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“It was an unusual paradox: most acts keep recording stylistically similar albums… Porcupine Tree were being harassed for daring to not transform”: But Lightbulb Sun matters more than you may think

After veering too close to becoming a “new Pink Floyd,” their seventh album was a key moment in their development through psychedelia, classic prog, krautrock and pop rock to the truly progressive sound they made their own

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"I got my left ring finger shot off. So that was the end of my guitar career pretty much": The incomparable tales of Dr John

Late New Orleans legend Dr John on that time he drank a case of Blue Nun with Frankie Miller, and other stories

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"This next song is about destruction, like all heavy metal songs": In 1979, the fledgling Def Leppard played a small club show in Sheffield, and our man was there

Joe Elliott might decry the phrase "heavy metal" in 2024, but 46 years ago he was ready to embrace it

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Jo Jo Gunne's dazzling performance of Run Run Run on the Midnight Special is one of the most 1970s things ever

Long hair. Moustaches. Silk shirts. Satin trousers. The works

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“In the ‘70s I said I’d love to release an album per month, like a magazine. People thought I was insane!” Bill Nelson just released two albums – and he has at least nine more coming up

Making the most of his freedom from the mainstream music industry, the 75-year-old Be Bop Deluxe mastermind says his health issues are making him work faster, not slower

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Stuckfish team up with This Winter Machine for 1865 show in August

Northern proggers Stuckfish and This Winter Machine will both be appearing at Southampton's The 1865 for the very first time

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Gavin Harrison teams up with Antoine Fafard for second album

Gavin Harrison and bassist Antoine Fafard will release Perpetual Mutations in July

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How to watch the brand new Beach Boys documentary from anywhere

Upcoming film charting the history of The Beach Boys will feature previously unseen footage and interviews with band members

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"Lots of careers have been made from regurgitating the same record. If I'd made millions, I'd be making jazz records": A spiky interview with Gary Moore

After three spells with Thin Lizzy', the late Gary Moore turned solo artist, ditching hard rock for the music of his childhood, the blues

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“There’s nothing I like more than finding our back catalogue in the prog section alongside Yes and Genesis… we wanted to show off every aspect of what we could do as artists”: Call them what you like, but Chicago know they’re a prog band

One of the few groups to ever get away with releasing a double-album as a debut, they’d started out as a covers band who’d rebuild and extend every song they played

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"I remember this cold, damp day in Barnes Cemetery, lugging this plexiglas coffin around with Mickey Mouse": The curious story of Free's debut album

Recorded for just £800, Free’s Tons Of Sobs remains one of rock’s greatest debut albums

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"I must say, they were absolutely phenomenal": Jimmy Page's review of the Black Crowes' London show is in

Led Zeppelin maestro Jimmy Page has posted about last week's London show from the Black Crowes

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House Of Marley Get Together Solo speaker review

It's made from sustainable materials and features an eye-catching design, but there's more to the House Of Marley Get Together Solo speaker than just looks

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Having surpassed the historic 100 deals mark, Open On Sunday is showing why it continues to thrive in the ever-competitive music catalog acquisition space

Having worked on the catalogs of the likes of BB King, Travis Scott, Daddy Yankee and Liz Rose, Open On Sunday continues to provide a trusted, secure service for artists

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"Their evolution from anthemic, synthy post-hardcore heroes to slick alt-pop machine is laid bare." Pvris show few signs of looking backwards as they bewitch London's Troxy

Lyndsey Gunnulfsen's refusal to compromise on her vision is paying dividends in style

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“Music is built into Rebus. Early on he listens to jazz; then I thought, ‘Why not give him my record collection?’” Ian Rankin on the prog soundtrack to his fictional cop’s life

Hi-fi freak who never got over Hawkwind explains what he listens to while he works – and revels in the joy of putting a Mogwai joke in one of his books

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"It was just the lifestyle. You don't know you're making history when you're doing it": Dave Mason on his fantasy musical adventure

Former Traffic man Dave Mason on playing with Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and more

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"I'm picking this one just to annoy Ian Paice, who doesn’t like it": Ian Gillan's five favourite Deep Purple deep cuts

Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan picks some personal favourites from the band's bulging catalogue

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“I wanted to be XTC or Talking Heads… the Haircut One Hundred album had Genesis at its heart, and Chris Squire got me into bass”: Nick Heyward’s passion for prog

Singer-songwriter recalls feeling like he was reading a book when he discovered A Trick Of The Tail, and that’s why his solo work has become more progressive over the years

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"Robin Trower taps into the ethereal magic that made Jimi Hendrix's playing so forward-thinking": Procol Harum's tribute to the departed shines on Broken Barricades

1971’s Broken Barricades was Procol Harum's last with guitarist Robin Trower. Despite – or perhaps because of - this, it’s one of their most guitar-led

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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Nathaniel Rateliff, Black Smoke Trigger, The Cold Stares and more

Eight new songs have completed the weigh-in and are ready to kick each other in the ears

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Founding Staind drummer Jon Wysocki dead at 53

Jon Wysocky played on seven of Staind's eight albums before leaving during recording sessions in 2011

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"She nailed it! Perfect match!": Watch Lzzy Hale sing 18 And Life with Skid Row for the first time

Halestorm's Lzzy Hale has played her first show with Skid Row, and fan reaction is overwhelmingly positive

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Sir Paul McCartney is Britain's first musician billionaire

The Beatles icon Sir Paul McCartney's net worth is now more than £1billion

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“It throws up the confounding realisation that the world’s most famous fusion violinist is au fait with drum’n’ bass”: Jean-Luc Ponty’s Life Enigma reissue

“Fusion violinist proves he’s au fait with drum’n’ bass”: Jean-Luc Ponty’s Life Enigma

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