{"id":505010,"date":"2026-03-31T10:28:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/505010\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:28:24","slug":"classic-rock-tracks-of-the-week-march-30-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/505010\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Rock Tracks Of The Week: March 30, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s just been brought to our attention that when we announce our Tracks Of The Week winners, we neglect to do it in reverse order, which is the time-honoured method of introducing unnecessary tension on such occasions. So here goes.<\/p>\n

In third place… Crown Lands, with Through The Looking Glass.<\/p>\n

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In second place… The Meffs, with Business.<\/p>\n

And our winner… is Hollie Rogers, for her now widely celebrated single Everything\u2019s Fine, which features Elles Bailey and Beth Nielsen-Chapman. So congratulations to her. And indeed, them.<\/p>\n

That was fun, wasn’t it?<\/p>\n

HOLLIE ROGERS | EVERYTHING’S FINE (With Elles Bailey & Beth Nielsen Chapman) – Official Video – YouTube
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This week’s contest starts below, and it’s up to you to decide which one is the greatest. Please enjoy the listening.<\/p>\n

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\"Lightning\n<\/p>\n

Spell – Take My Life<\/p>\n

Mixing melodic 80s theatre with lip-smacking heavy metal guitars, Spell\u2019s latest single is a brooding yet beefy affair shot through with mystique and lashings of dry ice. If Ghost hung out at biker rallies with Judas Priest, they might have come up with something like this. \u201cTake My Life is about an intimate encounter with death, and the power dynamics at play,\u201d singer\/bassist Cam Mesner says. \u201cWhere I\u2019ve had to make a decisive move, and been fearful, but others have given me confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

SPELL “Take My Life” (OFFICIAL VIDEO) – YouTube
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\nCJ Wildheart – One Of The Boys<\/p>\n

All punk\u2019n\u2019roll heart-on-sleeve guts and glory, One Of The Boys has been billed as a potential swansong for CJ Wildheart. As such its raucous goodtime bravado and rollicking singalong energy comes with a bittersweet undercurrent \u2013 CJ\u2019s unending love of the music butting up against the growing challenges of life as an independent artist. Will this ultimately be his farewell work? Time will tell. For now, though, we can say that his eighth solo album, DEViL, will come out in June.<\/p>\n

CJ Wildheart – One Of The Boys (Official Video) – YouTube
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\nPieces Of Molly – Don’t Take Me To The Disco (You Call Rock N Roll)<\/p>\n

Previous Tracks Of The Week winners Pieces Of Molly are back with a new one, and it rocks hard. “It’s a response to the idea that rock’n’roll is dead,” say the feisty New Zealanders. “Our response is ‘it’s not dead, it’s just been watered down by the nonsense a lot of people call rock’n’roll.” It’ll come as no surprise, therefore, that Don’t Take Me To The Disco (You Call Rock N Roll) is an absolute blast, screaming along in excess of the speed limit, propelled by a turbocharged riff and an equally boisturous chorus. Throw in a video that features more leather than a Judas Priest-themed jumble sale and the ladies of the Dead End Derby roller derby team, and it’s clear that rock’n’roll is very much alive, at least in one corner of Christchurch.<\/p>\n

Pieces Of Molly – Don’t Take Me To The Disco (You Call Rock N Roll) – YouTube
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\nThe Moon City Masters – Everybody<\/p>\n

Back with a fresh slice of their forthcoming musical cake, The Moon City Masters go full Rush on this swooping, proggy blast of deft bass twiddles, starry-eyed melody. By turns emphatic, hard-grooving and dreamlike, it\u2019s a commanding new taste of their work with Crown Lands\u2019 beardo-in-chief Kevin Comeau. \u201cLyrically, the song reflects on how people must come together during these dark and uncertain times,\u201d MCM (aka Jordan and Talor Steinberg) say. \u201cThe result is a modern prog anthem that feels both technically explosive and irresistibly catchy while carrying a message of unity and resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Everybody (Official Audio) – The Moon City Masters – YouTube
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\nSplit Dogs – Rock n\u2019 Roll Business<\/p>\n

Beefing up their noisy punk vibe with riffy, beer-soaked strains of Rose Tattoo, Bristol-based rock\u2019n\u2019rollers Split Dogs up their game with satisfying heft on this early taste of their next album Nice \u2018N\u2019 Rough (coming out in September). \u201cRock \u2018N\u2019 Roll Business imagines the music industry as a classic British gangster film,\u201d says singer Harry Martinez. \u201cDirty deeds, big egos and people you wouldn\u2019t trust with your last ciggie. It\u2019s tongue-in-cheek but it\u2019s also our big middle finger to the whole thing cus it\u2019s mostly true.”<\/p>\n

SPLIT DOGS – ROCK \u2018N\u2019 ROLL BUSINESS (OFFICIAL VIDEO) – YouTube
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\nRobert Jon & The Wreck – Run Back To Me<\/p>\n

Dreamed up by songwriter Desirae Megan, and fleshed out with partner\/RJ&TW keyboardist Jake Abernathie), Run Back To Me is a lovelorn, sweetly bluesy southern rocker with a heart full of old-school soul and heartache. A tender ode to missing loved ones while on the road, with a chorus that doesn\u2019t quite go where you expect it to, and sounds all the better for it. Like what you hear? Catch them on tour across the UK in April.<\/p>\n

Robert Jon & The Wreck “Run Back To Me” – Official Music Video – YouTube
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\nBolan feat Danko Jones – At War With Myself<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been Skid Row\u2019s nose-chained bassist, songwriter and stalwart tentpole for forty years, but now Rachel Bolan is stepping into the spotlight with his first ever solo album, Gargoyle Of The Garden State. Is it any good? Well, first taster At War With Myself makes a promising first impression, all tight, chugging guitars and high-caffeine hard rock with punk dirt under its nails. Plus guest artiste Danko Jones is clearly having a marvellous time, singing \u2018my life is Marlon Brando, inside insane-a-go-go\u2019, which is so gloriously dumb it might be genius.<\/p>\n

Bolan feat. Danko Jones – At War with Myself (Official Video) – YouTube
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\nSuzi Quatro feat. Alice Cooper – Kick Out The Jams<\/p>\n

In which two Detroit legends combine their considerable force to cover a song by a third, the MC5. It probably won’t come as a surprise that Quatro and Cooper’s version of Kick Out The Jams isn’t quite as frantic as the original \u2013 and that gloriously iconic opening “motherfuckers!” is bleeped out \u2013 but it rattles along nicely with a friskiness that belies the pair’s combined age of 153, and there’s a lovely bit where they sing lyrics from each other’s songs. Quatro’s 18th album, Freedom, came out on Friday.<\/p>\n

Suzi Quatro – Suzi Quatro – Kick Out The Jams (Official Music Video) – YouTube
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