Latest articles by Martin Kielty
When Pink Floyd, Arthur Brown and Rush got in trouble with the law - with proggy results
Never mind the usual drink and drug offences… quirky, eccentric incidents seem to surround some of those who make music the same way
The underwhelming moment when Yes’ Jon Davison met predecessor Jon Anderson
The brief encounter wasn’t what anyone could have predicted – but it was enough to give the younger singer a tantalising idea.
Linda Thompson on struggling to sing and struggling to perform live
The folk icon – who never planned on being one – recalls hilarious haircuts, playing musical bedrooms, boxing clever with label execs and becoming a heavy metal fan
“I was always the lowest common denominator”: Jeffrey Hammond’s five years with Jethro Tull
Bassist contributed to some of the band’s most definitive works – but ultimately couldn’t resist the call of another art form
Ian Anderson still detests the mindless sax of Jethro Tull’s A Passion Play
Horrified by sessions in a French chateau, they went home, dumped the work they’d done on their Thick As A Brick follow-up and started again. The result was a Marmite production that inspired split rumours
How See Emily Play became Syd Barrett’s last stand as Pink Floyd took flight
Their second single remains their second-biggest hit, and will always be significant in their history
“He was definitely there, and it was weird”: Syd Barrett’s 1975 visit to Pink Floyd‘s studio
Five years after they’d felt forced to dump him, the band’s original leader shocked his former colleagues at Abbey Road in 1975
The happy accident of Run For Home, Lindisfarne’s biggest-selling hit
If Back And Fourth producer Gus Dudgeon had arrived early, Ray Laidlaw wouldn’t have been looking through Alan Hull’s lyric book beside a piano
"Leslie said to the audience 'There’s a technical hitch,' and he touched the microphone and the guitar. And that was it": The tragic story of Stone The Crows, Scotland's great lost band
With musical talent to spare and Led Zeppelin’s manager behind them, Stone The Crows should have been a success story. Instead it’s one of tragic death and unfulfilled potential
“The film is so shocking that as soon as you hear any of the music, you’re thinking about maniacs running around causing havoc”: Mogwai’s favourite progressive movie soundtracks
Stuart Braithwaite and Dominic Aitchison struggle to keep their list down to five
"If you haven’t been ripped off, you haven’t been in the music business”: How personal tragedy, the demands of touring and the pressure to make money destroyed Alex Harvey
In 1977, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band played the Reading Festival. Harvey was being acclaimed as a punk pioneer and the future looked bright. But it was to be their last ever gig…
Steve Hackett previews Foxtrot At Fifty live album with Watcher Of The Skies video
16-track release was filmed in Brighton during 2022 tour
Bassist Mo Foster, who played on over 400 albums and singles, dead at 78
Foster worked with Phil Collins, Jeff Beck and many others in a live and studio career spanning seven decades
Beam me up again! William Shatner revisits his prog all-stars album Ponder The Mystery, starring Steve Vai, Rick Wakeman and others
Star Trek icon releases new version of title track with Steve Vai in full flow, mixed by Jurgen Engler
"We show no mercy!” 10cc announce the Ultimate Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour
Well, what else do you call the 2024 follow-up to last year’s Ultimate Greatest Hits tour?
Now that's what I call demented: Watch Focus play Hocus Pocus stupidly fast on Midnight Special
The song was nearly seven minutes long – but the Dutch prog jesters only had four minutes to play it. The solution? PLAY IT FAST!
Robert Fripp went to war in 1976: It's a battle he's still fighting
King Crimson downed tools as Robert Fripp's battle with Universal Music escalated. It’s a war he’s waged since the 1970s, he says, on behalf of artists everywhere
"Youth is a funny thing, isn’t it?" Clannad: their final chapter
In 2020, Clannad released the career-spanning anthology, In A Lifetime, and announced they would soon be calling it a day. From Harry’s Game and Robin Of Sherwood, to drugs and miscarriages, vocalists Moya and Pól Brennan run through the highs and lows of the last 50 years
Slipknot ‘wearing influences on sleeve’ for next album says Corey Taylor
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor says the band are revisiting their early influences as they plan their 6th album
Hear 70 Slipknot songs in 7 minutes
YouTuber Paschalis Theotokis’ latest video features clips from 70 Slipknot covered in just 7 minutes
Slipknot ‘just hitting our stride’ says Corey Taylor
Corey Taylor says Slipknot are on the verge of reaching their peak - even though they’ve already been around for 17 years
Corey Taylor: Clown’s not changing his name
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor confirms bandmate Clown is keeping stage name after comedy show comment is reported as fact
Corey Taylor recalls being forbidden to join Anthrax
Corey Taylor tells Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian he felt “crestfallen” when record label blocked him from joining thrash icons in 2007
