Latest Features on Classic Rock
Poor Man’s Moody Blues: The story of a prog rock diss track
Les Holroyd is proud of BJH’s band’s first era – except for the time they rose to the bait of being compared to a rival band, and then he had to face one of its members
"They played such beautiful music." Sonja Kristina looks back over half a century of Curved Air
Curved Air's final tour has been postponed until next year, but singer Sonja Kristina has plans for one final blow-out
The story of All Right Now, the anthem that broke Free in America – then broke up the band
All Right Now was an instant classic, but it also created instant problems for Free
George Thorogood explains how he "clawed my way to the middle" and why he's at peace with that
George Thorogood turned barroom blues into arena rock, traded licks with greats, and missed out on dates with the Stones when commitments got in the way... and he's done it all his own way
Oasis: The story of a very British phenomenon in 12 songs
It's 30 years since Liam and Noel Gallagher's band played their history-making two night stand at Knebworth. Here's a reminder of what makes Oasis so special for so many
How close did Steve Hogarth come to quitting Marillion?
Why wasn’t the singer bothered about singing? Why did miners keep attacking him in Doncaster? How did the music industry break his heart? Which collaborator makes him worry about being strangled? The “hippie in the jaws of punk” looks back
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: August 10, 2026
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Grace Bowers, the Pineapple Thief, Crossbone Skully and more
How Pete Townshend turned youthful frustration into The Who's biggest hit
Inspired by his wealthy neighbours and reinforced by a run-in with the Queen Mother, My Generation is a mod anthem turned rock legend
The story behind U2's emotional protest anthem Sunday Bloody Sunday
How rage, despair and a desire for peace fuelled a U2 classic
In 1988, Blue Oyster Cult made the weirdest album of a very weird career and nearly sank the band
How a concept album about an alien race arriving upon Earth in the Middle Ages and baffled the band that made it
How Gregg Allman turned late-night despair into the classic Southern anthem Whipping Post
Written in the dark on an ironing board cover, Gregg Allman's raw heartbreak became an explosive blues-rock masterpiece that defined Southern rock
How The Black Crowes went from rock’n’roll outcasts to MTV superstars – and kept their souls while they did it
The Black Crowes’ Shake Your Money Maker turned an unpopular local band into MTV-era superstars
The mad genius of The Beatles’ Revolver, the album that changed the 1960s
The Beatles landmark seventh studio album was released 60 years ago this month
How Bad Company karate chopped their way through burnout to make their great ‘lost’ album
If ever a gold-selling Top 20 album can be overlooked, then Bad Co’s Burnin’ Sky is it
Sevendust's 30-Year odyssey: Success, near-bankruptcy and new purpose
Sevendust were a gold-certified, shit-hot live act making serious money – but they weren’t seeing any of it. Staring down bankruptcy and on the brink of collapse, they refused to be knocked down
“Bands like ELP, Yes and Genesis were seen as over-the-top, showing-off kinds of performers. And to some extent I felt that, too”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson decided to lampoon prog and ended up making “the mother of all concept albums”
Song? Album? Fake newspaper? Jethro Tull’s mad masterpiece is all of them and more
“A feeling of loss but a sense of relief”: When David Gilmour auctioned 123 of his guitars
Just before he raised a record-breaking $21.5m, the Pink Floyd axe hero showed and played some of the historic instrument’s he’d decided to part with
