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Cool new prog from Lonely Robot, Eivør, Colin Moulding, Cult Of Luna and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Ace proggy sounds you must hear from Aisles, IT, Gates Of Kiev, Rodrigo Pagavino and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week
When Keith Emerson tried to blag a £55,000 synth for free
The keyboard genius’ relationship with engineer Robert Moog may have had a shaky start, but it paid dividends to both men – and countless followers
Why Mystery sound like Pink Floyd, Genesis and Marillion
Best known as Jon Anderson’s replacement in Yes, Benoît David rejoined the cult Canadian proggers to make the strongest album of their career
“He’d got rid of Lemmy and it was me next”: Civil war left Dave Brock as captain of Hawkwind
He recalls not going to his own band’s gigs, his first acid experience, losing confidence in his playing, annoying druids at Stonehenge, who hit Ginger Baker with a pool cue, and the former member he wished would die (and did)
Call them what you like, but Chicago know they’re a prog band
One of the few groups to ever get away with releasing a double-album as a debut, they’d started out as a covers band who’d rebuild and extend every song they played
The Move could have been massive, but three things stopped them
The band once boasted the combined creative genius of Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood and scored nine Top 20 hits… so what went wrong?
“It was incredibly disingenuous of Radiohead. But it was wise”: Steven Wilson and the war between prog and pop
Fifth solo album To The Bone found him considering his pompous teen years, his dad’s inventions, looking like a nerd, and how mainstream perceptions limited his audience
“Abrasiveness replaced with a desire to break boundaries”: How Tool, slowly but surely, went prog rock
When the band finally made their music available on streaming services, the path of their creative development became clearer than ever
Nightwish’s Floor Jansen on her worst album – and the prog metal deep cut which makes her cry
The velvet-voiced symphonic metal singer details the soundtrack of her life
“We’ve got a problem with the other band who registered the name”: How Nektar resurrected themselves
The UK prog legends took on a surrogate line-up and reclaimed their prog crown with their 2020 album
A prog icon’s daughter rebelled against music, then returned and made an album with a punk legend
Galen Ayers discusses her late dad Kevin, babysitters Robert Fripp and Daevid Allen, and collaborator Paul Simonon of The Clash
“I have to be careful how I present my ideas”: How misfit Jordan Rudess found his space in Dream Theater
He was training to be a classical pianist when prog exploded into his life, and refused his first invitation to join the prog metal giants – but it all worked out
How Tarja Turunen brought a decade of development to bear on diverse album Frisson Noir
It may sound risky to put Dani Filth, Chad Smith, Marko Hietala on a record that explores tango, flamenco and Japanese folk – but she’s very happy with the very heavy results
Stackridge’s Monty Python-like experience with The Man In The Bowler Hat
A unique band with a comedy edge, they couldn’t believe it when the Beatles producer agreed to work with them in 1973 – but their luck didn’t hold
Roxy Music and the invention of sci-fi rock, just when it was needed most
The early 70s was a strange period that needed a strange soundtrack. Bryan Ferry and co provided it, and continued to do so throughout the decade
Hot new prog from Asia, Maiah Wynne, Jonas Bjerre and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Top new proggy sounds you must hear from Exist Immortal, Hippotraktor, Dualisis, End Of Abyss and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week
“Robert Plant sat at the back thinking, ‘I should do this’”: What drives the prog veteran who’s been compared to God?
With 100 albums to his name, prime mover of folk rock Ashley Hutchings has never run out of creative goals.
