser Lewry published
A home with a dark history, Boleskin House has been fully restored after being gutted by fire in 2015 and 2019
Latest Classic Rock Features

Some of Roxy Music hated Virginia Plain, but its producer loved it
By Sid Smith published
Former King Crimson man Pete Sinfield tried to balance prog and pop sensibilities on the 1972 single, and had answers for the criticisms levelled at it

"I said something like: 'It would be really, really dreadful if that got wiped' and I found out later that that's exactly what he did": The story of the UFO classic inspired by a pair of murderous twins
By Neil Jeffries published
For a much-loved ballad on 1981's The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent, UFO turned to the criminal underworld for inspiration

“I could have ‘guitarist for Genesis and Yes’ on my CV”: Why Steve Hackett didn’t take up Chris Squire’s Yes offer
By Dom Lawson published
Hackett was in reflective mood when he released 2019 album At The Edge Of Light – which he described as not remotely progressive, explaining why that was a good thing

His Lordship aimed for the bullseye of rock'n'roll - and recorded one of the best albums of 2025
By Johnny Sharp published
Pretenders' sidemen James Walbourne and Kris Sonne's second album as His Lordship is a savage blast of high-octane, garage-rooted R&B

The trailblazing 80s British metal band loved by Motörhead, Iron Maiden and… George Michael
By Dave Everley published
Lemmy-approved metal queens Girlschool should be way bigger than they are

Carnage, shotguns and exploding drumkits – the insane story of The Who’s very first US tour
By Mark Blake published
When The Who toured the US in 1967, they wanted to “leave a wound” – they succeeded

How one of rock’s most moving ballads was written in 15 minutes with a little help from the Bible
By Dave Ling published
Kerry Livgren’s existential ballad Dust In The Wind gave pomp rockers Kansas their biggest ever hit

When this singer had his band’s logo tattooed on his arm, they were already planning to fire him
By Rich Wilson published
The disaster of their first album – which remains unpopular with many fans – sent them into a nosedive. Dismissing their vocalist was part of the course correction that made them massive
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Latest Classic Rock Reviews

Sweet rock hard and conjure up a cult classic on Give Us A Wink
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Could Sweet still produce after dumping Chinn and Chapman? You bet!

Decades on, The Beatles' White Album is still igniting pub arguments
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The one where the cracks in the Beatles' armour began to appear and quality control took a back seat

Gluecifer's first album in two decades is sleazy and snotty, packed with blood-guzzling scorchers
By Sleazegrinder published
Gluecifer bring Scandinavian action rock (back) to the Man on sixth album Same Drug New High

Chris Rea finds friends among fans of Mark Knopfler, J.J. Cale and Robbie Robertson on The Road To Hell
By Classic Rock Magazine published
The Road To Hell fuses Chris Rea's weather-beaten blues instincts with serious songwriting smarts and a sharp-eyed sense of social unease

This is the end, but Megadeth are leaving us with an absolute killer of a final album
By Dom Lawson published
Megadeth will be missed, but what a final record to leave us with

Alter Bridge are at their most Alter Bridge on the unwaveringly confident Alter Bridge
By Emma Johnston published
It's more of the same on Alter Bridge's self-titled seventh album, but who’s complaining when their same is this good?




