Children of the stones

SEEMINGLY OUT OF nowhere, the Darkness swooped out of Suffolk, England, and onto the international music scene in 2003 with their high-voltage debut, Permission to Land. At a time when hipster bands i

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

Cradle Of Filth’s corpsepainted frontman on his skate punk roots, exploding basketballs, and 11th-century ghosts

With 28 albums’ worth of songs to choose from, “hopefully there will be some surprises”.

In 1976, Gentle Giant released their only official live album, Playing The Fool – The Official Live. Nearly 50 years later, it’s been reimagined in an immersive experience that reproduces the entire concert as if the listener is in the audience. Derek Shulman, Gary Green, Kerry Minnear and John Weathers give Prog the lowdown and reflect on the original’s legacy.