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The Wakemans, uncensored, grace the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!
Plus Hackett & Rothery, Gentle Giant, Haken, Lonely Robot, Ozric Tentacles, Irmin Schmidt, Long Earth, North Sea Echoes, Tom Penaguin and more...
“The label staff just assume the artists get rich”: Marillion’s bad old days before crowdfunding
The pledge pioneers got out before the platform collapsed – and they’ve never gone back to the way it was before their great escape
Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson quizzed by Yes, Genesis, ELP stars and others
Discover his thoughts on three-fingered guitar playing, a rock icon asking for his autograph, hot chillis, abandoned rabbit suits, never learning to drive, retirement, the 70s codpiece – and why he took up flute in the first place
“The peak had passed. But some albums kept the flame alive”: What did the 80s ever do for prog?
If the genre ruled the world in 70s, the following decade was about retreating and taking stock. But it wasn’t all bad – here are 10 of the best records from that interesting time
How close did Steve Hogarth come to quitting Marillion?
Why wasn’t the singer bothered about singing? Why did miners keep attacking him in Doncaster? How did the music industry break his heart? Which collaborator makes him worry about being strangled? The “hippie in the jaws of punk” looks back
A beginner's guide to progressive rock in five essential albums
50 years on from its arrival, arguments still rage about what exactly constitutes progressive rock - but there's no quibbling about these five essential albums, surely?
They were regarded as synth-pop but we say they’re prog. So do members of Marillion, Porcupine Tree and No-Man
They may have traded in the pop world, but their go-to inspirations included King Crimson and Can – and the artists they influenced in turn cross many genres
“Afraid Of Sunlight escaped more than it was released." How Marillion's eighth album brought the curtain down on their time at EMI and set the band up for the rest of their career...
1994's Brave set Marillion on a collision course with their record label, EMI. A year later, they went out on a high with Afraid of Sunlight. This is the story...
