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"The guys from the record company were jumping up and down and screaming": The beer-soaked, chart-topping anthem that saved a career and became an all-time classic

It was also the beginning of the end

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“It’s heraldic. It’s funny. It’s virtuoso and also really stupid! I wouldn’t change a note”: Simple ideas and happy accidents propelled a Dutch band’s second album to the pinnacle of prog. And yodelling.

Master craftsmen’s 1971 release was a unique fusion of ingenuity, passion and febrile chemistry – plus some tension – and they never looked back

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“There was a small fish that was aggressively following me and poking me… it freaked me out”: the high-school scuba trip that inspired an all-time alt-rock anthem

A pesky little creature at the bottom of the ocean prompted this singer and guitarist to lose his mind

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“It was just a song that fitted the story. I didn’t choose the singer. Luck was on my side”: A science-fiction concept album has enjoyed nearly 50 years of popularity with help from a song written for a Lego advert

1978 single was the only one of four to enter the top 10, featuring the magic of one of prog’s most distinctive voices

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"A bond exists now and forevermore among Hard-Ons and their fans": Australian punk legends launch vinyl record containing their actual blood

The album is packaged with a deluxe edition box set of the Hard-Ons' award-winning documentary The Most Australian Band Ever!

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"Fear is what motivates ignorant people to put words in my mouth": Carlos Santana refutes viral hoax claiming he opposed Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show

The AI-generated news reports were widely shared on Facebook

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Glenn Hughes announces 2026 US tour

Well-travelled bassist and singer Glenn Hughes begins the UK leg of his European tour this evening

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: October 13, 2025

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, Cheap Trick, Danko Jones and more

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Caligula's Horse share previously unreleased cover of The Beatles' Across The Universe as they announce Bloom tenth anniversary release

Australian prog rockers Caligula's Horse will release a tenth anniversary reissue of third album, Bloom, featuring unreleased songs and new artwork, in November

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“M***********, you stole my guitar sound!”: the classic Nirvana song that another major 90s artist says ripped him off

This grunge icon reckons Kurt Cobain & co.’s biggest hit smells less like Teen Spirit and more like they nicked his guitar sound

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Watch Billie Joe Armstrong join Dua Lipa onstage in San Francisco to duet on a Green Day classic

The Green Day frontman teamed up with the pop superstar for a cover of his band's 2004 ballad Wake Me Up When September Ends

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"When they heard it, everybody's eyebrows raised - and of course it changed everything": How divine inspiration and a last-minute song propelled a band to the brink of stardom

But every piece of good fortune has a downside

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"More relatable than Mötley Crüe or Ratt and hipper than Foreigner or Journey": Night Ranger's place in rock history settled by first album Dawn Patrol

Night Ranger hit the ground running with their platinum debut Dawn Patrol

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“We thought it would be hard to replace her, so we didn’t. There had always been changes and this was a big one, but our attitude was to soldier on”: The prog pioneers who evaded disaster and reinvented themselves in 1970

What happens when a band’s trademark vocalist leaves? In 1970, the answer for this band was to take the pain and rely on their other strengths

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Joan Jett and the Blackhearts drummer Thommy Price dead at 68

Thommy Price also worked with Blue Oyster Cult, Billy Idol, Debbie Harry, Roger Daltrey, Ronnie Wood and more

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"A significant song of hope!" In 2010, with Yes forging on without him, Jon Anderson teamed up with old pal Rick Wakeman for The Living Tree album

Prog's take on the 2010 The Living Tree album by Yes alumni Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman

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"I play these songs because my soul and heart are in there..." Former Focus guitarist Jan Akkerman will release a new live album in December

Jan Akkerman also announces live dates for the Netherlands in December and Norway in June

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“I attended a Rush show and met this thing called merchandising! My work was everywhere – on jackets, T-shirts, tattoos, Neil’s drum heads…” Hugh Syme was shocked when his 2112 art exploded. But it’s not the piece that most resonates with him

Award-winning Canadian on delicate negotiations with musicians, his pride in working on Neil Peart’s books, and why he’d like to paint if he ever gets time to stop painting

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“One of my favourite things about Robert Smith is his ability to really convey the sadness”: the eight best Robert Smith guest spots

The Cure leader is no stranger to a guest vocal, as this prime selection of his finest cameos proves

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“It feels like going back in time to relive our history”: No Doubt announce Las Vegas shows for 2026

Gwen Stefani & co. will be heading to the desert for a six-show run in May

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Moody Blues bassist and vocalist John Lodge dead at 82

John Lodge passed away "surrounded by his loved ones and the sounds of The Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly", say his family

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“I left my car with all the instruments in but I’d left the handbrake off and it rolled onto the motorway”: the tearaway Britpop teenagers whose knack of getting into trouble had Steven Spielberg on the phone wanting to make a TV show with them

Police arrests, car crashes and a very warped drumkit – the E.T. director foresaw some TV gold and wanted in

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“If you see him live, it’s insane! He’s just ripping his heart out in front of you”: King Crimson’s Jakko Jakszyk on his favourite prog vocalist – also loved by David Bowie, Johnny Rotten and the guy who did The Sooty Show

Known for a Marmite voice, personal songwriting and a powerful sense of drama, his influence runs deeper than most people realise

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"He's with that meth lab that he designed, his baby - the lyrics back that up and he is at peace with himself": The story of the minor seventies hit that soundtracked the bloody finale of Breaking Bad

The story of the song that accompanied Walter White's demise

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"Some Time In New York City is an album that suffers from being terrible": John & Yoko and the Plastic Ono Band compiled on Power To The People

A collection of live, studio and demo tracks and an almost-album from John Lennon’s political New York City years

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