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When Keith Emerson tried to blag a £55,000 synth for free
The keyboard genius’ relationship with engineer Robert Moog may have had a shaky start, but it paid dividends to both men – and countless followers
Why Mystery sound like Pink Floyd, Genesis and Marillion
Best known as Jon Anderson’s replacement in Yes, Benoît David rejoined the cult Canadian proggers to make the strongest album of their career
Greg Dulli looks back on 40 years of laying bare man's desires, duplicity and deviance with The Afghan Whigs
An audience with alternative rock's own Prince of Darkness
“He’d got rid of Lemmy and it was me next”: Civil war left Dave Brock as captain of Hawkwind
He recalls not going to his own band’s gigs, his first acid experience, losing confidence in his playing, annoying druids at Stonehenge, who hit Ginger Baker with a pool cue, and the former member he wished would die (and did)
How The Who overcame internal strife to make their most poignant album
By 1973 The Who were bored and angry – and Pete Townshend knew he had one last chance to hold the band together and unify them in the eyes of their fans
How Led Zeppelin created the impossible-to-copy rhythmic swing of Black Dog
Often presumed to be inspired by Jimmy Page's fascination with the occult, Black Dog's origins were much more earthbound
Meet The Gnomes: Your new favourite Aussie garage rockers
Loved by the Viagra Boys, Melbourne's The Gnomes are ready for whatever hardship rock'n'roll requires
Call them what you like, but Chicago know they’re a prog band
One of the few groups to ever get away with releasing a double-album as a debut, they’d started out as a covers band who’d rebuild and extend every song they played
