Chris McGarel

Their 2019 album Love You To Bits began to take form in 1994, inspired by movie soundtracks, disco epics and Pink Floyd melancholy – but spent a quarter-century in development hell

The space rock band’s master controller on going solo, remixing his catalogue and the philosophy of “ethnological forgery”

Prog giants weren’t there when controversial 1989 moment came, because they were certain they wouldn’t win. So the guitarist’s wife concocted a last-minute midnight party to celebrate

Along with punching out impressive drum parts, he brought Tolkien, Twain and Wilde to bear on the world of prog. Here are just 10 of his best moments

The self-described “Chief Audience Abuser” with Tinyfish and Shineback explored the idea that he might be a musician on 2017 release – but also expounded his theories on the nature of reality

As Voivod celebrated their 35th birthday and release their 14th album, Prog met the Canadian progressive metal legends to look back over their career.

Guitarist’s wife staged a last-minute midnight party to mark “the one little window where we had a good album, we were fairly important in the music world, and people recognised us”

In 2019, Gong approached their 50th anniversary with The Universe Also Collapses. We found out how they navigated their first release without any input without the late Daevid Allen

London prog collective IT take aim at the London riots on new album We’re All In This Together

Not prog, not pop: meet the Dutch fivepiece who "sit in the middle of two fanbases or two genres"

Introducing Ufomammut, the Italian trio who specialise in psychedelic space rituals and progressive sludge