News of Prog [April 2012] - ProgressoR / Uzbekistan Progressive Rock Pages

Latest News:

‘Headlong Flight’, the first single from Rush’s 20th studio album “Clockwork Angels”, is one of the trio’s most hard-charging numbers in recent years. “‘Headlong Flight’ was one of those songs that was a joy to write and record from beginning to end,” says frontman Geddy Lee. “Alex Lifeson and I had blast jamming in my home studio one day before the second leg of the Time Machine tour, and I did not revisit that jam until a year later. Alex and I assembled the song to be an instrumental and its original title was ‘Take That Lampshade Off Yo Head’, but once we saw the lyrics Neil Peart had written, I knew that the spirit of the lyrics matched the instrumental perfectly and it was just a matter of making them fit and writing the melodies.”

Related Links:
Rush

[]

Robert Plant
(UK) / April 22, 2011

Latest News & Forthcoming Release:

Former Black Sabbath/Heaven & Hell/ Dio and current Kill Devil Hill drummer Vinny Appice says that it would be hard to turn down the opportunity to play with Black Sabbath again if he was asked to replace the band’s original drummer Bill Ward, who announced in February that he could not participate in the planned reunion of the band's founding lineup. Meanwhile Vinny’s band Kill Devil Hill, which, apart from Appice, features Rex Brown (Pantera, Down) on bass, Mark Zavon (Ratt, WASP) on guitar and Jason Bragg (Pissing Razors) on vocals, will release its debut album on May 22 via SPV/Steamhammer. "I always dreamed I would have my own band”, says Appice.

Related Links:
Vinny Appice

[]

Peter Hammill
(UK) / April 22, 2011

New release:

On 16th April 2012 was released Peter Hammill‘s new solo album, “Consequences”. This is Hammill’s thirtieth solo studio album of original songs and includes ten new pieces. The instrumentation revolves around electric guitars, pianos and sparse percussion, while the occasional addition of instrumental textures enhances the album’s unique sonic palette. The album is written, performed, sung and recorded entirely solo by Peter.

Related Links:
Peter Hammill

[]

Van Der Graaf Generator
(UK) / April 22, 2011

Forthcoming release:

Esoteric Antenna Records announces a new album from Van Der Graaf Generator will be released in June this year. “Alt” follows up last year’s well received “A Grounding In Numbers”. “Alt” is no ordinary Van Der Graaf Generator album (if the term “ordinary” could ever be applied to this visionary group). Peter Hammill explains: “Instrumental Improvisations and Experiments – most of the music on “Alt” was made while we weren’t really looking, or perhaps only while the left side of our collective brain was engaged. The album is a mixture of improvisations recorded at sound checks and in the studio and more considered sonic creations which often verge on Musique Concrete. The thirteen pieces here offer a fascinating glimpse into an alternative Van Der Graaf Generator sound world. Perhaps the closest comparison would be with the second CD of “Present”, but even the link with those recordings is tenuous. Even by Van Der Graaf Generator standards, this stuff’s at the whacky end of the scale.” This instrumental album is another side of Van Der Graaf Generator, a truly unique listening experience. The title will come both in CD and limited edition vinyl.

[]