PETE LAMBROU (VLMV)

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

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Where's home?

I'm near Brighton again. I was in London when VLMV started.

What's your earliest memory of prog?

Late nights in my student house in Chichester, sharing music with my housemates/bandmates, discovering this entirely new world of 70s prog — Pink Floyd, Tull, Genesis, Crimson. With some Television, Talking Heads and Joy Division thrown in.

What was the first prog album you bought?

I got into vinyl when I was around 19. Old vinyl records were everywhere and dirt cheap. I got every Pink Floyd album, and every 1970s Genesis album for 50p each. That was a good day.

And the most recent?

I Leave You This by Overhead, The Albatross, but that only counts as I've just managed to get a copy on vinyl!

Your first prog gig?

Probably Cardiacs at the Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth in the mid-oos.

And the latest?

Overhead, The Albatross in Brighton in July. An amazing, genre-transcending band.

What's the best prog show you ever saw?