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BBC sport writer Phil McNulty recommends albums by Roger Waters, Asia, Supertramp and others
By Jo Kendall published
The pundit, who met John Wetton and Geoff Downes through their mutual love of the sport, recommends albums by Asia, Supertramp, Marillion and others

How AC/DC's plan to conquer the world began in the back of a squalid bus
By Geoff Barton published
We travel back to 1976 to spend time with AC/DC as they clamber the first few rungs on stardom’s greasy ladder

The forthright attitude behind Roger Dean’s album art for Yes
By Sid Smith published
Inspired by real-life landscapes and knowing what he didn’t like, the forthright creator of remarkable worlds explains his partnership with Yes

Wombles, Buggles, Asia and more: Geoff Downes’ life and times in and out of Yes
By Dave Everley published
His big break came with the Wombles, then he impressed Trevor Horn with synths he’d only borrowed. He forged a partnership with John Wetton and made it big with Asia – and his easygoing nature means he’s avoided most of Yes’ infamous dramas

The wild story of the spoof heavy metal band who beat Spinal Tap by a year
By Chris Chantler published
Spinal Tap weren’t the first spoof heavy metal band

"There was a point where people would come to see us because they hated us": The chaotic beginnings of The Stooges, America's first punk band
By Jaan Uhelszki published
Iggy Pop and others tell the gonzoid story of The Stooges' early years

The wild story of Black Oak Arkansas, the band who had it all then gave it all away
By Ken McIntyre published
Which band stole all their equipment, lived in a remote mountain compound for half the 70s and were buddies with Bill Clinton? Just them good ol’ boys Black Oak Arkansas

The hypnotic 80s single that gave an apocalyptic post-punk band an unlikely Cold War-inspired hit
By Ian Fortnam published
When Killing Joke became unlikely pop stars

When Genesis reunited to make a film, it was the same old story
By Rob Hughes published
Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford look back on the controversial Genesis documentary Sum Of The Parts

“We drove the band off the cliff”: How Stackridge swerved the success they deserved
By Malcolm Dome published
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
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