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January 15, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 592
Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Best of Emerson Lake & Palmer (1980) Less to do with the news of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake dying last year (though in both cases sad news, sure) and more to do with me being won over when I spot the LP-versions of old favourite CDs or tapes from […]Archive
June 28, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Chris Squire
Chris Squire bassist for Yes has died. He was the only member of the band to appear on every album, treating the work and band like a business – almost unemotional towards the end. I had the chance to interview Chris a couple of years ago, deeply unrewarding it was, one of the worst interviews […]Archive
August 18, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Yes, Alan White’s Alright With Yes (Still)
When Yes plays an Auckland show on its current tour in November of this year it will be just the second time the band has played to a New Zealand audience. But Alan White, the band’s drummer since 1972, says they’re “well aware” of a New Zealand audience, of “huge support” for the band from […]Archive
February 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Definitive
If rock music is music that rocks then progressive rock or ‘Prog-Rock’, as it’s known, might be defined thus: Prog Rock: – n. Music that rocks on. (And on. And on. And on…)Archive
January 1, 2012 by Simon Sweetman