Originally published in Prog magazine (UK) 135 · November 2022
Nick Fletcher interview (excerpts)
Interview1 min read
GM: And the last [prog album you bought]?
NF: A View From The Top Of The World by Dream Theater. I’m a pretty big fan – I think that album’s great.
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GM: Most important piece of prog music?
NF: For me, it’s Dream Theater’s Octavarium. It’s a 24-minute prog epic that develops expansively and alludes to lots of bands from the 70s – Pink Floyd, Genesis, King Crimson – but without plagiarising. It’s very clever.
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GM: The musician you’d most like to work with?
NF: Mike Portnoy. For prog you have to have a fantastic drummer who can deal with weird time signatures with technical grace and flair. Mike’s a fabulous, powerful and very musical drummer.