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.

CLASSIC ROCK

WELCOME

CALL OF THE WILD • Two years on from their less than amicable split, The Wildhearts are back, re-energised with a reconfigured line-up, and gigs being announced soon.

DICKEY BETTS • Dave Ling looks back at the life and music of one of the co-founders of the Allman Brothers Band, one of the pioneers in bringing southern rock to the masses.

RIP

Mike Pinder

Foreigner Among Hall Of Fame Inductees

David Gilmour Gets Lucky

NEWS

Collective Soul • They recorded their new album in Elvis's old house, and got spooky signs that his late daughter disapproved.

Shane Smith & The Saints

BURIED TREASURE

NEWS

P.O.D. • They were way ahead of the nu-metal curve, but reckon they still don’t get the respect they deserve.

New Deep Purple Album Due In July

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats • After six years without a new record, they return with one inspired by 70s Italian murder-mystery cinema.

NEWS

Steve Dawson Jailed

The Karma Effect

David Bowie Absolute Beginners • Taken from an idea through to a finished song in time left over after David Bowie recorded a clandestine demo, it led to a “functional” guitarist working with Bowie for the next 10 years.

Chris Spedding • The legendary sideman and session guitarist on a “naughty” 70s, discovering the Sex Pistols and being an honorary Beatle.

THE RESURRECTION SUFFLETHE RESURRECTION SUFFLE • Dio was out, Gillan was gone, Geezer had given up. And Ozzy? Ozzy had declared war… Into the blackness surrounding Black Sabbath came light in the shape of singer Tony Martin, and the next chapter in the band’s ever eventful story began.

JON BON JOVI • “There was no Plan B in my life, ever,” he says. Luckily he didn’t need one. He started in covers bands, got the breaks, went on to mastermind one of the biggest and biggest-selling bands of his era, and became one of its biggest rock stars. And there’s more – much more…

REALITY BITES • Chris Goss lit the fuse on the 90s stoner revolution, and worked with bands including Kyuss and QOTSA. Meanwhile, his band Masters Of Reality remain hardly known despite having made some truly great records.

POP JUNKIES • Delivering catchy punky power-pop, and having put an end to booze-and-drug-fuelled days-afterthe-night-before, Bad Nerves are heading for more than just big-name support slots.

BAD BLOOD AND BURIED HATCHETS • After a slow start, by the end of the 70s Canadian trio Triumph were living up to their name. Then came the falling-out, the split, and 20 years of toxicity before they shared a stage again.

AHEAD OF THE GAME • Too punk for punk in the late 70s, Oi! elder statesmen in the early 80s, living-legend role models in the early 90s, Cock Sparrer never got credit for what they started. Today, after all these years, they’re as strong as they’ve ever been.

CREATURES OF HABITS • In the late 80s, FM seemed poised for huge success. By the mid-90s the dream, and the band, was effectively over. Then almost 20 years later a one-off gig offer changed everything…

"Everything that could go wrong did go wrong" • They ran alongside Iron Maiden in the early days of the NWOBHM race. But while Maiden...