NICK FLETCHER

The great and good of progressive music give us a glimpse into their prog worlds. As told to Grant Moon

PRESS/MICK BANNISTER

Where’s home?

I’m from Sheffield.

Your earliest prog memory?

When I was about 12 my older brother borrowed a schoolmate’s copy of Jethro Tull’s Aqualung, and I remember thinking it was different. There was all sorts of stuff going on – it was intriguing.

First prog album you bought?

Selling England By The Pound by Genesis, the year it came out [1973], from a shop in Sheffield called Wilson Peck, which sold albums and musical instruments.

And the last?

A View From The Top Of The World by Dream Theater. I’m a pretty big fan – Ithink that album’s great.