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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:16 am 
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Prog magazine along with Classic Rock magazine as well as Metal Hammer magazine have gone under this past week laying off 70 people just before the holidays. :(

There has been a crowd funding effort to help the employees that has raised over £70,000 pounds so far.

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ukrockcommunity

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:58 am 
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Wow, this is sad news. I was just reading Prog today, the cover issue being YES.

For their cover issues and in-depth tributes for Chris Squire and Keith Emerson has created a soft spot for me and the Prog magazine. Will miss this magazine immensely.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:59 am 
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Terrible. Prog and Classic Rock are staples in this house. I feel for the employees.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 1:23 am 
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Miserable news; just picked up their year end issue while I was over there. Always a good read, although I was concerned that some of their material was starting to turn over. Still, found some good new stuff through it.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 8:26 am 
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I used to read Prog as well...this is horrible news. :(


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 8:49 am 
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Brits do the best magazines by far, and these were no exception. Expensive, put worth every penny to me. Will be hugely missed.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 12:25 pm 
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2016 just won't quit, will it? Of the three, I bought Classic Rock the most, but I've bought all three of these at various times. As DFT said, the Brits do the mags right - Classic Rock did some great in-depth stories about events and albums that the US mags just can't touch. I'm not even sure there are US magazines like Classic Rock or Prog. There are a couple metal mags that I read, but none of them do the kinds of things the British mags do. I'll miss all three - to varying degrees, of course, but I'll miss them just the same.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 2:02 pm 
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I stopped reading these mags years ago only because it was just the same bands and stories over and over.

But they were very well-done mags for the true music fan.

I just hope Uncut and Mojo stay alive.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 2:10 pm 
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I stopped reading these mags years ago only because it was just the same bands and stories over and over.

But they were very well-done mags for the true music fan.

I just hope Uncut and Mojo stay alive.


One of my complaints about Guitar World (although I do subscribe now because they made some ridiculous offer) - it seemed like every year there were two Eddie Van Halen covers, two Hendrix covers, one Zakk Wylde, one Dimebag...over and over and over.

Ironically, just picked up the new Mojo w/Kate Bush on the cover yesterday.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 2:55 pm 
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Picked up the last issue of "Classic Rock" today. As with "Prog", I will miss this magazine as well.

Maybe though, another publisher will buy the assets and continue to publish as what occurred at "Shindig" I believe. Lawrence has the scoop on that one.

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2016 7:06 pm 
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Here is the final issue of Prog magazine featuring Pink Floyd.

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Here is the final issue of Prog magazine featuring Pink Floyd.

That one is issue #69. I know they at least got to #71 (Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans). Not sure if there was one after that.

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I just hope Uncut and Mojo stay alive.

Same here. Those are the two that I read regularly. Plus their special issues.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 11:33 am 
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My wife picked up MOJO's latest with Kate Bush on the cover as a stocking stuffer. The Pink Floyd Prog magazine that I found at B&N yesterday (issue #70) didn't have the classic outside cover for the first time. Classic Rock also didn't have the outside cover it usually has, that's a sign.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 2:08 pm 
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So sad, this maybe the last one.

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BRAND NEW - 2016 - ISSUE #71
PROG - Magazine from the UK -
featuring - YES - Tales from Topographic Oceans - ON THE COVER!!

ALSO stories on Syd Arthur, Neal Morse and MUCH MORE!!

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 24, 2016 3:38 pm 
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Didn't see that one at my local B&N. Wonder if they will carry it?

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I stopped reading these mags years ago only because it was just the same bands and stories over and over.

But they were very well-done mags for the true music fan.

I just hope Uncut and Mojo stay alive.


I feel the same as you. I have 100s of magazines already at home. Space is a huge problem.
Online magazines were ok but I found myself never reading them.


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This is (or was) to be issue #72. Man, I hope this comes out. I love Vangelis!

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GREAT NEWS!

http://teamrock.com/news/2017-01-09/cla ... e-steps-in

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Outstanding!

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Fantastic! :yay: :thumbsup: :headbanger:

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Picked this up at B&N yesterday. Excellent tribute and remembrances from fellow musicians. If this wasn't sad enough John Wetton wrote a great piece on Greg saying how they went back as early teens and being real good friends and within months we lose him.

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