In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Classic Rock UK

• HAPPY 80TH BIRTHDAY, SYD!
  Concert, exhibition and star-studded tribute album and more lined up for October.
• RIP
  Thank you… and good night.
• Dave Greenslade
  January 18, 1943 – June 14, 2026
• Walter Parazaider
  March 14, 1945 – June 17, 2026
• Sonny Rollins
  September 7, 1930 – May 25, 2026
• Tony Iommi Receives MBE
  And Maiden manager Rod Smallwood awarded an OBE.
• FNM Are Back!
  Mike Patton and company to tour in 2027.
• CJ Wildheart
  With the guitarist/singer’s career looking uncertain, it might be a chance to swap his guitar for a set of pans.
• Frenzee
  Fired up musically and politically, with girls on top, the siblings blend punk, metal and rock.
• Ginger Rejects CJ Reunion
  “I’d rather cut my hands off,” says Wildhearts leader.
• Bob Harris Steps Down After 56 Years
  DJ and presenter to focus on his health.
• The Menzingers
  Talking major life events, vomiting into buckets and tricky band names with the US punk rockers.
• The Gnomes
  Meet the Aussies digging garage rock, Merseybeat, 12-string jangle and a fuzz pedal.
• The B-52s Rock Lobster
  How a kooky song about undersea life became a new-wave dance classic. Appropriately, the idea for the song was born in a discotheque.
• Ronnie Wood
  The Rolling Stone and solo bandleader on the Stones’ new album, its guest appearances, a new Faces album, Einstein…
• BON SCOTT AT 80
  AC/DC’s former frontman, rock’s most beloved rogue remains impossible to define.
• THE CHARMER
  Fifa Riccobono | Former CEO, Albert Music.
• THE SHOWMAN
  Phil Carson | Former Senior Vice President, Atlantic Records.
• THE DEVIL-MAY-CRAE GUY
  Bob Defrin | Art Director behind the albums Let There Be Rock, Powerage, If You Want Blood You’ve Got It, Highway To Hell and more and the AC/DC Logo.
• THE HIDDEN POET
  Mark Kozelek | Singer, songwriter and founder of the bands Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon.
• THE ROAD WARRIOR
  Lemmy | Mr Motörhead, bassist/vocalist with Hawkwind and more.
• THE WILD CARD
  Ron Clayton | Roadie, Velvet Underground/Pony.
• THE SHOW-OFF
  Tommy Redd Guitarist, Nantucket.
• THE BIG BROTHER
  Susan Masino | Author of Let There Be Rock, Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy and AC/DC FAQ.
• THE SHADOW
  Slash | Guitarist and songwriter, Guns N’ Roses, solo projects and more.
• THE PREACHER
  Patterson Hood | Musician, songwriter and co-founder of Drive-By Truckers.
• THE FORCE OF NATURE
  Corey Glover | Vocalist, Living Colour. Headliner, Third Annual Official Bon Scott Birthday Bash.
• THE OUTLAW
  Brent Hinds | Songwriter, guitarist and founding member of Mastodon.
• THE DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH
  Dee Snider | Singer, songwriter and founder of Twisted Sister.
• THE CONVERT
  Pat Boone | Singer, actor and entertainer.
• THE SUPERPOWER
  Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels | Co-founder of Run DMC.
• SUCCESS IS THE BEST REVENGE
  Forty years after the release of The Ultimate Sin, this is the story of how a fragile but defiant Ozzy Osbourne conquered personal demons and bitter contract wars to eclipse Black Sabbath.
• JAILHOUSE ROCK
  In August 1975, the Frankie Miller Band played a gig to a captive audience at California State Prison in San Quentin. With rival gangs eyeing each other up edgily – the really dangerous ones were kept in their cells – things could easily have turned nasty.
• IT’S A ’DOGS LIFE
  A Earlier this year we joined Canada’s modern-day rock’n’roll perennials The Sheepdogs for shows in their homeland, and found the beating heart of a band who wield retro tastes like superpowers.
• “GIVE IT SOME BIG HEAVY METAL BALLS…”
  That could almost be Judas Priest’s MO. As the band prepare to headline Bloodstock, Rob Halford opens up about the classic tracks, the hard times and the lack of compromise that forged the British metal gods’ identity.
• The HOT List
  THE ESSENTIAL NEW ROCK TRACKS YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS MONTH AND THE BANDS TO HAVE ON YOUR RADER
• Hollywood Vampires
  Alice Cooper and Joe Perry lift the lid on life inside rock’s superstar garage band.
• Saxon
  The British heavy metal veterans prepare for some festival fun in the (hopefully not blistering) sun.
• Tuk Smith
  The Britain lover and his band rock’n’roll into the UK in July.
• The Soundtrack Of My Life
  Big Country Redux guitarist Bruce Watson on the records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him.