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When true rebels came out as prog fans: Five essential neo-prog albums of the 80s
By Johnny Sharp published
The second-wave movement didn’t last long – but its bands revitalised the genre with an attitude and energy that’s still being felt today

Stars of the 80s prog scene line up for book launch live event
By Jerry Ewing published
Members of Pendragon, IQ, Pallas, Twelfth Night and Solstice to feature on panel discussion and an audience Q&A at launch for new 80s prog book

"I said, “We’re a band, we want to make a record.” He said, “Oi dunno much about records… If you wanted a cowshed, I could probably ’elp yer!” Pendragon's Nick Barrett looks back on their 40-plus year career...
By Johnny Sharp published
In 2020, when Pendragon released their eleventh studio album Love Over Fear, we grilled mainman Nick Barrett in The Prog Interview

New book sheds further light on the rise of Marillion, Pallas, Twelfth Night, and the 80s prog revival
By Jerry Ewing published
A Playground Of Broken Hearts charts the prog revival from 1983 to 1989 and is published in July

“When it seemed like prog had run its course, Mick Pointer kickstarted the second wave”
By Malcolm Dome published
Neo-prog drummer created the Marquee scene in the 80s and inspired the third generation – including Steven Wilson and Dream Theater – in the 90s, says guitarist

"There’s certain prog fans who just want the comfy old slippers. That’s got its place and that music is timeless but they can’t accept anything new." How Pendragon proved they weren't "comfy" with Passion
By Rich Wilson published
Pendragon's Nick Barrett and Peter Gee discuss the band's gritty new album Passion

Pendragon announce new reissue of 1996 album The Masquerade Overture
By Jerry Ewing published
Pendragon's The Masquerade Overture has been remastered for CD and vinyl

New book documenting the 80s prog scene to be published in June
By Jerry Ewing published
Mirror Of Dreams is the first of a two volume set on the 80s prog revival, this one covering the years 1981-1983

We celebrate the 80s prog revival on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!
By Jerry Ewing published
Plus Greg Lake, Yes, Nektar, Francis Dunnery, Moon Safari, Cyan, Tarja, Mariusz Duda, Earthside, Matt Berry and loads more...

"We didn't look like hobbits and we hadn't been to public school": how Marillion, IQ, Pendragon and more kick-started the unlikeliest of prog rock revivals
By Jerry Ewing published
By the end of the 70s they thought it was all over. And few would have bet on prog rock ever coming back again at all, let alone doing so with the success that it did in the 80s
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