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How William Shatner learned to love prog and make an album with the humanity of Star Trek
Knowing some people would never get over the novelty, Billy Sherwood decided to go for broke with Ponder The Mystery, featuring Steve Vai, Rick Wakeman, Nik Turner, Edgar Froese and others
“Childlike qualities are where music comes from”: Tal Wilkenfeld’s prog connections
Inspired by Tool, the Australian bassist got her big break from Jeff Beck and went on to play with Prince, The Who and Brian Wilson – and her solo work is equally impressive
Frank Zappa’s talent for using popular music to sell unpopular music, by people who helped
Jon Anderson, Adrian Belew, Mike Keneally and Don Preston discuss dealing with the filthy freak’s genius up close – and what you’re missing if you haven’t investigated his catalogue
Despite an armed cop drama, Joe Satriani has always loved Jethro Tull
Guitar maestro professes his love for Ian Anderson’s genius, along with early Yes, ELP and King Crimson
Colin Edwin’s prog world includes Captain Beefheart, Magma, Cardiacs, Gong and more
Former Porcupine Tree and current O.R.k. member on seeing Daevid Allen live, falling under Tim Smith’s spell, messing about with plastic cameras and, well, Lonnie Donegan
Roine Stolt slashed the average age of The Flower Kings before making Waiting For Miracles
Tired of people who “put a lid on the joy” of music, a line-up change presented a fresh front with younger energy on their 2019 double album
Steve Babb of Glass Hammer’s prog world orbits Yes, Rush, Genesis (and the Human League)
Inspired by Tolkien at an early age, the Tennessean encountered prog when a punk friend handed over his suddenly unwanted record collection
The 40 greatest Yes songs, as voted by 50,000 Prog readers
When 50,000 Prog magazine readers voted on the band’s catalogue, the resulting chart contained a few surprises
“I had a great schoolteacher… he had a band called Butt-Crack”: Rikard Sjöblom’s prog world
Big Big Train, Gungfly and Beardfish man once wrote a term paper about the Hammond organ and went on to teach piano in a school
Despite dad Rick’s album, Oliver Wakeman included one wife of Henry VIII on new solo album
Celtic-themed Anam Cara – featuring guests Troy Donockley, Hayley Griffiths and Scott Higham – came about after a nudge from his record label and a question from his son
Why ‘nice guy’ Dream Theater’s John Petrucci is Steve Vai’s prog hero
They met at college and watched each other’s careers develop as the decades pass – but Vai remains in awe of how much his friend’s playing has developed too
Crown Lands’ Kevin Comeau discovered Rush at 14, forging two marriages made in Heaven
Multi-instrumentalist, who caught Canadian giants twice on final tour, once played alongside Alex Lifeson – and he’s hoping for a second date
Prog was always in Elbow’s music, but it’s upfront on Audio Vertigo
Singer Guy Garvey and keyboardist Craig Potter chart their history from second-hand record collectors to art rock giants with big-name fans
“You can’t just replace Geoff Tate”: Queensryche are Tobias Sammet’s prog heroes
Avantasia mastermind recalls being blown away by Geoff Tate’s vocals – and struggling to copy what he’d heard
“We got pretty eclectic… it didn’t pay off”: When Spock’s Beard went back to basics with X
Funded via the “Marillion Method,” the band’s 10th album was their strongest since the departure of Neal Morse eight years earlier
“When working on material we could ask, ‘What would we have done in the days of Close To The Edge?’ Maybe sometimes we didn’t ask that question enough”: Steve Howe’s favourite Yes songs
Guitarist lists his five of the best – and explains why they’re all from the 70s
“Such a spectacle: 80,000 fans, eight-way spatial audio”: Did Roger Waters top Pink Floyd at Desert Trip in 2016? His guitarist Jonathan Wilson thinks so (and he wasn’t in the band at the time)
While not living his “Canyon life,” American musician and producer’s prog world includes Rush, Frank Zappa, Roy Harper, Robert Wyatt and others
Every Steve Vai album ranked from worst to best
Heart-shaped guitars, Berklee music school and Frank Zappa – Steve Vai's had no ordinary career. Here are each of his albums, ranked from worst to best
“Robert Fripp watched the show from the wings. As I was playing I was thinking, ‘Oh, I stole this line from Robert… that’s a riff from him too!’” Billy Sheehan’s obsession with King Crimson’s Red
Mr Big, Whom Gods Destroy and Sons of Apollo bassist once spent two weeks listening to nothing else
"When we do progressive rock, there’s no rules – we just keep writing, keep putting together whatever parts we like." How The Flower Kings made By Royal Decree
Now the dust has settled on Transatlantic’s long-awaited comeback, Roine Stolt is back with his main band, The Flower Kings and their new double album By Royal Decree
"We had a ‘no filter’ rule on this album: make it as crazy as you want." Haken and the story of Fauna
On their seventh studio album, Haken are ready to bust any pre-conceptions about where they might or might not fit musically.
“Man never quite hit the heights; I suppose they were almost too versatile… they locked into something nimble, nuanced and gorgeous”: James Dean Bradfield’s prog heroes
The Manic Street Preachers vocalist discovered the genre via Rush, Floyd and Russian Circles – but fellow Welshmen’s 1976 album became his top choice on first listen
“Isn’t it the best when you get into a band and they happen to have so much material to discover?” Yes’ Jon Davison fell in love with the Moody Blues by falling in love with John Lodge’s daughter
Singer has a soft spot for Tom Waits' melancholy first album and tree-hugger activities - and he’s in a band with his prog hero
"I have on my rider that I need two bottles of fine red wine. I won't accept anything that costs less than 100 dollars!": Jane's Addiction on breaking up, getting back together, tour life and the lure of Beyoncé
Jane's Addiction's Perry Farrell and Dave Navarro on the things they did so that you didn't have to
