An 80s Prog Revival Primer

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Some known, some less well-known, but all these tracks serve as an introduction to the UK’s prog landscape of the early 80s. They capture the youthful energy these bands brought to the prog fore, as well as more modern musical influences – and yet always with a respect for their forefathers. Pallas – The Ripper (Arrive Alive, 1981) The closing track from the Aberdeen quintet’s self-financed debut cassette. An epic 15-minute song concerned with insanity, child abuse, rape and murder, which singer Euan Lowson would act out onstage dressed half as a woman, half as an old man. Quite! Marillion – Grendel (Market Square Heroes, single, 1982) The epic B-side to the band’s debut 12-inch single for EMI (Market Square Heroes and Three Boats Down From The Candy were on…

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