“There’s nobody to mentor us these days. People at the label encouraged us to write and record – those people have gone”: When John Lodge accepted there’d be no more Moody Blues music

John Lodge.

The Moody Blues’ final album, December, was released in 2003. Fans were still hoping for new music in 2019 when bassist, vocalist and songwriter John Lodge was preparing a solo tour. He told Prog about the challenges of balancing the two projects.

The Moody Blues effectively invented symphonic rock in the late 60s, and constantly evolved their sound over the next couple of decades. In addition, John Lodge has shown himself to be a shrewd and creative musician as an occasional solo artist.