Latest about Supertramp
How Roger Hodgson created Supertramp’s most ambitious song, and why he won’t say what it means
Inspired by the Beatles, a famous piece of classical music and the post-war era, Fool’s Overture isn’t the band’s longest song – but it’s by far their most complex and intense
How manager Dave Margereson rebuilt Supertramp to deliver a set of classic prog albums
With an approach based on belief and camaraderie, the self-described captain of the band’s pirate ship steered Supertramp from failing pop group to hit records including Crime Of The Century and Breakfast In America
How Peter Gabriel talked actor Adrian Lukis out of signing a music contract
After connecting with fellow public schoolboys, he went on to admire Pink Floyd’s intellectualism, appreciate Curved Air’s sexiness, and get lost in Jean-Luc Ponty while on acid
“He’s playing songs he didn’t even like!” Roger Hodgson’s Supertramp beef with Rick Davies
The breaking of a deal made when they went separate ways in 1983 made a 21st-century reunion impossible – although Hodgson said he’d offered and been rebutted
“There have never been fisticuffs in this band… Just tense silences”: How Supertramp made the classic Breakfast In America
They were more likely to go out for dinner than indulge in drugs and groupies - but that didn’t stop their 1979 album becoming the second-biggest selling prog album of all time
The Supertramp albums you should definitely own
The punk explosion was expected to kill Supertramp. Instead, they thrived and enjoyed huge success worldwide – and these are their best albums
“We’d fly into town, we’d place the road crew in the limos and we’d go in hire cars… we were in it for the music, not the personalities”: John Anthony Helliwell recalls Supertramp’s glory days
Saxophonist, keyboardist and backing singer became the voice of the band between songs because no one else wanted to do it
"The judicious use of sound effects adds to the occasionally claustrophobic atmosphere": Crime Of The Century by Supertramp - Album Of The Week Club review
With Crime Of The Century, Supertramp defined their signature sound and created a progressive rock masterpiece
If you can ignore the horrible special effects, the addition of Supertramp's Bloody Well Right to the Midnight Special archive is yet another cause for classic rock celebration
A rare mis-step from The Midnight Special's original production team as Supertamp (apart from Rick Davis) are rendered entirely in negative
