Grant Moon

He’s released the first of two concept albums based on Joseph of the technicolour coat, and he has plenty more on his plate - but he can’t stop loving the energy when people come together to create music

He’s worked with Dream Theater, Sons of Apollo, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Lukather and many others – but Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson remain among his heroes

With a successful crowd‑funding campaign and a star-studded solo album under his belt, Dave Kerzner’s finding his own voice in a New World.

The bassist has played with and dazzled rock and prog greats from The Who to Chick Corea, and her solo work is just as impressive as her musical CV.

"We wanted this band to be fairly simple, high energy, cathartic rock. We didn't overthink it": Introducing James And The Cold Gun

Leader of the Fantastic Squad on moonrise during a Roger Waters show, receiving a career kickstart at his favourite venue, and why Paul McCartney is his prog hero

Needtobreathe singer Bear Rinehart on learning from Taylor Swift, navigating the 'Christian band' tag, and their ongoing quest to make 'big' music

Grammy-nominated Pink Floyd engineer and solo musician on Zappa, Eno, Stravinksy and other influences

His fast-paced prog life currently includes work with Billy Sherwood, Carmine Appice – and a 20-year-old John Wetton vocal

Lonely Robot leader on being a benevolent dictator, working alone and in bands, and dealing with low self-esteem

Like Jimi Hendrix a decade earlier, Eddie Van Halen revolutionised the guitar. Three years on from his death, we continue to celebrate the late, great six-string icon who changed rock’n’roll forever

Like Foreigner? Def Leppard? Mutt Lange? Then there's every chance you'll love New York rockers Tempt

Pop, prog and metal collide on James LaBrie’s second solo album – with growling vocals that no doubt horrifed the prog cognoscenti. “That’s not me, I’ve never sung like that in my life!” he says

After an eight-year hiatus, progressive rock’s premier supergroup Transatlantic returned triumphant with The Whirlwind

Guitar icon hails bands including Rush and King Crimson, who delivered music that was “hard and heavy enough, but they took some risks outside the box”

Vocalist and keyboardist’s prog journey started with Gentle Giant: “I recall saying, ‘I don’t know what this music is, but I want to do that!’”

How the King Crimson man lost the album-collecting bug, lost most of his guitars, and nearly lost his appreciation for Gentle Giant

Taking cues from the big rock of the 60s, 70s and 80s (with a particular nod to GN’R), The Dust Coda are hoping third album Loco Paradise will excite you listening to it as much as it excited them making it

Ashley Sherlock has been compared to Rory Gallagher, but this rock aficionado is treading his own path

Veteran NWOHBM guitarist draws a line from jazz-fuelled experimentalists to the world’s heaviest bands

Rushden quartet The Fierce And The Dead are prog's unlikely heroes, whose brilliant 2018 album The Euphoric drew from a diverse selection of influences

The Alarm's Mike Peters on when the drugs do and don’t work, thinking he might never sing again, the new album, and the state of rock

Yes men Steve Howe and Jon Davison look back at the band’s turbulent recent history – and what the future may hold

Guns N' Roses changed the shape of rock'n'roll when they emerged in the mid-eighties. Here's a half-century of their very best, and the stories behind them.