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Cheap Tricks
The UK-based Vintage brand enters the pedal market with a baker's dozen of budget-friendly models
4 min |
January 2025
Guitarist
CONTROL SHIFT
The XS-100 and XS-1 pitch shifters set out to give modern players dominion over the wildest effect on the pedalboard. Boss's Matt Knight tells us more
7 min |
January 2025
Guitarist
1967 Gibson Barney Kessel
This isn't a guitar I would normally choose for an article, but I think it demonstrates just how extreme Gibson's custom division was prepared to get in order to make a customer happy back in the day.
3 min |
January 2025
Guitarist
FLOOR AMPS & MULTI-EFFECTS
This year's new tech puts a world of effects at your feet
1 min |
January 2025
Guitarist
Gone Shopping...
Neville Martin attempts to seek out a quality acoustic 12-string, but ends up salivating over a sunburst single-cut instead
2 min |
January 2025
Guitarist
GEAR of The YEAR
THE BEST GUITARS, AMPS & PEDALS OF 2025
4 min |
January 2025
Guitarist
DARWIN
Reinventing the concept album and raising the technical bar, DarWin are the prog band to beat. Guitarist Greg Howe and bassist Mohini Dey, plus the supergroup's mysterious namesake, tell us about new album, Distorted Mirror
7 min |
January 2025
Guitarist
KEITH URBAN
The country superstar shares his love for Dumbles, writing riffs on cheap guitars, and the Nocaster once owned by Cinderella's Tom Keifer that's \"worth every cent\"
5 min |
January 2025
Classic Rock
Justin Hawkins
The Darkness frontman on being back in arenas, supporting Iron Maiden, brother Dan being a rock star, Yungblud...
4 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
BUCKCHERRY
Frontman Josh Todd talks managing old habits, and the new things in his life.
3 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
ALICE COOPER
The Revenge Of Alice Cooper
7 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
BACK TO THE BEGINNING
When Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale was asked to appear at Ozzy Osbourne's farewell show in Birmingham a few months ago, 'thrilled' doesn't even come close to how she felt. Here she recalls the build-up, the show and the afterwards, and reflects on the loss of a superstar.
3 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
HIS LORDSHIP
With their second album, James Walbourne and Kris Sonne aimed for the bullseye of good old rock'n roll: record it as-live, leave it alone, no polishing. And on Bored Animal their aim was true.
4 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
CHEAP TRICK
Fifty years in, they're still knocking out classy songs, and still Anglophiles when it comes to music, both of which are evident on their latest album, All Washed Up (which clearly they're far from).
7 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
THE LAST HURRAH
This month, British heavy stalwarts Orange Goblin play their last ever shows, having decided to call it a day after 30 years. Frontman Ben Ward explains why, and reflects on three decades of creating metal thunder.
4 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
REISSUES OF 2025
With major A-list anniversaries, overlooked landmark works and everything in between, the past 12 months haven't been lacking in quality nostalgia and deluxe editions.
10+ min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
John Mitchell & Friends
The much-travelled and current Asia guitarist plays a one-off date, with friends, in London.
2 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
STILL BOSSIN' IT
With the release of Tracks II: The Lost Albums and the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere and the completion his Land Of Hopes And Dreams tour, 2025 saw a lot of Bruce Springsteen.
8 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
Glenn Hughes / Sophie Lloyd
London Shepherd's Bush Empire
2 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
The Royal We: A Memoir
Stark yet rich retelling of former Faith No More keyboard player's life lived out on the margins.
2 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
Luna Marble
Meet the soulful, 70s-inspired group born from adversity and a blossoming romance.
2 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
CARDIACS
Adored and detested in equal measure, Cardiacs defied classification for decades. Earlier this year, the late Tim Smith's brother Jim, William D Drake, Kavus Torabi and others looked back, and gave an update on what would be the band's long-awaited final studio album.
7 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
MAMMOTH The End
Any fears that Wolfgang Van Halen blew all his good ideas on his first two albums are squashed within seconds of The End. Once again recorded in 5150 studio, with copilot/Alter Bridge producer Michael 'Elvis' Baskette, The End finds Eddie's all-singing, all-playing son challenging himself with his biggest songs yet. The result sounds immense; modern hard rock with brains, warmth and a soulfulness that sets it apart from so many of its contemporaries.
2 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
FM
Latest album Brotherhood shows they're not standing still.
2 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
BON JOVI RETURN TO THE UK
And Rush's comeback tour grows bigger and bigger!
3 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
JETHRO TULL
Ian Anderson talks about the band's latest album Curious Ruminant, and says he's more likely to get the itch to make more records than to get the itch to retire.
8 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
ALBUMS OF 2025
Hundreds of albums came out during the past 12 months, from A-list releases to debuts and everything in between. Here are Classic Rock's Top 50.
5 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
DANKO JONES
By their own admission, you know what to expect with a new Danko album. With this year's Leo Rising being met with more positive responses than they're used to, things are looking good.
4 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
Fields Of The Nephilim / Balaam And The Angel / Claytown Troupe
Glasgow O2 Academy
2 min |
January 2026
Classic Rock
SMELL THE ROSES
After being back in GN'R for almost a decade, Slash is enjoying his time with the band he conquered the world with. “We all get along really well, and we have a good time doing what we do,” he says – and drops hints about a new album.
6 min |