Bands & Artists

The Damned's first US tour was an unforgettable experience

By Paul Brannigan Published 21 July 26

"We’d see Joey Ramone in the street and say hi"

Can’t hear John Myung’s bass in Dream Theater? He says it’s a “minor detail”

By Rich Wilson Published 21 July 26

When his supergroup side-project The Jelly Jam released their most recent album in 2016, Myung compared his role in the power trio with his day job in the prog metal giants

Britrock's cheekiest chaps A have returned – and they've made the album they needed to

By Rich Chamberlain Published 21 July 26

Prang is A's first new album in over 20 years

Hollywood Vampires: Alice Cooper and Joe Perry on life inside rock's superstar garage band

By Dave Ling Published 21 July 26

As Hollywood Vampires gear up for a run of European shows, we talk to Joe Perry and Alice Cooper about Johnny Depp, compiling setlists, and what's going on with Aerosmith

How Beth Hart discovered prog via Rush’s “worst” album

By Natasha Scharf Published 20 July 26

Powerhouse blues singer’s fascination with Geddy Lee’s bass playing led to her appreciation for Les Claypool and Primus

They were regarded as synth-pop but we say they’re prog. So do members of Marillion, Porcupine Tree and No-Man

By Sid Smith Published 20 July 26

They may have traded in the pop world, but their go-to inspirations included King Crimson and Can – and the artists they influenced in turn cross many genres

Producer Andrew Watt on working with rock legends The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney

By Paul Brannigan Published 20 July 26

Andrew Watt: the man who makes rock legends sound like excited teenagers jamming in a garage