Peter gabriel 3, aka ‘melt’

“Mark said, ‘We can’t use this, people will think we’re a Christian rock band!”

Thirty years ago, Marillion released their final album on EMI, their first not to reach the UK Top 10. Afraid Of Sunlight has since been hailed as one of the band’s greatest recordings, but tragedy lay at its heart, even though it kickstarted their career as one of the most successful independent groups. The band recall the challenging times that threatened their career and, at times, their sanity.

With Gentle Giant’s legendary Playing The Fool receiving a remix, the band’s Gary Green reminisces about playing during prog’s golden age

“It’s Noel on his own because the rest of them weren’t there. I was taken over to Amsterdam to meet them and we flew over on the Friday morning with a PR. We got to the hotel and I said, ‘Where are th

November 1989: inside a Manchester warehouse, guitarist John Squire is busy pouring cans of paint over himself and the rest of his band, The Stone Roses. Suddenly, he stops. “We’ve been stitched up he

The instrument that featured on the cover of Dire Straits’ Brothers In Arms is still very much in use.