Latest Features on Classic Rock
Why Josh Todd wrote Buckcherry's Sorry to apologise to his wife
Sorry, a song that has brought many fans to tears, gave Buckcherry their biggest radio hit
Duff McKagan: "Sabbath were there for me before punk."
Guns N' Roses legend Duff McKagan shares what Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne mean to him
"I formed this band for God’s sake! And I helped Roger a hell of a lot because he wasn’t a musician when we started." The lost Richard Wright interview
On the back of a Classic Rock cover story for Pink Floyd's The Wall back in 2000, keyboard player Richard Wright was determined to have his say. And he did
Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: July 28, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Tuk Smith, Blues Pills, The Vintage Caravan and more
The highs, lows, controversies and epic comebacks of Slayer
How one Mercyful Fate-worshipping little band from California changed the face of metal forever
Tom Morelllo on how Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath changed his life
Rage Against The Machine's mercurial guitarist helped curate the Back To The Beginning spectacular. It was a job he'd been training for his whole life
Joseph Arthur’s first acid trip turned him on to the majesty of Rush
In an incident he doesn’t recommend emulating, the singer-songwriter’s appreciation for the Canadian giants was cemented – but that’s only one of four reasons he loves them
The epic story of Budgie, the cult heroes who inspired Metallica, Iron Maiden and Soundgarden
Budgie are one of the greatest rock bands no one really talks about these days
The Pink Floyd songs that influenced final Pink Floyd album The Endless River
The biggest influence on The Endless River? Pink Floyd themselves. Here are the sounds from the band’s past that informed their 2014 release
A timeline of Ozzy Osbourne’s greatest film, TV and videogame cameos
From screaming “boobs!” at a TV in Austin Powers to spilling orange juice during The Decline Of Western Civilization, these are the Prince Of Darkness’ greatest pop-culture moments
“He was not doing well physically”: The tragic story of a late goth metal icon’s final album
Type O Negative’s 2007 album Dead Again would prove to be frontman Peter Steele’s swansong
The turbulent story of Lillian Axe, the 80s hard rock band who were too good for hair metal
Cult US hard rockers LIllian Axe should have been way bigger than they were
Bruce Dickinson and Ozzy Osbourne once planned to steal a taxi together
Watch Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson reflect on a drunken night where he ordered 50 beers then plotted grand theft auto with the Prince Of Darkness
Sky covered Bach’s Tocatta on Top Of The Pops… is it the least likely musical moment ever?
What happened when five serious musicians became pop stars of sorts for 11 weeks in 1980
Tight pants and ripsaw sleaze guitars: Meet Ravagers, your new favourite glam-punk marauders
Part Hanoi Rocks, part their skanky selves, meet Ravagers, the band soundtracking the end of the world
Ozzy Osbourne’s chaotic cameo on Late Night With Conan O’Brien is the funniest Prince Of Darkness moment nobody talks about
Over the course of a six-minute skit, Osbourne forgets the lyrics to Crazy Train, calls Barry Manilow “the antichrist” and unintentionally strangles a guy
The 50 best Ozzy Osbourne songs of all time
The Prince Of Darkness, heavy metal's original madman and the architect for an entire genre - these are some of the finest songs Ozzy lent his talents to
