Latest Features on Prog
Cool new prog you need to hear from Downes Braide Association, Clive Nolan, North Sea Echoes, The Ocean and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Top proggy sounds from Godsticks, Boss Keloid, Raphael Weinroth-Browne and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week
“We said, ‘It will ruin our career.’ That’s what happened”: The rock + electronica experiment that failed
A rising British band’s reputation was trashed by their collaboration with a French musique concrète artist. But they’d opened the door for rock’s marriage to electronic sounds
Ihsahn has never stopped progressing, and can’t understand why others did
The avant-garde maestro on why his self-titled album is his most definitive, complex and atmospheric release yet
Haunted by Grocer Jack: Steve Howe’s pre-Yes band were derailed by a standalone single
The guitarist, along with Tomorrow frontman Keith West, found their band haunted by the spirit of Grocer Jack after Excerpt From A Teenage Opera reached No.2 in 1967
Steve Hackett and Steve Rothery: Can two guitarists share a studio without dissolving into a duel of overplaying egos?
It took them 10 years to find the time, but The Roaring Waves sees the Marillion and Genesis icons following each others’ lead in turns – and includes one song they believe will shock prog fans
Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness once gave themselves an hour to write a No-Man song. Another time, they took 25 years
Their 2019 album Love You To Bits began to take form in 1994, inspired by movie soundtracks, disco epics and Pink Floyd melancholy – but spent a quarter-century in development hell
The story of Roundabout by Yes and the record company interference that made it successful
Inspired by Scottish scenery and circular intersections, Roundabout helped break Yes in the US after Atlantic Records took a blade to it
“It took me until album number three before I found an identity”: Peter Gabriel’s first four solo records
Car, Scratch, Melt and Security log the incredible distance he covered between leaving Genesis and creating So
Jethro Tull’s 1980s: Haunted studio, nuclear evacuation cars on standby and a tasteless stage trick
Ian Anderson looks back on A, Broadsword And The Beast, Under Wraps and Walk Into Light, and the musicians that made it a rich and rewarding era – even if some fans weren’t happy
“The label staff just assume the artists get rich”: Marillion’s bad old days before crowdfunding
The pledge pioneers got out before the platform collapsed – and they’ve never gone back to the way it was before their great escape
Trevor Horn’s fun adventures with Yes, Genesis and Mike Oldfield, and sneaking prog into the pop charts
In a time when producers were rarely remembered, the Buggles co-creator established himself as a big name in music
“Our fans agree with Yngwie Malmsteen!”: What Leprous learned when they wrote a song with their audience
The Norwegian prog metallers’ lockdown collaboration led to the explosive energy of most recent album Melodies Of Atonement. But they stripped down instead of maxing out
Perfect timing sent the Alan Parsons Project touring galaxies far, far away with I Robot
When their second album arrived alongside Star Wars in 1977, the dream-come-true coincidence changed their career path
“Like true pioneers, their hats were shot through with arrows”: The prog power of Cocteau Twins’ Treasure
Elizabeth Fraser’s lyrics for the trio’s 1984 album became the subject of press ridicule – but she was much smarter than the jokes
The inside story behind the celebrations of Syd Barrett's 80th birthday
Twenty years after the former Pink Floyd frontman's death, an exhibition, gig and star-studded tribute album will celebrate Syd Barrett's legacy
When Jinjer’s Tatiana Shmailyuk saw her musical hero, she was too scared to talk to him
She discusses the Opeth album that gives her goosebumps, the one she falls asleep to, and how their work helped her create gloomy, dark paintings
Despite an armed cop drama, Joe Satriani has always loved Jethro Tull
Guitar maestro professes his love for Ian Anderson’s genius, along with early Yes, ELP and King Crimson
Great new prog tracks from Chimpan A, Polyphia, Dikajee and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Top new proggy sounds from Kalandra, Hypno5e, Could Seed, Eyre Llew and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week
When John Petrucci hired Mike Portnoy for his 2020 solo album, he didn’t want the drummer back in Dream Theater
Terminal Velocity saw the pair reuniting a decade after their traumatic split. But Petrucci said he had a selfish reason for Mike Mangini staying in DT – three years before Portnoy’s return
