California dreaming

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.

ALL’S BEEN QUIET for several years on Jake E. Lee’s proverbial Western Front. The guitarist has taken extended breaks before, like the one after the demise of his beloved Badlands in 1993. Still, afte

A new album in Private Music and a whole new generation of fans who find their music sexy? Deftones are having a major resurgence – and Chino Moreno is as surprised as anybody

“OOH-WAH-AH-AH-AH-AH!” SHOUTED DISTURBED singer David Draiman in the intro of his band’s signature tune, “Down with the Sickness,” back in 2000. Weird though it sounded at the time, millennial headban

PARADISE LOST

Swedish proggers Gaupa have gone from five members to four, but it isn’t holding them back. With new mini-album Fyr the group have started afresh – and as guitarist David Rosberg and bassist Erik Sävström tell Prog , change isn’t always a bad thing.