Jethro Tull
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“I was always the lowest common denominator”: Jeffrey Hammond’s five years with Jethro Tull
By Martin Kielty published
Bassist contributed to some of the band’s most definitive works – but ultimately couldn’t resist the call of another art form

Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt is unable to tell you what he'd like to tell you
By Dave Ling published
Swedish proggers Opeth have European festival dates throughout the summer before heading to the US, and have a new album in the can

Ian Anderson still detests the mindless sax of Jethro Tull’s A Passion Play
By Martin Kielty published
Horrified by sessions in a French chateau, they went home, dumped the work they’d done on their Thick As A Brick follow-up and started again. The result was a Marmite production that inspired split rumours

"We were always looking out for a producer, but the trouble was that most of them took a lot of drugs": Ian Anderson on the recording of Aqualung, and why it really isn't a concept album
By Hugh Fielder last updated
Aqualung is regarded by most as the classic, definitive Jethro Tull album, but Ian Anderson is reluctant to admit it's his favourite

Bookset edition of Jethro Tull’s Bursting Out: a huge improvement on previous reissue
By Joe Banks published
Bookset series turns to the band’s first live release, which showcases Ian Anderson as zany ringmaster

Ten-disc Ian Anderson solo box set to be released in August
By Jerry Ewing published
8314 Boxed collects all of Ian Anderson solo alums plus a disc of unreleased live material

Jethro Tull's Bursting Out (Inflated Edition) finds them in fine form
By Hugh Fielder published
Jethro Tull's 1978 live double album, newly pumped up

When audience members attack: Six times a rock star was injured by someone in the crowd
By Fraser Lewry last updated
Musicians should always feel safe onstage: sometimes, they're clearly not - and people need to stop throwing stuff

Obsessive attention to detail has always been Eddie Jobson’s superpower
By Sid Smith published
From a backstage performance for Curved Air to being dragged onstage by Frank Zappa and out-complicating King Crimson, the UK violinist has managed to ignore distractions from making music

"Somebody has to be the kind of songwriter who doesn’t give a shit if he gets called pretentious." Ian Anderson on the inspiration behind Jethro Tull's RökFlöte
By James McNair published
After a gap of more than 20 years, Jethro Tull returned with their second album of new material this decade. RökFlöte finds the band exploring Norse mythology with a harder edge than last year’s The Zealot Gene
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