by David Weigel
Plant, Robert, 148
“Plastics Nevermore,” 151
“Please Don’t Ask,” 215
Please Don’t Touch (Steve Hackett), 214–15
“Please Don’t Touch,” 214–15
Plymouth Guildhall (Plymouth, England), 68
Poco, 154
Pointer, Mick, 228, 243, 255
Point of Know Return (Kansas), 161
Police, The, 233, 236, 249, 265
Polygram, 148, 150, 238, 239
Poor, Kim, 214, 215
Porcupine Tree, 254–59, 276, 277
Portnoy, Mike, 259–61, 270–72
Pouncey, Edwin, 242
Powell, Cozy, 238, 239
“Power,” xvi, 281, 286
Power Windows (Rush), 260
Powis Square (London, England), 97
Prasad, Anil, 9, 234
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM), xvii, xviii, 153–55
Premoli, Flavio, 153
Pretty Things, The, 25
Prince, 255
Procol Harum
and Aphrodite’s Child, 151
“A Whiter Shade of Pale” for, 21–24
Tony Banks on, 79
and Deram Records, 44
Peter Gabriel’s cover of, 224
Kerry Livgren on, 160
Shine On Brightly album, 32–33
Prog (magazine), 283–84
Progression (magazine), xvii
Prokofiev, Sergei, 188, 189
“Promenade,” 4, 86
“Propositions,” 78
Psychedelic Baby, 257
“Pull Me Under,” 270–71
Puttnam, David, 223
Queen, 202
Queen Elizabeth Hall (London, England), 128–29
Quelli, I, 153
Quick One, A (The Who), xv
“Quick One, While He’s Away, A,” xv
Quicksilver Messenger Service, 160
Rabin, Trevor, 211, 230, 235–37, 263
Radio London, 23
Rainbow Takeaway (Ayers), 179–80
Rainbow Theatre (London, England), 131
Raisins, The, 249
Ralfini, Ian, 26
Ramones, 284
Rand, Ayn, 163
Rand, Paul, 165
Ratledge, Mike, 8, 17, 25, 26, 129
Ravel, Maurice, 5, 144
Raw (magazine), 269
RCA Corporation, 184
Reading Festival, 80, 240–41, 258
“Realisation,” 37
Record Industry Association of America, 200
Record Mirror, 88
Red (King Crimson), 264, 267
“Red,” 269
Redding, Otis, 59
Red Hooker, 176
Red Hot Chili Peppers, xi
Reed, Lou, 180
Reich, Steve, 220
Reid, Keith, 21, 32
Reinhardt, Django, 58, 281
Relayer (Yes), 137
“Revealing Science of God, The (Dance of Dawn),” 113–14
Reynolds, Simon, xi
“Rhythm of the Heat, The,” 226
“Rich Girl,” 183
Riley, Terry, 9, 26
“R.I.P. (Requiescant in Pace),” 154–55
Rip It Up and Start Again (Simon Reynolds), xi
“Ripples,” 177
Rite of Spring, The (Igor Stravinsky), 5
“Ritual (Nous Sommes du Soleil),” 114
“Rivendell,” 149
Roads, Dusty (Robert Fripp), 181
Roche, Maggie, 195
Roche, Suzzy, 195, 196
Roche, Terre, 195, 196
Roches, The, 195, 196
Roches, The (The Roches), 196
Rock Bottom (Robert Wyatt), 131–33
Rocking the Classics (Edward Macan), xv–xvi
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, xi
Rock Snob’s Dictionary, The (David Kamp), xi
Rodgers, Richard, 51
Rodríguez-López, Omar, 273
Rolling Stone
on . . . And Then There Were Three, 199
Jon Anderson interview with, 105
best albums ever lists, xi
on Buggles-Yes hybrid, 206
ELP interviews with, 191–92
on Emerson, Lake & Powell, 238
on Fragile, 93
Robert Fripp interview with, 123, 169
on Genesis tour, 173
on progressive music, xii
on Works album, 190
Rolling Stones, The, 48–49, 101, 136, 148, 243
“Rondo,” 27, 86
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club (London, England), 93–94
Rothery, Steve, 228, 241, 245, 250–52
Rotters’ Club, The (Jonathan Coe), 281–82
“Roundabout,” 91–92, 102, 206
Roussos, Demis, 151
Roxy Music, 197, 208, 209
Royal Albert Hall (London, England), 36, 83–85
Royal Bath & West Showground (Shepton Mallet, England), 225
Rudess, Jordan, 270
Rundgren, Todd, 157–59, 176
“Run with the Fox,” 235
Rush
Canadian rise of, 147–51
in I Love You, Man, 283
international rise of, 162–67
Ted Leo on, 284
and Majesty/Dream Theater, 260, 271
and Marillion, 228
Russell, Ken, 139
Rutherford, Mike
on auditioning vocalists, 176
on Peter Gabriel, 225
on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, 174
in Mike + the Mechanics, 252, 274
on post-Hackett Genesis, 198, 199
and rise of Genesis, 81
and success of Phil Collins/Genesis, 216, 231, 232
on A Trick of the Tail, 177–78
Rutsey, John, 147, 148
Sabicas, 93
Sacred Songs (Darryl Hall), 183–85, 194
“Sage, The,” 86
Sail in My Boat (Gordon Haskell), 59
Salmon, Godfrey, 191
Saloman, Nick (Bevis Frond), 256
Sanchez, Claudio, 272–73
Sanders, Rick, 187
Santana, 154
“Sara Smile,” 183
“Score, The,” 238
Scorsese, Martin, 274
Scott, Ridley, 215
“Script for a Jester’s Tear,” 241–42
Scythian Suite (Sergei Prokofiev), 189
Seal (artist), 268
“Sea Song,” 132
Seasons End (Marillion), 251, 252
Second Stage Turbine Blade, The (Coheed and Cambria), 272
“Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun,” 118
“Seven Is a Jolly Good Time,” 78, 109
Sex Pistols, 163, 164, 202
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (The Beatles), xiv, 60, 79
Shadows, The, 152
Shame, The, 41–42
“Sheep,” 91
Sheffield City Hall (Sheffield, England), 162
“Sheltering Sky, The,” 248
Sherborne House, See International Academy for Continuous Education
Shine On Brightly (Procol Harum), 32–33
Ship club (London, England), 30
Shulman, Derek, 11, 108, 201, 271
Shulman, Phil, 108
Shulman, Ray, 11, 112
Sibelius, Jean, 144
Sideras, Lucas, 151
Signals (Rush), 161, 166
“Silent Sun, The,” 34
Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys, 7
Simpson, Dave, 258
Sinatra, Frank, 176
Sinclair, Dave, 108
Sinclair, Richard, 107, 108, 141–42
Sinfield, Peter
in ELP, 135
and founding of King Crimson, 42, 43
on “Good Fairy” concept, 63
and Greg Lake, 187–89
lyrics of, 54, 61, 102
and Photos of Ghosts, 154
and post-Lake King
Crimson, 57–59
on progressive music, xiv–xv
promotion of Thrak album by, 268
and rise of King Crimson, 49–51
“Singing the Blues,” 12
Sipple, John, 45–46
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 165
666 (Aphrodite’s Child), 152
Six Wives of Henry VIII, The (Rick Wakeman), 110–11, 116
“Sky Moves Sideways, The,” 259
“Sleepers Awake,” 22
“Sleepless,” 248
Smash Hits, 204
Smile (Beach Boys), 44
Smith, Judge, 45, 46
Smith, Patti, 176
Smith, Sid, 43, 192, 222
Smiths, 256
Smyth, Gilli, 131
Soft Machine
after Kevin Ayers, 118, 119
Daevid Allen on Kevin Ayers and, 240
on BBC Proms, 83–85
Fish on, 243
founding of, 17
and Gong, 156
at Marquee and UFO clubs, 19, 20
Steve Peacock on, 129
Mike Ratledge in, 130
rise of, 24–27
and Soft Machine Legacy, xix
Dave Stewart on, 109
and Wilde Flowers, 107
Robert Wyatt in, 131
Soft Machine Legacy, xix
“Solsbury Hill,” 180
“Someone Get Me a Ladder” tour, 185
Something/Anything? (Todd Rundgren), 158
“Something in 4/4 Time,” 183–84
“Somethings’s Coming,” 31
Song for America (Kansas), 160
“Song of the Jazzman,” 9
Songs of a Lifetime tour, 286
Sonneck, O. G., 2–3
Soundgarden, 257
Sounds
Jon Anderson interview with, 95
Dave Brock interview with, 96
Phil Collins interview with, 177
on ELP’s Works tour, 191
Keith Emerson interview with, 68–69
on Foxtrot album, 83
Robert Fripp interview with, 124
Steve Hackett interview with, 215
Peter Hammill interview with, 107
Lemmy Kilmister interview with, 141
Greg Lake interview with, 77
Mike Oldfield interview with, 144
Carl Palmer interview with, 75
Neil Peart interview with, 149
on Pictures at an Exhibition album, 87
Mike Rutherford interview in, 199
Rick Wakeman interview with, 91
Alan White interview with, 110
South Bank Show, 226
“South Side of the Sky,” 92, 93
Speakeasy Club (London, England), 23, 48, 55, 102
Spin (magazine), 284
Spirit (band), 160
“Spirit of Radio, The,” 165
Spock’s Beard, 264
Spontaneous Underground series, 24
Spooky Tooth, 40
Springfields, 91
Springsteen, Bruce, 176
Squire, Chris
on 90125 album, 235, 236
and Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, 262
in Buggles-Yes hybrid, 203, 205, 207
on Close to the Edge, 104
on Cruise to the Edge, xix, xx
firing of Brian Lane by, 208
and formation of Yes, 30–32
Greg Lake vs., 54
and post-Banks Yes, 69–72
and post-Kaye Yes, 89–93
rebuilding of Yes by, 274
in The Syn, 20
on Tales from Topographic Oceans, 113
“St. Elmo’s Fire,” 171
“St. Stephen,” 44
Star-Club (Hamburg, Germany), 24
“Starless,” 211
Starr, Ringo, 139
“Starship Trooper,” 71–72
“Star-Spangled Banner,” 218
Star Trek (television series), 264
Stevens, Cat, 23
Stevens, Diane, 21
Stevens, Guy, 21
Stewart, Dave, xvii, 78, 109, 209
Stewart, Rod, 190
“Still . . . You Turn Me On,” 135
Still Life (Opeth), 273
Still Life (Van der Graaf Generator), 178
Stobbie, Mike, 244
Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 5–6, 133
Stone, Steve, 271
Storia di un Minuto (Premiata Forneria Marconi), 153, 154
Stratton-Smith, Tony, 46, 56, 198, 200
Stravinksy, Igor, xix, 5, 102
Strawbs, 89, 91
Stray (band), 162
Strike, Don, 12
Stump, Paul, xvii, 43, 200, 244
Styx, 214, 236
“Styx Enterprises,” 81
Summary of the History and Development of Medieval and Modern European Music (C. Hubert H. Parry), 4
Summers, Andy, 133, 249, 265
“Summertime,” 51
“Sunshine,” 45
“Supper’s Ready,” 81–82, 107, 177
“Surrey with a Fringe on Top,” 51
Swanson Family Hotel (Melbourne, Australia), 6, 7
“Swastika Girls,” 126
Sweet, The, 127
“Sweetness,” 31
Swenson, John, 101
Switched-On Bach (Wendy Carlos), 66
“Switched-On Symphony” concert, 74
Sylvian, David, 258, 266
Symphony no. 4 in E Minor, op. 98: Allegro Giocoso (Brahms), 92
Syn, The, 20, 25, 30
Tait, Michael, 73
“Take a Pebble,” 66, 68
Tales from Topographic Oceans (Yes)
and Fish, 243
live playing of, xix
recording of, 112–16
Relayer and, 137
Tormato vs., 204
Rick Wakeman during, 138–39
Talking Heads, 218, 220, 221
Tamm, Eric, 219
Tangerine Dream, xviii, 243
Tarkus (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 76–77, 85–87, 270
“Tarkus” suite, 75–76, 136, 289
Tarquin’s Seaweed Farm (Porcupine Tree), 254–55
Taylor, Cecil, 8
Tchaikovsky, Modest, 4
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich, 4, 87
Television (band), 181
“Temples of Syrinx,” 150
“That’s All,” 231
“That Time of the Night,” 245
The, The, 251
“Thela Hun Ginjeet,” 247
Thériault, Jean-Yves “Blacky,” 263
Thick as a Brick (Jethro Tull), 99–101, 111
Third (Soft Machine), 84
Thorgerson, Storm, 273
Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack, The (The Nice), 27
Thrak (King Crimson), 268
Three Friends, xix
Three of a Perfect Pair (King Crimson), 248
“Three of a Perfect Pair,” 248
“Three Score and Four,” 49
Three Tenors, The, 88
“Time,” 118
Time and a Word (Yes), 70
“Time Table,” 81
Tippett, Keith, 56, 59
“Tocatta,” 135
“Tocatta con Fuoco,” 187
Todaro, Marcello, 155
Todd Rundgren’s Utopia (band), 157, 158
Tolkien, J. R. R., 149, 227, 251
Tolstoy, Leo, 137
Tommy (The Who), 25, 32, 93, 139
Tomorrow (band), 25, 70
“Tom Sawyer,” 166
Tool (band), 269
“Too Old to Go ’Way Little Girl,” 41–42
Top, Jannick, 156, 157
Top Gear (radio show), 127
Top of the Pops (television series), 133, 216
Top Pops and Music Now, 44–45
Tormato (Yes), 202–3, 204
“Total Mass Retain,” 104
Toto, 213
Touch (band), 160
“Touch
and Go,” 238
Townshend, Pete, 20, 23–25, 32–33, 52
“Travel Weary Capricorn,” 49–50
“Treatise on Cosmic Fire, A,” 159
“Trees,” 164
Trespass (Genesis), 79, 80
Trewavas, Pete, 251
Trick of the Tail, A (Genesis), 177
Trident Studios, 46, 79, 80
Trilogy (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), 135
“Troika,” 188
“Tröller tanz (Troll’s Dance),” 157
Tubular Bells (Mike Oldfield)
Karl Dallas’s interview about, 142
Hergest Ridge vs., 143, 144, 146
and Porcupine Tree, 255
recording of, 121–23
release of, 117
tour for, 126–30
“Tuesday Afternoon,” 29
Turner, Nik, 97
“21st Century Schizoid Man,” xvi, 49–51, 61, 75, 93
2112 (Rush), 150–51, 162–63
Üdü W`üdü (Magma), 157
UEG (Union Entertainment Group), x
UFO Club (London, England), 19–20, 23, 30
U.K. (U.K), 210
U.K. (band), 209–11
Ulrich, Lars, 262
Ummagumma (Pink Floyd), 45
“Under Heavy Manners,” 218
“Undertow,” 200
Union (Yes), 263, 274
Union Entertainment Group (UEG), x
Union tour, 263
“United Blacksprings International,” 81
University of California Berkeley, 9
Unterberger, Richie, 157
Up the Downstair (Porcupine Tree), 258
Uriah Heep, 170
Uriel (band), 78
Us (Peter Gabriel), 274
“Us and Them,” 118
“Utopia Theme,” 158
Valentine, Penny, 86, 91, 110
Vander, Christian, 156, 157
Vander, Stella, 156
Van der Graaf Generator (VdGG)
and John Anthony, 79
Farewell’s tour with, 178
Peter Hammill in, 197, 285
at NEARfest, 279
Pawn Hearts album, 106–7
rise of, 45–47
and Rush, 149
Vangelis (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou), 137, 151–52, 222–23
Vanity Fair, xi
van Leer, Thijs, xvi
VdGG, See Van der Graaf Generator
Venture Bros., The (television series), xi
Verdi, Giuseppe, 140
Verne, Jules, 116
Victoria Park (London, England), 286
“Video Killed the Radio Star,” 203, 205, 206
Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors (Fish), 251–52
Village Voice, 194
“Villa Strangiato, La,” 164–65
V.I.P.s, 19, 20
Virgin Airlines, 117
Virgin Records, 117, 122, 127–32, 142, 144
Visconti, Tony, 182–83
“Vision, A,” 260
“Vivaldi,” 78
Voivod, 263–64, 273
Voyage of the Acolyte (Steve Hackett), 214, 215
Wagner, Richard, 140
Wainman, Phil, 18
Wakeman, Rick
in Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, 262, 263
beers of the world interview of, 138
on Close to the Edge, 103–5
departure from Yes, 197, 202–4, 222