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Flag-burning prog innovators The Nice found trouble on stage and off it
Keith Emerson, Davy O’List and Lee Jackson created enough controversy to last for decades in their original three-year run
How The Nice got started by fibbing about their songwriting skills
Prompted by a disagreement that spilled into the public domain, co-founders Keith Emerson and Lee Jackson once visited the Prog office to set things straight
Jon Anderson recalls his drink-fuelled gig with Keith Emerson in 1969!
Jon Anderson plays London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on July 22 and 23 and Dublin's Vicar Street on August 1
“Led Zeppelin’s fee went from £500 to £20,000 in a year!” Collapsing stages and no toilets: The 1969 Bath Blues Festival that inspired Glastonbury
They sold 7000 tickets – and 30,000 people turned up. How The Bath Blues Festivals became the inspiration to a young Michael Eavis and Glastonbury.
Jimi Hendrix and Pink Floyd went on tour: knife-throwing, guitar smashing and acid breakdowns followed
Syd Barrett was catatonic. Jimi Hendrix was encouraging Keith Emerson to throw knives at him. Lemmy was one of the roadies. Welcome to the cosmic variety show
From Sgt Pepper to Syd Barrett: the psychedelic birth of prog rock
In the late 1960s, the psychedelic revolution changed everything – and, thanks to The Beatles, Floyd and more, helped usher in the progressive rock era…
That time Keith Emerson and Lee Jackson from The Nice visited the Prog office!
In 2011, annoyed that guitarist Davey O’List claimed more credit than was due for The Nice’s debut album, Keith Emerson and Lee Jackson popped into the Prog offices to set the record straight
Davy O'List to reissue second solo album Second Thoughts
Former The Nice guitarist will reissue his second solo album
