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“I lie to them and change the goalposts… you build up techniques of throwing the curveball of discomfort. If it gets comfortable I change it”: David Thomas calls Pere Ubu “avant-garage” – but how prog are they?

They’re unmistakably American, but their lead visionary names Henry Cow, Soft Machine, Gentle Giant and Van der Graaf Generator among his motivators, and explains why his band is definitely not punk

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“We were torn between trying to make it big and making our music more crossover, but failing… that happened because we became conscious of what we were doing”: The Power And The Glory signalled the beginning of the end for Gentle Giant

They’d reasserted themselves after a line-up change and enjoyed the results – but the surprisingly polarised response to their sixth album led them to start second-guessing their own work.

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“Tchaikovsky was a sort of mentor; if it was good, ABBA or whatever, we didn’t shut anything out”: When Gentle Giant revisited seventh album Free Hand

The reissue, complete with Steven Wilson remixes, was the band’s chance to look back on what the band had liked about 1975 release, and what they hadn’t

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“I had a great substitute teacher who lent me albums by King Crimson, Gentle Giant and Genesis. He had a prog band called Butt-Crack”: Rikard Sjöblom’s musical world

Big Big Train, Gungfly and Beardfish man once wrote a term paper about the Hammond organ and went on to teach piano in a school

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Gentle Giant share brand new video for Betcha Thought We Couldn't Do It

The new Steven Wilson remix of Gentle Giant's 1977 album The Missing Piece was released earlier this year

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“The cape-wielding progressive rock behemoth was not in vogue… there was an effort to make it simpler, but our musical identity was still at stake”: Gentle Giant take a fresh look at The Missing Piece

Underrated gem or confused mess? Gary Green, John Weathers and Kerry Minnear discuss their 1977 album in the light of Steven WIlson’s remix

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How Jethro Tull broke America is the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Van der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, Devin Townsend, Rick Wakeman, Big Big Train

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New "platform fighter roguelike" dubbed 'Hades meets Smash Bros' hits full release, immediately tops Steam trends chart

Spiritfall is a hit

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Gentle Giant share new video for Memories Of Old Days

The new Steven Wilson remix of Gentle Giant's 1977 album The Missing Piece will be released in March

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Gentle Giant share new video for Steven Wilson remix of Two Weeks In Spain

The new Steven Wilson remix of Gentle Giant's 1977 album The Missing Piece will be released in February

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Gentle Giant announce new Steven Wilson remix of The Missing Piece

The new Steven Wilson remix of Gentle Giant's 1977 album The Missing Piece will be released in February

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“We couldn’t get a deal for Jethro Tull. The one person interested would only sign them if they dropped the flute player”: How Chrysalis rose from a booking agency to a leading prog record label

Chris Wright operated a business model that was more like a balancing act, with jail as the penalty for toppling - but Procol Harum, Trevor Rabin, Gentle Giant and others benefited from the approach

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40-odd years on, Gentle Giant's 1976 album Interview remains an object lesson in risk-taking

Gentle Giant's 1976 album In'terview (2023 Steven Wilson remix) – reviewed

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“They gave me the confidence to try anything in Diamond Head”: Brian Tatler’s prog passion is Gentle Giant (and Muse and It Bites)

Veteran NWOHBM guitarist draws a line from jazz-fuelled experimentalists to the world’s heaviest bands

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Listen to Steven Wilson's new mix of Gentle Giant's Interview

Gentle Giant's 1976 concept album Interview will be reissued in June

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Ray Shulman obituary

Other lives: Musician and composer who dazzled audiences with the progressive rock band Gentle Giant

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Gentle Giant to reissue remixed version of eighth album Interview

Gentle Giant's 1976 concept album Interview will be reissued in June. Watch a video trailer for the release here...

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Ray Shulman, of Simon Dupree and The Big Sound and Gentle Giant, dies aged 73

Musical virtuoso, who enjoyed a lengthy career in the business, passes away after battling a long illness

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Gentle Giant's Ray Shulman dead at 73

Gentle Giant bassist and composer Ray Shulman has passed away at his home in London following a long illness

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Guitar wizard Mike Keneally, a member of 6 bands, starts new chapter with COVID-era solo album

SAN DIEGO — Guitar and keyboard wizard Mike Keneally has made several dozen albums as a band leader and has been featured on 200 or so more by other artists. His collaborators have ranged from Frank Zappa and the great soul singer Solomon Burke to avant-jazz trumpet great Wadada Leo…

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Is 1972 the best year ever for great albums? From Aretha and Stevie to Bowie and the Stones, quite possibly

Great albums are recorded and released every year, but I can make a very strong argument that 1972 saw more truly great albums released than any year before or since.

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