Classic Rock Magazine - Summer 2026
80's Metal
The High Voltage Rock 'N' Roll Magazine!
In issue 355’s cover feature we talk to DEEP PURPLE to find out how they went all-in on their latest studio gamble and came out with a winning hand with new album Splat!
Other features include… How a Grammy-nominated album and a groundbreaking, multi-award-winning video briefly turned PETER GABRIEL into a global superstar. PETER FRAMPTON offers some bits of wisdom he’s picked up in life.
SEVENDUST had gold albums and were shit-hot live, but almost went bankrupt and almost quit. But they refused to be knocked down. GEORGE THOROGOOD: Mr ‘Bad To The Bone’ explains how he “clawed my way to the middle”, and why he’s at peace with where he landed.
ASHLEY McBRYDE has been through the wringer, and her new album is steeped in the people, places and things that shaped her. A: Britrock’s cheekiest chaps return older, wiser and with their first new album in more than 20 years. From black metal to bird watching and teaching aerobics: Venom frontman CRONOS opens up about his double life.
Regular features include VAN MORRISON, ERIC JOHNSON, FAIRPORT CONVENTION, RACHEL BOLAN 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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