Latest articles by Malcolm Dome
Steven Adler lived more dangerously than anyone in Guns N' Roses - before it all came crashing down
Of all those involved with Guns N' Roses, drummer Steven Adler was the one who most lived up to their Most Dangerous Band In The World reputation
How Emerson, Lake and Palmer charted with Aaron Copland’s Fanfare For The Common Man in the year of punk
Even cut down to a third of its length, the 1977 track became their biggest hit, and one of the most successful instrumental single of all time
“Lemmy got the job because he elbowed everybody else out the way!” How Hawkwind made Silver Machine
It was only their second-ever single, but it made a massive impact – and Brock still doesn’t really know how it happened
“I even had them working on Christmas Day!” Marillion producer aimed to make the perfect album. He didn’t.
He made the move from punk to prog in the early 80s, but it didn’t last
“It’s one of our few songs I listen to without cringing”: Canadian band surprised themselves with 1981 hit
Written in an English market town with a producer who worked them hard, their 1981 track became the third most-played single in the US that year
“Avant-garde? It would be closer to call us ‘aven’t-a-clue!” Mick Abrahams on Blodwyn Pig
Unable to perform towards the end of his life, the singer and guitarist maintained a philosophical viewpoint, and was proud of making “good, honest music without prejudice”
The Dutch quartet inspired by just five minutes of Soft Machine music to make an iconic debut album
Their 1970 debut album, deliberately featuring no guitars at all, was inspired by the Canterbury band’s approach and Frank Zappa’s public persona – and it attained iconic status
“It was my first studio job. I wiped a Robert Fripp guitar section”: World-class producer’s shaky start
After the baptism of fire that was King Crimson’s Lizard, he worked on Tangerine Dream’s Rubycon, Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage and dozens of Van Morrison records
"These guys are simply timeless:" Triumph's Rik Emmett picks five essential guitar albums
Canadian guitar legend and founding member of Triumph Rik Emmett picks five guitar classics that inspired his own path
Jimmy Barnes picks six songs that changed his career
Aussie legend and Cold Chisel frontman Jimmy Barnes talks about the six tracks that shaped his life as a musician
“He sings in French but I’m told his lyrics are clever”: Snooker icon Steve Davis’ obscure prog picks
Utopia Strong member and DJ on his collection of over 2,000 records, most of which aren’t big names, and suggests a few to add to your own
The side-project that saw Slash step out of the shadow of Guns N’ Roses – and led to his departure from the band
Way before Velvet Revolver, Slash’s Snakepit were the GN’R guitarist’s first extra-curricular band
Why The Only Ones’ Even Serpents Shine is actually a prog album
Vocalist Peter Perrett used his voice to disorientate, just like Peter Gabriel, while the band felt like XTC, produced by Joe Meek, steeped in Van der Graaf Generator
“He proves it’s possible to turn even short compositions into suites”: The emo pioneer who suddenly went prog
When the band that made his name broke up in 1995, he turned his search for answers into an enthralling and articulate solo debut containing echoes of PInk Floyd and Van der Graaf Generator
When a 70s bubblegum pop quartet surprised fans by releasing a prog album
Pushing their abilities like never before, their 1978 record – the last with their classic line-up – offered a glimpse at the cliff-leaping experimentation that might have followed
How The Nice offended Leonard Bernstein and the US Embassy
The story of the song that crystallised the burgeoning prog-rock movement and turned The Nice into one of the most controversial bands of the day
The story of Ian Dury's biggest hit, a song that was never actually a hit at all
Its riff was stolen, twice, but its title defined an era and introduced a new phrase into the English vernacular
A song for a Lego advert helped a science-fiction concept album enjoy 50 years of success
1978 single was the only one of four to enter the top 10, featuring the magic of one of prog’s most distinctive voices
The story of At The Gates' Slaughter Of The Soul - the album that revolutionised death metal
30 years ago, At The Gates would release an album that'd change metal forever and make melodeath one of the most influential metal movements of the 90s
Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French doesn’t love prog, but adores Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Glam metal guitar slinger had been a fan of The Nice but hadn’t even heard of Carl Palmer when the super-talented supergroup blew him away live
“Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson told me I was playing too fast!” Taylor Hawkins’ love for prog
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins discusses how he got into prog rock
Arthur Brown: “Going by any reasonable judgement system, I’d have to admit to being mad”
The relentless innovator explains why he can never stay in a creative space for long, claims credit for the Paris student riots of the 60s, and recalls giving up music entirely rather than going commercial
“We drove the band off the cliff”: How Stackridge swerved the success they deserved
The quirky West Country prog group started to get somewhere with 1973’s The Man In The Bowler Hat. Guitarist/vocalist James Warren – later of The Korgis – accepts youth and inexperience caused their implosion at exactly the wrong moment
