
Chris Roberts
Chris Roberts has written about music, films, and art for innumerable outlets. His new book The Velvet Underground is out April 4. He has also published books on Lou Reed, Elton John, the Gothic arts, Talk Talk, Kate Moss, Scarlett Johansson, Abba, Tom Jones and others. Among his interviewees over the years have been David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, Bryan Ferry, Al Green, Tom Waits & Lou Reed. Born in North Wales, he lives in London.
Latest articles by Chris Roberts

4AD: a guide to the best albums
By Chris Roberts published
One of the world's most influential indie record labels, 4AD is home of the original and timeless – here we round up the imprint's essential albums

Steve Howe: Prog God 2018
By Chris Roberts published
In 2018, Prog bestowed the ultimate accolade on Yes' Steve Howe. The veteran guitarist talks us through the highs and lows of his incredible career, from the UFO underground to world domination with Yes and Asia

The 10 Best Genesis Songs – voted for by Prog readers
By Chris Roberts, David West, Johnny Sharp published
In Prog Magazine's biggest ever reader vote, you chose your favourite ever Genesis songs...

"If you understand it, you do." - An appreciation of the late Mark Hollis
By Chris Roberts published
Talk Talk author Chris Roberts pays tribute to the band's former singer, who has died, aged 64...

Dream Theater's Distance Over Time is more rock than prog
By Chris Roberts published
14th Dream Theater studio album Distance Over Time finds the band veering delightfully off-course

Paper Late: Are VIP tickets really worth the dosh?
By Chris Roberts published
It's the Prog magazine that let's readers and writers alike get something off their chest...

The Top 10 Best Genesis Songs With Peter Gabriel
By Chris Roberts published
The 10 greatest songs from Genesis phase one, a time when Peter Gabriel bestrode the prog landscape like a giant, be-costumed god

Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album review
By Chris Roberts published
Is Iron Butterfly's psychedelic classic all about one song?

Siouxsie And The Banshees: How we made Juju
By Chris Roberts published
With their fourth album, Juju, The Banshees changed the way they made music, creating a conceptual masterpiece inspired by Hitchcock, horror and an African bust unearthed in Forest Hill

The Damned - Evil Spirits album review
By Chris Roberts published
The Damned's crowdfunded return, their first in a decade, keeps things neat

Trevor Horn Discusses Yes' Fly From Here - Return Trip
By Chris Roberts published
Prog legends will headline London's Palladium this Saturday and Sunday

Spirit - It Shall Be – The Ode & Epic Recordings 1968-1972 album review
By Chris Roberts published
Innovative and genre-bending West Coast psych-rockers get boxed

Sweet - The Polydor Albums album review
By Chris Roberts published
Whatever happened to the teenage rampagers? This fourCD box set finds out

Holger Czukay - Cinema album review
By Chris Roberts published
Not yet ratedTwists galore in blockbuster box set from late Can man

Mint Field - Pasar De Las Luces album review
By Chris Roberts published
Not yet ratedTijuana shoegazers channel the greats

Grice - The Grey Of Granite Stone album review
By Chris Roberts published
Not yet ratedTitle belies colours and softness, enhanced by Barbieri, Jansen and BJ Cole

Michael Rother at Jazz Cafe, London - live review
By Chris Roberts published
Not yet ratedFormer Kraftwerk and Neu! musician makes sparks fly

Hansa Studios: By The Wall 1976-1990 review
By Chris Roberts published
TV documentary study of Heroic Berlin studio

The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy: The Best Of The McCoys album review
By Chris Roberts published
When The Dave Clark Five postponed recording a surefire hit, The McCoys got real

Kate Bush: I’d like my music to intrude – not many women succeed with that
By Chris Roberts published
In 1978, a 19-year-old Catholic girl from South London reconfigured the rock landscape. Forty years on, her strange phenomenon endures...

Grant-Lee Phillips - Widdershins album review
By Chris Roberts published
A taken-for-granted talent hits rich form

Glen Hansard - Between Two Shores album review
By Chris Roberts published
Deft Dubliner rides waves of emotion again

Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto – Glass album review
By Chris Roberts published
Not yet ratedAcclaimed artists choose not to throw stones.
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