Prog 21 takes readers on a trip into the progressive underground scene that grew up in the Ladbroke Grove area of London in the late 60s and continues to this day. Dave Brock, Lemmy, Nik Tuner, Doug Smith, Michael Moorcock and Stacia all contribute as we look at how the scene spread from the ‘Wind through bands like The Pink Fairies, Here & Now and Ozric Tentacles in today’s music scene.

Elsewhere there are brand new interviews with Peter Hammill, Can discussing the 40^th Anniversary of their legendary Tago Mago album, Arena, Nightwish, Cynic, The Devil’s Blood, The Pineapple Thief, Haken, Dec Burke, The Resonance Association, Tim Bowness and features a free CD featuring Opeth, Touchstone, Haken, White Willow, Airbag, Matt Stevens and many more.

Prog 21 is available from all good newsagents, or from here.

The digital version for iPad is available at  http://goo.gl/TLY22 (UK) or  http://goo.gl/RMw3s (US).

Williamson’s work has adorned album sleeves by Marillion, Fish, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Europe, to name but a few.

…And Marillion themselves feature on the front cover of the wallet of the new issue too.

There’s an overall arty feel to the latest issue, with Marillion, Muse, Jethro Tull and Curved Air among the bands discussing the ways in which ‘prog art’ has changed over the years.

Of course, such an issue couldn’t be discussed without input from Roger Dean and Storm Thorgerson.

And we unveil the winner of our art competition, the winner of which finds their work adorning the cover of this issue’s free CD.

We also unveil the winners of the 2009 Readers’ Poll, there’s the Critics’ Choice Albums Of the Year – and there are exclusive interviews with Todd Rundgren, Transatlantic, The Pineapple Thief, Big Big Train, Magenta, Karnivool, Ex Libras and Yak, as well as the final ever interview with the late Eric Woolfson of the Alan Parsons Project.

The new issue also carries all the details you’ll need to know about subscribing to Classic Rock Presents Prog.

Issue six of Classic Rock Presents Prog is on sale from Wednesday, January 25.

You can join Editor Jerry Ewing and writer Philip Wilding on TotalRock (www.totalrock.com) tomorrow between 12 noon and 3pm GMT, discussing the magazine and playing three hours of quality progressive rock.

Marillion feature on the front cover of the wallet of the new issue of Prog.

Inside the wallet: feast your eyes on Mark Wilkinson’s exclusive cover.

Started in 1999 by guitarist/vocalist Bruce Soord, this was initially just a solo project. But the response to the band’s modern progressive and melodic approach (often compared to Sigur Ros and Radiohead) over three albums (for Cyclops Records) led to Soord bringing in a full band, featuring Jon Sykes (bass), Wayne Higgins (guitars), Matt O’Leary (keyboards) and Keith Harrison (drums).

During the next couple of years, the band’s stock continued to rise, with the release of 10 Stories Down (2005) and Little Man (2006). During this period, both O’Leary and Higgins left, with Steve Kitch taking over from the former. And, after one more album for Cyclops (2007’s What We Have Sown), the Thief stole a march on many of their rivals by signing to Kscope.

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