Kirk Hammett and Phil Collen for Classic Rock Roll Of Honour
Voting opens as guitar heroes Kirk Hammett and Phil Collen confirmed as latest stars to appear at Classic Rock awards show in Japan
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Kirk Hammett and Phil Collen for Classic Rock Roll Of Honour
Voting opens as guitar heroes Kirk Hammett and Phil Collen confirmed as latest stars to appear at Classic Rock awards show in Japan
World Guitar Day 2017: Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water tops greatest riffs poll
Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water voted Greatest Guitar Riff Ever in World Guitar Day 2017 poll
Chris Cornell, Foo Fighters, Mastodon lead Grammy 2018 nominations
Grammy 2018 nominations are announced – with Chris Cornell, Foo Fighters, Mastodon, Metallica, Roger Waters, Avenged Sevenfold and more leading rock charge
Download 2016 could have been the wettest ever
Weather experts at the Met Office report 40.6mm of rainfall over the three-day Donington event
UK government report urges ticket resale sites to step up fight against touts
Government publishes report into secondary ticket market – but doesn't recommend any changes to current legislation
TeamRock News In Brief July 10, 2016
TeamRock's roundup of all the news snippets from the world of rock and metal today – featuring Motley Crue, Five Finger Death Punch, Megadeth, Gojira and AC/DC
Queen, Pink Floyd, Beatles head up best selling albums of all time in the UK
Albums by Queen, Pink Floyd, the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Meat Loaf and Phil Collins revealed as the biggest selling of all time in the UK
Rolling Stones top rock bands rich list
The Rolling Stones are collectively the richest band in Britain, according to The Sunday Times annual list
The nation's all-time favourite driving albums revealed...
As the UK prepares to celebrate National Album Day on Saturday - a new survey has revealed our favourite albums to play while we’re driving
Heavy Metal Truants launch new all-star charity auction
Bid on Iron Maiden, Bullet For My Valentine, Alice Cooper, Phil Collins items and more as Heavy Metal Truants aim to increase £230k charity total
News in brief: Megadeth, Mastodon, Coheed, David Bowie & more
TeamRock's roundup of all the news snippets from the world of rock and metal today, July 14, 2016 – featuring David Bowie, Mastodon, Megadeth, Coheed & Cambria, Crown The Empire and more
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"Mike Bloomfield came up to me at the Avalon Ballroom and says, ‘You can’t do that’. I said, ‘C’mon, Mike, you can do it, too. All you gotta do is turn this knob up to 10'": The story of Blue Cheer, the band who invented heavy metal
LSD, rehab, whiskey, fights, and in their spare time Blue Cheer invented heavy metal. This is their twisted tale
“Eyeballs will go for anything – they’re the whores of our senses. Ears are a little more discriminating…” Keith Richards' Guide To Life
The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards Is 80 today. 10 years ago he took over BBC4 for a weekend of classic movies and vintage cartoons – he even made us a playlist. Here's what we learned…
"It was a critical mistake, and ultimately it broke up the band": How Creedence Clearwater Revival fell to pieces
A slew of acclaimed albums and hit singles, non-stop tours, a ruinous record deal and a singer who couldn't let go. What the hell happened to Creedence Clearwater Revival?
The 38 best Rolling Stones songs, as chosen by 57 different musicians
The very best Rolling Stones tracks, as chosen by those best qualified to judge: their fellow musicians
How I learned to love Queen, by Soundgarden's Kim Thayil
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil reflects on Freddie Mercury & Co, from the new book Long Live Queen
Classic album sleeves re-imagined for the World Cup…
Ever wonder what classic World Cup moments would look like on cup-winning album sleeves? Wonder no more…
The Best Things You'll Read This Year
The Editors of Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, and Prog choose the stories they're most proud of publishing this year.
The Greatest Guitar Riffs Of All Time – Revealed!
For World Guitar Day 2017, we asked you to vote for the greatest ever guitar riffs. Here then, are the 20 greatest riffs of all time: the stories behind them and how to play them…
Rory Gallagher: the remarkable story of a blues brother's hot streak
Between 1971 and 1974, Rory Gallagher made six incendiary albums that sealed his reputation as the People’s guitar hero. This is the story
10 examples of the supernatural genius of Jaco Pastorius
We investigate the career highlights of Jaco Pastorius, bass player extraordinaire
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Cream's Goodbye Tour Live 1968 - a rollercoaster ride from start to finish
Four Cream concerts brought back to life, warts ‘n’ all, from 1968's Goodbye Tour
Rory Gallagher's Check Shirt Wizard - a crackling addition to a rich live canon
A battered Strat. A check shirt. Rory Gallagher wore them both well, as a new live album recorded in 1977 shows
Robert Plant's Digging Deep: journeys away from Valhalla
Collector-friendly seven-inch single box set from reluctant rock god Robert Plant
The Allman Brothers Band's Trouble No More: 50 years of harmony and heartbreak
Multi-disc career overview from great American noodlers The Allman Brothers Band
Gary Moore's Live From London: raw, varied, incendiary
Recorded at London's Islington Academy in 2009, Gary Moore: Live from London finds the guitarist back in blue and at his peak
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus - Album Of The Week Club review
Side one is an acknowledged prog masterpiece... but how much does side two drag the overall score down?
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Texas Flood - Album Of The Week Club review
Texas Flood was the debut album from Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Texas cat with the hat and the Strat who hot-wired the 80s blues revival
The Magpie Salute's High Water II: tight gospel boogie and brothel-house piano
The return of Rich Robinson’s high flying birds The Magpie Salute, with second album High Water II
Creedence's Woodstock set: 50 years on, still bristling with energy
After half a century on the cutting room floor, Creedence Clearwater Revival's Woodstock set is officially out at last
The Rolling Stones: Honk album review
Three-CD set combines post-’71 studio cuts, live recordings and recent tour guest slots from The Rolling Stones
