Prog Features

Cool new proggy sounds from Arthur Brown, North Sea Echoes, Alex Henry Foster and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing Published 19 June 26

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

By Stephen Hill Published 19 June 26

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

By Fraser Lewry Published 19 June 26

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

By Jo Kendall Published 19 June 26

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

“I was jolted back to life to watch America go to hell!”: Norwegian prog singer recalls onstage heart attack

By Chris Cope Published 18 June 26

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

By Dave Ling Published 18 June 26

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

By Malcolm Dome Published 17 June 26

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

By Dave Ling Published 17 June 26

Canadian singer’s five-year absence was long enough for his bandmates to fail the challenge of reinventing themselves

Pixie boots, dad dancing, mistaken identity and falling off stage: Dream Theater’s early days

By Rich Wilson Published 16 June 26

Today they’re known for the intensity of their polished shows. But of course, that’s not how they started out…

“How can you fire me when I quit three weeks ago?’” Mick Abrahams’ life after Jethro Tull

By Malcolm Dome Published 16 June 26

Health issues made it almost impossible for Blodwyn Pig founder to play guitar towards the end of his life – but he maintained “it could be worse”

Marillion’s Pete Trewavas on the storms, earthquakes and blizzard that birthed the third Edison’s Children album

By Natasha Scharf Published 16 June 26

Assisted by a lunar astronaut’s son and a Hollywood special effects creator, 2019’s The Disturbance Fields defined the band’s mission to save this world, and others

The unbelievable story of Chicago, the soft rock kings with steel in their hearts

By Dave Ling Published 15 June 26

Jazz-rock experimentalists, money-spinning soft rock kings, derided balladeers? The mighty Chicago have been all of these and more

Prog paradigm-changers Greenslade were warned two keyboardists and no guitarist would fail. They didn’t listen

By Mike Barnes Published 15 June 26

When the late Dave Greenslade left Colosseum, he had a handful of unfinished songs which launched a short but inspiring run at the dawn of the synth era

Rush’s Neil Peart, an exploding golf ball and two career-changing conversations

By Martin Kielty Published 15 June 26

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson recall their late friend and bandmate, recalling what he brought to the band and how they began to move on without him

All the songs Rush have never played live… yet

By Dave Everley Published 14 June 26

Rush have recorded 167 original songs. They’ve never played 42 of them. Could that change on the Fifty Something tour?

Praised by half the Beatles, Rick Wakeman and Pat Metheny, Rod Argent still didn’t have it all easy

By Rob Hughes Published 14 June 26

Founding member of The Zombies and Argent had no trouble writing songs that have endured for decades, and easily collaborated with Phil Collins, The Who and many others. But he also encountered his share of troubles in the music industry

“The fans understood I was the price they had to pay”: Trevor Horn on fronting Yes, and how it led to 90125

By Johnny Sharp Published 14 June 26

Producer recalls making his colleagues feel “embarrassed and amused at the same time” as he begged them not to give up on Owner Of A Lonely Heart

“They’ve had a lesser impact due to their complexity”: No-Man’s Tim Bowness on Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson

By David West Published 13 June 26

They collaborated on Bowness’ 2017 album Lost In The Ghost Light, but his appreciation for the rock flute icon goes back to Tull’s early trilogies

The “really evil” bandleader who was more challenging than Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp

By Dom Lawson Published 13 June 26

Despite a huge range of experience, bassist easily identifies the person he found most difficult to work with