Classic Rock

As Kiss’s official website countdown approached the zero hour, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer took to the stage for the final time, fittingly, in the band’s home town, at New York City’s fabled Madison Square Garden. And Cla

LC 2112 Established 1998 Editor Siân Llewellyn Now playing: Blackberry Smoke, Be Right Here Production Editor Paul Henderson Jack Bruce, Smiles And Grins, Broadcast Sessions Reviews Editor Ian Fortnam His Lordship, His Lordship Art Editor Darrel

Charlie Dominici joined Dream Theater in 1987, sang on their debut album When Dream And Day Unite and was a member of the prog-metallers for two years. “Charlie was not only a great singer but an incredibly talented songwriter, a well-rounded musicia

Nine years after the death of Lemmy, plans are afoot for a statue of Motörhead’s leader to be erected in his birthplace of Stoke-on-Trent suburb Burslem. The BBC reports that should the memorial be approved by Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Lemmy will

Lawyers for Axl Rose are “confident” of overturning allegations of sexual assault by former Penthouse model Sheila Kennedy. The incident is alleged to have taken place in 1989, after Kennedy met the Guns N’ Roses frontman Rose in aNew York nightclub.

Ozzy Osbourne took a swipe at his former Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler, calling the bassist a “fucking arsehole” for not checking in on him throughout his numerous health issues. Butler insists that he did try to contact Ozzy by email. “Having

Magnum Here Comes The Rain SPV/STEAMHAMMER Pomp rock’s old stagers refuse to slow down. The core Magnum duo of songwriter/guitarist Tony Clarkin and singer Bob Catley have a combined age of 153. Each is well beyond the point where the rest of the p

Yes The Yes Album (Super Deluxe) RHINO Prog cornerstone’s breakthrough album, now effectively re-repackaged. In 2014, a ‘Definitive’ edition of Yes’s third and breakthrough record The Yes Album was released. It was jampacked with as many bells as t

War Child II CHRYSALIS War and piecemeal. PRESS Ian Anderson had an album’s worth of material left over from Tull’s 1974 album War Child, and it was splattered across various compilations It’s hard to overstate just how big Jethro Tull were in Ameri

All The Young Dudes MADFISH “Hey you! You with the glasses! I want you!” Hard to believe that it’s 50 years since Mott The Hoople, tired of slogging around the circuit for no reward, decided to split up. Of course, it’s also 50 years since David Bow

The Long Ryders Native Sons CHERRY RED File under: The One True Crucible of Americana (Pt. 809). LA’s muchcritically lauded garage/country/Paisley Underground pioneers’ Gene Clark-favoured debut now expanded to three CDs with alts, demos and a shit

Dripping with rock’n’roll attitude, smouldering in haphazardly contrived hand-me-down satin ’n’ tat, London-based quintet Hot Stamp – built around the central hub of sisters Poppy (guitar) and Jasmin (vocals) – have clearly studied their chosen speci

Now resembling maths teachers politely celebrating the end of the working week with a pint or two, Teenage Fanclub are a band that have grown up with their followers. Returning every few years or so, their subsequent albums are akin to hooking up wit

An autumn night in London, and it’s all kicking off. Apro-Palestine march has been hijacked by right-wing meatheads. The city is on edge. Which is oddly perfect for fiercely liberal Teeside punks Benefits. Frontman Kingsley Hall is a man so earnest i

The choice of The Virginmarys as support to The Sisters Of Mercy might come as a surprise to anyone who saw them supporting good-time rock’n’rollers Massive Wagons back in March, but their no-frills riffy rock, with its tight grooves and strutting rh

Skam have been ‘up-and-coming’ for over a decade. They’ve churned out a neat arsenal of bangers, written an admirably reckless concept album, and generally shot for the Moon in a manner rivalled by few of their NWOCR peers. What they lack in stats an

Twelve months after The Prodigy made a live return following the tragic death of Keith Flint in 2019, the group are following a packed summer of festival appearances with their first arena tour without their talismanic frontman. Air-raid sirens signa