An album’s artwork may be designed to show off a band and its music, but in some cases album cover designers have themselves attracted a
Tag: Prog Rock
Photo: Richard Bennett Zeff (Caravan), Gijsbert Hanekroot/Redferns (Kevin Ayers). Illustration: udiscovermusic At the end of the 60s, the quaint, historic city of Canterbury became the
Looking for a prog rock buying guide? Well, the progressive rock arena has its own ecosystem of landmark albums and artists. Inevitably, in such a
Banana Moon was the expedient result of a covert 1971 cross-Channel trip by the ultimate global citizen of the cosmos, Daevid Allen. Resident in France
It’s a wonder that Aphrodite’s Child’s 666 ever got made at all. The Greek group had made two albums in the 1960s before their country
Released on March 1, 1974, the debut Rush album set the Canadian three-piece off on one of rock music’s most long-lasting and successful recording careers.
Few kinds of music are more inherently visual than progressive rock. The music lends itself to elaborate flights of fantasy, which is why prog rock
Photos: Gems/Redferns (Bill Bruford), Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images (Carl Palmer), Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images (Neil Peart) The rock’n’roll cliché says that the drummer is always the wildest,