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When one of prog’s biggest bands shut down, it left their guitarist facing a void. This is how he bounced back
Suddenly out of work in 2012, he started to take songwriting seriously and learned to stop feeling intimidated by other musicians
10 great psychedelic songs that’ll shake any prog fan’s tree (but aren’t by Pink Floyd)
Revolutionary music from Yes, John McLaughlin, Pretty Things, Tangerine Dream, Strawbs and more, including a song that was prog even before prog was prog
“It was a fear I had. It was unfounded”: Studio star reveals big regret to a fan who’s now a star himself
The Pink Floyd collaborator thought his career would last two years. But in the past five decades he’s had surprise hits, overreacted to a myth about tape, and made colleagues believe his ideas had been their own
Cool new proggy sounds from Jan Akkerman, Soen, Evergrey and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Ace new prog you have to hear from Argovia, Myrath, Engrupid Pipol in this week's Tracks Of The Week
Pink Floyd’s Indiana Jones adventure with The Endless River
Gilmour, Nick Mason and colleagues on assembling the unexpected 2014 album that paid tribute to Rick Wright, and his calming presence in a group who were “never a jolly bunch of friends”
What members of Marillion, Dream Theater, Asia and more think of Yes’ Tales From Topographic Oceans
It was the double-album that split critics, fans and the line-up who recorded it. We asked a range of prog stars for their thoughts on the 1973 release
TesseracT’s James Monteith on the guitarist and band who changed his approach to music in the 90s
The djent pioneer found inspiration in a player who ignored standard time lengths, came up with unique sounds and played the wrong parts of his instrument – but always managed to groove
“David Gilmour openly accused Roger Waters of copying me”: The folk artist who missed stardom but won respect
Acclaimed by Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Led Zeppelin and Peter Gabriel, he recalls feeling insulted by the way his best-known album was treated, his short stint in a US prison, and his decision to stop writing long notes to fans on their record sleeves
Gong may have lost some humour and older songs, but Kavus Torabi says they’re still supernatural
Daevid Allen’s appointed replacement on keeping the spirituality alive without becoming overwhelmed, the respectful use of acid, and the late band leader’s similarity to Cardiacs’ Tim Smith
In 2009 this notorious workaholic was trying to do less. His career suggests it didn’t go that way
After over two decades making music, his main band had recently achieved global recognition and he’d just launched his debut solo album. Did he ever really slow down?
The bassist who survived Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull and believing he’d murdered his bandmate on stage
Veteran admits he sailed close to the wind as he taught prog giants to drink – but he learned how much it means to play live with a band
Great new proggy sounds you must hear from Another Realm, Unprocessed, The Owl Service and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
Cool new prog from ĠENN, The Mon, Maha Sohona and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
When fate intervened to destroy an art-rock record, its creators wrote an album about fate
New concept LP begins with the true story of a baggage handler who stole a plane and killed himself, and goes on to celebrate a fake cult based on a toy ball
Debate: What’s the greatest concept album of all time?
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is incredible, but were Genesis outdone by Pink Floyd, Dream Theater, Rush, Marillion or even The Kinks?
How The Nice offended Leonard Bernstein and the US Embassy
The story of the song that crystallised the burgeoning prog-rock movement and turned The Nice into one of the most controversial bands of the day
Steve Howe’s favourite moments as a guitar for hire, and the one that got away
Yes icon on guesting with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda, his 1960s session career, and never listening to what he recorded for Lou Reed
The former metalcore brats who astonished everyone with a prog concept album
Once talked up as “the next Metallica,” this American group rejected easy options and used their developing skills to craft a progressive metal record that arrived without warning in 2016
Tragedy lies behind most of Mastodon’s music. Hushed And Grim was no different
In 2021 the band released their first double-length record, which would prove to be their last with Brent Hinds. They hoped it would be their last to be inspired by personal catastrophes
The prog singer who didn’t want to sing, and the change of approach that gave his band a second lease of life
Formed in the musical turmoil of the late 80s, the American group made music based on a theory of melody. But with the help of Rush collaborators they’ve tweaked their approach for the third album of their next generation
