DJ MoZo (Steve Swayne)

DJ MoZo (Steve Swayne)

Who am I? I have always been a seeker. Always been one who was never satisfied with the 'status quo'. I was always looking for music that sounded a little different, or music that was well crafted in comparison to what is heard on mainstream radio. As a long time...

Tony Romero

Tony Romero

DJ Tony has been with House of Prog since 2013 and has been broadcasting an internet radio show since 2009.    He started with aiiradio doing 3 shows a week dedicated to unsigned progressive and progressive metal artists.   There he made many friends and contacts...

The Prog Doctor

The Prog Doctor

Marty Dorfman, AKA The Prog Doc, resides in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA and has been a Progressive Music Fan since the 70’s. His friend Mitch’s dogged insistence that he listen to “prog” above all else influenced him and guided him toward that genre. The Prog Doc...

Billy Allen

Billy Allen

Legend has it, my love for music began in the womb at a KISS Concert in the Summer of 1977. According to my mother, I didn’t move at all for Cheap Trick. However, when KISS took the stage, I wouldn’t stop moving around! My love for music and radio goes back to my...

Steve Bonino

Steve Bonino

Steve Bonino A New York City native, Steve is the son of Roz Vallero, a professional actress. Steve’s father, Ernesto Bonino, was a famous Italian crooner who was very popular in Europe and who also enjoyed success in America. He was considered the Frank Sinatra of...

Gregg Kovach

Gregg Kovach

Gregg is a former academic turned terrestrial radio DJ at WVLP 103.1fm and WLPR 89.1fm (NPR affiliate) in Indiana. He's been on FM radio for nearly 20 years and a collector for many more, with a collection closing in on 27,000 items. His curiosity has meant that his...

Ian Gregson

Ian Gregson

Ian grew up around Wigan, Lancashire, England. After witnessing his first band [Rainbow] at the Liverpool Empire in 1976 Ian was hooked on live bands and listening to music. Ian moved to Vancouver, Canada in 1981 and joined campus radio station CJSF at Simon Fraser...

Geoff Penn

Geoff Penn

Hi my name’s Geoff (Penn) and I retired to live in Cyprus after living and working in the UK as a Consulting Engineer. My first memories of being totally absorbed in music were at the age of about six playing shellac records on my grand- mother’s posh radiogram. As a...

Welcome Tom Gagliardi and Gagliarchives to House of Prog

Welcome Tom Gagliardi and Gagliarchives to House of Prog

We are proud to announce that Tom Gagliardi is bringing the Flagship of Progressive Radio to House of Prog.  Airing at 10pm EST Saturdays and 2pm EST on Sunday. The Gagliarchives is a progressive rock radio program with almost 30 years of history and is hosted by...

Kev Rowland

Kev Rowland

Kev has been writing about progressive music for more than a quarter of a century. Between 1990 - 2006 he ran Feedback Fanzine in the UK, writing about bands that were never covered in the mainstream press, many of whom were in the progressive underground. He built...

Phil Jee (Barkeeper) – HOP Promotions and Street Team

Phil Jee (Barkeeper) – HOP Promotions and Street Team

  I grew up in the London Suburbs, UK, in the late 60’s at the end of the Hippy Era. I always wanted to be different with my musical tastes and went head first into heavy rock and Prog. Now, 50 years later, my tastes are still the same. Still love playing vinyl,...

Michael Jobborn (Jobby) HOP Promotion and Street Team

Michael Jobborn (Jobby) HOP Promotion and Street Team

Michael has been an immense fan of music ever since he received his first Walkman around the age of 6. Like many music fans, he grew up listening to the local radio station. It was at this time he purchased his first record player and a copy of Frank Zappa’s Joe’s...

Esther Tiger Kessel-Tamerus

Esther Tiger Kessel-Tamerus

The first prog band that blew me away was Focus. I was a toddler and never heard of the word prog. I still was a little girl when Pink Floyd's Money drew my attention. When I was about 12 years old I bought a pile of second hand prog cassette tapes. And realized this...

Andy John Bradford

Andy John Bradford

Is a professional musician and award winning singer/songwriter and founding member of the international Folk Rock band “Andy John Bradford’s Oceans 5” who released the critically acclaimed album “Return to Mingulay” in 2013.  Signed to melodic Revolution Records, he...

Mike Maffei

Mike Maffei

My love for vinyl records started when I was 7 and the Beatles came to the USA, and my mom bought me my first Beatle LP. I never stopped collecting vinyl from that point on. Influenced by three generations of musicians, I was a drummer for almost 40 years. I fell in...

Blake Carpenter – Site Admin

Blake Carpenter – Site Admin

Blake Carpenter is a web designer, a musician and a music lover. He has been designing websites since 2000 and has taken his love for music and art and incorporated it into his site designs and more. His web design company Dragon's Blood Web Productions has been...

Rob Rutz – Artist and Media Relations Coordinator

Rob Rutz – Artist and Media Relations Coordinator

As HOP's Artist and Media Relations Coordinator, Rob Rutz arranges artist interviews, handles scheduling support and designs digital promotions to support of House of Prog's mission. Earning his radio broadcasting license when he was in 7th grade, Rob leverages nearly...

DJ Morgana

DJ Morgana

Strange enough, music and school saved Dj Morgana's life as a teenager and in the aftermath of her parents' divorce. At that time, she became fond of Bay Area thrash metal, after seeing Megadeth live for the first time. Then, different stages followed (grunge too, as...

Olav Martin Bjørnsen

Olav Martin Bjørnsen

Olav is the incidental reviewer for the House of Prog. Not incidental by choice, as he would have loved to contribute more to the station, but due to the demands of life. Outside of a regular daytime job with plenty of evening meetings to go with it, an understanding...

Toohoppy

Toohoppy

Rick is a lifelong resident of Central Pennsylvania, and currently is living with his wife Mary Pat (aka Mamasalami) in Newville. He grew up listening to bands like Genesis, Yes, Rush, and Kansas. Always a fan of Epic Progressive music, he like many fans thought the...