Prog Features

“Anyone who says it’s not a Genesis album isn’t a real fan”: Camel’s Peter Jones loves music that others hate

By Grant Moon published 9 March 26

Multi-instrumentalist Tiger Moth Tales leader shares a couple of contentious opinions, while heaping praise on his boss Andy Latimer

“He came on in a witch’s hat and attacked me with a sword!” The flawed genius who even kept Lemmy on his toes

By Joe Banks published 9 March 26

He wrote his band’s breakthrough single and created the concept they’ve continued to develop, But after a series of increasingly alarming episodes he was dead by the age of 43

Amazingly, a prog supergroup soundtracked the summer of 1982. Their secret? English church music

By Mark Blake published 8 March 26

With a background in three of the genre’s biggest bands, the quartet got tired of creating epics and decided to go pop. But they know their debut album would have only achieved a thousandth of its sales without the last track to be added

“That bloke’s right – we’re crap!” The insult and the instrument that turned a failing pop act into prog giants

By Jo Kendall published 7 March 26

They seemed doomed to be one-hit wonders on the cabaret circuit, with gig fees spiralling downwards, until the night they were confronted with the truth

Graham Gouldman on royal approval and the chances of 10cc's original lineup reuniting

By Dave Ling published 7 March 26

10cc's remaining founder member Graham Gouldman is touring with the band and solo this year

Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Long Distance Calling, VLMV, Lorenzo Bedini and Amanda Lehmann and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing published 6 March 26

Ace new prog you must hear from Maebe, Port Noir, Holosoil, Marley Davidson and more in all new racks Of The Week

How Sammy Hagar tried and failed to become a prog star after falling for Pink Floyd

By Dave Everley published 6 March 26

Montrose and Van Halen frontman regrets that he never got to make his concept album about aliens and space travel under the banner Sammy Wilde And Dustcloud

Why UK prog rockers Ghost Of The Machine's 'difficult' second album, Empires Must Fall, wasn't so difficult after all

By Stephen Lambe published 5 March 26

Rising prog rock sextet Ghost Of The Machine received rightful acclainm for their Scissorgames debut. Can they match it with second album, Empires Must Fall?

“We fought and got drunk and all that, but it was still a great time”: These prog heroes never operated as a democracy

By Mike Barnes published 5 March 26

Their first album in six years tackles conflicts across the planet and with the planet, and sees them pushing themselves in a direction they probably won’t again

19-year-old Mike Oldfield was planning to defect to Russia before fate intervened

By Grant Moon published 5 March 26

Insisting that his world-changing debut album isn’t a new age odyssey or a grand concept work, he believes people miss its Monty Python humour

“He persuaded me to stay. I never felt good about it”: When Martin Barre tried to quit Jethro Tull

By David West published 4 March 26

Their musical partnership finally ended after 43 years – but the guitarist says he wanted to break it up decades earlier

“None of us agreed on any of it”: The story of Marillion’s upbeat lockdown album An Hour Before It's Dark

By Dave Everley published 4 March 26

Covid, a spider bite, a missing guitarist, barring one member from the tour bus – nothing could have prepared them for the challenges they faced in making the follow-up to FEAR

With Mike Portnoy’s help, Bigelf battled back from tragedy to make Into The Maelstrom

By Stephen Humphries published 3 March 26

Leader Damon Fox’s ambition was to turn his band into “the Radiohead of metal.” But their fourth album, released in 2014, has been their last word to date

“He denied ever hearing the album. I find that hard to believe”: Did Jethro Tull inspire a character in Spinal Tap?

By Malcolm Dome published 3 March 26

British prog icon wonders if his American fans really got the humour in 1972 album Thick As A Brick – because they all laughed at the wrong moments

“People say, ‘This isn’t Yes!’ Where did we say this was Yes?”: Arc Of Life’s struggle to self-identify

By Nick Shilton published 2 March 26

Featuring three members of the prog giants, their 2021 debut received mixed reactions. But Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood and Jay Schellen decided to focus on the follow-up record rather than fight with a few armchair generals

“It was us, tears down our cheeks, trying to be manly”: How Big Big Train survived David Longdon’s death

By Polly Glass published 1 March 26

He was the energetic hub of the band until his sudden passing in 2021. Faced with oblivion, they regrouped behind Alberto Bravin and made The Likes Of Us, a record for anyone who’s ever felt left out

“What Keith Moon did on drums, he did on keyboards”: When Geoff Downes first saw Keith Emerson live

By Malcolm Dome published 1 March 26

The Yes man hails ELP counterpart as a musician and entertainer

How German proggers Everon made their first new album in 16 years!

By Nick Shilton published 28 February 26

A light-hearted comment with their record label saw German proggers Everon make their first album for 16 years, although it wasn't all plain sailing

Cool new proggy sounds you'll want to hear from Anneke Van Giersbergen, Gazpacho, Einar Solberg, The Claypool Lennon Delirium and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing published 27 February 26

Great new prog you must hear from Heavy Axe, Antariksh, Hedvig Mollestand Weejuns, Dennis Atlas and more in Tracks Of The Week