“21st Century Schizoid Man – the first track on the first prog album – is a political protest song! Anyone who says prog and politics don’t belong together never realised what it was about”: The Tangent’s Andy Tillison on why prog should challenge you

Andy Tillison.

When The Tangent released 10th album Proxy in 2018, it was subtitled “A protest, a reflection, a couple of regrets and a rant” for good reason. That year band leader Andy Tillison told Prog about the genesis of the project, and speculated on whether it marked the end of a low period in his creative career.

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