Lizard Magazine No.2. And in it, among others:
CD! Fresh Polish rock in three guises: Lebowski, Hipgnosis, Love de Vice
ROGER WATERS: Thirty years after the first shows to promote? The Wall? the legend of Pink Floyd returns to the stage with a modernized version of the show. Maurycy Nowakowski writes about the history and the present of the project.
STEVE HACKETT: Ex-guitarist Genesis is enjoying his new band and modern technology. He also reveals the details of his short collaboration with Keith Emerson and answers a number of other questions from Łukasz Hernik.
QUEEN: The Queen is back? thanks to remastered, refreshed releases of all studio albums of the band. We dust the band's first albums, looking for the sources of great, well-remembered hits.
EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER: It's all about the controversial, wonderful, puzzling, apocalyptic and one-of-a-kind? Brain Salad Surgery ?. Michał Wilczyński explains what the album has to do with ladders.
BLACK NOODLE PROJECT: Jeremie Grima is discussing with Małgorzata Arabska about fairy tales and their influence on man. He also admits that he didn't know he was playing progressive rock until? the publisher didn't tell him.
ANDROMEDA: We break down a forgotten British rock legend that left behind one very significant album.
TEST: The pioneers of Polish hard-rock are celebrating a quiet jubilee, noticed by Krzysztof Kowalewicz, but? not by the musicians themselves.
MINIATURES: In the world of long suits, the concept of albums and two-disc releases, the music miniature takes a very interesting place. Piotr Chlebowski explains why.
WE REVIEW: fresh Van der Graaf Generator, concert Hackett, Norwegian De Press, quasi-film Lebowski, first Reneissance, reissues of Out of Focus, DVD Camel, English-language books by Jawbone Press and many other publications!
MOREOVER: We are listening to Pendragon's albums, watching Zbigniew Rybczyński's music videos, counting Krzak's bassists, counting down to Blackfield concerts and enjoying a new columnist? Grzegorz Bukała.
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