Paul Lester

Ultravox’s Vienna and Band Aid might have made his name but Yes, Uriah Heep and ELP figured in his musical education - even if no one noticed

For 50 years, John Foxx has been making genuinely progressive music that defies categorisation. "My plan was always to make every record different from the last,” he says.

From shamanic goths to indie disco favourites to arena-rocking heavyweights and beyond, these are the best albums by The Cult

They conquered the world with Video Killed The Radio Star, but they also pushed at the boundaries of the genre, and both members of the band even went on to join Yes! So how prog were Buggles?

In 2014 Prog found themselves in Prague to discuss a brand new Yes album with Chris Squire, Alan White, Steve Howe and Geoff Downes

For many, they’re forever tied to the shallow sheen of 80s arena rock and The Breakfast Club, but Simple Minds had an inventive side waiting to be discovered.

The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne opens up on his love of Yes, ELP, Rick Wakeman and more

Producer and musician Rupert Hine looks back on a five-decade career that's seen him work with Rush, Camel, have a novelty hit and even record with Doctor Who!

A unique insight into the short career of Sky, a band of musos more interested in their chops than chopping out lines

Pop-rock geniuses don’t come much more pop-rock-genius than 10cc, four men who lit up the 70s with often breathtaking music

Legendary producer Glyn Johns remembers six of his most memorable productions, from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to The Who

Occupying the blurred line between electronica and prog, Garry Cobain of The Amorphous Androgynous talks yoga, enemas and his “disrespect” for musical history.

The Eagles' Glenn Frey is no longer with us, but we still have his music

From the Starman to Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke, now as we mourn the passing of a true music icon, we ask: How prog was David Bowie?

From the Starman to Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke, Bowie’s ever-changing persona saw him moving from folk to glam, pop to industrial, Krautrock to art rock with consummate skill and style

There's very little you can say about The Eagles' era-defining Hotel California that hasn't already been said. But you can rearrange it so it gets better the longer it plays

Tiring of making frothy pop, Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session players, and began recording what became an all-time classic: Pet Sounds

His genius for FM power-pop had made Todd Rundgren famous. But with 1973’s A Wizard, A True Star came drugs and a new, progressive direction that paved the way for the full-blown cosmic freakology of his next project

10cc's The Original Soundtrack was a commercial tipping point, that may have influenced Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody breakthrough

Taking inspiration from Arthur Koestler’s Act Of Creation with themes of love, hope, regret and sorrow, The Beach Boys’ masterpiece confounded those expecting more songs about cars and girls

Their first single since becoming a three-piece, a savvy change of tack from complex prog epics to a concise four-minute ‘pop’ song, it was a Top 10 hit and opened the door to megastardom

"He’s got mystique, he’s misunderstood – he’s definitely a hero," says The Darkness frontman...