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“Recorded at a time when progressive music was anathema, it deserves recognition alongside some of the more leftfield heroes of the genre”: Why The Only Ones’ Even Serpents Shine is actually a prog album

Vocalist Peter Perrett used his voice to disorientate, just like Peter Gabriel, while the band felt like XTC, produced by Joe Meek, steeped in Van der Graaf Generator

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“It was beginning to feel like everyone’s mind wasn’t on the job… a feeling that there should be some hiatus”: Jethro Tull’s saddest, darkest album could have been even darker

Death, dysfunction and ecological disaster surrounded Ian Anderson as his changing world shaped a “forever tainted” record

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"It was pretty surreal. All of our families, friends and haters saw that live on TV!" The surprise smash hit 90s single that saw an underground punk band beat Alanis Morissette, Weezer and Portishead in one of the biggest award upsets ever

No one saw this coming in 1995!

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“Pavarotti is our hero, he’s more rock’n’roll than anyone we’ve ever met before”: the story of Bono’s favourite U2 song, even though it isn’t by U2 and features an operatic legend on vocals

The epic ballad that was the sole high point of the Irish rockers’ ill-fated and experimental side-project in the mid-90s

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“I’ve been in bands that really felt like you were creating something new – but you were just another band doing what had already been done”: Blending Tool, Bjork and Black Sabbath helped Swedish psych-proggers stand out from the start

The five-piece group surpassed their own expectations at their first-ever rehearsal. Now, as a four-piece with their fourth record out, they’re more impressive than ever

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Here's who I'd put on my Mount Rushmore of nu metal (three spots were easy, one was excruciatingly hard)

Nu metal has produced some of heavy music's biggest bands - and here are the four artists I'd hold up as the genre's Big 4

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Marillion's Steve Hogarth shares cover of Leonard Cohen's Famous Blue Raincoat as he announces new live album

Steve Hogarth will release live album SPQR, with Italian prog rockers RanestRane, on CD, Blu-ray and vinyl, in January

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From someone who’s already seen the show twice, here’s 10 songs Radiohead should try and get into the setlist on their triumphant comeback tour

The Oxford rock trailblazers hit Italy this weekend ahead of their first London shows in nine years next week

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Who is the prog-powered creator of “revenge pop” targeting? “All those people who didn’t think I could do it. Isn’t that what all musicians are doing?”

Inspired by Kate Bush and a childhood of Yes, 10cc and ELO, her debut album contained dark humour – but no hint of stashed body parts

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Amyl and the Sniffers get the drinks in for Melbourne after free show cancelled at last minute

Drinks in some Melbourne bars were paid for by Amyl and the Sniffers after police pull plug on free gig on short notice

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"You ready?" Greta Van Fleet guitarist Jake Kiszka's new band Mirador play London for the first time and there's a lot of screaming

What happened when Jake Kiszka and Chris Turpin’s maverick blues project Mirador played London on their first UK tour

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“I think Prince wanted a romance, but I didn’t because then we wouldn’t have had a musical relationship.” Stevie Nicks on why she turned down Prince's biggest song, and how their flirty friendship influenced three hit singles

Stevie Nicks reveals how she and Prince became flirty friends and collaborators...

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Choir of survivors, relatives and witnesses marks 10th anniversary of Paris terrorist attacks with poignant Rival Sons song

France remembers the 130 victims of the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris

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“It was an awful mistake to overlook his album. But you could be excused for not sticking with it”: Fired by King Crimson, this prog poet assembled a group of A-list colleagues and took them on a trip into the unknown. They got lost – or so it seemed

His only solo release merged Genesis, Greenslade and Soft Machine vibes with an additional experimental edge. But the real beauty is that it couldn’t have been made any other time than the early 70s

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"An all-you-can-eat barbecue that looks delicious at the start but turns into an indistinguishable mush by the end": Blackberry Smoke overcook the recipe on Rattle, Ramble & Roll - The Best Of Volume One

Southern rock flagbearers Blackberry Smoke serve up an overstuffed career-spanning compilation

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“He’s full of warmth for those they befriended on their rise, and full of ire for those who crossed them”: Derek Shulman takes aim at Syd Barrett, the Beach Boys, the Eagles and others in his not-very-gentle memoir Giant Steps

Former Gentle Giant vocalist who became an A&R bigwig provides an refreshingly undiplomatic account of his career on stage and off it

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"I was bullied in 72 by a bunch of hippies": Pete Townshend names his five favourite Pete Townshend songs

Pete Townshend revealed the best songs he's written on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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"One of those rare records where I literally love every note": Devon Allman picks the soundtrack of his life

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Devon Allman picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance

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"We've taken care of the lion's wig": Deep Purple and Whitesnake legend David Coverdale announces retirement

David Coverdale made the announcement in a video posted on social media

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Alan Parsons Project story to be told for first time in official book

Earlybird sign-up for 200-page hardback offers choice of two editions, discount price when pre-order begins, your name in the memoir and fast delivery on publication

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Soft Machine will release new studio album, Thirteen, in March

The new Soft Machine album, Thirteen, features a posthumous cameo from founding member Daveid Allen, recorded before he died

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Every Predator movie ranked from worst to best, from the original classic to Badlands

With Predator: Badlands getting rave reviews and taking the franchise in a fun new direction, we rank every entry in the series so far from bore-some to awesome

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"We're not running from the law, we're running towards something": Parker Barrow feel connected to Bonnie & Clyde, even if their pursuits are different

Southern blues rockers Parker Barrow are currently touring the UK with the Damn Truth. It's not to be missed

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"The ageless thrill of someone getting classic rock right": Cheap Trick's electricity is evergreen on All Washed Up

Illinois past masters Cheap Trick relight the flame on swaggering 21st album All Washed Up

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"We've never done that before, and we're never doing it again!"Watch Blackmore's Night play a rare version of a Deep Purple classic

Fans in Alexandria, Virginia, have been treated to a one-off performance of one of Deep Purple's most-loved songs

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