Basic instinct

After the success of their Space Ritual tour, Hawkwind were keen to explore new possibilities for their music. The result was the eclectic but much-loved Hall Of The Mountain Grill , now released as a nine-disc box set including three live shows from 1974. Prog looks back on the making of a classic.

The curious tale of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway on tour

The grand parade of lifeless packaging? Far from it, as this much-delayed blockbuster reissue of one of prog’s most fascinating and frustrating albums finally proves.

Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue: Roy Harper . Since the mid-60s, the progressive folk singer-songwriter has enjoyed a successful solo career that’s also found him collaborating with everyone from Pink Floyd and Peter Gabriel to Kate Bush and Ian Anderson. But he’s never quite reached the commercial heights of his peers. As his Final Tour: Part Two fast approaches, he looks back over highlights from his career so far and teases a brand-new album.

‘L et’s go chasing rainbows in the sky…” By the mid-1980s, Freddie Mercury had cemented himself as an international rock icon. With 11 studio albums under his studded belt as part of Queen, the flambo

We had to be in a hurry, before some other fucker got there first.” Right there in Gary Kemp’s statement is the ethos for why Spandau Ballet were the first group to help define the 80s, becoming the h