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“Steve Lukather’s guitar collided with a mic stand. He banked the guitar against it and made it a feature of the song. I don’t even understand!” Toto’s Dennis Atlas and his star-studded solo album

Listen to Principle and you’ll hear Bumblefoot, David Paich, Marco Minneman and others, plus Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman and Jordan Rudess influences

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“It was amazing to hear keyboards with that kind of power. He really changed my life”: Jordan Rudess would have been a classical pianist if he hadn’t discovered this prog icon

Dream Theater genius’ musical world includes Steven Wilson, Van der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant, Leprous, Rick Rubin and Neil Young

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“It’s the moment the cracks appeared and their decline into preposterousness began. It sinks under the weight of its own self-importance”: What members of Marillion, Dream Theater, Asia and more think of Yes’ Tales From Topographic Oceans

It was the double-album that split critics, fans and the line-up who recorded it. We asked a range of prog stars for their thoughts on the 1973 release

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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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"It's a stupendously powerful tool": 10 of the best sampler plugins in 2025

From full-featured behemoths and retro emulations to MPC-style beatmakers and must-have freebies, we round up 10 software samplers that make sampling fun, fast and intuitive

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Vikram Shankar’s Five Favorite Instrumental Prog Albums

The keyboard player with instrumental US prog rock trio Lux Terminus, who recently released second album, Cinder, picks his best of instrumental prog

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“The whole prog movement is about fairies and elves and we’re proud of that. But there are no fairies and elves on this album”: How prog metal icons Dream Theater went full nerd-mode with epic concept album The Astonishing

There’s big, and then there’s Dream Theater’s 2016 prog metal blow-out The Astonishing

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“I went from being James LaBrie’s biggest critic to being his biggest cheerleader. I want him to succeed more than anybody”: Now Mike Portnoy is back in Dream Theater, he only wishes it had happened sooner

Co-founding drummer discusses how easy 16th album Parasomnia came together, his sadness when he thought a reunion might not happen, and how he’s not quite the control freak some people think he is

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“The first thing I said to Jordan Rudess was, ’You’ve got a pretty sick guitar player in your band. What are you asking me for?’” How Spiro Dussias became shred’s next great hope – and ended up giving Dream Theater guitar lessons

One of 2024’s standout metal guitarists on what it’s like to be compared to Tosin Abasi, why nothing compares to his ESP Horizon, and how amp modeling is about to get crazy

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“There are many things I like to express musically that aren’t related to Dream Theater. It’s important that I can find my voice”: Jordan Rudess hopes the band he gathered for Permission to Fly becomes a permanent part of his world

Keyboard master – who took the plunge and played guitar on his new solo album – on his decision to lay aside some of the crazy and create a song-based work

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“It worries the hell out of me. We’ve been outcasts for our whole career. If what we do becomes some sort of trend, will we die with it?”: How Dream Theater became the kings of progressive metal – and stayed there

In 2009, Dream Theater released Black Clouds & Silver Linings – an album the prog metal giants claimed could give Slipknot and Trivium a run for its money in heaviness

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“A new model as limitless as the artist with whom it was created”: Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess has a new signature guitar – and it’s a stunning Sustainiac-loaded Strandberg

The Boden JR Sorcerer is a limited edition release, loaded with signature Strandberg flourishes, a Sustainiac humbucker, and inlays designed by Mr. Fastfinger

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“We knew not everybody would like The Astonishing – we’re not blind and we’re not stupid – but we did it anyway. After a long career we reserve the right to do that”: Jordan Rudess’ life and times with Dream Theater

He started out in a college so strict that he couldn’t understand prog when he first heard it. But the composer, educator and tech fan, has made the most of opportunities that came his way

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“The only way of getting back on track was to regain control of just about every facet of the band”: When Mike Portnoy quit Dream Theater for the first time, the shakeup led to epic double-album Metropolis Pt. 2

1999 modern prog masterpiece – their first record with Jordan Rudess – came after the dismissal of Derek Sherinian, the demise of internal “fake democracy” and fights with their label and the media

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Kate Bush graces the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Plus Tony Banks, John Lees Barclay James Harvest, Opeth, Phil Manzanera, Frost*, Von Hertzen Brothers, Stuckfish, Haze and more

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"I look at all the stuff going on with AI in music and I think it’s really, really cool": Jordan Rudess reckons AI is just misunderstood

The Dream Theater keyboard whizz and passionate futurist just sided with AI in the ongoing AI vs music debate

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AI filmmaking is "making the creative process so much smoother," says the director of the new Jordan Rudess music video

Cyebever is paving the way enables artists to 3D models from simple sketches

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“It works because of the unlikely mix of people involved – and he takes a similarly maverick approach to its songs”: Jordan Rudess’ Permission To Fly

Dream Theater keyboardist hired former Enid singer Joe Payne and a cosmetic dentist to perform material around lyrics by his daughter

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“I'm often working in fractions of a millimeter in dentistry – and with guitar, too, even the slightest movements can make all the difference”: How shredding dentist Steve Dadaian landed his dream collaboration with Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess

Steve Dadaian has loved Dream Theater since junior high. So when he had the opportunity to shred with the band’s keyboard wizard, he jumped at the chance to flex his chops

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“Delivering a cerebral, skilful and inventive blend of prog and metal, they’ve remained proudly on the periphery of fashion”: The best Dream Theater songs featuring Mike Portnoy (to date)

In anticipation of the drummer’s appearance on their 16th album, we present a list that many thought would never be added to

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“Give me a break. Of course we’ve got frickin’ soul”: Dream Theater vs the haters

In 2013, Dream Theater released their eponymous 12th album – but not everyone was onboard with their “soulless”prog metal

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Great new prog music you need to hear from Tim Bowness, Jordan Rudess, Oceans Of Slumber in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Cool new proggy sounds from Jinjer, Susanna, Kingcrow and more...

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Jordan Rudess details new solo album Permission To Fly

Dream Theater keyboard player Jordan Rudess will release his new solo album Permission To Fly in September

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"Everybody’s worried and everybody’s scared... I love it, man. I’m, like, bring it on": Nuno Bettencourt on why he’s not afraid of AI, as Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess says it "made me a better player"

Nuno Bettencourt and Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess on the challenges of AI

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