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“I went to Genesis on Friday, bought the album on Saturday, then went to the show again on Sunday, and I knew all the words”: A glimpse into the prog world of Lifesigns’ John Young

Keyboardist on Kate Bush’s baking, Frank Zappa’s humour, Patrick Moraz’s romance, Eva Cassidy’s mystery – and buying his own band’s album from Amazon

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“He’d start, ‘You’ll never guess what I dreamed last night…’ and the groaning would begin”: How Rush marshalled Alex Lifeson’s dreams to write a bona-fide prog-rock classic

A tour-de-force of instrumental prog, La Villa Strangiato is the sound of Rush at the height of their powers, and this is how the Hemispheres epic came together

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“Fans were tetchy about the future. When they heard these twisting rhythms and proggy sounds, all fears were allayed”: 11 great Rush songs from the 90s and beyond

The cream of the Canadian trio Rush's later years

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Tangerine Dream announce new From Virgin To Quantum Years: Coventry Cathedral 22 live album

German electronic prog pioneers Tangerine Dream also announce further live dates for 2025

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“You see people behaving properly and think: ‘I’d like to be part of the blowing of the whistle – even if it’s only writing a poem or a song or whatever”: Roger Waters changed tone, but not topic, on Is This The Life We Really Want?

2017 solo album saw him determined to look forward as he said escaping Pink Floyd was like “driving away from a dodgy wedding with cans dragging behind the car, rattling all the time”

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“There was a girl who wrote letters to Fish in her own blood, and there was an American you could imagine having a John Lennon moment with. You have to be careful”: Steve Rothery’s life and times with Marillion

It’s always been about music for the veteran guitarist, although distractions have included catching fire at the band’s first gig, realising he should be much richer than he actually was, and an alternative career he came close to pursuing

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“Only the stoner fuzz intro was played on the show. I spoke about dreamy ambient passages, a variety of tones and textures... I wasn’t invited back”: Captain Sensible tried and failed to tell the world about Egg

When The Damned guitarist Captain Sensible tried to share his passion for early prog band Egg on a radio show, it didn’t go well. But he still loves their work

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“Onstage everything had to be exaggerated. I took that to heart and overdid it… I was like Benny Hill with a flute!” Ian Anderson on Jethro Tull’s one-legged hammy past – and potential future as a stripped-down four-piece

Latest Jethro Tull album Curious Ruminant has Ian Anderson reflecting on his hammy stage performances of the past, working with William Shatner and Mikael Åkerfeldt, and how the band could have a back-to-basics future

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Exclusive The Flower Kings LOVE bundle with limited edition t-shirt on sale now

Get an exclusive The Flower Kings LOVE t-shirt and a signed lyric sheet with our exclusive limited edition The Flower Kings bundle. Details here...

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Exclusive Solstice Clann bundle with limited edition t-shirt on sale now

Get an exclusive Sostice Clann t-shirt and a signed lyric sheet with our exclusive limited edition Solstice bundle. Details here...

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Exclusive IQ Dominion bundle with limited edition t-shirt on sale now

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Exclusive Big Big Train Bard bundle with limited edition t-shirt on sale now

Get an exclusive Big Big Train Bard t-shirt, a signed lyric sheet and art print with our limited edition Big Big Train bundle. Details here...

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Celebrating 50 years of Hawkwind's Warrior On The Edge Of Time on the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is on sale now!

The brand new issue of Prog is on sale now! Featuring Hawkwind, Big Big Train, Solstice, IQ, The Flower Kings, Judge Smith and loads more...

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“It was so inspiring to see them put animosity to one side and just go on stage to play”: Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser explains his love for Yes and Steve Howe

Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser cares so deeply for Yes that his band named an album after one of the prog giants’ songs

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“Certain things force you to progress… I’m free to do other things, but how much of a leap do I take?” Matt Berry on whether he prefers making music to comedy

Matt Berry’s Heard Noises coincided with the end of What We Do In The Shadows and his 50th birthday – making it the most confessional album of his career

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“Musicians can get upset with each other, but you’re family. Chris Squire and I were like brothers – he was Darth Vader and I was Obi-Wan Kenobi!” Jon Anderson’s time-travelling solo album 1000 Hands

In 2019 he reincarnated 30-year-old demos with former Yes bandmates and a stellar supporting cast, offering positive and long-held opinions to a rapidly-changing world

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“She was looking at her pill bottles. I knew she was going to die so I was like, ‘Put it down. Live right now’”: Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed

A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making

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Prog and Metal Hammer partner with this year's post-rock and prog metal two-day event Pelagic Fest

Prog and Metal Hammer partner with post-rock and prog metal event Pelagic Fest which takes place in Maastricht in August

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“You only have to hear the opening sweep to reach for your lighter and wave it in the air”: Tony Banks' greatest Genesis moments

Just some of the co-founding keyboardist’s iconic contributions to an award-winning catalogue of groundbreaking muisic

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“Rick Wakeman’s solo albums were just brilliant… when I heard he was doing Henry VIII at Hampton Court Palace, I bought 12 tickets”: Prog is the reason Rick Astley became a singer

Pop star made his life-changing decision at a Camel concert, before discovering the work of keyboard genius Wakeman via Yes

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“The concept of cool and uncool is completely gone, which is good and bad… people are unashamedly listening to Rick Astley. You’ve got to draw a line somewhere!” Mogwai and the making of prog-curious album The Bad Fire

Stuart Braithwaite found himself unexpectedly inspired by King Crimson on his band’s 11th record – and the influence of Pink Floyd could appear on their next

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“We spent seven months on David Gilmour’s boat and almost bankrupted ourselves. But Bob encouraged us to dream big”: How Bob Ezrin brought out the prog in Kula Shaker

Crispian Mills hails the “complete maniac” Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel and Alice Cooper producer for his work on 1999 album Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts

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"Exul ended up being recorded at 10 different studios over two and a half years." Ne Obliviscaris and the heroic story of their fourth album

Australian prog metallers Ne Obliviscaris tell how without their Patreon-funding they might not have got to make album number four, Exul

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“We embrace the spirit of early 70s prog as being the way that you should always approach music." Mastodon and their prog epic Crack The Skye

In 2009 US prog metallers Mastodon released their conceptual opus Crack The Skye. It proved to be the step up to the big time the band deserved...

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“It did sound like the nightmare Tony McPhee was trying to describe. Prog usually has softness and intricacy, but this wasn’t a record you disappeared into”: New Order’s Peter Hook hails Groundhogs’ Split

Long before he started playing bass, but after discovering Wishbone Ash and Curved Air, he was introduced to the pioneering power trio’s 1971 album by a future bandmate

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