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“They say it all went wrong when I started singing. I think we got better”: Genesis’ A Trick Of The Tail, track by track
50 years ago, as Phil Collins took over from Peter Gabriel, the always-divisive band had fans to appease and debts to pay. This is how they did it
“This mysterious fog looked like God was up there. It was tobacco smoke”: Nick Harper on growing up around Pentangle
He recalls discovering what Bert Jansch was really like, leaving Danny Thompson on stage, and the band’s artistic connection to Jimi Hendrix
“I helped Roger Waters a lot – he wasn’t a musician when Pink Floyd started”: The lost Richard Wright interview
On the back of a Classic Rock cover story for Pink Floyd's The Wall back in 2000, keyboard player Richard Wright was determined to have his say. And he did
“ADHD isn’t a superpower. But we can turn pain into poetry’’: TesseracT and Chimp Spanner duo’s Prince Of Failure
Daniel Tompkins and Paul Ortiz smash prog together with nu metal on their cathartic self-titled record
In a world of smiling 60s beat bands, Procol Harum were serious – and it paid off
The proto-prog debut album that followed blockbuster single A Whiter Shade Of Pale contained an 18-minute suite and challenging lyrics. It was everything the late Gary Brooker wanted it to be – almost
Phil Manzanera knew Roxy Music were going to make it when they made their debut album for £5,000
Guitarist who failed his first audition recalls making 1972 debut album for just £5,000
Was Chris Squire and Steve Hackett’s only Squackett album worth the wait?
Yes bassist and ex Genesis guitarist released A Life Within A Day in 2012. It probably wasn’t what fans were expecting. What was it instead?
“Afraid Of Sunlight escaped more than it was released." How Marillion's eighth album brought the curtain down on their time at EMI and set the band up for the rest of their career...
1994's Brave set Marillion on a collision course with their record label, EMI. A year later, they went out on a high with Afraid of Sunlight. This is the story...
Hot proggy sounds from The Pineapple Thief, Prince Of Failure, Maya Ongaku, Raphael Weinroth-Browne and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Ace new prog you must hear from Changing Places In The Fire, Source, Datura Lodge and more in all new Tracks Of The Week
Crown Lands talk music biz, 19-minute songs, and why they'd rather be killed by robots than zombies
Crown Lands' new album Apocalypse is a sci-fi story, but it echoes what's going on in the world today
The prog hero who links The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord to Pink Floyd and The Beatles
Soord’s inspiration comes from a man who made his name in the studio before releasing a series of acclaimed concept records in his own right
How Tales From Topographic Oceans became the most arduous project in Yes’ history
Used as a byword for musical over-indulgence, 1973 album fought its creators every step of the way – right down to its master tapes nearly being crushed by a bus
From trauma to triumph: The story of Genesis's A Trick Of The Tale
After Peter Gabriel left Genesis, many thought it signalled the end of the band. But Phil Collins stepped up to the mic, and the triumphant result was one of their greatest albums
“We’re giving people candy with razor blades in it!” Crippled Black Phoenix on radically caring about the world
Rejecting efforts to silence and define them, their new album Sceaduhelm is more thoughtful than ever – but also more accessible
Watch David Gilmour play Pink Floyd classic Wish You Were Here in his home studio, and talk about the song's creation
"I remember the moment of creating it quite often"
Magic mushrooms broke the tension when Marillion went pop with Holidays In Eden
Tension was rife as they tried to write their second album with Steve Hogarth – until a night in traditional Mexican outfits broke the ice
Genesis: The early years - a surprisingly difficult quiz
How much do you know about that time in Genesis's history when no one argued about which version of the band was the best or how it all went wrong when so-and-so left?
