Classic Rock Magazine - November 2024

In this issue

Motörhead: In an exclusive extract from his Fast Eddie biography, Kris Needs looks back at the making of their game-changing Overkill album and the subsequent killing-it UK tour.

Howlin’ Wolf: We look back at the blues legend’s London sessions in 1970, with a superstar cast that included some of England’s rock royalty, a linchpin moment in the history of the blues.

Bill Wyman: WW2 evacuee, RAF airman, Rolling Stone, hit solo artist, bandleader, author, restaurateur, archaeologist, cricketer… and there’s been much, much more to his life than that.

"WE'RE STEPPING BACK FROM THE SOAP OPERA"

The Quireboys are now The Black Eyed Sons.

3 mins

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

The US bluesman on the spark of Stevie Ray Vaughan, the creep of Al, and smoking with Bonamassa.

2 mins

Iron Maiden Reach The Big Five-O

Band to celebrate with biggest ever UK headliner, and world tour in 2025/26.

2 mins

The Southern River Band

Meet the Aussie rock'n'rollers with fire in their bellies and classic rock in their veins.

2 mins

Finger Eleven

They might have just achieved their goal of making an album that sounds like it's from both the past and the future.

2 mins

Bobbie Dazzle

Meet the West Midlands singer bringing back upbeat music, fun and fashion of the 70s.

2 mins

Nikki Sixx

The Mötley Crüe bassist on making new music, replacing Mick Mars, work-life balance, learning when to say no...

5 mins

ALL ABOUT BEING LOUD

In an exclusive extract from his Fast Eddie biography Make My Day, long-time Motörhead associate Kris Needs looks back at the making of their game-changing Overkill album and the subsequent killing-it UK tour.

10+ mins

LIFE IS A JOURNEY

For some people, travelling life's road is easy. For lifelong worrier Myles Kennedy it's anything but. But with his brand new solo album The Art Of Letting Go he's learning just what that title says.

9 mins

BILL WYMAN

WW2 evacuee, RAF airman, Rolling Stone, hit solo artist, bandleader, author, restaurateur, archaeologist, cricketer... Even just his time in The Greatest Rock'N'Roll Band In The World is storied, but there's been much, much more to his life than that.

10+ mins

ROGUE TRADER

Recording almost everything on his latest album himself and putting it out on his own label, Tuk Smith followed the adage that if you want something doing properly, do it yourself.

4 mins

THE KILLING FLOOR

Now revered as a linchpin moment in the history of the blues, Howlin' Wolf's London sessions in 1970, with a superstar cast that included some of England's rock royalty, came out of a chance encounter several months earlier at a gig in San Francisco.

10+ mins

GOTTA KEEP MOVIN'

In 1968 the MC5's Kick Out The Jams album was a grenade thrown into the music scene. In the decades since, Wayne Kramer acted as guardian of the band's legacy until he died earlier this year, after making one final album.

9 mins

Royal Republic

Livewire, turbo-harmonised, disco-rocking Swedes get ready for upgraded UK and Europe dates.

4 mins

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The trusted voice of the rock community since 1998, Classic Rock is your all-access pass, taking you backstage with exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes insights into rock's biggest names, from living legends to the new generation.