“The label boss said: ‘I don’t know how much longer I can fund records like this.’ We realised it was the last bastion of prog as we knew it”: What really changed in the year of punk? Rick Wakeman and JJ Burnel were there https://t.co/fiXqc4gIRy
“We were going to form a group at the time of the Beck’s Bolero sessions”: Jeff Beck was going to be part of the original Led Zeppelin, according to Jimmy Page https://t.co/n0JHzjIQqv
“It just seemed really distasteful. Eric had been a friend of mine, and I couldn’t possibly have been a party to that”: Why Jimmy Page turned down multiple offers to join the Yardbirds – and why he relented https://t.co/PVymCeH87k
“Yes were supposed to tour but I had to say, ‘Sorry, I’m not finished.’ They wanted to make money, so it did not go down well. But I was mentally wrecked”: Why Jon Anderson drove himself mad making Olias Of Sunhillow https://t.co/NKbYpMBOup
“The fans understood I was the price they had to pay to hear the band they loved, so they put up with me. It’s not like you’re joining the Sex Pistols”: Trevor Horn on fronting Yes – and how it later made 90125 possible https://t.co/Ch8Wug2MG1
“Kraftwerk barricaded themselves in the dressing room. Our reviews were great and theirs weren’t, so we were asked to leave the tour”: Prog paradigm-changers Greenslade were warned two keyboardists and no guitarist would fail. They didn’t listen https://t.co/EaCiyzGdoY
“We carried the mantle of The Beatles, but we didn’t have a George Martin to keep us in check. Our amazingly different ideas sadly tore us apart”: Why 10cc’s original line-up couldn’t last https://t.co/jTskV7uvu3
“We had a good run and did some great things. That wasn’t one of them”: Abandoned songs, a broken foot and footballer-size egos destroyed a Yes album https://t.co/KFgkLJ7MSV
“I said, 'Dad, what you did with The Beatles was kind of amazing, wasn’t it?’ He looked at me and said, ‘Not as amazing as Brian Wilson’”: Giles Martin on the overwhelming talent of Brian Wilson https://t.co/JjnwLhr5WD