How U.K. became Witherfall guitarist Jake Dreyer’s prog heroes
Astonished by the world of Allan Holdsworth and Bill Bruford in particular, he’s happy to explain how you’ll hear the supergroup in his own band’s material
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The prog credentials of Luke Haines’ 9 1/2 Psychedelic Meditations On British Wrestling
The former Auteurs mastermind went further off-piste than ever with his 2011 album, which only runs to 30 minutes but delivers a real experience
Every Talk Talk album ranked from worst to best
The complete studio output of Mark Hollis' groundbreaking, hugely influential band, re-reviewed and ranked
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The series of incidents that led to Jakszyk, Fripp & Collins’ A Scarcity Of Miracles
The reunion of two bandmates who’d fallen out badly in the 70s, combined with the energy of a lifelong fan, resulted in a stunning album that assembled the leading lights of Crimson’s final era
How Mastodon transcended tragedy and trauma to make Crack The Skye
The story of Mastodon’s 2009 prog metal masterpiece, Crack The Skye
Spooky Tooth’s Ceremony did more for prog than anyone realised at the time (bar the French)
Their 1970 collaboration with avant-garde composer Pierre Henry bombed almost everywhere, but pioneered an approach that later became its own sub-genre
The need to deceive loved ones inspired Caravan’s Paradise Filter
Canterbury pioneers’ 14th album was surprisingly lacking in their traditional Ealing Studios views of England, containing more serious observations on modern life instead
The Emerson, Lake & Palmer albums you should definitely listen to
One of the great British prog bands, a power trio and a supergroup, ELP left a legacy that includes some classic prog-rock albums
Anthony Vanacore left America for China, formed OU and never looked back
The first Chinese prog act to sign to a major Western label, they’re speeding past this year’s II: Frailty and already working on album number three – with an associated animated series
Anthrax’s Scott Ian explains his lifelong passion for Rush
Thrash metal guitarist recalls being impressed by Canadian trio who sounded like “a more muscular Led Zeppelin”
Van der Graaf Generator went down fighting with The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
Peter Hammill remembers trimming down the music and the name to spend 18 months in a ferocious punk-tinged endgame that resulted in stunning live album Vital
“I felt they were having second thoughts… I got quite angry – ‘Just stop the bus, I’ll get off, no problem’”: Ray Wilson knows what went wrong during his time in Genesis
The singer who fronted 1997’s Calling All Stations only had one serious argument with Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford – and remains glad he was there at all
“The way he uses all his drum kit; no one else really sounds like that." How Gavin Harrison's arrival inspired The Pineapple Thief's Dissolution
The Pineapple Thief are back with album number 12, one that perfectly encapsulates their style. Bruce Soord and Gavin Harrison talk dark lyrics, ‘cyber jamming’ and battling demons…
"I wanted to be the person who came up with the ideas and made grandiose visionary albums." How TV soap opera director Phideaux became a prog sensation
The story of Phideaux's 2018 album Infernal, the final part of his dystopian prog trilogy
Revisiting a 1999 interview with ex-painter and decorator and soon-to-be rock god Matt Bellamy
The rock titans’ 1999 debut Showbiz turns 25 next week and an early interview shows that Matt Bellamy & co. already had their sights set on the big time
Every Leprous album ranked from worst to best
Ranking a back-catalogue as incredible as the Norwegian prog masters’ is a near-impossible job, but someone had to do it
Cool new proggy sounds from Tim Bowness, Charlotte Wessels, Dim Gray and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
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Is Talk a real Yes album or actually a Trevor Rabin solo work?
30 years on, band members reflect on their last LP with Rabin and Tony Kaye, giving the overlooked masterpiece the re-evaluation it deserves.
