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We Can’t Rewind, We’ve Gone Too Far: The Buggles’ The Age of Plastic at 40

January 17, 2020January 18, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1980, Geoff Downes, Island Records, MTV, The Age of Plastic, The Buggles, Trevor Horn, Video Killed The Radio Star

The album that featured the song that launched MTV as we once knew it was actually prog in disguise

New Wave Progressive Rock

The Ripples of Rush’s Permanent Waves Still Being Felt

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 12/10/76, 1980, 40th Anniversary, Alex Lifeson, Freewill, Geddy Lee, Modern Drummer magazine, Neil Peart, Permanent Waves, Rush, Rush Capitol Theatre, The Spirit of Radio

40 years on and in the wake of Neil Peart’s unexpected passing, we look back on the Canadian power trio’s first foray into New Wave

Progressive Rock Remembrance Rock

A Few More Words About Neil Peart

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alex Lifeson, Fear of a Black Planet, Geddy Lee, Hold Your Fire, Limelight, LL Cool J, Mama Said Knock You Out, Neil Peart, Peter Dinklage, Presto, Primus, Public Enemy, RIP, Roll The Bones, Rush, Tom Sawyer, Vinnie Vincent, Vinnie Vincent Invasion

One fan’s reflection on the impact of Rush on the teenaged soul

Progressive Rock Remembrance

BREAKING: Neil Peart of Rush Dead at 67

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 Ron Hart 2 Comments Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart, RIP, Rush

The Canadian drummer who redefined the parameters of rock percussion succumbed to brain cancer

Experimental Music Journalism Pop Progressive Rock Psychedelics

No Good Trying: Syd Barrett’s The Madcap Laughs at 50

January 7, 2020January 7, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1970, 50th, 50th anniversary, David Gilmour, EMI, Harvest Records, Jokers Wild, Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett

Rock & Roll Globe contributor Bill Kopp shares an excerpt from his acclaimed book Reinventing Pink Floyd

Pop Progressive Rock

Shot in the Dark: Utopia’s Adventures in Utopia at 40

January 2, 2020January 19, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1979, Adventures in Utopia, Hunt Sales, Set Me Free, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Tony Sales

Todd Rundgren closed out the 1970s with his prog band’s most pop friendly affair

Pop Progressive Rock Rock

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: Eight Notable Features of Pink Floyd’s The Later Years

December 26, 2019December 27, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Reissues, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, The Later Years

Exploring the catacombs of this overdue sonic monument to the post Roger Waters era

Heavy Metal Progressive Rock

Dream Theater: The Path That Unites

December 13, 2019December 13, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Distance Over Time, Dream Theater, Inside Out, John Petrucci, Jordan Ruddess, Mike Portnoy, Wired for Madness

An exclusive chat with keyboardist Jordan Rudess from the road

Experimental Hardcore Metal! Progressive Rock

Greater Colorful Complexity: Between the Buried and Me’s The Great Misdirect Turns 10

December 3, 2019December 2, 2019 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 2009, Between the Buried and Me, The Great Misdirect, The Parallax II: Future Sequence, Victory Records

A look back at a loud rock classic that stood at the crossroads of death metal and prog

New Wave Progressive Rock Psychedelics

Is There Anybody Out There?: Pink Floyd’s The Wall at 40

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 Katharine Coldiron 1 Comment 1979, 40th Anniversary, Alan Parker, David Gilmour, Gerald Scarfe, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd -- The Wall, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, The Wall

Just how much does Roger Waters’ hallucinogenic post-war opus reflect on these modern times?

Blues Electronics Pop Progressive Rock Rock

ALBUMS: Steve Miller Cracks Open His Vault

October 22, 2019October 24, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Abracadabra, alternate version of Fly Like an Eagle, alternate version of Rock 'n Me, Chuck Berry, Fly Like An Eagle, James Cotton, Live at the Fillmore, rarities, Rock'n Me, Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band, Steve Miller box set, Steve Miller Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, The Joker, Welcome to the Vault

A look inside the American rock legend’s rarities-packed new box set

Progressive Rock

They Got the Power, Got the Glory: Gentle Giant in 1974

October 19, 2019October 24, 2019 Jordan Blum 2 Comments 1974, Cogs in Cogs, Derek Shulman, Gentle Giant, Gentle Giant live on German TV, Minimoog, mirimba, Phil Shulman, Ray Shulman, Shulman Brothers, The Power and The Glory, Vertigo Records

How the Shulman Brothers foresaw our modern times on their classic sixth LP

Alternative Rock Funk Hard Rock Heavy Metal Hip Hop New Wave Progressive Rock Punk Rock Soul

NEWS: 2020 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Announced

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2020, Chaka Khan, Dave Matthews Band, Depeche Mode, Jann Wenner, John Sykes, Judas Priest, Kraftwerk, MC5, Motörhead, Nine Inch Nails, Notorious B.I.G., Pat Benatar, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rufus, Soundgarden, T.Rex, the Doobie Brothers, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Whitney Houston

Whitney, Biggie, T.Rex, Pat Benatar, Kraftwerk, Nine Inch Nails and Thin Lizzy among those included on this year’s list of potential inductees

Progressive Rock

Patrick Moraz and the Poetry of Creation

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Mini-Moog, Minimoog, Moody Blues, Moog Synthesizer, Moogseum, Patrick Moraz, Random Kingdom, Refugee, Robert Moog, The Story of I, Yes

The Swiss keyboard visionary Patrick Moraz reflects on his career in this exclusive chat with the RNR Globe

Progressive Rock

Red State: Celebrating 50 Years of King Crimson

October 1, 2019October 3, 2019 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 21st Century Schizoid Man, 50th anniversary, 50th Anniversary tour, Baby's On Fire, Bill Rieflin, Boch Wang Center, Brian Eno, Cat Food, Frippertronics, In the Court of the Crimson King, Jakko Jakszyk], King Crimson, King Crimson's Cat Food, Mel Collins, Prog Rock, Robert Fripp, Robert Fripp Exposure, Tony Levin

RNR Globe exclusive with bassist Tony Levin on his role in some of the band’s best lineups, including thus latest incarnation currently on tour

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