Latest Features on Classic Rock
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 8, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, The Struts, Castle Rat and more
Yes created longer songs than Close To The Edge, but none with as much impact
Classical music, Eastern mysticism and the River Thames came together to inspire the 19-minute title track from their fifth album in 1972
The track-by-track guide to Metallica's Load
Metallica had just become one of the biggest bands on the planet, but they weren't about to repeat themselves with their sixth record
“The song was haunted!” Marillion producer Dave Meegan’s fight to make Afraid Of Sunlight
He eventually came to love the 1995 release – but he’s glad he didn’t like it at the time, and he helped the band develop a method of working they still use today
Lzzy Hale's wild tales of Ronnie James Dio, Alice Cooper, Skid Row and more
She’s shared stages with Slash, Skid Row and Tom Keifer, and bonded with Ann Wilson and Amy Lee. She’s Lzzy Hale, and these are her stories
“It’s written from the point of view of being older; mortality is the constant.” The inspiration that helped David Gilmour create Luck And Strange
Collaboration, family, mortality and that stridently emotive guitar work - it's all there on David Gilmour's fifth studio album Luck And Strange
"The entire world could burn and we would still absolutely love each other and love what we do."
Lzzy Hale faced her biggest challenges yet going in to make Everest. Thankfully Halestorm were there to help her pull through
When The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord realised the truth about his stage fright
It may have been the 13th album by Bruce Soord’s band, but he regarded is as their third, after drummer Gavin Harrison’s arrival changed everything
We asked who the 'big four' of classic rock were and you did not hold back
The results are in, and a Mount Rushmore of classic rock is ready to be carved
"I look round and there's puke all over the place, and I thought, this is not going well": How Rainbow's classic lineup came together then fell apart
Ritchie Blackmore and his band reflect on Rainbow Rising, hailed as an instant classic upon its release in 1976
“There are two types of bands. One is s**t. The other is The Hives”: 45 minutes with the world’s greatest band, The Hives
Our reviewer tries and fails to take notes every minute of a gig by The Hives at The Outernet, London
Life on the precipice: How Audioslave gave Chris Cornell hope
Audioslave successfully separated the four members from the shadows of their former bands, but for Chris Cornell it was far more important than that
25 complicated concept albums explained as simply as possible
The music might be brilliant, but how do concept album plotlines fair once they're distilled to their bare bones?
“Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson told me I was playing too fast!” Taylor Hawkins’ love for prog
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins discusses how he got into prog rock
"The stench of success was horrible for a lot of people": Whipping boys of the music press in the 90s, Bush are still fighting back
Gavin Rossdale on thirty years of Bush, the mysteries of music making, Steve Albini and the defiance of gravity
The Moody Blues on their albums, Charles Manson, and the mood-altering magic of Nights In White Satin
The Moody Blues were just another British R&B band. Then they got into some old clothes, mind-expanding drugs and lashings of Mellotron… and helped invent prog rock
Pearl Jam albums ranked from worst to best
Dismissed by many of their peers as grunge interlopers, Pearl Jam have out-written, out-sold and outlived most of those detractors
“He said, ‘We can’t use this – people will think we’re a Christian rock band!’ I went and got myself a drink. There was no arguing with that kind of thinking”: Marillion’s battle over the cover for Afraid Of Sunlight
Diplomacy abandoned singer Steve Hogarth and keyboardist Mark Kelly in disagreement over 1995 artwork, which was later reinstated. In the end it was just another fight between mates
