So, what have got for you this week? A band with the same name as a Muppet. A band who sound like they’ve Shakespearian connections. A band who sound like they dunk digestives. A band who sound like a well-known jail. Plus a few others… (more…)

This week we’ve got a selection of reissues, plus some old thrashers getting back under a new name, battle metallers from Finland. A massive live collection from old faves, and a nod towards new faves. (more…)

This week, we take a look at Woolly Wolstenholme, who so sadly died a couple of days ago. Never given the wider respect he deserved, his work with Barclay James Harvest makes him a worthy Cult Hero. You can check out all past Cult Heroes here. (more…)

Woolly Wolstenholme, keyboard player with Barclay James Harvest and more recently with John Lees Barclay James Harvest, has died at the age of 63. (more…)

It seems that you can’t get through a day without some band or other re-forming. So Classic Rock thought it was time to look at 10 that might, or might not, happen in the next year or so. (more…)

This week, there are surprises from an Arch Enemy guitarist and Filter, no shocks from Helemt and Black Label Society, a couple of corking DVDs and sundry other crackers and, er, slackers. (more…)

How could a genteel, classically inspired new band expect to compete with the manic punk movement in the mid-70s? But the story of The Enid is far from being a lovely stroll in the fields, sniffing the flowers and making nice music for tea drinkers. This has violence, insanity and more than a touch of controversy. Malcolm Dome explains out why The Enid deserve to be hailed as Cult Heroes. Check out all previous Cult Heroes. (more…)

In the latest of our ongoing series Then And Now, Xavier Russell looks at one of the great dinosaurs of British rock, Bad Company, travelling back to Olympia 1976 and then forward to Wembley 2010. Check out our previous Then And Now features on Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kiss. (more…)