In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Classic Rock UK

• TWISTED ARE BACH
  Twisted Sister hire ex-Skid Row frontman Sebastian Bach to take the place of Dee Snider.
• Ross The Boss
  January 3, 1954 – March 26, 2026
• Keith Altham
  May 8, 1941 – March 29, 2026
• RIP
  Thank you… and good night.
• Country Joe McDonald
  January 1, 1942 – March 7, 2026
• Chip Taylor
  March 21, 1940 – March 23, 2026
• Terry Cox
  March 13, 1937 – March 19, 2026)
• Dash Crofts
  August 14, 1938 – March 25, 2026
• Judas Priest Back In Action
  London show in September, and new album begun.
• Cancer Gives Ginger “Two To Three Years”
  But Wildhearts leader says: “No misery please. Positivity.”
• Laura Cox
  After years doing covers, the blues rocker is writing her own script, and the guitar riff isn’t necessarily king.
• Brass Camel
  Their musical ingredients might not be new, but it’s how they blend them that counts.
• Gilmour Strat Sells For £11m
  Sale breaks record paid for a guitar at auction.
• Bon Jovi Biopic In The Works
  Film will cover band’s rise from clubs to megastardom.
• Erik Grönwall
  After fronting H.e.a.t and Michael Schenker’s band, he’s enjoying the freedom to do what he wants to do.
• Earth Tongue
  If demonic riffs wrapped around heavenly melodies give you a lift, take this elevator.
• Toto Africa
  Having set out to write a hit in order to get the band’s label off their back, David Paich achieved not only that, but also an AOR classic.
• Tori Amos
  The singer-songwwriter on her new concept album, the need for social commentary, women in music, covering Slayer…
• The Karma Effect
  They’re rooted in 70s rock, the pandemic helped them, they want gigs to feel like ‘shows’, their frontman played Robert Plant…
• SCREEN FOR ME
  From big dreams to big stages and now the big screen, it’s been quite a 50-year ride for Iron Maiden. Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith join CR to look back, in the run-up to a huge Knebworth show and the cinema release of the aptly titled Maiden documentary Burning Ambition.
• BLOOD BROTHERS
  Creative Director Ben Smallwood grew up in the Maiden inner circle.
• It’s Not Only Rock’N’Roll
  For former Thee Hypnotics and Jim Jones Revue and current Jim Jones All Stars frontman Jones, rock’n’roll is way more than just music, it’s something other-worldly, something sacred.
• DREAMING IN COLOUR
  With an eclectic musical palette and just one goal, unlikely new-wave eccentrics The B-52s spun lobsters, aliens and Yoko Ono into floor-shaking hits and became massive.
• GREEK CHORUS
  Fellow Athenians sing praises.
• EVER MEET LEMMY?
  He got high with George Harrison, hit on by Barry Manilow, yelled at by Miles Davis, blanked by Bob Dylan and headhunted by Gene Simmons. He is fusion god and session guitarist extraordinaire Robben Ford, and these are some of his stories.
• SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE
  Many talk about ‘keeping it real’, but don’t walk it. For the Tedeschi Trucks Band, loved ones, music and the business of really living are as intertwined as the husband-and-wife pair who front it.
• A Twist In The Tale
  After Peter Gabriel left Genesis in 1975, many thought it signalled the end of the band. But Phil Collins stepped up to the mic, the band stepped up to the plate, and the triumphant result was one of their greatest albums: A Trick Of The Tail.
• PHIL CAMPBELL
  Classic Rock looks back at the life and music of the humble, sarcastic and “fiercely Welsh” guitarist. The riff machine and more behind Motörhead for 31 years, together with Lemmy he helped define the band’s sound.
• “THEY DON’T MAKE’EM LIKE THAT ANYMORE…”
  STARS PAY TRIBUTE
• The HOT LIST
  THE ESSENTIAL NEW ROCK TRACKS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS MONTH AND THE BANDS TO HAVE ON YOUR RADAR
• BEST OF THE REST
  Other new releases out this month.
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• RECORD STORE DAY RELEASES
  Shop-stuffing, wallet-stripping record biz bonanza back in its nineteenth incarnation.
• Sepultura
  They came from a country where heavy metal barely registered, but eventually they made a huge worldwide impact on the genre.
• John 5
  The well-travelled and current Mötley Crüe guitarist plays solo UK shows, and says phones out!
• Colin Blunstone
  Catch the Zombies singer in May – it’s that time of the season…
• The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
  Constantly on tour, The God Of Hellfire will be unveiling his upcoming album in full later in the year.
• The Soundtrack Of My Life
  The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him.