Jethro Tull frontman Ian Anderson has revealed which famous punk singer once nervously asked him for an autograph, in a new interview feature published in Prog magazine where fans and peers put questions to him. The anecdote emerged after ex-Stranglers vocalist Hugh Cornwell asked Anderson whether punk's rise felt like a genuine turning point for rock music or merely a passing phase, prompting Anderson to recall the encounter as part of his answer.

Anderson said he viewed punk's emergence as broadly inevitable, citing acts such as the MC5 and the Ramones as part of that lineage. The full story of the autograph request, including the singer's reported explanation that it was "not for me, it's for my mother", appears in the new issue of Prog, which also features questions from members of Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Opeth.