It seems like in the 1990s, many prog rock artists have been recording sequels to their classic albums that were released in the 1970s. For example, Mike Oldfield giving us Tubular Bells in 1973, and then in 1992 giving us Tubular Bells II and in 1998 giving us Tubular Bells III. Rick Wakeman gave us […] Continue reading →

Now, it might seem strange to review a documentary on UFOs on a site like this, but this 1978 documentary UFO Journals deserves special mention. First, and foremost, the narrator. He has that tone of voice where it’s just so hilarious that it’s hard to believe anything that comes out of his mouth. The subjects […] Continue reading →

Too often you go to the supermarket and you see the usual on the shelves: shitty trendy magazines with anorexic supermodels with every other page advertising for Toyota, Ford, Maybelline, Loréal, cereal, and useless trendy clothing. These magazines, of course, are a real sad example of the worst Corporate America has to offer. One magazine […] Continue reading →

Porcupine Tree was basically a project lead by Steven Wilson. Their earliest albums was recorded all by Wilson himself, but once he decided to tour, he assembled a real band. Like the Ozric Tentacles, Porcupine Tree got started by releasing privately-issued cassettes. Those cassettes were Tarquin’s Seaweed Farm (1989) and The Nostalgia Factory (1991). Their […] Continue reading →

After experimenting with a couple of big band jazz fusion albums in 1972 with Waka Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo, Zappa decided to record an album of more standard rock songs, but with Zappa’s usual eccentric lyrics. Zappa decided to resurrect the Mothers, but by this time, the Mothers only existed by name only (he […] Continue reading →

I generally don’t consider myself a fan of Kraftwerk, at least not the electronic pop albums they released from the mid 1970s to the 1980s. I admit they were largely influencial, for good or for bad, the electronic pop and new wave of the early 1980s (you wouldn’t have the likes of Gary Numan, Human […] Continue reading →

Le Orme is regarded as one of the greats of Italian prog. They initially started as a psychedelic pop group and released Ad Gloriam in 1969 (I have also reviewed that album right here on Hippyland). They quicky figured that psychedelic pop was no longer where it’s at, so they changed labels to Philips, and […] Continue reading →

It’s strange indeed to think that Mexico is actually a hotbead of prog rock, but it’s true! I could hardly believe it, in a land of mariachi bands, it’s nice to see some musicians down there more hip to the music of Yes, ELP, Genesis, and the Italian prog scene. Several Mexican prog bands I’m […] Continue reading →

I, never in my wildest dreams, ever thought Mexico was a hotbead of prog rock, until I found out through a certain prog rock mail-order catalog. Turns out that country had quite a few such bands, particularly in the 1980s, in an era where the old 1970s prog bands in Europe had either ceased to […] Continue reading →

It was only going to be a matter of time before a book dedicated exclusively to progressive rock would hit the market, and this book from Edward Macan was one of them. It’s easy to forget just how popular prog rock was back in the early 1970s, because of all the musical fads that would […] Continue reading →