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“It’s really eerie and mellow and it has pagan poetry on it. There are a couple of songs on there that are so beautiful in a kinda sad way”: The cult album that Evanescence singer Amy Lee wishes she had made – and the one that broke her heart
4+ hour, 10+ min ago (687+ words) Weird angels, fallen guitar heroes and singing fruit " this is the soundtrack to Amy Lee's life The Classic Rock newsletter is an essential read for the discerning rock fan. Every week we bring you the news, reviews and the very…...
Jay Buchanan is captivating and contrary on Weapons Of Beauty
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (501+ words) Philip Wilding is a novelist, journalist, scriptwriter, biographer and radio producer. As a young journalist he criss-crossed most of the United States with bands like Motley Crue, Kiss and Poison (think the Almost Famous movie but with more hairspray). More…...
"If they ever approached me, of course I would have done it...but I'm kind of relieved they didn't." Mike Portnoy responds to rumours he was in the frame to join Rush following the death of Neil Peart
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (568+ words) As much as the idea of Mike Portnoy drumming with Rush would be a prog fan's dream, Portnoy had a very respectful attitude to the idea The Classic Rock newsletter is an essential read for the discerning rock fan. Every…...
A historic school's recording studio has been named after Justin Hawkins
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (420+ words) The Darkness frontman attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of The Justin Hawkins Recording Studio Justin Hawkins, frontman with The Darkness, has attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of The Justin Hawkins Recording Studio at the…...
This is the soundtrack of H.E.A.T frontman Kenny Leckremo's life
1+ week, 1+ day ago (793+ words) H.E.A.T frontman Kenny Leckremo picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and talks a lot about Iron Maiden H.E.A.T frontman Kenny Leckremo never intended to be a singer. "I started out as a drummer and did that for…...
Debate: Who is the greatest drummer of all time?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (222+ words) Drummers: Turning good bands into great ones since time immemorial From the thunderous crack of a snare to the gut-punching thud of a bass drum, rock music has always lived and died by its drummers, even if the jokes say…...
“He phoned me up at seven in the morning and played about ten seconds of the EP over the phone. That was the moment”: Twenty-five years ago, five rowdy New Yorkers released a three-song EP that changed the course of rock’n’roll
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (592+ words) The Manhattan quintet whose emergence in 2001 opened the floodgates for a whole new generation of guitar bands For one type of guitar-based music fan, the sort that perhaps swerved V Festival and went to Ozzfest instead, the beginning of the…...
"My god, we were such impatient boys." How a David Bowie screw-up and some dramatic miming on British TV helped Queen secure their first hit single
3+ week, 3+ day ago (240+ words) The story behind Queen's first Top 10 single Better news awaited Mercury, May, Deacon and Taylor on home soil. The group were voted runners-up to Golden Earring in the Most Promising New Act category of NME magazine's annual Readers' Poll, and…...
"The beauty of it is that it's two minutes long. It's not like it's Free Bird where you have to suffer through 10 minutes of playing it every night": The story of the psychotic debut single that kick-started the grunge revolution
4+ week, 2+ day ago (466+ words) The riff was stolen and it came out on 7" single when vinyl was in its death throes, but Touch Me I'm Sick changed the course of music Steve Turner quit after the release of their first EP, citing a distaste…...
"Van Halen were opening for us and they were killing us every night. But they made us a better band!" How Journey found Steve Perry and made Infinity, the album that set them on the road to superstardom
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (1937+ words) Journey were a noodling jazz-rock band with a cult following " until they discovered Steve Perry and made 1978s Infinity Best of 2025: Journey werent always the AOR superstars they became " for much of the mid-70s, fans were largely resistant to their jazzy rock....