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Raspberries frontman and solo star Eric Carmen dead at 74

The death of power pop pioneer Eric Carmen has been confirmed by his family

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“We hesitated to say yes. The chances of making fools of ourselves were so big”: Live Aid was Queen’s crowning glory. But they nearly turned it down

In the brand new issue of Classic Rock, Queen reveal how one of the greatest live performances in history almost didn’t happen

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“He told me I was like a shaman onstage. I reminded him of Jim Morrison”: Carlos Santana once wanted to start a delta blues band… with Gavin Rossdale from Bush

The story of Mud, the Carlos Santana/Gavin Rossdale supergroup that never was

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"We'd started playing small dance halls for a few hundred people, now suddenly we were opening for the Stones and The Who": A celebration of the life and music of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Gary Rossington

Gary Rossington was the last surviving member of Lynyrd Skynyrd's founding lineup: He died a year ago

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“I have fond memories of sitting on Lemmy‘s lap after he’d come offstage, with his hair in a white towel turban”: Rob Halford says Judas Priest‘s new album has a tribute to Lemmy and Ronnie James Dio

New Judas Priest song Giants In The Sky from upcoming album Invincible Shield pays tribute to Lemmy, Ronnie James Dio and other great rock icons

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"We argued about everything": The stories behind the making of The Works, the album that returned Queen to rock: Only in the regal new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: The Black Crowes, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, The Pineapple Thief, Wayne Kramer, Scott Stapp, Bush, Green Day, The Stranglers and more

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"I've had to turn my back, because, you know, the big man is not supposed to cry": All the stories from behind the scenes at Kiss's emotional final blow-out at Madison Square Garden

In early December Kiss played their final ever show, at New York's iconic Madison Square Garden: Classic Rock was there to talk to Gene and Paul about the enormity of it all

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"Vince Neil tried to fight me and my bodyguards had to sort him out": Andy Taylor is best known as Duran Duran’s guitarist, but he's a real rocker at heart

Andy Taylor looks back on his early days with AC/DC's Brian Johnson, life as a guitar-wielding pop star, forming the Power Station and discovering Thunder

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“Stumbling on King Crimson and Gentle Giant was eye-opening for me. I went, ‘How can you do that so fast?’”: ex-Mötley Crüe guitarist Mick Mars reveals his secret love of 70s prog

Forget Shout At The Devil – Mick Mars is all about 21st Century Schizoid Man

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"I'm old. I'm glad that what could possibly be my last hurrah is something that people – some people, at least – have noticed": The rise and fall of the forgotten guitar hero, Jake E Lee

After his glory days as Ozzy Osbourne's right-hand man in the 80s and personal tragedy in the 90s, Jake E Lee vanished for 15 years: In 2013, he stepped back into the spotlight

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"He wanted to stay up and party. Bon just wanted to keep the party going": What really happened on the night Bon Scott died?

Mystery surrounds Bon Scott's death to this day: Classic Rock looks back at Bon’s last hours, the world he moved in and the disappearance of the last man to see him alive

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"I love those memories. The ten thousand hours that we spent together being crazy, being wild": As Blackberry Smoke release their eighth album, Charlie Starr looks back on the band's early days

Blackberry Smoke's new album Be Right Here is out today

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“He said, ‘How about Slayer with special guests Slayer?’ We went, ‘Wow, that could be crazy’”: the forgotten story of Slayer vs Slayer, the 80s metal Battle Of The Bands with only one winner

Two bands, one name, one crazy gig – this is what happened when a pre-fame Slayer shared a bill with another band named Slayer

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Vintage Trouble go on hiatus: "May we all continue as friends and supporters of one another"

Los Angeles-based rhythm and blues livewires Vintage Trouble are taking a break

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"I came home from school and learned all the sounds, and learned all the songs note for note. I could just relate to it somehow": How the blues galvanised Gary Moore

Heavily influenced by the 60s boom, Thin Lizzy’s perennially under-rated guitarist Gary Moore would take blues rock to the next level and beyond

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"When my helmet hit the speedometer, it said 77mph, when I came to a complete dead stop": The story of The Godz, America's great lost biker band

In the early 70s there wasn’t really any such thing as heavy metal – but there were bands like The Godz who were willing to take things to the limit, even if it cost them their lives

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“They must have realised it was a bit stupid”: Metallica have never covered a Saxon song, and Biff Byford has a theory why

Metallica have never covered Saxon on record – could an incident at their second ever show explain why?

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“I consider myself friends with Paul and Gene – we’re like brothers, brothers have arguments”: Ace Frehley offers an olive branch to his old Kiss bandmates, takes a swipe at backing tapes and avatars

Ace Frehley talks to Classic Rock about his relationship with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons

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Iron Maiden's Powerslave at 40 and the Greatest Albums of 1984: Only in the historic new issue of Classic Rock

Also in this issue: Mick Mars, Tony Clarkin, Van Halen, Black Sabbath, Spinal Tap, Ace Frehley, Big Country, Frankie Miller, Don Henley, Blackberry Smoke and much more

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“If one person deserves a knighthood, it’s Ozzy Osbourne”: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford urges King Charles to knight the Prince Of Darkness

“Arise, Sir Ozzy” – at least that’s what it would be if Rob Halford had his way

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In the early 80s Australia's biggest and most dangerous band, The Angels, had the world at their feet. But their meteoric rise and tragic fall is a tale littered with chaos, controversy and death

Discovered by AC/DC, The Angels were cited as an influence by acts as diverse as Guns N’ Roses, Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Great White

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"If everyone could go to a psych ward for a couple of weeks, the world would be a better place": Ginger Wildheart on recovery, rejuvenation, and why the next Wildhearts album will be your favourite

To learn that Ginger Wildheart was winning his mental health battle was a fantastic end to the year: A new Wildhearts album en route is the icing on the cake

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“We’re all very temperamental in our different ways, but we’ve learned to live with that”: how Black Sabbath were reborn in the 21st century as Heaven & Hell

In this classic 2009 interview, Ronnie James Dio and Tony Iommi look back at resurrecting Black Sabbath’s iconic second line-up under the namd Heaven & Hell

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“Ozzy knew that I was Randy’s favorite guitar player. The only way I could think of getting out of the gig was by making outrageous demands”: Why Michael Schenker turned down the opportunity of a lifetime with Ozzy Osbourne after Randy Rhoads died

The German virtuoso once received a call in the middle of the night from Osbourne asking him to join the band – but Schenker wasn't sold on the opportunity

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"Steve Harris was very suspicious. He said: Why do you wanna come back?": Bruce Dickinson on rejoining Iron Maiden with a mission to "sweep away the past"

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson recalls exactly what he sought to achieve by rejoining the band in 1999

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