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“I strive to get away from the Genesis vibe. But it’s so deeply ingrained… I’ve been doing it longer than Peter Gabriel was in the band!” Nad Sylvan is more himself than ever on solo album Monumentata

Best known for his12 years with Steve Hackett, the US-born Swede explores his own life and times at last. And is that a Pink Floyd reference as sings about being frontman and sideman in someone else’s project?

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“Some riffs just have that big swing to them. You can definitely hear that in the first Van Halen album”: How Wolfgang Van Halen created a new song with echoes of classic VH – and Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer

"It’s very much the kind of idea that mixes heaviness with funkiness”

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“They’re portrayed as unhip, exploitative capitalist men of the rock world. But it’s entirely down to them that the movement can move. And they didn’t get anything out of it”: When Peter Gabriel received death threats, Genesis reunited to help him

Their former leader found himself in serious trouble after his WOMAD festival lost money. So the classic line-up returned to stage their Six Of The Best show in 1982, leaving an indelible mark on prog history

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"Deranged and spooky and full of unexpected songs about sexual peccadillos and the sound of milk bottles clanking": The dark humour and unexpected musical twists and turns of Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway still startle 50 years on

One of the great prog albums of its era, expanded, plus a live show

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“Marvel again at the ridiculous ambition of the young musicians who came up with this. It gave Peter Gabriel little option but to leave the band”: Genesis’ 50th anniversary edition of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway is even better than the Rael thing

With its many component parts and forward-thinking modernism, their most celebrated yet debated album finally receives the release it deserves

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It takes two: the best pop duets – ranked!

As Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue’s Where the Wild Roses Grow turns 30, we count down pop’s finest two-handers, from career-revivers to celebrity meta-texts

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“It’s weird when I look at the list. If you go folk or blues or jazz or rock, I’ve actually been there”: Danny Thompson covered more ground than even he thought possible in a career spanning seven decades

The revered double bassist worked with Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, John Martyn, Bert Jansch and countless others. On 2012 album Connected he assembled some of his proudest moments

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Pentangle and John Martyn bassist Danny Thompson has died, aged 86

Danny Thompson was a founding member of Pentangle and worked with John Martyn, Kate Bush, Nick Drake, Peter Gabriel, Talk Talk and more

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“He’s the only rock star who’s never done anything to be embarrassed about. He’s never put a foot wrong”: Why Peter Gabriel was the ideal inspiration for fictional prog icon Brian Pern

Simon Day and Rhys Thomas, creators of the TV mockumentaries, identify the Gabriel song that got them started and the one time the ex-Genesis singer refused them – but won’t name the band they wouldn’t allow to take part

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“It was the rats you could hear running up and down the air ducts. Either that or it was haunted. Jimmy Page says it was haunted”: Peter Gabriel and Genesis dissect their bonkers but brilliant prog swan song

Album was “a journey into the soul” says singer

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Four-fifths of the Genesis Lamb line-up reunite at Atmos playback in London

Check out our exclusive photos as Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett and Mike Rutherford attend a Doly Atmos playback of the new reissue of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

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The Cool Story Behind How John Cusack’s Iconic Boom Box Scene In Say Anything Came Together

One of the most iconic scenes of the ‘80s wasn’t as simple as it seems.

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David Bridie and George Telek on the life-changing friendship that led to one of Australia’s best albums

The Not Drowning, Waving frontman and the legendary Papua New Guinean musician are celebrating Tabaran, their 1990 album loved by David Byrne and Peter Gabriel – and their unexpected new album

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“We’re definitely still a progressive band. Listen to the detail in what we do and the musicianship behind it – it all comes from that legacy”: When Soen’s songs got shorter but not shallower on Memorial

They were dismissed by many as a one-off supergroup. But vocalist Joel Ekelöf insisted the spirit of Genesis and Peter Gabriel were embedded in his band’s concise sixth album

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“For the first time I was meeting resistance artistically. People were saying, ‘She’s gone mad now.’ I was a complete wreck – I’d wake up in the morning and I couldn’t move”: How Kate Bush answered her critics with Hounds Of Love

Her fifth album came out of relationships, nature and old movies, along with all her nightmares in one song. It became one of her most-loved releases, featuring big hit Running Up That Hill, but she endured a challenging climb to complete it

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7 Musical Biopics I Would Run Out To See In A Heartbeat If They Were Ever Made, But Will Likely Never Exist

Cut the mullet...on the big screen!

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The silencing of The Lamb... Genesis are on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now

Plus Roy Harper, Hawkwind, Jeff Wayne, Jakko Jakszyk, Green Carnation, Ihlo, Discipline, Chimpan A, Kindred Spirit and loads more...

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“I once played with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson. You can imagine how I was feeling… I got through YYZ. They told me I was playing too fast!” Taylor Hawkins’ love for prog stars Rush, Genesis, Yes and more

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins discusses how he got into prog rock

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"Tony Banks got wind of it. From then on, we knew that Pete could leave at any time, but we had a 150-show tour to do": Phil Collins discusses his legendary career in far-reaching documentary

Phil Collins: Drummer First revealed the secrets of his sound, his career highs and lows, and the story of that drum fill…

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“Brand X was great fun to play with – not so much fun to listen to”: Phil Collins’ adventures outside Genesis with Robert Plant, Eric Clapton and others made him so big he had to apologise

Wherever you looked in the 80s and 90s, there he was as a session man, producer or solo artist. But it wasn’t ego – it was down to his passion for music

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The Story Behind How Say Anything's Boombox Song Was Chosen (And John Cusack's Hilarious Pick That Wasn't)

How the iconic moment came to be.

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"A five-piece Genesis was never going to last, there were too many writing ideas": When Genesis reunited to make a film, it was the same old story

Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford look back on the controversial Genesis documentary Sum Of The Parts

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"A perfect example of one great song overshadowing the rest of the record": Golden Earring sharpen their sound and score an MTV hit on Cut

Proof that there's more to Golden Earring than Radar Love

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"We had an artistic success, but not a financial one… but that’s another story.” Peter Gabriel's 1982 WOMAD set to be released this Friday

Peter Gabriel's live set from the very first WOMAD Festival in 1982, featuring material from the then-unreleased Peter Gabriel 4 album, is released digitally this Friday

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Phil Collins explains why he’s in hospital and debunks hospice claims

Recent online rumors spread that the 74-year-old music legend was in hospice

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