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“Dismissed because it doesn’t sound anything like Yes, it’s best to dispense with prog expectations and enjoy the fun”: Alan White’s only solo album, Ramshackled, echoes his earlier times

The drummer decided to make a simple album with a good band, featuring guest spots from Jon Anderson and Steve Howe. With the exception of an ill-advised cod reggae track, it’s all good – if undemanding

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"I've never talked about progressive rock, or thought that we were": David Gilmour says Pink Floyd were never progressive rock

It turns out that lengthy, multi-part instrumentals and concept albums aren't prog after all

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What the latest Holyrood polling means for the SNP, Reform, and independence

ABOVE all else, the reaction of independence supporters to The National's new Scottish poll from Find Out Now will be relief that it once again…

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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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“The bad blood was there from the start. There was no cohesiveness and the atmosphere between certain people was very toxic”: Trevor Rabin was trapped in hell with Yes as they made Big Generator

The guitarist, keyboardist and unwilling producer saw the band’s internal relationships buckling under intense external pressure to make an album as successful as 91025

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“My first instinct was shock at how much like Pink Floyd it sounded. But I can’t deny how important that record is”: Radiohead, Yes, Can and Peter Gabriel feature in Rock Hall boss Jason Hanley’s record collection

The Hall of Fame’s director of education wore out his first copy of 90125, was blown away by OK Computer, devoured So and went on to discover Coheed And Cambria

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New campaign urges voters to back independence to save money on energy bills

YES groups have been urged to join a “national push” as part of a campaign urging voters to back independence to save money on their energy…

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Yes announce new reissue of Fly From Here: Return Trip with Atmos mix

Yes's 2018 release, Fly From Here: Return Trip, reunited the band's 1980 Drama line-up

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“It was like we’d climbed the mountain. My head was spinning every time I sang it”: Yes created longer songs than Close To The Edge, but none with as much impact

Classical music, Eastern mysticism and the River Thames came together to inspire the 19-minute title track from their fifth album in 1972

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“Roger Waters’ Amused To Death is something you have to pay attention to. If it had Pink Floyd on the cover, it would have sold millions”: BBC chief football writer Phil McNulty’s prog record collection

The pundit, who met John Wetton and Geoff Downes through their mutual love of the sport, recommends albums by Asia, Supertramp, Marillion and others

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Huge Scottish independence rally drowns out 'racist' protest in Edinburgh

THOUSANDS of Scottish independence supporters and anti-racism activists drowned out a small immigration protest outside the Holyrood parliament on…

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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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Scottish independence activists to welcome MSPs back to Holyrood with message

INDEPENDENCE supporters are set to gather at Holyrood this week, to welcome MSPs on their return from the summer break ...

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“The idea was to put a ‘fragile’ label on the album cover. I didn’t want to do anything so literal. I wanted to take the idea of fragility and wrap it round the world. Yes liked it and it worked”: The attitude behind Roger Dean’s album art

Inspired by real-life landscapes and knowing what he didn’t like, the forthright creator of remarkable worlds explains his partnership with Yes

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Nelly Korda And Matt Fitzpatrick Make Putter Changes To Move Into Weekend Contention

Both Korda and Fitzpatrick have made significant putter changes at their respective events, with both Major winners in contention going into the weekend's play

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Pro-indy group calls for 'independent' Scottish Corbyn-Sultana party

A PRO-INDY group has called for an “independent” Scottish party affiliated with the Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s Your Party to be set up.

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“Geddy Lee once said some very nice things about me. I think it’s about time we connected, if he’s still up for doing something”: Marco Minnemann’s prog world includes Rush, ping-pong and whisky – and he has “something” to thank Queen for

The Aristocrats drummer, who’s worked with Steven Wilson, Joe Satriani, Jordan Rudess and many others, owns up to appreciating Madonna and Kylie

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“Some people were cynical – ‘The Yeggles have spoilt it all!’ We were doing a gig in Brighton and someone shouted, ‘Rick Wakeman!’ It was demoralising”: Geoff Downes’ life and times in and out of Yes

His big break came with the Wombles, then he impressed Trevor Horn with synths he’d only borrowed. He forged a partnership with John Wetton and made it big with Asia – and his easygoing nature means he’s avoided most of Yes’ infamous dramas

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“We didn’t really talk to them. I don't think they liked us, and we didn't really like them that much either”: The time the Eagles opened for a legendary British prog rock band – and hated it

When country rock met prog, it was never going to end well

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“Jeff Lynne and Yes are in the music of Radiohead, Sigur Rós and Muse. It’s overlooked in theirs but not in mine. I don’t have the self-validation I’d like”: Steven Wilson is grateful for prog fans’ support, but he wishes others liked him too

Arguing that pop isn’t as all-embracing as it used to be, he examines the nature of being a nerd with an ego, and wonders if the flawed musical gear his dad built him meant he was always going to make prog sounds

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“Yes showed you could write rocky prog, but UK took that further. They made complex music sound so easy, which makes me very envious”: Whitesnake ex Adrian Vandenberg’s prog inspirations

The Dutch guitarist lists some British musicians who inspired the world at large, as much for their attitudes as their creations

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“It is impossible for me to adapt to that role”: Classic rock supergroup parts ways with their new guitarist – after just one gig

Both parties realized that it wasn’t the match they thought it looked to be on paper

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Trevor Horn announces live UK dates for December

Former Yes singer and producer and Buggles mainstay, Trevor Horn, will play three live dates in December

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'We are sovereign': The people’s constitution that could see an independent Scotland

Activists in Scotland have set up a website for the public to be involved in writing the country's draft constitution for an independent nation and…

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RedBird Capital’s $2 billion power play: Meet Gerry Cardinale, the private equity kingmaker behind the Paramount–Skydance deal

Private equity firms have been making moves in Hollywood for some time, but Redbird's stake in the Paramount deal is by far the largest to date.

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