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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“I WONDER WHAT PHIL MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT…” • After decades of secrecy, Scott Gorham reveals he’s handy with a paintbrush and a pencil.

RIP • Thank you… and good night.

Eric Carmen

Chris Cross

John Sinclair

Karl Wallinger

Mark Spiro • March 28, 1957 – March 28, 2024

Vince Power

Robin Trower • To coincide with the reissue of his finest album, a rock classic, the guitar great plays six shows in May.

NEWS

Erik Grönwall Quits Skid Row • Lzzy Hale to front the band temporarily.

Lars To Join Spinal Tap • Ulrich and the Chilis' Chad Smith sign up for film sequel.

Silveroller • Meet the blues rockers taking inspiration from the originals and keeping things raw and simple.

LIGHTSHINE • Feeling, Trefiton Records, Germany, 1976. £750.

NEWS

The Dandy Warhols • James Bond, Black Sabbath, Slash, white and pink noise? All things that have inspired the new Dandys.

The Warning • Support slots with Foos, GN’R, Muse and more. Meet Mexico’s latest rock export…

Eagles • A song built on a riff that guitarist Joe Walsh came up with, its title was what it was like being in the Eagles at that time.

Kerry King • The Slayer guitarist on his old band, his new band, his new solo album, humanity’s failure, and the pressure of going solo.

Troy Redfern • He was raised on a farm; he finds the blues “super-limiting”; he’s a big Frank Zappa fan; you can dance to his new album…

STEVE HARLEY • Classic Rock’s Dave Ling looks back at the life and music of the Cockney Rebel.

RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL • He may be “a hard rock guy at heart”, but with his latest album – a selection of classics of “the devil’s music”, each sung by a different guest singer – Slash is the latest rock superstar to take the blues road.

SEBASTIAN BACH • He was the youth gone wild: played clubs and guzzled beer at 14; fronted Skid Row and got hit records, star friends, a taste for coke, and the sack; drank more beer; toured with musical theatre productions; has a solo career… “I’ve had a pretty fucking extraordinary life,” he says.

BACK IN BLACK • As pack leaders of the post-millennial alt.blues scene – until fame turned their hair grey – The Black Keys have reignited their mojo on twelfth album Ohio Players.

GOING MY WAY • From aspiring band guy to multi-faceted solo superstar, Lenny Kravitz has worked with some of rock’s greatest. On his new album, he’s revisiting his youth.

WATCHING THE RIVER FLOW • Most thought 1994’s The Division Bell was Pink Floyd’s final statement. But after sifting through surplus material, 20 years later, with a little help from his friends, David Gilmour pulled The Endless River out of the hat.

" FANCY GIVING IT ANOTHER TWELVE MONTHS ?" • It’s the question Nazareth’s Pete Agnew and Dan McCafferty asked each other every July 1 since 1972. Now, with McCafferty gone, the band’s glory days behind them and Agnew the last surviving original member, he’s happy to still be giving it another 12.

The HOT List • THE ESSENTIAL NEW ROCK TRACKS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS MONTH AND THE BANDS TO HAVE ON YOUR RADAR

THE HARD STUFF...