Category: Ultimate Classic Rock

Before artists began taking albums more seriously than just as collections of their latest singles and some filler cover songs, their LP titles didn’t overthink…

Longtime Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood recalled how an onstage incident in which Bruce Dickinson wound up with blood on his face helped make the…

When the Grateful Dead formed in 1965 in San Francisco, cannabis was very much illegal. It would be another decade until the drug was decriminalized and…

Black Sabbath, members of Metallica and a handful of other rockers paid their respects to the legendary Ozzy Osbourne at his funeral yesterday (July 30).…

Mourners at Ozzy Osbourne‘s private funeral today outside his sprawling Buckinghamshire, England, home were greeted by a humorous floral array. The tribute, situated on the…

In addition to being one of the biggest stars in the history of heavy metal, Ozzy Osbourne was a father to six children. The world…

Foghat will release an expanded version of their 1975 album Fool for the City featuring a previously unreleased live show from that year. The 50th anniversary edition…

At the time of this writing, Oasis has released two official live singles, recorded at different stops on their 2025 tour. Could a full live…

E Street Band co-founder David Sancious reflected on the way Bruce Springsteen looked after him, and explained why he had no regrets about quitting just…

Zakk Wylde has revealed the final message he received from Ozzy Osbourne before the Black Sabbath icon died on July 22. The guitarist also reflected on…

Spinal Tap will release a new album on the same day that a sequel to 1984’s This Is Spinal Tap hits theaters. The End Continues is being billed…

The Foo Fighters have reportedly chosen a new drummer. And in related news, so have Nine Inch Nails. As it turns out, there’s no need to…

Dead & Company will celebrate the Grateful Dead‘s 60th anniversary with a trio of concerts in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this weekend — but for some…

What a long strange trip it’s been for the Grateful Dead — and it’s a journey that’s now past the 60-year mark. The San Francisco…

Iron Maiden paid tribute to their original lead singer Paul Mario Day, who died on Tuesday at the age of 69. “We are deeply saddened…

Our list of the 11 best hair metal debut albums shows just how much diversity existed within a subgenre that was too often maligned by critics as…

Ozzy Osbourne’s fans got their last chance to say goodbye to the heavy metal legend at a Wednesday morning funeral procession in his childhood hometown…

Buddy Guy has been playing the guitar for basically his entire life. He was born in 1936 in Lettsworth, Louisiana, a community just a stone’s throw from…

Van Halen developed a reputation as one of rock’s wildest bands thanks to backstage antics and on-stage exuberance. On one particular night in Minnesota, they…