Classic Rock Reviews

Taking the pyramid to pieces

Jon Anderson taps into spirit of Yes, aided by The Band Geeks and that bloke out of Blue Öyster Cult

From the ashes of post-hardcore punks At The Drive-In something stirred, and it was proggy

A twenty-fifth-anniversary reissue of Creed's globe-conquering second album Human Clay

Of its time and on vinyl, the six-song set that made Ten Years After US festival titans

Welsh retro-leaning rockers Scarlet Rebels keep delivering the traditional goods

A desert rock homage from an unlikely source, as New Zealander Troy Kingi heads for Joshua Tree

Frank Carter replaces Johnny Rotten as the Sex Pistols reanimate the corpse of punk

Legend tells us that Captain Beyond were pioneers of stoner rock, a supergroup who should have been super-massive

Opeth's third time headlining Bloodstock shows just how they elevated extreme metal at the turn of the millennnium

Bill Wyman's Drive My Car is a covers-heavy stroll that conveys gentle, unpretentious senior joy

Paul Weller's 2003 treasure trove of obscurities, now available again

Memphis is a mammoth, probably definitive set of Elvis Presley's Bluff City belters

Sarcasm and cheap thrills abound from Aussie rockers Dune Rats

Sammy Hagar's puffed-up personality oozes from every pore during a short, sharp, scintillating set

Scorpions show why they are one of Germany's most beloved rock icons

Stoner stars-in-the-making Green Lung played a secret show at a London brewery – and proved they’re ready to hit the big time

Multi-national retro rockers Blues Pills recapture some of their earlier purpose on fourth studio album Birthday

Gene and Dean Ween's 1993 collection Chocolate And Cheese, now with bonus snacks

New Zealand's Black Smoke Trigger have released their hard-hitting if at times hollow debut