Latest Prog News
Maynard James Keenan thinks people have relegated Puscifer to the “third side-project category”
The singer believes the band have been “marginalised” due to the greater commercial success of his other two projects, Tool and A Perfect Circle
Steve Hackett's on the front cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!
Plus Big Big Train, Neal Morse, Karnivool, Darryl Way's Wolf, Happy The Man, Soen, Wolverine, Textures, Tiger Moth Tales, Esoterica and loads more...
Mike Portnoy responds to rumours he was in the frame to join Rush following the death of Neil Peart
As much as the idea of Mike Portnoy drumming with Rush would be a prog fan's dream, Portnoy had a very respectful attitude to the idea
Maynard James Keenan regrets some of the lyrics he wrote on those early Tool records
Widely regarded as a smart and witty lyricist, Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan thinks he could have done better on some tracks
Peter Gabriel shares new single Put The Bucket Down
Peter Gabriel will release new single every full moon at midnight in the build-up to new studio album o\i.
The guy who just climbed that skyscraper live on Netflix listened to a lot of Tool on the way up
Alex Honnold made a playlist of his favourite rock songs for his free solo climb up the 11th-tallest building on Earth last weekend
Rush to release Super Deluxe box set of 1984's Grace Under Pressure in March
New reissue of Rush's tenth studio album, Grace Under Pressure, features new Terry Brown mix of the album and a full 1984 Toronto concert recording
Latest Prog Features
Great new prog you must hear from Green Carnation, Magenta, Exploring Birdsong, A.A. Williams and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
Cool new proggy sounds from Chris Braide & Dean Johnson, HeKz, EchoVerse and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
If Death is a rabbit and you're on TV as a Womble, you’re probably Mike Batt
He recalls the chain reaction from the advert that got Elton John signed through missing a Family credit, a fluke Top Of The Pops slot, working with Steeleye Span and Art Garfunkel, to temporarily joining Hawkwind
When Queen pressganged Steve Howe into appearing on Innuendo
Yes guitarist was minding his own business in Switzerland, then found himself in a studio being handed a guitar and told to record for 1991 hit single
“The email said, ‘John is looking for you.’ I thought I was in trouble!” How John Cale voiced a song for Cate Le Bon
Michelangelo Dying, which she says is more of an exorcism than an album, was nearly released without Cale performing on the track Ride, because she was too afraid to ask him
“The lyrics were for people on the fringes”: A song that inspired the man who killed John Lennon
1974 album was a deliberate change of approach from a pop-tinged artist known for taking left turns. No one could have predicted how one listener would take it
Steve Morse endured school woes, dodgy gear and jazz snobbery, but knew he could make it as a guitarist
The ex Deep Purple member recalls how he got started in music, and beginning to write Kansas-style songs – long before he accidentally joined them
Latest Prog Reviews
Soen continue to become more metal and less prog with Reliance
Sticking to compositions of around four minutes, the musicianship and production remain exemplary. But it’s too often funnelled into predictable patterns
“Originally a career-staller, this version really is essential”: Ultravox’s The Collection – Deluxe Edition
Revisited with deep attention to detail, Midge Ure and co’s imperial phase reissue is a genuine audio-visual banquet
“An immersive emotional ride, showing that music makes us feel whole again”: Airbag’s Dysphoria Live
Over 20 years in, Oslo trio deliver their first official live album – and it was worth the wait
“They combine emotional intensity with rapidly evolving progressive chops”: EBB’s The Mirror
Scottish collective’s impressive second album demonstrates why their profile is exploding
“In many ways a dry run for The Wall”: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here remains mysterious at 50
Alienation, loss and a legendary live bootleg – the prog giants’ post-Dark Side masterpiece gets an impressive anniversary box set treatment.
“Often too leaden to float, but the future is visible”: Nektar’s deluxe edition of A Tab In The Ocean
1972 album, which saw them edging away from psychedelia back to standard rock, returns with live treats that hint at what was to come
