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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...
Magic mushrooms broke the tension when Marillion went pop with Holidays In Eden
Tension was rife as they tried to write their second album with Steve Hogarth – until a night in traditional Mexican outfits broke the ice
Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson is on the cover of the new, gift-packed issue of Prog, on sale now!
Plus Yes, Steve Hogarth, Exploring Birdsong, The Paradox Twin, Franck Carducci. Tarja, Liminal Sky, A.A. Williams, MONO, Burning Shed and loads more...
Watch 90 minutes of previously unreleased, high-quality, pro-shot footage from Marillion's Clutching At Straws tour
The rare footage comes from Marillion's headline set at the Lesyin Festival in Switzerland in July 1987
Why Marillion ex Fish opened a song with a string of racial slurs
His 1997 album Sunsets On Empire – a collaboration with Steven Wilson – remains a sunny moment in his stormy career, although one song might not be the same if it was written today
Marillion’s Steve Hogarth started to write songs that made him cry. He can’t stop now
The singer names the track where he and his colleagues matched perfectly – even though it hurt to create it
