{"id":541482,"date":"2026-04-20T18:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/541482\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:29:16","slug":"classic-rock-tracks-of-the-week-april-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/541482\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Rock Tracks Of The Week: April 20, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Erik Gr\u00f6nwall has enjoyed one helluva career, from singing with H.E.A.T, Skid Row and Michael Schenker, to winning Swedish Idol, to appearing in Jesus Christ Superstar. But we suspect that winning our most recent Tracks Of The Week contest might just be his greatest achievement. So we salute him.<\/p>\n

Erik Gr\u00f6nwall – Born to Break (Official Music Video) – YouTube
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You voted the Black Crowes and Whiskey Myers’ cover of the Rolling Stones’ Star Star into second place, while Bleeker’s Great Unknown was third. So we salute them too.<\/p>\n

Below, you’ll find eight more combatants, raking their hooves in the mud and snorting, ready to charge.<\/p>\n

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Skindred – My People<\/p>\n

Further proof of new album You Got This\u2019 all-killer-no-filler status, in rocks My People. It\u2019s exactly what we needed to start the week: a slamming, highly danceable cocktail of fat groovy metal, dancehall flavours, mic-wielder Benji Webbe in a big fluffy hat and the whole band having a marvellous time on the streets of London. You\u2019d have to work hard to not like ’em, frankly. Heavy music is a weirder, noisier, more fun place with them in it.<\/p>\n

Skindred – My People (Official Video) – YouTube
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\nKing Kraken – Call To War<\/p>\n

Welsh rockers King Kraken go full Clutch on this first new single since last year\u2019s March Of The Gods, inspired by H.G. Wells\u2019 immortal sci-fi epic War Of The Worlds. Tighter, punchier and groovier, it finds them elevating their founding stoney beefcake ingredients into their most commanding track yet (the flashy midway guitar solo feels a bit like it belongs in a different song, but it\u2019s still Good Stuff so we can overlook that). A load more like this and they\u2019ll be laughing.<\/p>\n

Call to war ( Filmed at Bloodstock winter Gathering ) – YouTube
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\nDes Rocs – Fall Together<\/p>\n

Imbuing those dark times we all face with a sense of poise, resilience and even triumph, the latest taste of Des Rocs\u2019 new album To Hell And Back punches high and hard. Expect Queen-meets-Muse flavours, a touch of Zeppelin\u2019s Kashmir and a tonne of feeling. \u201cSometimes you find yourself stuck in a place where no matter what you do, you\u2019re gonna lose,\u201d Danny Rocco (aka Des Rocs\u2019 all-singing, all-riffing mastermind). \u201cThis song\u2019s about that dead-end feeling, when both roads lead to the same place. Nothing good. It\u2019s a heavy one, but it\u2019s a real part of the story of this album.\u201d<\/p>\n

DES ROCS – Fall Together (Official Lyric Visualizer) – YouTube
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\nThe Karma Effect – Ride Or Die<\/p>\n

The Karma Effect get all snake-hipped and southern on this new piece of their next album, Cruel Intentions (out next month), like Aerosmith throwing a party at the Grand Ol\u2019 Opry, with a touch of AC\/DC in certain vocal parts. Mainman Henry Gottelier moonlights as a classic rock covers singer, and based on this it\u2019s not hard to imagine him confidently doing a Paul Rodgers, a Steven Tyler etc etc. Like what you hear? One for windows-down drives this summer. Catch the band live up and down the UK this autumn.<\/p>\n

The Karma Effect – Ride or Die (Official Video) – YouTube
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\nMarisa & The Moths – Nothing\u2019s Getting Better<\/p>\n

Marisa Rodriguez and co turn a bagful of lemons into spiky yet sweet lemonade on this oomphy, melodic hard rock ode to the shortcomings in women\u2019s healthcare. Whoever you are, though, it\u2019s an anthem for humour and hope in the face of low points. \u201cThe song actually started out sounding really sad when I wrote it acoustically,\u201d says singer\/guitarist Marisa, who wrote this on the back of ongoing obstacles to proper endometriosis treatment. \u201cBut turning it into this upbeat emo anthem gave it a real sense of defiance \u2013 turning that pain into something powerful that other people can connect with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marisa And The Moths – Nothing’s Getting Better (Official Music Video) – YouTube
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\nJared James Nichols – Runnin\u2019 Hot\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jared serenades an OAP, does a spin class, rocks out in a laundrette, eats a really hot sandwich and sneaks in a little Liquid Death product placement in the name of this galloping, cocksure bluesy rock\u2019n\u2019roller \u2013 co-written with Tuk Smith. No wonder he needs a sitdown in the slightly bizarre, drawn-out closing sequence, accompanied by booze, a candle, Charlie\u2019s Angels, a hairdryer, some kind of lotion\u2026 Do we want to know what\u2019s going on there? Probably not. Song\u2019s a banger, though. His new album, Louder Than Fate, is out in June.<\/p>\n

Jared James Nichols – “Runnin’ Hot” – Official Music Video – YouTube
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\nThe Gnomes – Magic Man<\/p>\n

Melbourne garage rockers The Gnomes return with a video that finds them looking like Status Quo circa Pictures Of Matchstick Men but sounding like a frantic, high-octane version of Status Quo circa Paper Plane. The video was filmed in The You Yangs \u2013 a series of granite ridges rising above the Werribee Plain 50km southwest of Melbourne \u2013 and stars a local studio owner in the title role. “He was coming off a massive bender at the time,” says frontman Jay Millar. “It was the perfect vibe, he smashed it.” More fun than orientation week at clown college.<\/p>\n

Magic Man – The Gnomes (Official Music Video) – YouTube
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\nBilly Talent – Limelight\u00a0<\/p>\n

In which Canadian alt.rockers Billy Talent cover Limelight by fellow Canucks Rush. Originally recorded last year for Amazon Prime’s Monday Night Hockey coverage, it might not be enjoyed by those who think that note-for-note covers of classic songs are largely pointless, but their version is performed with so much joy and obvious affection for the original that it’s difficult not to be charmed. “I\u2019ve been listening to this song since I was a kid,” says guitarist Ian D\u2019Sa. “I always wanted to learn Alex [Lifeson\u2019s] parts because it contains three of my favorite Alex riffs of all time.”<\/p>\n

Billy Talent – Limelight (Rush Cover) [Official Music Video] – YouTube
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