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Richard Lloyd played guitar alongside Tom Verlaine on Television's classic Marquee Moon album and its two follow-ups
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Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy reports on Rush and Anika Nilles
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What happened to prog in the year of punk? Rick Wakeman and JJ Burnel were there
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