Latest Features on Prog
“The band didn’t break up. But there won’t be any more new music”: Fates Warning’s Ray Alder looks ahead
Singer explains why he gets involved in so many projects
“Our amazingly different ideas sadly tore us apart”: Why 10cc’s original line-up couldn’t last
Their unique blend of prog and pop brought them acclaim from all quarters – but after four albums the quartet broke in half. Was it inevitable?
Prog veteran David Paton: I loved working with Alan Parsons, Kate Bush and Rick Wakeman. There’s one band I hated
The singer, bassist and guitarist explains what it was like to make music with legends – and wonders if he retired too soon
“Nothing important was ever achieved by being nice”: The Darkness star Justin Hawkins on his prog hero
Singer and guitarist has long loved an American counterpart for his eccentricity, his unpredictable creativity and his love of pyramids
When Roger Waters was asked to take on the mantle of Pink Floyd, and how it rejuvenated him
After the revelation of his Desert Trip festival experience, he returned with his Us + Them tour – eight years after he thought he’d delivered his swan song
What Radiohead means to Ed O’Brien after solo album Blue Morpho transformed him
A battle with depression resulted in a new way of life for the guitarist, as illustrated on second solo album Blue Morpho
This Kinks album was snubbed for five decades. Then the world realised it was a prog masterpiece
They were pipped to the rock opera post by The Who’s Tommy. A commercial flop at the time, it’s a perfect commentary on today’s political climate
With a future Uriah Heep singer and rapidly changing style, were Lucifer’s Friend prog?
Embracing jazz, working with Krautrock icon Conny Plank and becoming early adopters of orchestration, the German band often didn’t know what would come out of their studio sessions
Cool new proggy sounds from Arthur Brown, North Sea Echoes, Alex Henry Foster and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Top new prog you must hear from Cinder Well, Outrun The Sunlight, Untold Stories and more in all new Tracks Of The Week
“A loss of feeling in their hands after only one song”: When Tesseract played on a stage made of ice
Lapland show at minus 20 degrees presented unique problems – and they weren’t even sure anyone would be there to watch
The story of Sirius, the dramatic prog anthem played at every World Cup game
The Alan Parsons Project's instrumental Sirius is one of the most famous pieces of music in sport – but its writers don't get the recognition they deserve
“Band dynamics are good when times are hard”: Why Japan split and their reunion flopped
The Porcupine Tree keyboardist explains the ambition behind his earlier band’s acclaimed fifth album Tin Drum, and what he really thinks of their later reconnection as Rain Tree Crow
Nine 10cc albums you should listen to and one to avoid
Pop-rock geniuses don’t come much more pop-rock-genius than 10cc, four men who lit up the 70s with often breathtaking music
“I was jolted back to life to watch America go to hell!”: Norwegian prog singer recalls onstage heart attack
Four years after he woke from a coma (to be told he’d soon be a dad), they’ve launched a concept album that explores the rise and fall of the USA – via Elvis. “When you deal with the apocalypse you should make it fun,” they say
“We haven’t spoken for years. There’s nothing new to say”: How Styx achieved closure with their past
They’d been utilising prog rock for decades. But with 17th studio album Crash Of The Crown, they fully embraced the genre and their post-Dennis DeYoung era, and gained a new lease of life
“It might seem odd for a death metal band to love him”: The prog rock icon who gave Gojira their identity
The French band were struggling for a direction before they deliberately introduced the eclectic British musician’s influence – then they started going places
Michael Sadler was always going to rejoin Saga, and they knew it
Canadian singer’s five-year absence was long enough for his bandmates to fail the challenge of reinventing themselves
