THE PROG INTERVIEW BILL BRUFORD

Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue it’s Bill Bruford. The celebrated drummer has played with the UK’s most influential prog bands, including King Crimson, Yes and Genesis, and launched a series of solo and collaborative experimental projects. Although he announced he was retiring from live performance in 2009, two years ago he made a very special guest appearance behind the kit at a John Wetton tribute concert, which rekindled his passion for playing. He recently released The Best Of Bill Bruford and is enjoying being back onstage again with the Pete Roth Trio. Here, he looks backwards and forwards to a long and varied career.

Sid Smith

In 2001, Bill Bruford’s Earthworks released an album called The Sound Of Surprise, and it’s fair to say the drummer has delivered more than his fair share of surprises across a career that’s now in its seventh decade and has included some of the most significant groups in progressive rock along the way. Yet the biggest eye-raising moment for many was his retirement from live playing, which he announced to coincide with the publication of his autobiography, Bill Bruford: The Autobiography. Yes, King Crimson, Earthworks, And More, in 2009. He decided to follow a path into academia, and after several years of hard work he received a PhD from the University of Surrey in 2016, and in 2018 his treatise on creativity in the context of popular music instrumental performance,…

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Prog Italia (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 157

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