Classic Rock Features

From 1995's Orchid through to 2024's The Last Will And Testament, we ranked every Opeth album in order of greatness

In 2001, US singer/songwriter Tori Amos recorded an ethereal cover of Slayer's Raining Blood for her sixth studio album Strange Little Girls. For this, you can thank the Taliban

The amateur impressionist on finding his birth mother then closing communications with her, Stiff Records’ plans to make him a star, and saying the “stupidest thing” to Michael Jackson

In 2005, Classic Rock spoke with former Marillion frontman Fish as he released a best-of collection, Bouillabaisse

In 1968 the MC5’s Kick Out The Jams album was a grenade thrown into the music scene. Wayne Kramer acted as guardian of the band’s legacy until he died earlier this year, after making one final album

The hard-working, fuzzed-up Detroit rock’n’rollers who became blue-collar America’s – and Homer Simpson’s – favourite band

The self-proclaimed second-loudest drummer in Birmingham recalls his time with The Move, Black Sabbath and more – and he wants you to know he hasn’t retired

Including Smith/Kotzen, Those Damn Crows, The Sheepdogs and five other riders on the rock'n'roll storm

The story behind Tom Petty’s classic 1979 album Damn The Torpedoes and its follow-up Hard Promises

Controversy, chaos and “the heavy metal horn” – the story of Judas Priest’s 1984 album Defenders Of The Faith

In 2014, Robert Fripp brought King Crimson back from hiatus – and he was ready to make a “joyous racket”

The chaos, confusion and righteous vision of Queens Of The Stone Age and Josh Homme

In 2009, Dream Theater released Black Clouds & Silver Linings – an album the prog metal giants claimed could give Slipknot and Trivium a run for its money in heaviness

Bowie, Blackmore, Richard Burton and Linda Blair – Glenn Hughes has crossed paths with them all

By 1968, The Beatles were falling apart – but that didn’t stop them recording their greatest artistic statement, The White Album

American guitarist knew his recordings would never appear on the record, but knows his contribution made a difference to the 1979 song

Charismatic new singer, groundbreaking new sound, a rap-metal classic in the making – this is how Faith No More’s The Real Thing helped usher in the alt-rock decade

She was the coolest person in the Pixies, a platinum-selling artist with The Breeders, and now, finally, she's gone solo. Kim Deal on Steve Albini, dogs, loss, life and loving it all – even the rubbish bits

Classic Rock's final interview with Chris Cornell

Now revered as a linchpin moment in the history of the blues, Howlin’ Wolf’s 1970 London Sessions were recorded with Eric Clapton and various Stones and Beatles. This is the story, told by those who were there