Classic Rock

Every month Classic Rock is packed with exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes features on rock’s biggest names, from Led Zeppelin to Deep Purple, from Guns N’ Roses to the Rolling Stones, from the Sex Pistols to AC/DC and beyond. Each issue plays host to the heftiest rock reviews section on the planet. In an average issue, you’ll find over 150 albums reviewed, all from the ever-varied, multi-faceted world of rock - whether it’s hard rock or heavy metal, prog or punk, goth rock or southern rock, we’ve got it covered.

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Classic Rock

TWISTED ARE BACH • Twisted Sister hire ex-Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach to take the place of Dee Snider.

Ross The Boss • January 3, 1954 – March 26, 2026

Keith Altham • May 8, 1941 – March 29, 2026

RIP • Thank you… and good night.

Country Joe McDonald • January 1, 1942 – March 7, 2026

Chip Taylor • March 21, 1940 – March 23, 2026

Terry Cox • March 13, 1937 – March 19, 2026)

Dash Crofts • August 14, 1938 – March 25, 2026

Judas Priest Back In Action • London show in September, and new album begun.

Cancer Gives Ginger “Two To Three Years” • But Wildhearts leader says: “No misery please. Positivity.”

Laura Cox • After years doing covers, the blues rocker is writing her own script, and the guitar riff isn’t necessarily king.

NEWS

Brass Camel • Their musical ingredients might not be new, but it’s how they blend them that counts.

Gilmour Strat Sells For £11m • Sale breaks record paid for a guitar at auction.

Bon Jovi Biopic In The Works • Film will cover band’s rise from clubs to megastardom.

Erik Grönwall • After fronting H.e.a.t and Michael Schenker’s band, he’s enjoying the freedom to do what he wants to do.

Earth Tongue • If demonic riffs wrapped around heavenly melodies give you a lift, take this elevator.

Toto Africa • Having set out to write a hit in order to get the band’s label off their back, David Paich achieved not only that, but also an AOR classic.

Tori Amos • The singer-songwwriter on her new concept album, the need for social commentary, women in music, covering Slayer…

The Karma Effect • They’re rooted in 70s rock, the pandemic helped them, they want gigs to feel like ‘shows’, their frontman played Robert Plant…

SCREEN FOR ME • From big dreams to big stages and now the big screen, it’s been quite a 50-year ride for Iron Maiden. Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith join CR to look back, in the run-up to a huge Knebworth show and the cinema release of the aptly titled Maiden documentary Burning Ambition.

BLOOD BROTHERS • Creative Director Ben Smallwood grew up in the Maiden inner circle.

It’s Not Only Rock’N’Roll • For former Thee Hypnotics and Jim Jones Revue and current Jim Jones All Stars frontman Jones, rock’n’roll is way more than just music, it’s something other-worldly, something sacred.

DREAMING IN COLOUR • With an eclectic musical palette and just one goal, unlikely new-wave eccentrics The B-52s spun lobsters, aliens and Yoko Ono into floor-shaking hits and became massive.

GREEK CHORUS • Fellow Athenians sing praises.

EVER MEET LEMMY? • He got high with George Harrison, hit on by Barry Manilow, yelled at by Miles Davis, blanked by Bob Dylan and headhunted by Gene Simmons. He is fusion god and session guitarist extraordinaire Robben Ford, and these are some of his stories.

SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE • Many talk about ‘keeping it real’, but don’t walk it. For the Tedeschi Trucks Band, loved ones, music and the business of really living are as intertwined as the husband-and-wife pair who front it.

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