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Yes created longer songs than Close To The Edge, but none with as much impact
Classical music, Eastern mysticism and the River Thames came together to inspire the 19-minute title track from their fifth album in 1972
BBC sport writer Phil McNulty recommends albums by Roger Waters, Asia, Supertramp and others
The pundit, who met John Wetton and Geoff Downes through their mutual love of the sport, recommends albums by Asia, Supertramp, Marillion and others
The poems, movies and sheep that inspired Rush’s A Farewell To Kings
The Canadian trio’s fifth album set them on a new course that embraced synths, double-necked guitars and exploring the concept of loss. It was an experience they’d never be able to replicate, even though they tried
“The song was haunted!” Marillion producer Dave Meegan’s fight to make Afraid Of Sunlight
He eventually came to love the 1995 release – but he’s glad he didn’t like it at the time, and he helped the band develop a method of working they still use today
“It’s written from the point of view of being older; mortality is the constant.” The inspiration that helped David Gilmour create Luck And Strange
Collaboration, family, mortality and that stridently emotive guitar work - it's all there on David Gilmour's fifth studio album Luck And Strange
When The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord realised the truth about his stage fright
It may have been the 13th album by Bruce Soord’s band, but he regarded is as their third, after drummer Gavin Harrison’s arrival changed everything
Claudia Brücken and Susanne Freytag couldn’t leave Propaganda and their prog roots in the past
Their 1985 contained tones of Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk and Supertramp. It took until 2022 for the singers and producer Stephen Lipson, as xPropaganda, to deliver The Heart Is Strange. But it was worth the wait
25 complicated concept albums explained as simply as possible
The music might be brilliant, but how do concept album plotlines fair once they're distilled to their bare bones?
“Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson told me I was playing too fast!” Taylor Hawkins’ love for prog
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins discusses how he got into prog rock
How Caravan’s In The Land Of Grey And Pink became an unheralded prog classic
The leading lights of the Canterbury Scene’s third album is a genuine masterpiece – but pitifully few people heard about it on its arrival
The Moody Blues on their albums, Charles Manson, and the mood-altering magic of Nights In White Satin
The Moody Blues were just another British R&B band. Then they got into some old clothes, mind-expanding drugs and lashings of Mellotron… and helped invent prog rock
“He said, ‘We can’t use this – people will think we’re a Christian rock band!’ I went and got myself a drink. There was no arguing with that kind of thinking”: Marillion’s battle over the cover for Afraid Of Sunlight
Diplomacy abandoned singer Steve Hogarth and keyboardist Mark Kelly in disagreement over 1995 artwork, which was later reinstated. In the end it was just another fight between mates
“Life changed. Time healed wounds. No more feeling alone or depressed – it’s like, ‘Let’s do something positive. Let’s fight’”: When Mariusz Duda escaped the darkness on Lunatic Soul’s Through Shaded Woods
The Riverside leader’s seventh side-project album, intended to be its penultimate release, continued his personal life-and-death story cycle
The ELO classic that led Crobot’s Brandon Yeagley to a whole world of prog
From a box of his parents’ cassettes to voracious filesharing, the vocalist always wanted to be the one bringing strange new music to his friends
The forthright attitude behind Roger Dean’s album art for Yes
Inspired by real-life landscapes and knowing what he didn’t like, the forthright creator of remarkable worlds explains his partnership with Yes
What Sylosis learned from prog stars including Kate Bush, Opeth, Tool and Rush
Frontman of the British metal band and his colleagues accidentally discovered a breadth of influences after feeling uninspired by their peers
Cool new proggy sounds from Jonathan Hultén, Swallow The Sun, Mark Trueack and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Awesome new prog sounds you must hear from Teramaze, The Vintage Caravan, NYOS and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
