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Rig Rundown - Yes' Steve Howe and Chris Squire
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Rig Rundown - Yes' Steve Howe and Chris Squire

Premier Guitar's Shawn Hammond is on location in Omaha, Nebraska, where he catches up with Yes' Chris Squire and Steve Howe to check out their vintage gear, including old Rickenbackers, Gibsons, Fenders, and more.

Interview: Steven Wilson - Of Ravens, Revenants, and Creeping Things
Artists

Interview: Steven Wilson - Of Ravens, Revenants, and Creeping Things

Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson and the Aristocrats’ Guthrie Govan conjure a prog juggernaut with a little help from studio giant Alan Parsons.

Effects

Rig Rundown - Coheed and Cambria's Claudio Sanchez & Travis Stever

Premier Guitar is on location in Des Moines, Iowa, where PG's Rebecca Dirks visits with Coheed and Cambria guitarists Claudio Sanchez & Travis Stever who talk about their current live setups including Gibson Explorers, Les Pauls, SGs, Fractal Audio Axe-Fx, and DR Strings.

In the Cage - Prog-Rock Keyboard Solos for Guitar
Lessons

In the Cage - Prog-Rock Keyboard Solos for Guitar

Grab your elf ears, Dungeon Master''s guide, and 20-sided die, throw your pick to your Hobbit roadie and dig into some prog-rock shred.

Style Guide: Progressive Rock
Lessons

Style Guide: Progressive Rock

Chops: Intermediate Theory: Intermediate Lesson Overview: • Understand the key elements of progressive rock. • Create and learn phrases using odd time signatures and rhythmic displacement. • Delve into

Album Review: Rush - "Clockwork Angels"
Reviews

Album Review: Rush - "Clockwork Angels"

Clockwork Angels may very well be the band’s best studio effort since 1982’s Signals.

Album Review: The Mars Volta - "Noctourniquet"
Reviews

Album Review: The Mars Volta - "Noctourniquet"

While "Noctourniquet" isn’t your dad’s prog rock, it does provide some Pink Floyd-inspired journeys in its mellower songs.

Animals as Leaders: A Different Breed
Artists

Animals as Leaders: A Different Breed

Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes—Animals as Leaders’ jaw-dropping dualguitar team—live up to their name and create a new progressive-rock beast by cross-breeding jazz, classical, and metal techniques in a way that simultaneously blows your mind and defies the genre’s stereotypes.

Oz Noy: Wizard of Weird
Guitarists

Oz Noy: Wizard of Weird

What do legends like Eric Johnson, Steve Lukather, Will Lee, and Vinnie Colaiuta have in common? They''re all blown away by Oz Noy''s quirky, stompbox-abusing blend of funk, blues, jazz, and rock. Here he talks about his latest Tour De Force, Twisted Blues, Vol. 1.