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Sevendust's 30-Year odyssey: Success, near-bankruptcy and new purpose
By Dave Everley Published
Sevendust were a gold-certified, shit-hot live act making serious money – but they weren’t seeing any of it. Staring down bankruptcy and on the brink of collapse, they refused to be knocked down

“Bands like ELP, Yes and Genesis were seen as over-the-top, showing-off kinds of performers. And to some extent I felt that, too”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson decided to lampoon prog and ended up making “the mother of all concept albums”
By Rob Hughes Published
Song? Album? Fake newspaper? Jethro Tull’s mad masterpiece is all of them and more

“A feeling of loss but a sense of relief”: When David Gilmour auctioned 123 of his guitars
By Jerry Ewing Published
Just before he raised a record-breaking $21.5m, the Pink Floyd axe hero showed and played some of the historic instrument’s he’d decided to part with

“Prog taught me to do whatever the hell you want”: 10 times Iron Maiden went shamelessly all-out prog
By Jerry Ewing Published
A fan of Jethro Tull and Genesis, Steve Harris always had the longform genre among his influences. Over the past four decades his band have made more and more of it

Inside Slaughter To Prevail's bloodiest gig ever
By Justin Breckner Published
Slaughter To Prevail's Blood4Blood is the first event of its kind: metal bands, bare-knuckle fights and buckets of blood

Alex Lifeson on the battle behind Rush's most divisive song, Subdivisions
By Dave Everley Published
Sonically, Subdivisions took Rush further into the world of synthesisers – and guitarist Alex Lifeson wasn't happy about it

The story of Icon's stunning melodic metal masterpiece, Night Of The Crime
By Ken McIntyre Published
They came from the desert, and they rocked

Four Japanese schoolboys fell in love with The Beatles in the mid 70s. 50 years later they embarked on their own magical mystery tour
By Paul Brannigan Published
How the world's most wholesome Beatles fans lived out their dreams with a Fab Four pilgrimage

The day Bono and Jimmy Buffett went out for chicken and were almost killed by Jamaican police
By Fraser Lewry Published
Bono joins Jimmy Buffett on a flight to buy jerk chicken. What's the worst that can happen?

“Like a good father Frank Zappa kicked me out of the nest”: Beat’s new boy Terry Bozzio on his life and times
By Sid Smith Published
The drummer – who’s also worked with Captain Beefheart, UK and others – recalls his time with Allan Holdsworth and two King Crimson members as a career high
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