Classic Rock

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Classic Rock

Exhibition Raises Money For War Child Charity • David Bowie’s childhood friend and album sleeve artist joins London-based exhibition.

RIP Thank you… and good night.

Joe Egan • October 18, 1946 – July 6, 2024

Peter Collins • January 14, 1951 – June 28, 2024

November 29, 1933 – July 22, 2024 • Classic Rock’s David Sinclair looks back at the life, music and legacy of the Godfather of British blues.

ALL YOUR LOVE • THE STARS PAY TRIBUTE

‘Fast’ Eddie’s Tale Told At Last • New multimedia package celebrates former Motörhead guitarist Clarke.

“The future bites indeed” • Steven Wilson weighs in on AI in music.

NEWS

Fastball • Originally formed in the early 90s, the Texan alt.rock band are back with album number nine.

Bywater Call • Good ol’ fashioned Americana southern blues rock – from Toronto, Canada.

Bringing Rory’s Guitar Home • Irish government considers buying the talismanic Strat.

The Record Plant Closes After 55 Years • Birthplace of Rumours and Hotel California is no more.

X • Formed in 1977, the highly influential punk rock Los Angelenos return for what they say is their final album.

Bones Owens • Touring on a Harley with his Gibson on his back, Caleb ‘Bones’ Jones is living the dream.

Pink Floyd See Emily Play • Written by Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett, it gave the fledgling band their first UK Top 10 single. Today it’s a celebrated fixture in the set-list of Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets.

SYD’S IMPACT ON BOWIE

Joe Elliott • The Def Leppard frontman on the upcoming US tour, not selling out, guest appearances, retirement, the next album…

L.A. Edwards • They’re a family affair, successful entrepreneurs… Music might be their first love, but it won’t be their last.

LEARNING TO FLY • With their label ready to drop them after a so-so first album, Aerosmith clung on, dreamed on, accepted some tough demands, Joe Perry tells us, and recorded a second that gave them lift-off: Get Your Wings.

THE HUMAN CONDITION • For a good example of success breeding contempt, try Creed. Twenty-five years ago with the Human Clay album they were on top of the world. But it was the calm before the storm.

PERMISSION TO LAND • Having permanently grounded UFO, the band he’s led and fronted for more than 50 years, Phil Mogg looks back over a career that, had it been suggested as a film idea, would likely have been rejected as being too unbelievable, and forward to his new project Moggs Motel.

KROSS PURPOSES • Eight albums in, and with a book and documentary about them in the works, shape-shifting rock’n’roll brothers Redd Kross are gearing up to take the next step up the ladder.

TIMES LIKE THESE • Their first UK gig was at London’s tiny Barfly, now Nashville’s ‘country fuzz’ finest The Cadillac Three are headlining the Royal Albert Hall. We caught up with them after what has been an eventful few years.

PSYCHEDELIC SEX FUNK MAGIK • By the mid-90s there were danger signs that the Red Hot Chili Peppers were unravelling. But they pulled together, kept it together, and recorded their masterpiece album:...