In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Classic Rock UK

• FIRE AND ICE
  Rock stars react to Minneapolis killings.
• RIP
  Thank you… and good night.
• Sly Dunbar
  May 10, 1952 – January 26, 2026
• Kenny Morris
  February 1, 1957 – January 15, 2026A
• Francis Buchholz
  February 19, 1954 – January 22, 2026
• David Hitchcock
  Died January 8, 2026
• Angels Get Wings Again
  Little Angels reunite after 14 years away.
• Heep Play Without Box
  Illness forces guitarist to pull out of farewell tour dates.
• Gong
  The long-running psychedelic rock, jazz, space-rock and more collective return with the final part of a trilogy.
• Tailgunner
  If you’re looking for some ‘leather, studs and bullet belts’ classic metal, get in their firing line.
• Ozzy Saluted At Grammys
  And Sharon hints that Ozzfest might be returning.
• Mötley’s Money Mess Resolved
  Crüe win their dispute with former guitarist Mick Mars.
• Kreator
  A choir on one of Germany’s Big Four thrash bands’ new album? “We always did our own thing.”
• The Molotovs
  If a mod revival gets in full swing, this band hope to be on one of the front scooters.
• Blondie Maria
  Written about “sexual repression causing incredible desire among a school full of boys”, it was a No.1 across Europe, but a US flop.
• Dave Mustaine
  Mr Megadeth on the band’s final chapter, his love for Ozzy, finger numbness, trading mosh pits for a silver-screen future…
• MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE
  Metallica’s 1984 began with a gear heist and a cancelled UK tour; it ended with them being heavy metal’s Next Big Thing. Then came Master Of Puppets. This is the inside story of the making of that album and the two-year whirlwind that took four “alcoholica” outcasts from the El Cerrito garage to the big time.
• COME UP SCREAMING
  In 2001, the suicide of Big Country’s Stuart Adamson shocked music fans all over the world. How had the man once lauded by DJ John Peel as ‘Scotland’s answer to Jimi Hendrix’ ended up taking his own life? In an exclusive extract from a new book, we look at the inside story of their debut album The Crossing.
• BRIAN ROBERTSON
  He’s lived it live and dangerous as part of the classic line-up of Thin Lizzy, lived it loud in Motörhead, ridden his own band Wild Horses, has an impressive list of credits as both session musician and producer… There’s much more to Robbo than you probably think.
• HAPPY TOGETHER
  After decades of feuding and fall-outs, Chris and Rich Robinson, aka The Black Crowes, have found a groove of brotherly love and rock bravado.
• MODERN LIFE IS RUBBISH
  Puscifer’s driving forces Maynard James Keenan and Carina Round discuss soundtracking the end times and why we all need to put down our phone and pick up a glass of gin.
• OUT OF DARKNESS
  Danny Bryant has survived alcoholism, divorce and liver disease. The British bluesman and bandleader tells us that his new album Nothing Left Behind is just the exorcism he needed.
• EVERY MEET LEMMY?
  She shot Alice Cooper, shared a stage with a pre-fame Iggy Pop, sang with Donovan and wrote songs with KT Tunstall, toured and became friends with Noddy Holder and Phil Lynott… She is glam icon Suzi Quatro, and these are just a few of her stories.
• 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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• Buckcherry
  California’s sleaziest exports were always gloriously out of step with the times. Here are the cherries on their catalogue cake.
• 10cc
  The sole founder member, who wrote many of their memorable songs, is on a ‘greatest hits’ tour.
• Dan Byrne
  The blues-rocker plays UK shows in March and April.
• Powerwolf
  The German metallers gear up for their biggest ever UK show, and promise some surprises.
• The Soundtrack Of My Life
  Big Big Train co-founder Gregory Spawton on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him.