Around Prog is a space reserved for editorials concerning the main progressive artists of the 70s, inside it can contain complete biographies, articles on specific topics, anecdotes and curiosities or particular events related to the genre and the period.[Around Prog #9] Le Orme
Le Orme are one of the main groups of Italian Progressive Rock and one of the best known also abroad. The first experiences took place in the 1960s, precisely in…
[Around Prog #14] Gong pt. II
THE CONSECRATION Between 1973 and 1974, with the contribution of the new guitarist Steve Hillage, they recorded the trilogy “Radio Gnome,” composed by “Flying Teapot,” “Angel’s Egg” and “You.” With…
[Around Prog #13] Gong pt. I
Gestation and Pre-Gong Daevid Allen, founder and leading member of Gong, was born in Melbourne, Australia on January 13, 1938. He moved to Canterbury in 1961 and met a very…
[Around Prog #12] Uriah Heep pt. II
The Post-Byron With the release of the two elements Wetton and Byron, it was necessary to find substitutes, in the role of bassist Trevor Bolder is inserted, while at the…
[Around Prog #11] Uriah Heep pt. I
It all began in 1967 when guitarist Mick Box, aged just 19, decided to form a band called ‘Hogwash‘ to play live in pubs and clubs in the Brentwood area,…
[Around Prog #7] Caravan
In 1964 Richard Sinclair, only 16 years old, together with the brothers Brian and Hugh Hopper, formed The Wilde Flowers, the pioneers of Canterbury sound. Over the following years, musicians…
[Around Prog #6] Procol Harum
Procol Harum was born from the ashes of Paramount, a Rhythm’n’Blues band from the 1960s, disbanded in 1966. The leader of that band was Gary Brooker and in 1967, after…
[Around Prog #4] Birth Control
Birth Control was formed in 1966 in Berlin, from the ashes of two other bands: The Earls and The Gents. The first line-up included: Bernd Koschmidder on Bass, Reinhold Sabotta…
[Around Prog #3] Renaissance
The English band was founded in 1969 by the dissolution of the Yardbirds, when Keith Relf and Jim Mccarthy formed the Together, an acoustic group that produced a single single…
[Around Prog #1] Atomic Rooster
After the split-up of the Psychedelic Rock band “The Crazy World of Arthur Brown” in 1969, Vincent Crane (Keyboards) and Carl Palmer (Drum) decided to found a new one. Crane…