Prog

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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 April, we look at what they might play and how they keep everyone happy