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“Our music teacher would belt us if we didn’t know all the musical signs and notes. She used to play Mussorgsky… so I love ELP’s version of Pictures At An Exhibition”: Simple Minds’ Derek Forbes names his prog heroes

Bassist explains new wave outfit were massive Genesis fans when they started out – and he used to sing the whole of Foxtrot while working as a painter and decorator

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Ten moments of maverick musical genius from Keith Emerson

Emerson, Lake and Palmer legend, composer and synthesiser pioneer Keith Emerson fused the power of rock music with the beauty of classical

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“We were spoofing the idea of the concept album, but in a fun way that didn’t totally mock it… It’s only in recent times that I’ve appreciated how complex the music is”: Why Jethro Tull’s Thick As A Brick needed to be serious - and a send-up

Ian Anderson set out to make “the mother of all concept albums” while incorporating a large measure of Monty Python - but some people laughed at all the wrong places

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The 20 greatest rock supergroups ever

From Cream and ELP to Temple Of The Dog and Velvet Revolver, these are history’s greatest supergroups

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“We were inspired by the Brits at the start, then the British media forced us to become a different type of band. Made and broken in the UK, you could say”: The prog credentials of Styx

Dennis DeYoung and Tommy Shaw believe that despite the big hits, the band always had something more substantial at heart

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Carl Palmer to release career-spanning Fanfare For The Common Man box set in April

New triple CD, single Blu-ray set Fanfare For The Common Man also features Palmer's autobiography

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Jeff Beck: "Cozy Powell and I played for about a minute and you could see all the other drummers packing up their kits - he was my John Bonham"

Drum Heroes: Celebrating the hard-working and fast-living Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Whitesnake and ELP drum hero who even had a drum-feature solo hit

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“They sort of jiggled around for a while until someone found something and took hold of it and the rest went, ‘Great!’” The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst’s love for Can

Drummer appreciated krautrock heroes from his early days, along with King Crimson, ELP and others

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“For all his showmanship, he was first and foremost a composer and musician, making music for the head and the heart”: Rick Wakeman, Ian Anderson, Geoff Downes and others pay homage to Keith Emerson

15 classic cuts from the keyboard genius’ career, as loved by the good and the great of prog rock and beyond

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“When I was about 14 a friend recommended Yes and ELP to me. To be completely honest I didn’t really like the music… I don’t think I’ve ever actually bought a prog album!” Derek Sherinian, keyboard warrior

He’s worked with Dream Theater, Sons of Apollo, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Lukather and many others – but Rick Wakeman and Keith Emerson remain among his heroes

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“I was completely petrified by Kate Bush singing Wuthering Heights on TV. Anyone I was scared of I was interested by”: How Matt Berry discovered prog

Toast Of London star and self-taught musician became a fan of Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd and more

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“The esteem in which his talent was held is reflected… Yet some of the most fascinating tracks here are by his pre-fame 60s bands”: Greg Lake’s Magical box set

7-disc compilation celebrates his solo endeavours in style

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“We didn’t want to be extras, we didn’t want to be bit men… If you haven’t got an ego, you shouldn’t be doing this”: Rick Wakeman on the Keith Emerson collaboration that never happened

The “brothers in keyboards” had plans for a show together, a tour with Jon Lord and perhaps even an album before tragedy made it all impossible

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“There are some good things on it… I just find it hard to believe we called a prog album Love Beach, and the three of us look like the Bee Gees. That’s a prog cover?” Carl Palmer on ELP’s most misguided moment

Drummer admits the trio had reached the end of their collective creativity and had actually split before making 1978 album that showed “America had got to us, obviously!”

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“A standard teen rebellion story - on paper, at least… But this is a musical concept, where pieces join to form a narrative in which things get weird”: Why The Who’s Quadrophenia is a prog epic

Triumphant sixth album may be nostalgia for a previous decade, but it stands with the work of other bands who helped make 1973 the genre’s most vintage year

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“I shrugged off advice and instead went headlong into experimenting with different musical ideas. Not my best ever move”: Greg Lake’s faltering reboot after ELP split

He later described his disappointing debut solo album as “actually about who I’m not, rather than who I am”

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I got shot down many times: ‘Oh, it’s pop. Oh, it’s bubblegum… the logo is ugly and we don’t hear a single!’” How John Wetton and Asia dialled up their debut album

The fleeting moment when a prog supergroup hijacked the US pop charts, becoming 1982's band of the summer

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“Some guy who obviously didn’t recognise me said, ‘You just ruined a classic song.’ But another chap replied, ‘He’s allowed. He wrote the song!’”: Keith Emerson’s disastrous karaoke incident

The keyboard legend's jam-packed career saw interactions with a varied cast from the ‘strange’ Dario Argento to Motörhead’s Lemmy

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Q&A: Killer Mike talks grandmother's influence, comparing himself to Wolverine, new album 'Michael'

It might have taken Killer Mike a decade to offer a solo music project, but the rapper hailing from Atlanta has certainly kept his voice active

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A beginner's guide to progressive rock in five essential albums

50 years on from its arrival, arguments still rage about what exactly constitutes progressive rock - but there's no quibbling about these five essential albums, surely?

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"The Nice and ELP are, for me, where things went too far. Very good musicians don’t interest me. Proficiency blocks you off from real adventure": John Foxx on prog, punk and the problems of being a pioneer

For 50 years, John Foxx has been making genuinely progressive music that defies categorisation. "My plan was always to make every record different from the last,” he says.

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Carl Palmer sends fans message after heart surgery

Carl Palmer's Return of Emerson, Lake & Palmer 2023 Summer tour kicks off in the US in July

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Carl Palmer announces Return Of ELP US live dates for July

Carl Palmer resurrects prog supergroup Emerson, Lake and Palmer with modern technology for US live dates

The Guardian - UK

Landscape restoration projects across Europe boosted by $26m awards

The efforts, including restoring grassland in the Georgian steppe, will work in cooperation with local communities to repair biodiversity hotspots

The Walrus

What I Learned as a Teenage Hip Hop Critic for Pitchfork

At seventeen, I spread the gospel of underground rap to a wider audience. But BIPOC music journalists are no longer afforded opportunities like mine

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