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DARK SECRETS: Prog - The Real Truth

The Wakemans, uncensored, grace the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Hackett & Rothery, Gentle Giant, Haken, Lonely Robot, Ozric Tentacles, Irmin Schmidt, Long Earth, North Sea Echoes, Tom Penaguin and more...

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Rush ascend to prog rock nirvana on the superhuman but radio-ready Moving Pictures. "The crowning achievement in one of the greatest consecutive album runs in music history"

Bridging the gap between 70s Rush and 80s Rush, Moving Pictures remains a benchmark release

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“We were on tour when my wife died. I flew back, arranged the funeral, did the wake, and continued with the tour. I ended up on the same psychoactive drugs as she did”: Tears For Fears’ Roland Orzabal and his songs of pain

The 80s prog-pop duo’s main songwriter had a lot to say via their first album in 17 years

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“That‘s what I sang when I opened my mouth that day. It’s like verbal jazz”: How Phil Collins turned a moment of improvisation into the massive hit single that launched his solo career

Collins reflects on his life, career and near death experiences in the brand new issue of Prog magazine

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Phil Collins opens up about the chances of releasing new music: “There are some things I could finish. And other things which are finished”

The former Genesis man and solo superstar hasn’t released a new album in 16 years

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“Robert Plant sat at the back. You could see his brain ticking away, thinking, ‘I should do this.’ That’s what I like”: What drives the prog veteran who’s been compared to God?

With 100 albums to his name, prime mover of folk rock Ashley Hutchings has never run out of creative goals.

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“Managed to avoid dying, so that was a good start”: Gofundme launched for beloved Metal Hammer, Classic Rock and Prog writer Dom Lawson following heart attack at Bloodstock festival

The decorated heavy metal journalist and author is recovering in hospital – support him here

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“Drugs at our age? You don’t have to take them forever. Once you’ve opened the doors of perception you can see what’s going on; you’ve got the ideas”: Dave Brock on Hawkwind’s late-period purple patch

Space rock veteran is happier then ever – and he even saw the upside of a recent hospital stay

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“We got lost in the dark. My wife said, ‘This is a turnaround situation.’ Rather than helping with the predicament I sang, ‘Turnaround situation lately,’ and there it was!”: Yes and the endless inspiration that led to Aurora

The prog veterans’ third album in five years marks the end of one story. But as Steve Howe and Jon Davison explain, they’re not planning to close the book – and they don’t mind if some fans hate where it’s taking them

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“Surely it’s the greatest psychedelic rock song ever recorded… It makes the whole God thing seem plausible!” Kavus Torabi’s Guide To Cardiacs

Guitarist recalls his first stint in the late Tim Smith’s band via five of their songs chosen by Prog

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“I was struggling at home and struggling on tour. I’ve had a real problem with alcohol again”: Inspired by a Neil Peart quote, Napalm Death’s Shane Embury embraced his prog tendencies to search his soul

The bassist’s desire to “jump into the unknown” inspired Bridge To Revolution, his most progressive album yet, as the Rush fanatic continues work on his Cardiacs-inspired project

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“If he felt the bass parts while he was singing, it could only be a matter of time before it crept down from his head into his fingers”: How Boz Burrell saved King Crimson when Robert Fripp had lost hope

If someone hadn’t left a bass behind in the band’s rehearsal room, leading to a change of role for their newly-hired singer, their career might well have ended before 1971’s Islands

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Get an exclusive t-shirt and signed lyric sheet with Prog's great new Anchoress bundle

Prog's new Anchoress bundle features a great As We Once Were t-shirt, exclusive to Prog readers, and a signed lyric sheet. Get yours here...

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We explore the enigma of the Alan Parsons Project on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Phil Collins, Supertramp, Popol Vuh, The Anchoress, Dave Greenslade, Dee Palmer, Phideaux, Sleeping Pulse, Plini, Jarboe, Ian Neal, Prince Of Failure and more...

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"The band that knocked me over was the Mahavishnu Orchestra." Prog takes a look inside Bill Oddie's Record Collection

From being wowed by US fusion instrumentalists to being honoured on a Soft Machine album, Bill Oddie's record collection tells some tales...

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Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson names the legendary punk singer who asked him for an autograph: “It’s not for me, it’s for my mother”

Not one but two punk icons outed themselves to Ian Anderson as secret Jethro Tull fans

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Rick Wakeman shares trailer for his new prog album, Return To The Red Planet

Rick Wakeman will release his latest album, Return To The Red Planet, in October

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“I remain proud to have worked with a special talent. I’ll even miss the ‘downs,’ but mostly remember the ‘ups’”: Strawbs mastermind Dave Cousins remembered

A six-decade career full of kindness – and occasional volatility – came to an end when the folk-tinged prog icon died aged 85 in 2025

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“I discovered our album by chance when a pub landlord showed me his copy”: They brought steampunk to prog, connected to The Stones and The Who, and didn’t know their only record had been released until 32 years later

In 1970 Bram Stoker looked like the next big thing in prog. Guitarist Pete Ballam explained why it didn’t work out for them.

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Awesome new prog from Asia, Teiger, Aisles and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Top roggy sounds you must hear from Crumbling Ghost, Fallen Letters, Gardenhead, Winter In Eden and more in our all-new Tracks Of The Week

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“A progressive rock band in 2026 is a living anachronism. Our career has blossomed when we’ve gotten weirder and weirder”: Crown Lands aim to harness Rush, Yes and geek power to fight radicalisation

Star Wars, Star Trek and Lord Of The Rings are among the epic inspirations behind latest album Apocalypse, which offers hope to those feeling end-of-days dread

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Cool new prog from Haken, Stick Men, Happy The Man, Enslaved and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Great new prog you must hear from Susanna, Playgrounded, REZN and more in our all new Tracks Of The Week

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“When you can’t articulate your discontent in a sitdown environment, you’re left with only the sh*tting option”: Devin Townsend explains why he pooed in Steve Vai’s guitar case

The prog metal polymath sang in the guitar maestro’s solo band in the early 1990s

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“They say it all went wrong when I started singing. But really, we all changed. It was a metamorphosis. I think we got better”: Genesis’ evolutionary A Trick Of The Tail, track by track

50 years ago, as Phil Collins took over from Peter Gabriel, the always-divisive band had fans to appease and debts to pay. This is how they did it

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Hot proggy sounds from The Pineapple Thief, Prince Of Failure, Maya Ongaku, Raphael Weinroth-Browne and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

Ace new prog you must hear from Changing Places In The Fire, Source, Datura Lodge and more in all new Tracks Of The Week

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