Carl Palmer’s lifelong desire for a life beyond classic prog
After Emerson Lake & Palmer’s High Voltage concert, the drummer shared his thoughts on his former bandmates and pondered an unfulfilled ambition
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“Things come more difficult to him than anyone”: Peter Gabriel, as seen by his collaborators
Robert Fripp, Ian Anderson, Steven Wilson, Martin Scorsese, Mike Portnoy, Tom Morello, Trevor Rabin and many others share their thoughts on the Progfather
"In Chicago I barely held on to my underpants": From Genesis to revelations with Peter Gabriel
From Genesis frontman to solo star and beyond: The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Gabriel, the great innovator
“Amid the turmoil over synths, there’s a perfect balance”: 12 great Rush songs of the 80s
They ditched the kimonos for keyboards and pursued a new, modern sound that had fans bewitched and bewildered in equal measure. Here are some prime examples
Inspired by Keith Moon and Star Trek, Come Sail Away took Styx to places they never expected
A song about being picked up and taken away by aliens, Come Sail Away gave Styx a career boost and eventually took on a life of its own
Mercury Rev are a new animal after a humbling experience
Latest line-up’s new album Born Horses is many things, but Jonathan Donahue says it’s not pop-friendly, radio-friendly, pristine, clear, easier to mix… and it’s not de-seagulled either
Marillion were facing oblivion. Then they made This Strange Engine and found a way forward
They still don’t agree over the contents of their make-or-break 1997 album – except on one thing they did wrong
“It’s their first time listening to prog, and they like it!” Ross Valory on his solo album
Bassist recalls the AOR giants’ progressive early years and explains why he thinks the genre is getting stronger all the time
Even though Kate Bush refused to produce Gavin Friday’s Virgin Prunes, he still loves her
Composer, actor and painter explains why her work is high art in the style of influential writer James Joyce
"I said, “We’re a band, we want to make a record.” He said, “Oi dunno much about records… If you wanted a cowshed, I could probably ’elp yer!” Pendragon's Nick Barrett looks back on their 40-plus year career...
In 2020, when Pendragon released their eleventh studio album Love Over Fear, we grilled mainman Nick Barrett in The Prog Interview
Tori Amos’ From The Choirgirl Hotel is prog in its truest sense
1996 album opens with arguably her proggiest song then delivers figurative lyrics, rhythmic shifts and style change-ups
Tears For Fears are one of the most influential bands ever. Here's ten reasons why.
If you’ve been wondering what connects Disturbed, Kanye West, The 1975, David Guetta, James Corden, Nas, New Found Glory, Foals, Dizzee Rascal and more then this is the list for you. If you haven’t, you might as well read it anyway.
Cool new proggy sounds you must hear from McStine & Minnemann, Gleb Kolyadin, Marko Hietala and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
Great new prog to enjoy from Phase Transition, you, infinite, Pale Epiphany and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
"Behind those dark glasses and unsmiling visage, he presented an inscrutable presence." Soft Machine's Mike Ratledge remembered
Prog writer Sid Smith pays tribute to the former Soft Machine founder and keyboard player Mike Ratledge, who sadly died after a short illness, aged 81
When William Burroughs gave Daevid Allen permission to call his band The Soft Machine
A key moment in the Canterbury band’s history came when the future Gong mastermind made contact with his former collaborator in 1966
By the time Barclay James Harvest upset The Moody Blues, they already had form
They didn’t mingle with fellow prog pioneers and didn’t clamour for stardom – but co-founder Les Holroyd argues they were highly successful where it mattered
Why you should adore Katatonia – and where you should start
From death/doom majesty to streamlined, melodic metal, this is your whistlestop tour through the best of Katatonia’s 12 albums
When Kansas cracked the charts with a song they didn’t want to record
In 1976 the US prog rockers found themselves in the upper reaches of the US charts with drivetime classic Carry On Wayward Son – which nearly fell victim to lethargy
How Fish escaped his Marillion train wreck and scored a Top 5 album
On the cusp of retirement, the singer looks back on how the 1988 split came about, how it could have been avoided, and how his debut solo record Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors rose from the ashes
