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The Move's Looking On signposts better things further down the road
By Classic Rock Magazine published
What happened to Jeff Lynne in between the Idle Race and the Electric Light Orchestra

Paul Hardcastle admits he once used Hawkwind titles for his own songs
By Jo Kendall published
The multi-instrumentalist synth pop icon recalls trying and failing to play Silver Machine on a music store synth, years before he impressed Lemmy by asking about Orgone Accumulator

Vikram Shankar’s Five Favorite Instrumental Prog Albums
By Vikram Shankar published
The keyboard player with instrumental US prog rock trio Lux Terminus, who recently released second album, Cinder, picks his best of instrumental prog

Pentangle’s The Albums: 1968-1972: a lavish celebration of folk’s first supergroup
By James McNair published
Box set featuring their first six records is enhanced with out-takes, live tracks and solo material by Bert Jansch and John Renbourn

How prog metal icons Dream Theater went full nerd-mode with epic concept album The Astonishing
By Dom Lawson published
There’s big, and then there’s Dream Theater’s 2016 prog metal blow-out The Astonishing

10 epic ballads that show there was more to thrash metal than speed
By Dave Everley published
There was more to thrash metal than speed

How Incubus pushed back against nu metal with Morning View
By Rosanna Slater published
Incubus may have risen at the same time as nu metal, but they wanted nothing to do with it

When true rebels came out as prog fans: Five essential neo-prog albums of the 80s
By Johnny Sharp published
The second-wave movement didn’t last long – but its bands revitalised the genre with an attitude and energy that’s still being felt today
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