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Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser explains his love for Yes and Steve Howe
By Natasha Scharf published
Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser cares so deeply for Yes that his band named an album after one of the prog giants’ songs

Matt Berry on whether he prefers making music to comedy
By Rob Hughes published
Matt Berry’s Heard Noises coincided with the end of What We Do In The Shadows and his 50th birthday – making it the most confessional album of his career

Richard Thompson’s battle with barking dogs, planes and leaf blowers to make Acoustic Classics
By Grant Moon published
Richard Thompson thought 2014 solo album Acoustic Classics would just be a nice product for his merch stall – until he’d got over his reluctance to make it

Marko Hietala found a new normal after leaving Nightwish. The result is Roses From The Deep
By Joel McIver published
Marko Hietala explains why he had to leave Nightwish, and believes there’s no hate involved in the split, as he focuses on second solo album Roses From The Deep

Why Bill Bruford demoted himself from the King Crimson, Yes and Genesis league
By Sid Smith published
Bill Bruford retired in 2009 and later sold most of his equipment to Tool’s Danny Carey. Then he found he wasn’t finished on stage – and he’s come back re-energised

“Chris Squire was Darth Vader.I was Obi-Wan Kenobi”: Jon Anderson’s time-travelling 1000 Hands
By Johnny Sharp published
In 2019 he reincarnated 30-year-old demos with former Yes bandmates and a stellar supporting cast, offering positive and long-held opinions to a rapidly-changing world

Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed
By Philip Wilding published
A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making

Pink Floyd explored communication on The Division Bell, despite their communication issues
By Mark Blake published
Pink Floyd explored the theme of communication on 1994 album The Division Bell – despite their infamous communication issues

“You only have to hear the opening sweep to reach for your lighter and wave it in the air”: Tony Banks' greatest Genesis moments
By Jerry Ewing published
Just some of the co-founding keyboardist’s iconic contributions to an award-winning catalogue of groundbreaking muisic

Prog is the reason Rick Astley became a singer
By Dave Everley published
Pop star made his life-changing decision at a Camel concert, before discovering the work of keyboard genius Wakeman via Yes

"People are listening to Rick Astley. You’ve got to draw a line”: Mogwai and The Bad Fire
By Jeremy Allen published
Stuart Braithwaite found himself unexpectedly inspired by King Crimson on his band’s 11th record – and the influence of Pink Floyd could appear on their next

It took The Mars Volta three years and several arguments to make Noctourniquet
By Ben Myers published
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez challenged himself to stop aiming for perfection, and challenged old friend Cedric Bixler-Zavala to write direct lyrics. It wasn’t easy for either of them

“He encouraged us to dream big”: How Bob Ezrin brought out the prog in Kula Shaker
By Grant Moon published
Crispian Mills hails the “complete maniac” Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel and Alice Cooper producer for his work on 1999 album Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts

"Exul ended up being recorded at 10 different studios over two and a half years." Ne Obliviscaris and the heroic story of their fourth album
By Cheri Faulkner published
Australian prog metallers Ne Obliviscaris tell how without their Patreon-funding they might not have got to make album number four, Exul

“We embrace the spirit of early 70s prog as being the way that you should always approach music." Mastodon and their prog epic Crack The Skye
By Malcolm Dome published
In 2009 US prog metallers Mastodon released their conceptual opus Crack The Skye. It proved to be the step up to the big time the band deserved...

"Instrumental albums are often made by musicians for musicians, so we wanted to keep things tuneful and hold the listener’s attention" How Animals As Leaders broke the mould with The Joy Of Motion
By Amit Sharma published
The story of the Washington instrumental trio's third album, 2014's The Joy Of Motion

What Steven Wilson learned about Robert Fripp from remixing King Crimson
By Jerry Ewing published
Admitting that arrogance played a role in accepting the challenge, Wilson was left with an even greater appreciation of Fripp’s achievements
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