Classic Rock Magazine - February 2026
80's Metal
The High Voltage Rock 'N' Roll Magazine!
In issue 349’s cover feature: 40 years after PHIL LYNOTT’s passing, Scott Gorham, Eric Bell, Mark Stanway, Laurence Archer and more talk about the bandmate and friend – the real Phil – that they knew.
And stars choose their favourite Thin Lizzy song and tell us why.
Other features include… Goodbye to STEVE CROPPER, whose guitar playing and songwriting lit up some of the soundtrack of a generation. There were whispers that ALTER BRIDGE might have to call it quits. Instead they regrouped and recorded a brilliant new album.
Don’t have a plan. Don’t be cocky. Doing drugs is dumb. Know when to quit. These things and more shape SAMMY HAGAR’s world view. Roots star ELLES BAILEY talks fame, vanity, mental health and the childhood trauma behind her smoke ’n’ honey battle cry.
After a 12-year gap between albums, prog-metallers KARNIVOOL tell us they’re back to reclaim their crown. Enjoying his An Audience With tours, a new album was far from FRANCIS ROSSI’s mind. But one thing led to another, and… HEAVY PETTIN were ready to be big shots. Then their entry for 1987’s Eurovision misfired and killed their career. Now they’re back.
Regular features include THE LEMONHEADS, BLACK STONE CHERRY, MARCUS KING and more… Plus the biggest and loudest rock reviews section on the planet. Like classic rock? Then you need Classic Rock!
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