Stuart Macfarlane was a teenager during the seventies, the heyday of classic and progressive rock. He quickly developed a love of progressive music, listening to as many bands as he could find and was regularly in the audience at the famous Glasgow Apollo. His previous writing experience includes many technical conference papers and publications as well as reviews and interviews for Rock Society Magazine. He is also a musician having written and performed original music through the 80s with Dunfermline band StraiTTalk. He lives in Dunfermline, Scotland, UK.