
Fraser Lewry
Fraser has served as Online Editor for Classic Rock since 2014. and has worked in the music industry for 39 years (26 of which have been online). He has also written for the likes of Metal Hammer, Prog Magazine, The Word Magazine, The Guardian, The New Statesman, Saga and Music365. He is the former Head of Music at Xfm Radio, a former A&R at Fiction Records, an early blogger, ex-roadie and published author. He once appeared in a Cure video dressed as a cowboy, and thinks any situation can be improved by the introduction of cats. His favourite Serbian trumpeter, if you're asking? Dejan Petrović. Fraser returned to his native New Zealand in 2021, becoming Louder's first full-time Oceanic correspondent in the process.
Latest articles by Fraser Lewry

Roger Daltrey reacts to receiving a Knighthood in King Charles III's Birthday Honours list
By Fraser Lewry published
Arise, Sir Roger

Jimmy Page and Black Crowes discuss Live At The Greek in revealing short film
By Fraser Lewry published
In new footage, Jimmy Page, Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson look back on the partnership that produced 2000's Live At The Greek album

"A one-of-a-kind genius from another world": The world of rock reacts to the death of Brian Wilson
By Fraser Lewry last updated
Elton John, Mick Fleetwood, Dave Davies, Carole King, Gene Simmons, Keith Richards and many more have paid tribute to the Beach Boys legend

Atlanta glam-punks Starbenders release tribute to the mysterious Chantilly Boy
By Fraser Lewry published
Chantilly Boy is the second song to emerge from Starbenders' as-yet-unannounced fourth album

"It's a new album now": Deep Purple launch 20th anniversary refurbishment of Rapture Of The Deep
By Fraser Lewry published
Originally recorded without a record company, Rapture Of The Deep has been remixed, remastered and repackaged

Thin Lizzy's long-lost 1971 BBC session has surfaced online
By Fraser Lewry published
Listen to four songs recorded for John Peel in 1971, taken from a newly discovered off-air reel-to-reel tape

Pioneering psychedelic soul legend Sly Stone dead at 82
By Fraser Lewry published
Led by the mercurial Sly Stone, Sly & The Family Stone were a highlight at Woodstock and Monterrey Pop and an influence on generations of musicians

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Airbourne, Creeper, Wytch Hazel and five other kings and queens of the nighttime world

Watch Robert Plant play five Led Zeppelin classics in official pro-shot video
By Fraser Lewry published
Robert Plant's full 2014 Pinkpop Festival set with the Sensational Space Shifters is now online

Guns N' Roses announce more 2025 tour dates
By Fraser Lewry published
The Because What You Want & What You Get Are Two Completely Different Things tour has grown another leg

Rush announce limited edition box set of their final four albums
By Fraser Lewry published
Be quick! There's only 3000!

Glenn Hughes announces first album in nine years, Chosen
By Fraser Lewry published
Glenn Hiughes' 14th solo album Chosen will land later this year – watch the video for the title track now

Indian rock band go viral after flying across the world to cover Adele on America's Got Talent
By Fraser Lewry published
"You can't fake the reaction behind this" - Simon Cowell on Girish And The Chronicles

How Taylor Hawkins and a nameless girl inspired Luke Spiller's brilliant and beguiling solo album
By Fraser Lewry published
Struts frontman Luke Spiller mixes velvet-lined pop and old European flair with a modern Hollywood love story on Love Will Probably Kill Me Before Cigarettes And Wine

Stevie Nicks likes Haim so much she's working on a new song with them
By Fraser Lewry published
In related news, a limited edition hi-fidelity vinyl version of Stevie Nicks' classic Bella Donna is on the way

Nancy Wilson offers "no questions asked" reward for return of stolen Heart guitars
By Fraser Lewry published
The instruments were stolen in New Jersey as the band prepared to launch their An Evening With Heart tour

Steve Perry launches sale of personal artefacts to raise funds for victims of Los Angeles fires
By Fraser Lewry published
Former Journey man Steve Perry is selling handwritten lyrics, gold and platinum records, signed test pressings and more

Previously unseen footage of Captain Beefheart performing live in 1972 has surfaced online
By Fraser Lewry published
The newly discovered footage has lain unseen in the vaults for more than 50 years

Watch the first footage of the reunited Alice Cooper Band recording together
By Fraser Lewry published
Premiere: The video for Alice Cooper's Wild Ones shows the band working together in the studio

40 minutes of newly scanned footage of Led Zeppelin playing in Tokyo in 1971 has appeared online
By Fraser Lewry published
The footage was shot at Led Zeppelin's first Japanese show at Tokyo's famous Nippon Budokan Hall

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Halestorm, The Cold Stares, Cardinal Black and five other rock'n'roll warriors on the edge of time

The Blue Öyster Cult albums you should definitely listen to... and one to avoid
By Malcolm Dome last updated
There’s a lot more to Blue Öyster Cult than more cowbell, as their best albums clearly show

John Fogerty does a Taylor Swift and rerecords some Creedence Clearwater Revival classics
By Fraser Lewry published
To celebrate owning his songs again, Fogerty is releasing "John's Version" recordings – listen to the first three now
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