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Who is the prog-powered creator of “revenge pop” targeting? “All those people who didn’t think I could do it”
Inspired by Kate Bush and a childhood of Yes, 10cc and ELO, her debut album contained dark humour – but no hint of stashed body parts
A prog poet formed a group of A-list colleagues and went on a trip into the unknown. They got lost - or so it seemed
His only solo release merged Genesis, Greenslade and Soft Machine vibes with an additional experimental edge. But the real beauty is that it couldn’t have been made any other time than the early 70s
Every David Coverdale and Whitesnake album, ranked from worst to best
David Coverdale has been there, done that, and sung a song of sweet love while doing it
“He proves it’s possible to turn even short compositions into suites”: The emo pioneer who suddenly went prog
When the band that made his name broke up in 1995, he turned his search for answers into an enthralling and articulate solo debut containing echoes of PInk Floyd and Van der Graaf Generator
“If you listen just for Tool similarities, you’ll miss out”: The heart and soul that went into Soen’s Tellurian
Comfortable with their connections to Opeth and Pink Floyd, the Swedish band evolved on their second album – which features a rhino eating tiny people on the cover
The story of the Black Sabbath song that kicked off heavy metal
Black Sabbath didn’t plan to start a new genre when they debuted in 1970, but their self-titled track is now seen as the place where metal began
In 1971 Greg Lake enraged Keith Emerson, who immediately quit ELP. The result was acclaimed album Tarkus
Carl Palmer recalls a crisis meeting, arguments over time signatures, and playing the whole album top to bottom in the studio – only to discover their engineer had taken a break
When a 70s bubblegum pop quartet surprised fans by releasing a prog album
Pushing their abilities like never before, their 1978 record – the last with their classic line-up – offered a glimpse at the cliff-leaping experimentation that might have followed
