Forever Afternoon

In 1967, a new line-up of The Moody Blues embraced their symphonic influences to create a groundbreaking album that not only pushed them in a new musical direction but also brought about the birth of progressive rock. As the lavish Days Of Future Passed turns 55, John Lodge, Justin Hayward and other key players take us on a journey into a past that has helped forge the band’s future

Jo Kendall

“One night, after our set at the Fiesta club in Stockton, one of the crowd came and knocked on our dressing room door. It was a man who said, ‘I’ve brought my wife for a night out and you’re the worst band I’ve seen in my life. You’re crap.’”John Lodge It’s 1966, and pop culture is in transformation. Fashion, art, spirituality and politics make up the UK’s Swinging 60s scene where societal norms are shifting and minds are expanding on a yearly, monthly and weekly basis. In the music world, boundaries are being busted thanks to acts such as The Beatles’ and The Beach Boys’ imaginative compositions and voracious appetite for new recording techniques and equipment. But one band in particular aren’t swinging. One band, who’d been riding the crest…

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