Progressive-Rock News

Genesis started life as a progressive rock band, in the manner of Yes and King Crimson, before a series of membership changes brought about a transformation in their sound, into one of the most successful pop/rock bands of the 1980s and 1990s.

Sunday, 8 November 2009, 10:53 am Press Release: Stargate Date: Saturday 7th November 2009 Well known drug policy activist and rock musician Matt Bowden said that Associate Minister of Health Peter Dunne's announcement to schedule natural energy pill ingredient DMAA as a Restricted Substance under the Misuse of Drugs Act  was "welcome news." ...

In 1975, the departure of lead singer and front man Peter Gabriel left progressive rockers Genesis with an urgent problem - " either find a suitable replacement or call it a day.

Brian Eno once said that only 100 people bought Velvet Underground records when they were first released, but those hundred people all went out and formed their own bands.

Some Local Election Thoughts - I really disagree that Flaherty could not have done more.

The ultimate concert venue for a prog-rock classic. As legend has it, when Rick Wakeman first released The Six Wives of Henry VIII in 1973, he made a special request to do a performance of the album at Hampton Court.

View photos from HARD Haunted Mansion in our Friday night and Saturday night slideshows .

Singer Jay Black is 71. Actress Stefanie Powers is 67. Keyboardist Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer is 65.

Halloween is less than a week away, but it came early today at the Great Lakes Aquarium.

Actress Marion Ross is 81. Singer Jon Anderson of Yes is 65. Actor Brian Kerwin is 60.

Music has been a part of people's lives since the time civilization began; it's a part of most every culture.

Dee Anthony, who began a 40-year music-managing career representing neighborhood friend Jerry Vale in the 1950s and later worked for Tony Bennett, Peter Frampton and other popular artists, died Sunday.

"Bowie: A Biography" by Marc Spitz. David Bowie knows what he's singing about when he performs "Changes." After making a big splash in the early 1970s as Ziggy Stardust, he went on to become the Thin White Duke, an artsy Berlin angst rocker, the "straight" Bowie of "Let's Dance" and more recently the distinguished rock elder who goes to fashion ...

Tzadik label chief John Zorn has never lost his passion for hard-core music. Although his band Naked City is no more, he continues to promote artists who, to quote Allen Ginsberg, are "destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix." The band AhleuchatistasA certainly ...

'70s PROG ROCK KINGS RE-RELEASE CATALOG IN NOVEMBER On November 3rd 2009 Gentle Giant will be digitally releasing seven of their best-known albums and tracks in digital form for the very first time via their own Alucard label through EMI Music's Label Services unit.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada-based hard rockers PRIESTESS have signed a deal with New York City's Tee Pee Records for the release of the band's sophomore album, "Prior to the Fire" . Recorded in Los Angeles with producer David Schiffman , "Prior to the Fire" underlines PRIESTESS ' hard-hitting songwriting, memorable hooks and earth-shaking ability to ...

I'm beginning to wonder if Opeth are cursed. Over the past few years, bad things tend to happen when the Swedish deathprog metal makers hit the road.

Members of The Mars Volta Tour Together in Zechs Marquise and Free Moral Agents This November Considering how The Mars Volta 's songs are so complexly intertwined, it would only make sense that the band's ever-expanding family of related projects are bound together as well.

When the Mars Volta put out its latest album, "The Bedlam in Goliath," in January, the act gave its hardcore fans an option that is becoming increasingly popular -- and creative.

Theresa and Marcus Curtis have skeletons in their closet - literally. The Curtises begin decorating their 1885 home for Halloween, inside and out, by Oct.