In the latest instalment of her ongoing Roxy Music adventures, Anna Phoebe travels to Japan and is amazed by their hospitality, politeness… and the toilets! Check out all of Anna’s columns here. (more…)
Features
Marillion: Then & Now
The latest Then & Now looks at prog rockers Marillion. Xavier Russell was there right at the beginning, but has not clapped eyes on the band since March 1983. So, we sent him along to check out Marillion at the High High Voltage Festival. First off, his review from The Marquee Club, London in 1981 has been reprinted as it originally appeared in Sounds magazine, under the heading: A Return To Kaftans And Loonpants! (more…)
Alice Cooper To Play Halloween Shows In London
Alice Cooper is to perform two special shows in London, to celebrate Halloween, the time of the year we’d most associate with him. (more…)
Cult Heroes No. 27: Good Vibrations Records
Cult Heroes come in the most unlikely guises. They don’t have to be musicians, or a band. This week we celebrate Irish label Good Vibrations, a label that did so much for the scene over there at the end of the 70s. Check out previous Cult Heroes. (more…)
Cult Heroes No. 24: Ugly Kid Joe
Ugly Kid Joe suffered a singles-chart hammer-blow from which they never recovered: they had a maddening top-five hit called Everything About You in 1992, and their career nosedived from there. (more…)
Classic Rock’s New Releases Of The Week
We’ve got a right old collection this week. Germans covering NWOBHM obscurities. Germans revamping albums into box sets. Germans on DVD…oh, and some bands who aren’t German at all. (more…)
Vixen Of The Violin: The Anna Phoebe Column (No. 16)
This time, Anna Phoebe recalls how she got into ‘good music’, where she was when Kurt Cobain died, gets into a helicopter with a strange man, gets escorted to the best places in Lisbon – oh, and does a gig! It’s a tough life. Check out all of Anna’s columns. (more…)
High Voltage Photo Spectacular
Come inside for some choice images from this past weekend’s High Voltage festival. (more…)
Grace Potter Video Scoop
Here’s another sensational Classic Rock video exclusive for you: Grace Potter’s Guide To London. Come inside to find out more… (more…)
High Voltage Day Two: The Rest Of The Bill Reviewed
Time for everything to reach a suitable crescendo. We review Magnum, Uriah Heep, Argent and Marillion on the Prog stage. Clutch, Opeth and Down on the Metal Hammer stage. And Joe Bonamassa, Down ‘N’ Outz and ELP on the main stage. (more…)
