Richard Flanders (Bass, Bass Pedals, Vocals) Favourite band: Pink Floyd Favourite album: Animals Memorable concert: Either Rush (A Farewell to Kings Tour) at Liverpool Empire May 1977, or Level 42, (Comeback Tour), The Forum, in Feb 2005 Influences: Stanley Clarke / Colin Hodgkinson / Geddy Lee Best Prog Rock moment: Watching Chris Squire of Yes play a bass solo at the March 4h 1998 Earl’s Court gig on his birthday (Open Your Eyes Tour). The audience went nuts! Equipment: Rich uses a number of basses in the Prognosis, including an Alembic 4-string, a Status-Graphite 4-string and a Pedulla 5-string for the “low-B” moments. He also uses a Moog Taurus bass-pedal sampler via a set of Roland PK5 pedals. To quote him: “We actually cover quite a wide range of music within the band and this requires a number of different bass sounds to be available to me throughout the set. Using bass pedals really fattens the sound out and helps us reproduce those early 70’s Genesis tracks more accurately. The effect that bass pedals can have on an unsuspecting audience can be quite amazing – low down tones that you feel as well as hear!”  For gigs at larger venues, his amplification consists of an Aguilar DB750 head, with two 15” and two 2x10” Aguilar cabinets. He comments “The Aguilar rig is extremely powerful and has an amazingly full sound – ideal for the Pink Floyd numbers that we play.” For smaller venues, Richard uses a MarkBass “Little Mark II” head, in conjunction with an SWR 4x10” Goliath cabinet.  He comments: “Having more portable rig is ideal for the few occasions when we are not playing venues like the Albert Hall…”

Simon Gardner (Lead, Rythmn Guitars) Favourite band: Yes Favourite album: Selling England By The Pound Most memorable concert: Either Seconds out tour at Earl's Court or many great nights at Guildford Civic Hall seeing our great local band Camel. Influences: Ritchie Blackmoore and Steve Howe Equipment: Simon uses as his main guitar at QMT Deluxe HSS Limited edition Strat. For his 12 string and acoustic parts he plays a Line 6 modelling guitar. As back up he uses a Sunburst 40th Anniversary Special Edition Strat and a Peavey EVH. He plays these through  a VOX AD30VT daisy chained to a Cornford Harlequin to create a blend of modelled and warm valve sounds. He uses a variety of effects including BOSS and the on board VOX unit along with more esoteric boosters and delays.

Nelson Porter (Lead, Rythmn Guitars) Favourite band: Early Genesis - imho nobody could play, compose and construct such wonderful gems of english progressive rock music as well as these guys. They played all this complex, haunting and beautiful music so unassumingly, without any long-haired histrionics (apart from Mr Gabriel of course, quite rightly too, & who did so very amusingly) ;- anyway, all-in-all simply untouchable! (though I love & much admire Yes, Camel, Pink Floyd etc.,etc too!...) Phil Collins - I love listening to this man's drumming - pure genius. (with his incredible skill & touch, I can even forgive him for his 80s singles - ok, maybe not...) Mike Rutherford - a stunning & much underrated bass player (& great 12 string player too), so melodic and not at all like any other bassist - unique! Steve Hackett - my all-time favourite guitarist; and he often doesn't even sound like a guitarist! And how many guitar heroes from the 70s do you know who sat on a stool and looked like an open university lecturer? Tony Banks - probably my favourite musician of all! - sublime touch, faultless player, always in total control - though never soulless, his playing sends shivers down my spine. Amazing command of unusual and unique compositional structures..and he never smiles! Peter Gabriel - wonderful foil for all the serious shoe-gazing above, yet also a great vocalist, musician and unique performer, even if he couldn't always hit the high notes! (because mr banks insisted on writing stuff in unreachable keys - unsmiling, ruthless Mr Banks!) = A great, great band; my all-time heroes! Favourite album: Genesis Live Memorable concert: ...did I mention Genesis?.../ 'I think - can't quite remember, for various unpublishable reasons!') Favourite beard: Steve Hackett, c1972 My most memorable guitar playing moment: being refused an audition with adam and the ants, on the basis of having a beard. Favourite pastime: watering the garden (no, tell the truth - watering the stage / pedalboard with various spillages, the band know what I mean...) Favourite after-gig diner: - Mr Chicken, Ealing Broadway (sorry, another in-joke) Day job: - minister of a local church (for local people). Quite lively, but not too much- 'we'll have no shouting here!' Favourite equipment: I do tend to like collecting a lot of effects pedals, so; whatever is on ebay at the moment! Oh - have to go, only 2 minutes remaining...'bid now'!....

Ian Twentyman (Keyboards, Vocals) Favourite band: Yes Favourite album: Close To The Edge Most memorable concert: Lindisfarne Christmas Concert at Leeds University in 1984. Influences: Tony Banks Best Prog Rock Moment: Listening to Awaken by Yes after a glass or two of red. This is a re-occurring moment! Equipment: Korg SP200 Stage piano (I use this mainly for piano work but it also helps out with other simple sounds where needed). Korg XD5 driving a Yamaha Motif-Rack ES tone generator which I use for most sounds. Korg MS2000b analogue synthesiser. Roland KC350 keyboard amp.

Grant Harrison (Drums, Percussion, Vocals) Favourite band: Genesis Favourite album: Seconds Out Memorable concert: Secounds Out Tour 77 at Earl's Court First album: Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper (actually my very first album was a Clodagh Rodgers LP given to me by my parents with my first record player, don't think they really understood me!) Influences: Phil Collins / Bill Bruford / Steve Gadd / Andy McCulloch / Bottles of Cloudy Bay Sauvignon. Grant uses a Drum Workshop Collector series kit in Satin Oil Cherry 22x18, 8x7, 10x8, 12x10, 14x12, 16x14 with a Ludwig LM400 Supraphonic snare and occasionally a few Roto-toms. Cymbals are 13" Zidjian quick beat hi-hats, Sabian HH 16" Sound Control Crash, Sabian HHX Evolution 18" crash, 15" Sabian AXX crash, 9" Sabian AAX splash, 21" Sabian HH Raw Bell Dry Ride and Sabian HHX 18" China. Hardware is DW, PDP & Pearl. I also use a Roland SPD-S for all the percussion and effects. Oh yes and the odd pair of sticks!!!!!!! (ProMark) Favourite Jam: Blackcurrant First Festival: Reading Festival 1977... a complete mud bath but what and amazing line up - Thin Lizzy, The Enid, Dobbie Brothers, Alex Harvey etc etc My first drumkit: Crawford biscuit tin and assorted buckets.... Favourite lyric: All of Peter Gabriel's really....a weird and wonderful mind! Favourite wine gum: Black or Red or Green or Orange or maybe Yellow! Biggest regret: - I never got to see Floyd play...hint! hint! - c'mon Roger & not seeing Peter Gabriel in the Genesis era...%&#@!#%! Day job: - Running a Design Company and spending too much time on eBay!

PA system The Prognosis use PA speakers designed and built in the UK by Void Acoustics in Poole, Dorset. The rig comprises two 1x15” low-frequency sub-woofers and two 2x12” mid-top cabinets. Richard comments: “These cabinets give us Hi-Fi-like quality to our PA sound, which is especially important in the light of us using an entirely electronic drum kit. We need the clarity and low-end definition that this system provides to make the most of the full sound we make” Power amplification is provided by Yamaha P7000S power amps, running through a TC Electronics crossover. The sound is mixed using an Allen and Heath GL2200 console, which provides 24:4 mix-down capabilities. Outboard effects are a mixture of Alesis and TC Electronics. Richard uses a TCelectronic Vocal Harmoniser on some of the material.