Latest articles by Chris Roberts
“The world of music was going through some serious changes and we were not embracing them”: how Yes’s Going For The One and Tormato almost ended things for good
Punk rock, flying fruit and rollerskating accidents – how Yes went from triumph to disaster at the end of the 1970s
“With British crowds, it was: ‘We want Jon! Get Jon back!’ People were aggressive about it”: how Yes faced down the haters and made the classic Drama album
Replacing Jon Anderson and Rick Wakemen with Buggles duo Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes was controversial – but it resulted in one of their most underrated albums, Drama
“Polished so slickly it denies the friction which draws your ears in… once that fine film of funk is discerned, it can’t be undiscerned”: Steely Dan’s Aja remastered
1977 album’s new vinyl version illustrates duo’s obsessive perfectionism - and producer Gary Katz’s patience
“Keith Emerson said, ‘Why do I need to join Yes when I have ELP?’”: the story behind Yes’ delirious Relayer album
Rick Wakeman was out, new boy Patrick Moraz was in, and Yes were about to make their most underrated album of the 70s
“Chris and Jon often didn’t get on… I didn’t want to be the leader, but to be a strong voice on the team, brave enough to speak up”: Steve Howe learned to play peacemaker in Yes
Guitarist aimed “to be useful” in a band he believed had something to say
"It would be an obtuse listener who didn't grasp how splendid this record is": Steven Wilson's The Harmony Codex is a high-wire act that few artists could pull off
Solo album number seven The Harmony Codex finds Steven Wilson triumphing by not trying too hard
“I wouldn’t say I was angry, but I was definitely prone to ‘anger moments’… I would explode. The gear-trashing was the real thing”: How Muse took on the world and won
From the moment they started taking themselves seriously, the trio were convinced success would come their way – even as they became more out-there and ludicrous
Assault accusations, tax evasion charges: All this sits uncomfortably with our view of Sigur Rós as magic moon-faced elves. You can understand why they'd want to escape from reality
Sigur Rós's Átta: an album that quivers along a thin line between boring and beautiful
“I remember Nick Mason saying, ‘Pink Floyd is stopping… we’ll leave him to do the big outdoor concerts now!’” But Jean-Michel Jarre argues: “I want to contribute to tomorrow, not yesterday”
Pioneer’s life and times include predicting that electronic music would change the world by thinking “not in terms of notes, but as music that you do with sounds and noise”
“I just didn’t feel I could pull off the things Peter Gabriel did. I said: ‘I’ll give it a go but don’t expect me to wear costumes!’” Phil Collins’ first show as Genesis frontman
It took the revamped band months of worry off stage but just half an hour of fun on stage to secure their future in 1976
A beginner’s guide to Krautrock in five essential albums
The genre with the joke name that stuck: With a sonic imprint still discernible in all corners of music, these are five albums that tell the story of Krautrock
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe: Album Of The Week Club review
The self-titled Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe is the album from the version of Yes that wasn’t technically Yes at all
"I do like a good yarn!" Rick Wakeman and Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
As he prepared to bring a live version of his classic solo album to the stage 40 years later, Rick Wakeman looked back on the epic Journey To The Centre Of Earth
"I was never a show off!" - Tony Banks in The Prog Interview
Prog sat down with Genesis keyboard player Tony Banks upon the release of his classical album Five to discuss his shift into classical music and his career in general
Steven Wilson: proof that the received wisdom of punk-versus-prog is bunkum
Music history's parameters have been redefined on this sublime four-CD/seven-LP/two-LP selection curated by Steven Wilson
Todd Rundgren's Something/Anything: an epic that's as swoony as it is cerebral
50th-anniversary Record Store Day box of peak Todd Rundgren album Something/Anything
Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Somapolis: "Made with obvious love and drive..."
Not yet ratedSixth from enduringly eloquent art-rock artisans
Bruce Springsteen fails to catch fire on tasteful but hit-and-miss karaoke set
Bruce Springsteen cranks up his soul-man jukebox on covers album, with mixed results
HIM’s Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666: how goth metal’s new superstars seduced the world
HIM’s debut album Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 was released on this day in 1997
Meet Gizmodrome, Stewart Copeland's punk prog supergroup
What began as an impromptu phone call has snowballed into a punk prog supergroup with Stewart Copeland as frontman. Meet Gizmodrome – they’re “a hell of a lot of band!”
Roger Taylor's live album a tidy, enthusiastically received triumph
The Outsider Tour Live is a scorching live set from Queen drummer Roger Taylor
Billy Idol's The Cage is compact, catchy, precision-tooled pop-rock
Stanmore’s finest Billy Idol gets his motor running on his second EP in a year, The Cage
Pink Floyd's Mortal Remains
Prog took a tour around the Pink Floyd exhibition and this is what we thought...
