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“He confounded fans and label. Most of his band jumped ship”: When Arthur Lee steered Love into uncharted waters
The imaginative intensity of the band’s second album broke free from established boundaries – and inspired countless other musicians
Mike Portnoy and Neal Morse had a furious spat that spawned the greatest record of their band’s career
One wanted The Similitude Of A Dream to be a double album, and one didn’t – and neither of them understood the other’s position when they stormed out of their studio in 2016
“They couldn’t stop me – it was too close to the show”: Peter Gabriel’s Genesis frontman act
It may have caused conflict, but his insistence on sticking with his artistic vision paid off in countless ways
Steve Hillage’s life and times: Gong, shamanism, dance music and Jimi Hendrix
Canterbury scene guitarist and producer explains how “the modern equivalent of shamanism” has run through his life – along with a nugget of advice from Jimi Hendrix
How Boz Burrell saved King Crimson when Robert Fripp had lost hope
If someone hadn’t left a bass behind in the band’s rehearsal room, leading to a change of role for their newly-hired singer, their career might well have ended before 1971’s Islands
“We hit play and it sounded like a Yes song. I thought it was the wrong tape!” Jason Becker loves Trevor Rabin
Former David Lee Roth guitarist and soundtrack composer learned a lot from Steve Howe, but prefers Rabin’s melodic and emotional output in and out of Yes
Top new prog from King Gizzard, Green Carnation, Temic and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Brilliant proggy sounds you must hear from Kavus Torabi, Dikajee, Castle Mountain Moon and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week
“I spend more time writing emails than playing guitar. It bums me out”: Elder’s Through Zero is a bid to find balance
Burnt-out leader Nick DiSalvo got sick of washing dishes in Boston and started a new life in Berlin, which inspired the psych rock giants to make their broadest, brightest album yet
The family business that kept Kate Bush in the charts but out of sight
How her vision, clarity and support of siblings and established musicians made her prog’s first pop star – and pop’s first prog star – by the age of 21
The story of Meet On The Ledge, Fairport Convention's most stirring, emotive anthem
Richard Thompson used to think Fairport Convention's Meet Me On The Ledge was “immature, juvenile" - now it's a much-loved communal singalong
“He was first and foremost a composer”: Rick Wakeman, Ian Anderson, Geoff Downes pay homage to Keith Emerson
15 classic cuts from the keyboard genius’ career, as loved by the good and the great of prog rock and beyond
When Limp Bizkit’s Wes Borland turned to prog for musical fulfilment
In 2016 the nu metal guitarist released his surprising but well-received concept album Crystal Machete, showcasing his affinity for Hawkwind and Radiohead, among others
“The pure sonic beauty is pretty moving”: The song that makes Rush’s Geddy Lee cry (and it’s not by Rush)
Singer and bassist also explains his passion for The Who, Jethro Tull, Jeff Beck and Jack Bruce, names his favourite Rush album – and and struggles to choose between his two least favourite ones
When Yes’ record label hacked an eight-minute track into a three-minute single without telling them
Taken from fourth album Fragile, the 1972 release horrified them at first. Later they realised it had secured their future
How Meshuggah foresaw the future of extreme metal with 1995’s Destroy Erase Improve
Despite floods and two horrific hand accidents, the Swedes drew the blueprint for what heavy music would become in the 21st century
“There has always been friction”: Richard Wright’s feud with Pink Floyd colleague Roger Waters
Keyboardist's feud went as far back as refusing to give band leader a cigarette in their early days
"The band that knocked me over was the Mahavishnu Orchestra." Prog takes a look inside Bill Oddie's Record Collection
From being wowed by US fusion instrumentalists to being honoured on a Soft Machine album, Bill Oddie's record collection tells some tales...
“We used Clark Gable’s Cadillac with two bars in it, just for the band”: Secrets of Rick Wakeman’s excess
Keyboard icon's grandiose live shows lit up the 70s, but behind the pomp and majesty lay bad reviews, heart attacks and near ruin
“Our music comes from all the trips we’ve had. Every human mood”: The birth of psychedelic warlords Hawkwind
Events around their 1970 self-titled debut album included turning a radio testing device into a musical instrument, impressing influencer John Peel and using subsonics to make drunk people physically sick
