Tales of Toys and Toxic Twins: Aerosmith
Retrospective and Interview by Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, 2002
SPOOL BACK four years to the Virginia Beach Resort Hotel on America’s sun-kissed East Coast and I’m sharing a sumptuous afternoon repast with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler ...

Girl Together Outrageously: Pamela Des Barres
Interview by Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, 2002
IN CASUAL DEFIANCE of the fact that her fifty-fifth birthday looms large, the Marchioness Des Barres positively radiates rude good health and an undeniably disarming beauty ...

The Madness of King Axl
Report by Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, 2002
AS OPPRESSIVE darkness gradually envelops Temple Newsam, a remote agrarian idyll that annually plays host to the Leeds leg of the Carling Festival, the all-pervasive atmosphere ...

Bill Wyman: The Classic Rock Interview
Interview by Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, 2002
OVER THE COURSE of the last forty years probably more column inches of copy have been dedicated to the cavalier exploits of the Rolling Stones than ...

Rage-a-holics Anonymous: Metallica
Report and Interview by Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, 2003
OF COURSE, you all know the deal with Metallica. At present, the single most enormous band in the entire rock firmament who, having casually taken file-share ...

Rod Stewart & The Faces: Changing Faces: The Very Best Of; Ronnie Lane: Ain’t No One Like
Review by Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, 2003
HAD IT NOT been for the existence of Rod Stewart & The Faces, I’d probably have a proper job by ...

Runaways: The Runaways/Queens Of Noise/Live In Japan/Waitin' For The Night
Review and Interview by Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, 2003
UNTIL THE ADVENT of Sunset Strip cherry bombers The Runaways, all-girl rock bands were invariably self-consciously butch and hairy apparitions with names like Birtha and ...

Iron Maiden: Dance Of Death (EMI)
Review by Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, October 2003
IN ESSENCE, Iron Maiden are the rock Marmite. Ambivalence is simply not an option when bearing witness to their characteristic onslaught of dense, prog-laced riffage. You ...

Status Quo
Report and Interview by Ian Fortnam, Classic Rock, Summer 2003
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR was responsible for the construction of Lincoln Castle in 1068. In Victorian times it housed a prison, but now acts as a museum. ...

Siouxsie Sioux: 100 Club, London
Live Review by John Doran, Classic Rock, December 2004
Two shows in one week for the iconic 'anti-Blondie' – one a lo-fi hits set, and one with 18-piece orchestra . Hark at her! ...

Nine Inch Nails: Fighting Tooth And Nail
Interview by John Doran, Classic Rock, July 2005
After finally admitting to himself that he was in the merciless grip of alcohol and drug addiction, Trent Reznor (aka Nine Inch Nails) got himself clean ...

Grand Funk Railroad: Get The Funk Out
Retrospective and Interview by Peter Makowski, Classic Rock, October 2005
WHO THE hell are Grand Funk Railroad? More to the point, why should we even care who they are? These are pertinent questions for any self-respecting ...

Richie Blackmore: Blackmore's Nightmare
Retrospective by Peter Makowski, Classic Rock, March 2006
"I'm at that stage where I will play anything I want to. I will not be dictated to by fans or people who say: 'You shouldn't ...

Aerosmith: Deuces Are Wild
Retrospective and Interview by Peter Makowski, Classic Rock, May 2007
LONDON, TUESDAY, February 20, 2007, 11.35pm. Me, photographer Ross Halfin, Aerosmith tour manager John Bionelli and oh yeah – Joe Perry and Jimmy Page are sitting ...