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Ritchie Blackmore once asked former Deep Purple bandmate Ian Gillan to join Rainbow
Gillan responded by asking Blackmore to join his solo band
Joe Satriani says Kurt Cobain was an underrated guitar hero
Joe Satriani knows a thing or two about great guitarists – and he says the Nirvana frontman was one of them
Tony Iommi on the rivalry between Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin – and their lost jam session
Did the world miss out on a Black Sabbath/Led Zeppelin supergroup?
The people behind Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown are planning a Syd Barrett movie
Could Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett and The Mamas & The Papa’s Cass Elliot be getting the big screen treatment?
The major Mötley Crüe hit that took Nikki Sixx eight attempts to write
It paid off by giving Mötley Crüe their biggest ever single
How Ice-T got Roger Waters and David Gilmour to stop bickering with a Pink Floyd cover
How David Gilmour ended up playing with Body Count
The Freddie Mercury song that Queen’s Brian May never gets tired of playing
Spoiler: it’s not Bohemian Rhapsody!
The night an ex-Beatle gatecrashed a Deep Purple show for an impromptu jam
At a gig in Sydney in 1984, Deep Purple were joined by surprise guest Arnold Grove – aka former Beatles guitarist George Harrison
The eccentric prog icon who blew Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris’s mind
The greatest ever songwriter to stand on one leg!
The 50 best rock bands of all time
A definitive guide to the very best rock bands to ever have bothered polite society
Grateful Dead bassist and co-founder Phil Lesh dies at 84
Phil Lesh, the bassist with The Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, The Dead and Phil Lesh And Friends has died
Order your limited edition Myles Kennedy x Classic Rock bundle – featuring an exclusive piece of show backdrop!
There are only 200 worldwide, so get yours while you can!
Michael Schenker has dedicated a song to late UFO bandmate Pete Way on his new album
Michael Schenker’s new album features a cover of UFO’s Too Hot To Handle – and it’s dedicated to late bandmates Pete Way and Paul Raymond
“Eventually you say, ‘OK, I’ve got to move on’”: Jon Anderson is finally over the idea of rejoining Yes
Jon Anderson says he’s found the Yes he “always wanted” on his new solo album
Listen to Unfinished, the last song Eddie and Alex Van Halen ever recorded together
Unfinished will be included in the audiobook of Brothers, Alex Van Halen's forthcoming memoir
Legendary ex-Deep Purple man Glenn Hughes says his current group could be his last
Black Country Communion’s Glenn Hughes admits that his days of playing in bands could be coming to an end
Sammy Hagar on the 'demons' which bedevilled Van Halen's reunion tour
"When I saw those demons take over him it was pitiful." Sammy Hagar revisited his darkest days in Van Halen in a 2016 interview newly uploaded online
The greatest songs Jimi Hendrix ever recorded
In four short years Jimi Hendrix created a rock'n'roll revolution, changing the way guitarists played their instruments and redefining what was possible in music itself
Even Jon Bon Jovi thinks Lzzy Hale should become Skid Row’s permanent new singer
Who should be Skid Row’s new singer? Jon Bon Jovi has the answer
40 years after their formation by Thin Lizzy icon Phil Lynott, Grand Slam are still rocking hard with their stirring new video Come Together (In Harlem)
Grand Slam's brand new studio album, Wheel Of Fortune, arrives June 7
“I’ve spoken to him twice in 11 years”: Jon Bon Jovi shuts down talk of a reunion with Richie Sambora
Don’t hold your breath for a Bon Jovi/Richie Sambora reunion any time soon
“Don’t belittle that band, Tony, move on”: the furious open letter Ozzy Osbourne sent to Tony Iommi telling him to end Black Sabbath
In the brand new issue of Classic Rock, Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi looks back on the band’s late 80s ‘wilderness period’ – and a war of words with Ozzy Osbourne
Chris Cornell’s five favourite singers, in his own words
Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell passed away on May 18, 2017. Eight years earlier, he told Classic Rock about the singers who had inspired him
