9+ hour, 35+ min ago   (305+ words) Were Cream the first ever prog-rock band? The issue with a genre which is so tricky to define is that tracing its origin is a pretty impossible task. However, when you ask a lot of prog rockers who they think…...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago   (417+ words) While the early works of Genesis were nothing to write home about, even by their own admission, it didn’t take the band long to fall into their groove and establish something of a strong identity for themselves. It was clear…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago   (527+ words) In 1962, Jorma Kaukonen would move to the San Francisco Bay Area to attend university. The city was already buzzing with a certain energy that we recall today as the counterculture, slowly brewing, but at the time, surely nothing could have…...

19+ hour, 55+ min ago   (507+ words) One of the occupations legitimately mentioned on the Wikipedia page of 78-year-old ‘Swinging London‘ icon Jenny Boyd, listed just after “former model”, is “rock muse”, a concept that certainly doesn’t sound like a real job until you’re there in the…...

1+ day, 40+ min ago   (364+ words) Brian May and the rest of Queen were coming up during a period when there was so much groundbreaking music dotted about that it was hard not to be inspired by it. Of course, when you’re growing up during such…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (655+ words) A music journalist, proud Bradfordian, and northern soul obsessive, Ben Forrest is Far Out’s go-to guy for all things Off The Beaten Track. Immersing himself in everything from New York no-wave to Brazilian bossa nova, he has been contributing to…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (605+ words) ‘Centerfold’: How the J Geils Band abandoned all principles for the sake of a 1981 number one Far Out Magazine ‘Centerfold’: How the J Geils Band abandoned all principles for the sake of a 1981 number one Rock music, as it was…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (332+ words) Perhaps it isn’t the entire point of the genre, but part of the appeal of being punk is accepting the fact that you’re not going to be for everyone, and even have the opportunity to make your audiences uncomfortable to…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (310+ words) The subject of Louise Lockwood’s new documentary, Bel, pours from the screen in nearly every frame. In the richness and range of her singing voice, the wry humour of her teenage video diaries, and the snippets of grainy phone footage…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (283+ words) When one thinks of their favourite books, chances are their minds wander to the authors and works read most recently, and those consumed during their most formative years. In a curated list of Manson’s favourite reads for Elle in 2016, she…...