His band may be called The Mute Gods, but Nick Beggs is anything but shy and retiring. In 2019, Prog met Beggs in Berlin, where he was on tour as part of Steven Wilson’s band, to discuss topics that span from religion and Brexit to UFOs and the future of the human race
Robert Reed recently released new electronic prog album Cursus 123 430
What happened when Claudia Brucken and Jerome Froese made the Beginn album
Pink Floyd's Animals raged about sexual oppression and material greed, and the tour that followed almost broke the band
How Steve Howe's Tomorrow band mate Keith West found himself at No. 2 in the Top 40 in 1967
In 1993, while writing for a new music paper called Cutting Edge, Philip Wilding spoke to Frank Zappa, little knowing it would be his last print magazine interview
We investigate the career highlights of Jaco Pastorius, bass player extraordinaire
How Finnish symphonic prog metallers Nightwish created their bold 2011 concept album Imaginaerum
Keyboard legend Rick Wakeman looks back on 10 classic songs that made the 70s great
How prog supergroup Emerson Lake & Palmer's created their epic 1974 album Brain Salad Surgery
Straddling prog and avant-garde, Van der Graaf Generator are more of a cult band than any of their UK peers. This is their story
Rush bassist Geddy Lee discusses his Big Beautiful Book Of Bass and what his musical future might hold
The cover of Pink Floyd’s debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was very much of its time. Hugh Fielder talks to sleeve photographer Vic Singh about prisms, George Harrison and not getting paid
The South African-born leader of Manfred Mann's Earth Band casts a critical eye over a 50-plus year career
Brett Campbell and Joseph Rowland of post-doom trailblazers Pallbearer guide you through the heavier - and weirder – end of the prog rock underground
The long and protracted tale behind UK prog legends Procol Harum's 1967 number one smash hit A Whiter Shade Of Pale
From black metal to 60s pop, this is the soundtrack to Emperor frontman turned prog metal visionary Ihsahn’s life
In 1973, prog-rock behemoth Emerson Lake & Palmer unleashed their ultimate album: Brain Salad Surgery, the record that marked the pinnacle of their creative extravagance
With prog giants Genesis reuniting and, hopefully, touring in later this year, we look at what they might play and how they keep everyone happy
