Polly Glass

Polly Glass

Deputy Editor, Classic Rock

Polly is deputy editor at Classic Rock magazine, where she writes and commissions regular pieces and longer reads (including new band coverage), and has interviewed rock's biggest and newest names. She also contributes to Louder, Prog and Metal Hammer and talks about songs on the 20 Minute Club podcast. Elsewhere she's had work published in The Musician, delicious. magazine and others, and written biographies for various album campaigns. In a previous life as a women's magazine junior she interviewed Tracey Emin and Lily James – and wangled Rival Sons into the arts pages. In her spare time she writes fiction and cooks.

Articles by: Polly Glass

Cadillac Three singer Jaren Johnston looks in the mirror

"How does anybody get better after something like that?" The Cadillac Three's Jaren Johnston lost his father to Covid. Celebrity fans and the biggest shows of his career are of little comfort

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Haunted by grief, driven to succeed: an intimate portrait of The Cadillac Three

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

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Including The Darkness, Larkin Poe, Devin Townsend and five other upstanding members of the rock'n'roll royal family

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

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Including The Damn Truth, DeWolff, Cardinal Black and five other bringers of the rock'n'roll noise

The Pineapple Thief

“The way he uses all his drum kit; no one else really sounds like that." How Gavin Harrison's arrival inspired The Pineapple Thief's Dissolution

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The Pineapple Thief are back with album number 12, one that perfectly encapsulates their style. Bruce Soord and Gavin Harrison talk dark lyrics, ‘cyber jamming’ and battling demons…

Orange Goblin superimposed on the Northern Lights

"It was spiralling out of control. You find yourself in some dodgy situations waiting outside train stations at three in the morning": How Orange Goblin's Ben Ward turned his life around

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With their frontman now slimmed down and sobered up, Orange Goblin’s new album Science, Not Fiction is similarly fat-free, ferocious and muscular

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Including The Sheepdogs, Von Hertzen Brothers, Devin Townsend and five other captains of the good ship Rock'N'Roll

Black Smoke Trigger group portrait

Black Smoke Trigger come from a small city in New Zealand but their ambition is global

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With A-list album production and a Bruce Dickinson tour behind them, Black Smoke Trigger aren't settling for anything

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Including Nightwish, Texas Hippie Coalition, Devon Allman and five other sonic sensations

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Including Tremonti, Massive Wagons, Sólstafir and five other carriers of the rock'n'roll flame

Black Country Communion in the studio

"There's magic in this band. There is real magic with these four members": Black Country Communion and the proud return of classic rock

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Black Country Communion's new album V is the best one they’ve made so far. But will it be their last?

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Including Blues Pills, The Sheepdogs, X and five more rockabilly rebels from head to toe

Jay Buchanan sitting by a lake

"It was so intense. It felt like lightning when I heard it as a kid": Rival Sons' Jay Buchanan picks the 10 albums that changed his life

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Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan picks ten records that inspired his career in rock

The Lemon Twigs in a field, with guitars

With the sounds of The Beatles and Beach Boys in their heads, The Lemon Twigs have spent their lives in search of perfect pop: On their new album they may have found it

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"We didn't let anything fly that wasn't perfect" - Michael D'Addario on the Lemon Twigs' latest album, A Dream Is All We Know

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Including Dorothy, Jane's Addiction, Trucker Diablo and five other guardians of the rock'n'roll galaxy

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Including Orange Goblin, Tuk Smith, Weather Systems and five other righteous rock'n'roll reprobates

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Including Larkin Poe, Blues Pills, Joanne Shaw Taylor and five other future rock superstars

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Including The Virginmarys, Beth Hart, Keel and five other bearers of the good flag of rock'n'roll

Bads Nerves studio portrait

Billie Joe Armstrong calls Bad Nerves "the best new band in England right now" but they're ready to take on the world - even if it means living at home with mum

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Having put an end to booze-and-drug-fuelled days-after-the-night-before, Bad Nerves are heading for more than just big-name support slots

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Including The Sweet, Fantastic Negrito, The Hot Damn! and five other wild things

The Karma Effect band portrait

"The biggest compliment ever is when someone says: 'I've just seen a stadium show in a club'": Meet the Karma Effect, classic rock revivalists with big ambition

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Meet the Karma Effect, classic rock revivalists with big ambition

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Including Massive Wagons, Bones UK, Orange Goblin and five other movers, groovers, shakers and quakers

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Including Terrorvision, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Those Damn Crows and more - vote for your favourite

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including The Hot Damn!, Brave Rival, L.A. Edwards and more

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More quality rock than a mile-deep quarry

Failure group shot, 2015

"It was more of a struggle to stay alive than it was to continue to the band": How Failure found themselves at odds with everyone

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Influential alt.rock trio Failure were tipped for stardom, but imploded in a haze of drugs and exasperation

Troy Redfern studio portrait

"I get that people are trying to keep the blues alive, but to me it feels super-limiting": Six things you need to know about Troy Redfern

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Troy Redfern was raised on a turkey farm. He's been an accountant and a butcher. And you can dance to his new album