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“Brann told me I’d be the first person he’d call if anything ever came up. That’s what he did”: How prog fusion ace Nick Johnston ended up replacing Brent Hinds in Mastodon on tour – after a casual coffee hang

Johnston has replaced Hinds on the band’s current tour

Guitar World

Rejoice! King Crimson are currently recording their first album in more than two decades

King Crimson singer and guitarist Jakko Jakszyk confirms that the band are in the studio

Louder

“It would be a bit of an ego thing for me to say I made Sleep Token’s world”: Producer George Lever dishes the production secrets of the band’s first two albums and what he really thinks of their latest

Lever explains the two reverbs that became essential for the Sleep Token sound and what’s wrong with the band’s latest

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“Had my mother not had me adopted, would I have ended up in King Crimson?” Jakko Jakszyk discusses his abandoned football and acting ambitions, and the status of Robert Fripp’s band

The amateur impressionist on finding his birth mother then closing communications with her, Stiff Records’ plans to make him a star, and saying the “stupidest thing” to Michael Jackson

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“You could argue we were the quintessential cult band. But I was thinking, ‘We can be more than this’”: In Absentia sold poorly, influenced greatly, and marked the beginning of the end for Porcupine Tree

They delivered a defining moment in progressive metal with their 2002 album, but it wasn’t easy to do it – and once they had, Steven Wilson didn’t want to do it again

Metal Hammer

“Robert Fripp was triggering sounds and I just responded… I told him I was feeling more comfortable, and he said: ‘You mean like you’re no longer being auditioned?’”: The series of incidents that led to Jakszyk, Fripp & Collins’ A Scarcity Of Miracles

The reunion of two bandmates who’d fallen out badly in the 70s, combined with the energy of a lifelong fan, resulted in a stunning album that assembled the leading lights of Crimson’s final era

Louder

“The way he uses all his drum kit; no one else really sounds like that." How Gavin Harrison's arrival inspired The Pineapple Thief's Dissolution

The Pineapple Thief are back with album number 12, one that perfectly encapsulates their style. Bruce Soord and Gavin Harrison talk dark lyrics, ‘cyber jamming’ and battling demons…

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Legendary drummers including Dave Lombardo and Gavin Harrison launch limited edition prints for the Teenage Cancer Trust

Artist Anthony Burrill has turned the musicians' favourite drumming patterns into typographic artworks - and it's for a good cause

Metal Hammer

“It felt like the right time to me. And I think Gavin and Richard acknowledged this too." How Porcupine Tree returned with Closure/Continuation

Never say never. After years of speculation and rumours, Steven Wilson reunited with his former Porcupine Tree bandmates Richard Barbieri and Gavin Harrison for one of the most unexpected musical reformations.

Louder

“I’ve learned to completely let go and say, ‘That’s different… but let’s go with it!’” The Pineapple Thief are one of UK prog’s leading lights – Bruce Soord explains how they crossed the Rubicon with Porcupine Tree’s drummer

It Leads to This finds Soord and company working in weird time signatures and towards the point of mental exhaustion in search of new sounds

Guitar World

Gavin Harrison teams up with Antoine Fafard for second album

Gavin Harrison and bassist Antoine Fafard will release Perpetual Mutations in July

Louder

“Nobody cares if someone says ‘I don’t like that sound’ or ‘Actually play it right next time!’ That last one generally only comes my way”: The Pineapple Thief aimed to escape their comfort zone, and it worked

Latest album It Leads To This is the 15th studio album from Bruce Soord’s band – but he argues it’s really only their fourth, and that it hides a positive message

Louder

"If you just stay in your comfort zone all the time, you keep writing the same type of songs over and over again": The Pineapple Thief are rejuvenated, regenerated and on a roll

The PineappleThief almost called it quits back in 2016, but with founder Bruce Soord bringing in creative partner Gavin Harrison it's like a whole new band

Louder

“I felt like a zombie… I don’t think I’ve ever put myself through that kind of intense collaborative experience before”: Bruce Soord pushed himself hard to deliver The Pineapple Thief’s It Leads To This

2024 album marks the first time band leader and drummer Gavin Harrison created music together in the same room

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“Grooves that are musically optimistic, but lyrically pessimistic… touches of nuance, beauty and snarl make their turmoil worth it”: The Pineapple Thief’s It Leads To This

Modern prog mainstays return with a sombre yet impressive album that cements the advances they’ve made since Gavin Harrison joined the band

Louder

"The results rock with dynamic, dramatic vigour": The Pineapple Thief turn to concise structures on It Leads To This

Prog-leaning art rockers The Pineapple Thief self-edit in style on punchy 15th album It Leads To This

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“The perception of what kind of band you are can count for so much… The hard lesson to learn is that the quality of the music counts for very little”: Steven Wilson on Porcupine Tree’s slow rise to success

After a 20-year struggle to secure their status, the band leader looked back on what it took to score a top 30 album

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Zildjian is celebrating its 400th anniversary in London this October, and you won’t want to miss it!

Zildjian artists including Dennis Chambers, Gavin Harrison, Ash Soan and more are taking over the Clapham Grand

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“Without naming names, I have spent time onstage playing music I hate, wishing it was over”: King Crimson, Porcupine Tree and Pineapple Thief’s Gavin Harrison on being a pro

The eclectic drummer has been the jokey one in some bands and the serious, grown-up one in others - but it all comes down to the same approach

Manchester Evening News

Castlefield Bowl Sounds of the City 2023 - set times, support acts, getting there and everything else you need to know

Last year’s series took place in June and July and saw performances from acclaimed UK acts including Lewis Capaldi, Sam Fender, Foals, The Libertines, James, and Primal Scream alongside interactional groups Pixies and Crowded House

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