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Released on September 9, 1996, R.E.M.'s New Adventures In Hi-Fi might be the band's last great album

Guy Garvey recalls being played Genesis songs as a baby, forcing his bandmates to listen to Yes, embracing unusual inspirations and using a glass lampshade as a musical instrument

A photo of Rivers Cuomo's high school prog metal band caused much amusement when shown on a US talk show last month, but the band were no joke

From post-punk icon and award-winning female solo artist to becoming regarded as just the prog mastermind’s wife, her rebellious creative energy is fired by Roxy Music, Devo, The Tubes and all things off the wall

The recent passing of former Attila drummer Jon Small means that, sadly, the world will never see a reunion of his much-misunderstood metal band with Billy Joel

He remembers his first drum, being a keen footballer but not a good one, how he got his audition with the band that made his name, and what he really thought of acting

Neo-classical heavy metal? Check. Staggering technical ability? Check. Commercial appeal? You'd be surprised

Buying guide Updated: Muse's sonic symphonies have propelled the Devon trio to the stages of the world's biggest stadia: here is their ten-album catalogue ranked

Daniel Tompkins and Paul Ortiz’s Prince Of Failure has become a way of dealing with anxiety, impostor syndrome and career-threatening change

2017’s The Desaturating Seven was Les Claypool’s bid to explore the darkness of a 1970s children’s story, harnessing the influences of King Crimson, Tool and Sean Lennon