Alan Parsons is a punk with no regrets – well, not many
The Alan Parsons Project’s studio mastery earned them huge album sales without touring. In Prog #45, Parsons reflected on life after Pink Floyd and making an album in three days
The Alan Parsons Project’s studio mastery earned them huge album sales without touring. In Prog #45, Parsons reflected on life after Pink Floyd and making an album in three days
The late comic fantasy genius persuaded his favourite band to adapt 2006’s Wintersmith for folk rock, and both parties were delighted with the result
The avant-garde maestro explains why his new, self-titled album is his most definitive, complex and atmospheric release yet
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist and briefly drummer went from writing hits for The Hollies and Yardbirds to success with ‘The Worst Band In The World’
Prog? Art-rock? AOR? Pop? We don our capes and peer through the dry ice to guide you through the best Genesis albums
After a period of doubt over whether to continue, the new line-up delivered The Likes Of Us, a record that’s for ‘shallowenders’ – everyone who ever felt left behind
A good-versus-evil concept story featuring keyboards and a nine-minute title track set the scene for records that would arrive in future decades
Latest album It Leads To This is the 15th studio album from Bruce Soord’s band – but he argues it’s really only their fourth, and that it hides a positive message
Les Claypool brought his main band to London ahead of Green Naugahyde’s launch and revealed the tribulations he’d undergone in the 14 years since his previous visit
After a gap of more than 20 years, Jethro Tull returned with their second album of new material this decade. RökFlöte finds the band exploring Norse mythology with a harder edge than last year’s The Zealot Gene
Great new prog you really should check out from Julie Christmas, Softcult, Exsomnis and more
When Pye Hastings and Geoffrey Richardson were interviewed by snooker icon Steve Davis, they admitted their “floaty and disorganised” state meant they were doomed to be victims of bad business decisions
From Led Zeppelin copyists to sword and sorcery maestros to purveyors of über-prog, Rush have always pushed the envelope
A unique insight into the short career of Sky, a band of musos more interested in their chops than chopping out lines
Glass Hammer co-founder Steve Babb tells Prog why the band decided to step into the world of swords and sorcery for Dreaming City.
In a rare interview, the singular creative force detailed his distaste for the music industry and explained his thinking on the science and power of his art
From working with Roy Wood and hanging with the Beatles to finding that songs simply poured out of him, the bandleader still can’t believe his luck
Supporting an already-established Jethro Tull in America helped Yes in their way to star status
The Grammy-winning track Viva La Vida remained unashamedly pop, but the rest of the 2008 record shows their experimental side