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“We thought it would be hard to replace her, so we didn’t”: Prog pioneers evaded disaster in 1970
By Mike Barnes published
What happens when a band’s trademark vocalist leaves? In 1970, the answer for this band was to take the pain and rely on their other strengths

"Some Time In New York City is an album that suffers from being terrible": John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band compiled on Power To The People
By David Quantick published
A collection of live, studio and demo tracks and an almost-album from John Lennon’s political New York City years

Every Rush album ranked from worst to best
By Neil Jeffries published
Canada's prog rock heroes have amassed an immense discography over a 50-year career... and now they're hitting the road again

How Gojira made one of modern metal’s most conscious, powerful anthems
By Matt Mills published
Gojira played their early shows in a region battling for independence, and they siphoned that political spirit into their defining song

It's time to talk about Iron Maiden's "worst" album
By Rich Hobson published
There's no clear consensus on the "worst" Iron Maiden album - but this one definitely isn't it, OK?

An armed robbery, a returning drummer and a new label brought this prog band back from near oblivion
By Amit Sharma published
They hadn’t released an album in five years before turning things round with a heavily conceptual double release – and their struggles became part of their science-fiction saga

“It silenced their harshest critics, even within the band”: Talking Heads’ Remain In Light
By Lin Bensley published
With input from Brian Eno and Adrian Belew, the creatively explosive 1980 album was a turning point for the American band – and many other artists

“Nothing polarises people like we do”: Rush and the mindset behind final album Clockwork Angels
By Jerry Ewing published
In 2012 Geddy Lee discussed their 20th studio title – their only end-to-end concept record – from the aspect of a band who’d come to terms with their youthful years and transformed into a pop-culture phenomenon
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