Classic Rock Society

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Classic Rock Society, also known as the CRS, began life in 1991, originally as a society founded 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. Classic Rock UK Ltd. is now a not-for-profit limited company registered in England but still uses the name "The Classic Rock Society" as a trading mark.

The Classic Rock Society uses the Herringthorpe Leisure Centre. Rotherham, England, The Boardwalk, Sheffield, England, and the Montgomery Hall, Wath-on-Dearne, England, as its venues. Between 1997 and 2007 the CRS also used The Oakwood Centre, Rotherham.

Artists previously hosted by the CRS include Wishbone Ash, Strawbs, Saga, Mostly Autumn, Karnataka, Rick Wakeman, Pallas, Celtus, The Flower Kings, IQ, Guy Manning, The Tangent, Threshold and Pendragon.

Directors are Martin Hudson, Bernard Law, Manning band member Kris Hudson-Lee, Miles Bartaby and Strawbs members Toby Horton and Dave Cousins. President is Yes member Rick Wakeman.

The society started publishing its monthly magazine Wondrous Stories and 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 precides the Classic Rock magazine by several years, amongst the key contributors are Martin Hudson, Terry Craven, James R Turner (whose Notes from the Edge was one of the magazines most popular columns before it was axed) David Winstanley and Bernard Law.

Previous Directors have been Paul Allwood, Jennifer Allan, Terry Craven, Sharon Hudson and David Pearson.