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Classic Rock Society, also known as CRS, was founded by Martin Hudson in 1991 in Rotherham, England, at the Florence Nightingale public house, and quickly progressed to become a large and well recognised organisation helping to forward the cause of progressive rock, and classic rock.^[1] Between 2001 and 2012, the CRS was operated as a limited company, Classic Rock (UK) Ltd, before reverting to a society. The CRS announced its closure on 7 March 2019.

CRS founder Martin Hudson, former director Kris Hudson-Lee and long-serving writer James R Turner, founded Spirit of Progressive Rock in 2019 to pick up where the CRS left off. Spirit has its own website where they review new progressive albums as well as promoting gigs at the Corporation in Sheffield.^[2]

Live music promotions[edit]

The Classic Rock Society used the Wesley Arts Centre, Maltby, Rotherham, England, Montgomery Hall, Wath-on-Dearne, England, and The Citadel, St Helens, England, as its regular venues. It also hosted gigs at B2, Norwich, England, The Picturedrome, Holmfirth, England, The Luminaire, London, amongst others.

Artists who have performed for the CRS[edit]

Artists previously hosted by the CRS include Camel, Caravan, Celtus, The Flower Kings, Gordon Giltrap, IQ, Karnataka, Guy Manning, Galahad, Lazuli, Magenta, Mostly Autumn, Pallas, Pendragon, Rick Wakeman, Saga, Spocks Beard, Steve Hackett, Strawbs, The Tangent, Moon Safari, Chantel McGregor, Deborah Bonham, Threshold, Touchstone, Tristan Park, the first ever UK gig by Tyketto, and Wishbone Ash.

Wondrous Stories / Rock Society[edit]

The society started publishing its monthly magazine, Wondrous Stories, at its inception, which then became Rock Society and was a bi-monthly featuring reviews, interviews with prominent classic rock musicians and up and coming bands. Writer James R Turner was one of the longest-serving contributors, writing for the magazine from 1994 to 2019. The magazine was one of the first in the UK to promote progressive and classic rock and precedes the Classic Rock magazine by several years. The last magazine, issue 230, was published in May 2019.

References[edit]

^ Lawson, Dom (26 February 2016). "Martin Hudson: Rotherham Rocked! The Classic Rock Society". Louder. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
^ "Spirit of Progressive Rock". Spirit.rocks. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

External links[edit]

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[Louder_Lawson-1] Lawson, Dom (26 February 2016). "Martin Hudson: Rotherham Rocked! The Classic Rock Society". Louder. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

[2] "Spirit of Progressive Rock". Spirit.rocks. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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-'''Classic Rock Society''', also known as the CRS, began life in 1991 in [[Rotherham]], [[England]] at the Florence Nightingale public house, which quickly progressed to become a large and well recognised organisation helping to forward the cause of [[Progressive rock]], and [[Classic rock]].  The CRS is currently based in [[Daventry]], [[England]].  Between 2001 and 2012 the CRS was operated as a limited company, Classic Rock (UK) Ltd.
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+{{Notability|Organizations|date=May 2019}}}}
+'''Classic Rock Society''', also known as CRS, was founded by Martin Hudson in 1991 in [[Rotherham]], England, at the Florence Nightingale public house, and quickly progressed to become a large and well recognised organisation helping to forward the cause of [[progressive rock]], and [[classic rock]].<ref name="Louder_Lawson">{{cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Dom |title=Martin Hudson: Rotherham Rocked! The Classic Rock Society |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/martin-hudson-rotherham-rocked-the-classic-rock-society |access-date=26 May 2023 |work=Louder |date=26 February 2016}}</ref> Between 2001 and 2012, the CRS was operated as a limited company, Classic Rock (UK) Ltd, before reverting to a society. The CRS announced its closure on 7 March 2019.
-==Live Music Promotions==
-The Classic Rock Society uses the Wesley Arts Centre, Maltby. [[Rotherham]], [[England]], Montgomery Hall, [[Wath-on-Dearne]], [[England]] and [[Citadel Arts Centre|The Citadel]], [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]], [[England]] as its regular venues, with occasional gigs at B2 [[Norwich]], [[England]],  and The Picturedrome, [[Holmfirth]], [[England]].
+CRS founder Martin Hudson, former director Kris Hudson-Lee and long-serving writer James R Turner, founded Spirit of Progressive Rock in 2019 to pick up where the CRS left off. Spirit has its own website where they review new progressive albums as well as promoting gigs at the Corporation in Sheffield.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spirit.rocks/|title=Spirit of Progressive Rock|website=Spirit.rocks|access-date=6 March 2023}}</ref>
+==Live music promotions==
+The Classic Rock Society used the Wesley Arts Centre, [[Maltby, South Yorkshire|Maltby]], [[Rotherham]], England, Montgomery Hall, [[Wath-on-Dearne]], England, and [[Citadel Arts Centre|The Citadel]], [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]], England, as its regular venues.  It also hosted gigs at B2, [[Norwich]], England, The Picturedrome, [[Holmfirth]], England, The Luminaire, London, amongst others.
 ==Artists who have performed for the CRS==
-Artists previously hosted by the CRS include [[Celtus]], [[The Flower Kings]], [[IQ (band)|IQ]], [[Karnataka (band)|Karnataka]], [[Guy Manning]], [[Galahad]], [[Mostly Autumn]], [[Pallas (band)|Pallas]], [[Pendragon]], [[Saga (band)|Saga]], [[Spocks Beard]], [[Strawbs]], [[The Tangent]], [[Moon Safari (band)]], [[Chantel McGregor]], [[Deborah Bonham]], [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]], [[Touchstone(band)|Touchstone]], [[Tristan Park]], the first ever UK gig by [[Tyketto]], Unitopia, [[Rick Wakeman]] and [[Wishbone Ash]]
+Artists previously hosted by the CRS include [[Camel (band)|Camel]], [[Caravan (band)|Caravan]], [[Celtus]], [[The Flower Kings]], [[Gordon Giltrap]], [[IQ (band)|IQ]], [[Karnataka (band)|Karnataka]], [[Guy Manning]], [[Galahad]], [[Lazuli (French band)|Lazuli]],  [[Magenta (Welsh band)|Magenta]], [[Mostly Autumn]], [[Pallas (band)|Pallas]], [[Pendragon]], [[Rick Wakeman]], [[Saga (band)|Saga]], [[Spocks Beard]], [[Steve Hackett]], [[Strawbs]], [[The Tangent]], [[Moon Safari (band)|Moon Safari]], [[Chantel McGregor]], [[Deborah Bonham]], [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]], [[Touchstone (band)|Touchstone]], [[Tristan Park]], the first ever UK gig by [[Tyketto]], and [[Wishbone Ash]].
+==''Wondrous Stories / Rock Society''==
-==Committee==
+The society started publishing its monthly magazine, ''Wondrous Stories'', at its inception, which then became ''Rock Society'' and was a bi-monthly featuring reviews, interviews with prominent classic rock musicians and up and coming bands. Writer James R Turner was one of the longest-serving contributors, writing for the magazine from 1994 to 2019. The magazine was one of the first in the UK to promote progressive and classic rock and precedes the ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' magazine by several years. The last magazine, issue 230, was published in May 2019.
-The current committee consists of Miles Bartaby, Stephen Lambe, Andy Faulkner, Steve Pilkington, Dave Robinson and Nicola Robinson.
+==References==
-==The Magazine - Wondrous Stories / Rock Society==
+{{Reflist}}
-The society started publishing its monthly magazine Wondrous Stories at its inception, which then became Rock Society and is now bi-monthly featuring reviews, interviews with prominent classic rock musicians and up and coming bands.The magazine was one of the first in the UK to promote progressive and classic rock and precedes the Classic Rock magazine by several years.  Amongst the key contributors are Miles Bartaby, Stephen Lambe, Steve Pilkington, David Pearson, Jordan Blum, Terry Craven, Dave Kennedy, Steve Mourton, Richard Barnes, James R Turner, Odette Swann, Richard Watts, Lee Vickers, Melve Cant, Andrew Lock, Steve Ward, and Martin Hudson.  The magazine also features a column by The Tangent's Andy Tillison.  Magazine design is by Martin Cook.
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.classicrocksociety.co.uk The Classic Rock Society]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190710171224/http://www.classicrocksociety.co.uk/ The Classic Rock Society]
-[[Category:Music organizations]]
+[[Category:Music organisations based in the United Kingdom]]
 [[Category:Organizations established in 1991]]
 [[Category:1991 establishments in England]]