The grounding experiences of Barclay James Harvest – the band that broke in two
Unrelentingly Northern in attitude, both parts the slow-burning band that split in two seemed happy with their lot – but is their story one of unfulfilled achievements?
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He started out in a college so strict that he couldn’t understand prog when he first heard it. But the composer, educator and tech fan, has made the most of opportunities that came his way
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Jo Beth Young realised evil does exist, and you can hear it happening on her new album
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The Zombies on fame, inheriting the Beatles’ studio and being prisoners in a concert hall
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Meddle marked the point where Pink Floyd as we know them really began
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How manager Dave Margereson rebuilt Supertramp to deliver a set of classic prog albums
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Louise Patricia Crane's Netherworld stars members of King Crimson and Jethro Tull – plus beauty and darkness
Informed by childhood memories, Louise Patricia Crane's new album is an intensely personal dark fantasia
Hawkwind’s bid to spread the counterculture with In Search Of Space (if that’s its name)
After spending endless nights on the road – complete with Stacia Blake colouring their shows – the band proved what a musical powerhouse they’d become with their second record in 1971
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David Gilmour's 30 greatest moments, as chosen by members of Marillion, Roxy Music, Asia, Solstice, TesseracT, Haken and more
When The Alan Parsons Project mixed magic with madness for Pyramid (without visiting Egypt)
Box set edition gives former Beatles and Pink Floyd engineer the chance to recall the crazy times and ambitious attitude that resulted in 1978’s Pyramid
Fish and Marillion were only together for seven-years - here are the 11 best moments
11 songs from the era when the charismatic Scotsman and Aylesbury's finest prog adventurers defined a musical identity that defied dismissal
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1999 modern prog masterpiece – their first record with Jordan Rudess – came after the dismissal of Derek Sherinian, the demise of internal “fake democracy” and fights with their label and the media
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Jon Anderson’s gratitude at returning from the edge of death to make solo album True
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