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| 2 | Primary Stylistic Influences: |
| 3 | + PsychedelicRock, ClassicalMusic, {{Jazz}}, FolkMusic |
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| 7 | Secondary Stylistic Influences: |
| 8 | + {{Blues}}, AvantGardeMusic, ElectronicMusic and numerous other genres |
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| 11 | ->''"I went to do an interview once and somebody said 'We think all the stuff you do is pompous, it's overblown, it's just full of unbelievably fast runs' and I went 'Yeah, that's right! It's good, innit?'"'' |
| 12 | -->-- '''Music/RickWakeman''', ''Rock Family Trees: The Prog Rock Years'' |
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| 14 | A subset of rock music noteworthy for its intricate arrangements and experimental sound. Originating in the late [=1960s=], "Prog Rock" often combines stylistic elements from Classical, Jazz, Folk or sometimes electronic instruments such as synthesizers, uses non-standard song structures (including complex rhythms and time signatures) and complex instrumental orchestrations, lengthy songs and extended solos, and frequently employ poetic, literate lyrics which are [[WordSaladLyrics abstract]] or [[HeavyMithril fantasy-based]]. As well, unlike popular mainstream rock bands, which focused on live stage shows for audiences that were dancing, prog bands focused on doing complex art music-style arrangements in the studio that were intended to be listened to carefully. |
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| 16 | According to [[http://www.progarchives.com/ Prog Archives]], there are 20 different subgenres in Progressive Rock: |
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| 18 | * '''Symphonic Prog''': The one you're most likely to think of when you think of Progressive Rock. Characterised by much of the characteristics listed above, albeit with more focus on the ClassicalMusic influence. Also known for EpicRocking, fantasy elements, and long and flashy keyboard solos, particularly the use of the Mellotron. Pioneered in the late 60s by Music/TheMoodyBlues and Music/ProcolHarum. Well-known bands include Music/{{Yes}}, Music/{{Genesis|Band}}, Music/{{Camel}}, and Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer. |
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| 20 | * '''Eclectic Prog''': Takes the overall GenreMashup approach up a notch. Tends to be very difficult to classify, but can essentially be summed up as Symphonic Prog's DarkerAndEdgier cousin. Well-known artists include Music/KingCrimson, Music/GentleGiant, and Music/VanDerGraafGenerator. |
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| 22 | * '''Neo-Prog''': The progressive rock scene of the 1980s, which took heavy influence from NewWaveMusic, resulting in a sound that was "deeper" than mainstream rock while being less dense than classic prog. Well-known artists include Music/{{Marillion}} and Music/SpocksBeard. |
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| 24 | * '''[[PsychedelicRock Psychedelic]]/SpaceRock''': Both have their own page. Well-known artists include Music/PinkFloyd[[note]]Although by the time of ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'', they'd arguably drifted away from these genres and moved more towards symphonic prog[[/note]], Music/{{Hawkwind}}, Music/Spacemen3 (and their offshoot Music/{{Spiritualized}}), and Music/KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard. |
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| 26 | * '''Canterbury Scene''': [[GenreBusting One of those genres you can't easily classify but can still identify from a mile away.]] Tends to incorporate influences from Jazz, Pop, and occasionally SpaceRock and AvantGardeMusic, and usually has more of [[SurrealHumor a quirky sense of humor]] than most other prog. Well-known artists include Music/{{Caravan}}, Music/SoftMachine (which featured Music/KevinAyers and Music/RobertWyatt, later solo artists in their own right), Music/{{Gong}}, Music/{{Egg}}, and the subgenre's own {{Supergroup}}, Music/HatfieldAndTheNorth. |
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| 28 | * '''Crossover Prog''': Prog that, while still heavily rooted in the genre, also have elements that make the music more accessible. Usually most artists are more while known to the general public than normal prog artists; More people probably know "[[Music/{{Radiohead}} Paranoid Android]]" and "[[Music/TheMoodyBlues Nights in White Satin]]" better than "[[Music/GenesisBand Supper's Ready]]" and "[[Music/KingCrimson 21st Century Schizoid Man]]". There are exceptions though; Yes, Pink Floyd, Rush, and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer all had definitive "hits" in their prog era despite not fitting in with Crossover Prog. |
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| 30 | * '''[[JazzFusion Jazz Rock / Fusion]]''': Has its own page. Well-known artists include Music/MilesDavis, Music/JohnMcLaughlin, Music/ReturnToForever, Music/HerbieHancock, Music/WeatherReport and T-Square. |
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| 32 | * '''Heavy Prog''': Prog meets HardRock, though some artists can get more GenreBusting than that. Well-known artists include Music/{{Rush|Band}}, Music/PorcupineTree, Music/TheMarsVolta, and Music/UriahHeep. |
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| 34 | * '''ProgressiveMetal''': Has its own page. Well-known artists include Music/DreamTheater, Fates Warning, Music/{{Queensryche}}, and Music/SymphonyX. |
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| 36 | * '''Tech / Extreme Prog Metal''': Combines the above with some of Heavy Metal's derivative genres such as ThrashMetal, DeathMetal, BlackMetal, and ExtremeMetal. TechnicalDeathMetal has its own page. Well-known bands include Music/{{Opeth}}, Music/{{Death}} (who are also the TropeMakers for Death Metal as a whole), Music/{{Cynic}}, and Music/RiversOfNihil. |
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| 38 | * '''{{Krautrock}}''': Has its own page. Well-known bands include Music/{{Can}}, Music/{{Neu}}, Music/AmonDuulII, and Music/PopolVuh. |
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| 40 | * '''Prog Folk''': Prog with folk elements, with plenty of knotty acoustic guitar passages and a more pastoral sound. Artists in this subgenre include Music/JethroTull, Music/{{Comus}}, Music/TheDecemberists, and The Strawbs. |
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| 42 | * '''Progressive Electronic''': Basically the website's glorified version of ElectronicMusic. |
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| 44 | * '''Zeuhl''': Difficult to pin down with any description other than "Bands that sound like Music/{{Magma}}." It tries to sound alien, and tends to use {{Conlang}}. Well-known artists include Music/{{Magma}}, Music/{{Dun}}, and Music/{{Koenjihyakkei}}. |
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| 46 | * '''Avant-Prog/Rock in Opposition''': Two different genres that are related enough to be grouped together. Avant-prog is a combination of Prog and AvantGardeMusic, while Rock in Opposition is a group of artists only related by their ties to the [[TropeNamer Rock in Opposition festival]] run by Music/HenryCow. The group is so named because the bands were united in opposition of the British music industry that had been ignoring their music despite their popularity in mainland Europe, as well as their left-wing leaning politics. Well-known avant-prog artists include Music/FrankZappa, Music/CaptainBeefheart and Music/ThisHeat, while RIO is known for Music/HenryCow and Music/UniversZero. |
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| 48 | * '''MathRock / PostRock''': Both have their own page. Well-known artists in the former include Music/AmericanFootball, Music/{{Shellac}}, and Music/{{Hella}}; while the latter includes Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor, Music/SigurRos, Music/ExplosionsInTheSky, Music/{{Mogwai}}, and Music/{{Swans}}. Music/{{Slint}} is TropeMaker for both, alongside Music/TalkTalk for PostRock. |
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| 50 | * '''Experimental / Post-Metal''': The above combined with heavy metal, as well as just pure experimental metal. Well-known artists include Music/{{Tool}}, Music/{{Isis}}, Music/{{Neurosis}}, and Music/DevinTownsend. Experimental metal shares a page with AvantGardeMetal on this wiki. Post-metal is mostly on the DoomMetal page; some post-metal bands are also listed on the post-rock page, and many of the bands that combine post-metal with black metal (e.g., Music/{{Alcest}}, Music/{{Deafheaven}}, etc.) are listed on the BlackMetal page. |
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| 52 | * '''Rock Progressivo Italiano''': [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Italian prog scene.]] Tends to feel more classical influenced than ever, making it feel more like ClassicalMusic with Rock tinges. Well-known artists include Music/{{Goblin}}, Music/PremiataForneriaMarconi, Music/BancoDelMutuoSoccorso, Music/{{Osanna}}, Music/ElioELeStorieTese and Music/{{Area}}. |
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| 54 | * '''Indo-Prog / Raga Rock''': Best described as if Music/RaviShankar played rock music but kept the Indian classical elements. Well-known artists include Music/AndreFertier, Music/AnandaShankar, and occasionally Music/TheByrds. |
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| 56 | * There's also '''Prog Related''', artists with prog elements that aren't necessarily known as a prog band, or artists for whom prog is one of several musical styles they perform, but is not the primary one. Members might be part of other prog rock bands. These artists often integrated elements of prog or had a PeripheryDemographic of prog rock fans without being fully progressive rock themselves. Art rock as a distinct genre also generally encompasses music that fits into this category. |
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| 58 | * Lastly, we mustn't forget '''Proto-Prog''', which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: bands who were instrumental to the formation of progressive rock, even if they aren't properly members of the genre themselves. They are essentially {{Ur Example}}s of the style. Examples with pages on this wiki include Music/TheBeatles, Music/DeepPurple, Music/TheDoors, Music/TheBeachBoys, Music/JimiHendrix, Music/{{Iron Butterfly|Band}}, Music/JeffersonAirplane, Music/TheMove, Music/ThePrettyThings, and Music/TheWho.[[note]]Some of these bands later made full-fledged prog albums, such as Deep Purple's ''Music/ConcertoForGroupAndOrchestra'' and The Who's ''Music/{{Quadrophenia}}'', both of which can be considered examples of Symphonic Prog.[[/note]] |
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| 60 | Website/{{Wikipedia}} defines an additional subgenre that does not have a page on Prog Archives, '''Progressive Soul'''. This is also ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: {{Soul}} [[JustForFun/XMeetsY Meets Prog Rock]], often incorporating influence from {{Jazz}} and RhythmAndBlues as well. Well-known examples include Music/MarvinGaye, Music/StevieWonder, Music/CurtisMayfield, Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone, Music/ParliamentFunkadelic, Music/EarthWindAndFire, Music/IsaacHayes, Music/TheIsleyBrothers, Music/{{Prince}}, Music/PeterGabriel, Music/{{Sade}}, and Music/JanelleMonae. |
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| 62 | There's also '''Progressive Country''', which developed in the late-60s and early '70s. It's essentially Prog Rock meets CountryMusic, incorporating elements of Blues, Jazz, SouthernRock and Folk to create a kind of "Cosmic Cowboy Music". Examples include Music/TheFlyingBurritoBrothers, Music/TheByrds' forays into Country, Gram Parsons' bands in general, the solo albums of [[Music/MichaelNesmith Mike Nesmith]], Music/TheCharlieDanielsBand, Marty Stuart and the Marshall Tucker Band. |
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| 64 | '''Post-Progressive''' is usually defined as Prog that is influenced by PostPunk, or by NewWaveMusic or AlternativeRock. There's also an even more broader -- and vaguer definition of Post-Prog as Prog bands "influenced by non-Prog sources". Examples of Post-Prog artists include the solo recordings of Music/RobertFripp and Music/PeterGabriel, Music/StevenWilson and his band Music/PorcupineTree, and Music/KateBush. |
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| 66 | And then there's '''Progressive Rap''', which is Prog Rock Meets HipHop. Rappers and DJ's who crossed avant-rock techniques with Progressive Soul and JazzFusion influences. Artists that have performed in a Progressive Rap style include Music/DannyBrown, Music/DeLaSoul, Music/InsaneClownPosse, Music/KendrickLamar, Music/MosDef, |
| 67 | Music/OutKast, Music/BustaRhymes, Music/TheRoots, Music/ATribeCalledQuest and Music/KanyeWest. |
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| 69 | The term '''Swancore''' has also emerged in recent years to refer to a specific crop of acts who mix prog with post-hardcore and jazz fusion with overt pop (particularly funk-pop) sensibilities. Well-known examples include Dance Gavin Dance[[note]]the origin of the name, referring to guitarist Will Swan and his writing style and the bands that he tends to sign to Blue Swan Records[[/note]], Circa Survive, Thank You Scientist, CHON, Hail the Sun, Covet, and Eidola. |
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| 71 | In the early days of the movement -- i.e. TheSixties -- "underground" was the common name for this genre of this music. This is at least in part because it was largely heard at college and community FM stations in the U.S., and on the left-hand (non-commercial) side of the dial at that, in contrast to what some regarded as overly-commercialized pop still heard on stations all along the AM dial. But "underground" as a term came under fire from MoralGuardians who condemned its connections to drugs, sex and revolution. By 1980, the ''Magazine/RollingStone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll'' was referring to it as "art rock," and still later "progressive" replaced that, reflecting the creators' feeling that their music was constantly evolving. "Art rock" has since become a term for rock music that mixes in elements of high art without outright veering into progressive territory, being closest to "prog related" when using the list above. |
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| 73 | The original idea was to bring some of the sophistication of "legitimate" musical styles to rock, which was still widely regarded as disposable pop. The emergence of the LP as the primary format for rock music in the second half of the '60s allowed artists to experiment with longer songs that wouldn't fit on a 3-minute single. Precursors included the works of Music/FrankZappa (with and without the Mothers of Invention), especially 1967's ''Music/AbsolutelyFree'', which consisted of two side-long suites borrowing liberally from classical music (especially the works of Music/IgorStravinsky) and including a mini-RockOpera, "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" (described as a "condensed two-hour musical"), Music/TheBeatles' ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', whose (loose) concept influenced many bands, Music/TheBeachBoys' ''Music/PetSounds'' and "Good Vibrations", whose complicated and unorthodox arrangements and creative, eclectic instrumentation influenced a wide variety of bands, Music/TheMoodyBlues' ''Days of Future Passed'', whose use of an orchestra would influence many other bands to do the same, and Music/DeepPurple's ''Music/ConcertoForGroupAndOrchestra'', another early case of a rock band collaborating with an orchestra. Music/TheWho's "A Quick One, While He's Away," from [[Music/AQuickOne the album of the same name]], "Rael" from ''Music/TheWhoSellOut'', and ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' codified the RockOpera. But the unquestioned TropeCodifier was Music/KingCrimson, whose 1969 début album ''Music/InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing'' proved to be both commercially successful and influential on the genre. FM radio stations willing to play these longer tracks popped up across the U.S. at the same time due to new regulations forbidding AM stations from simulcasting on FM. These rock stations relied on album tracks to fill airtime. |
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| 75 | Classically-trained musicians such as [[Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer Keith Emerson]] and Music/RickWakeman started to be drawn to rock, and they brought their repertoire with them. (An early influencer was Doug Ingle of Music/{{Iron Butterfly|Band}}, who'd put his classical/church organ background to work on "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".) This is where Prog gets its modern image of classically-influenced songs with many extended solos. At the same time, new electronic keyboards like the Minimoog, the Mellotron and the Fender Rhodes electric piano expanded the sound palette of popular music, and these prog keyboardists took full advantage of the new technology. |
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| 77 | The massive sales of rock records in the '60s and '70s allowed labels to take chances on more experimental acts, and many artists in all genres felt the urge to take artistic risks. Like its major influences, jazz and classical, progressive rock leaned toward audiophilia. As rock fans came of age and joined the workforce when they could still find well-paying jobs even straight out of high school, they were willing to spend money on expensive stereo equipment to enhance their enjoyment of this music, so the environment was ripe for the growth of progressive rock. |
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| 79 | More broadly, Prog or Art Rock was used to refer to any attempt to elevate rock from its lowbrow image. This could include pop music with experimental elements (Music/TenCc and Music/RoxyMusic), and bands that used orchestral instruments (Music/ElectricLightOrchestra). Some bands fused with other styles: Music/JethroTull were based on folk music, Music/BeBopDeluxe had glam elements to their sound, and the Canterbury bands leaned toward modern jazz. The most commercially successful progressive rock band was Music/PinkFloyd, whose 1973 album ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' famously has spent more than over 30 years on the charts and has sold tens of millions of copies, holding the rather impressive distinction of being the third bestselling studio album in history and the fourth bestselling album overall. |
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| 81 | Prog was largely a European phenomenon, although Music/{{Kansas}} and Music/{{Rush|Band}} were significant examples from America and Canada, respectively. Most of the major bands were from the United Kingdom, although there were several important acts in the genre that came from Germany (the {{Krautrock}} scene, and particularly Music/{{Can}}, Music/{{Neu}} and Music/AmonDuulII), Greece (Music/AphroditesChild, whose keyboardist Music/{{Vangelis}} later had a successful solo career), France (Music/{{Magma}}, the creators of the Zeuhl subgenre, and Music/{{Gong}}), and Italy (The Progressivo Italiano scene, which featured bands like Premiata Forneria Marconi). JazzFusion can be seen as a primarily American counterpart to progressive rock, and many of the big names of that genre like [[Music/JohnMcLaughlin Mahavishnu Orchestra]] and Return to Forever weren't too far off sonically from prog bands of the day. |
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| 83 | Critics usually dismissed these bands as being "pretentious" (for a long time, Music/PinkFloyd and Music/KingCrimson were the only progressive rock bands many rock critics would admit to liking, although the former received their fair share of critical drubbings at the time). Some people just want to have a good time, and prog bands sometimes took themselves far too seriously. Perhaps the most notorious offender was Music/{{Yes}}' ''Tales from Topographic Oceans'' album: it was seen by many as a clear drop in quality from their previous efforts. By stretching a total of four songs ''over two [=LPs=]'', [[EveryoneHasStandards even most progressive rock listeners]] found it to be an exhausting experience to listen to. The economic malaise that set in later in the '70s made prog rock, with its idealism and fantasy-derived lyrics, look out of touch and elitist. In the U.S., FM stations that had been prog rock's bread and butter were transitioning from freeform to tightly-formatted "album-oriented rock" stations, and had even less patience for experimental music, preferring straight-ahead hard rock from bands like Music/BadCompany and Music/{{Foreigner|Band}}, though prog acts with harder elements like Music/PinkFloyd and Music/{{Rush|Band}} did very well on the format. |
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| 85 | The rise and fall of progressive rock parallels the UsefulNotes/NewHollywood movement in film: ambitious creators using their newfound creative freedom at the start of the '70s to create enduring masterpieces before collapsing under the weight of their own pretensions by the end of the decade. The closest thing the genre has to ''Film/HeavensGate'' is the infamous Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer album, ''Love Beach'', [[ContractualObligationProject which was only made because the band owed their label another album]]. |
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| 87 | The rise of {{New Wave|Music}} and PunkRock as the new truly "underground" genres was in large part a reaction to the genre; ironically, it was mostly exhausted by TheEighties anyway, with some of the genre's biggest names including Yes, Music/{{Genesis|Band}}, and Rush shifting toward a more radio-friendly sound and making music videos in the late '70s and especially TheEighties, to great commercial success. King Crimson, who had broken up in 1974, reunited in 1981 with a new lineup and a [[GenreShift new sound]] that took much greater influence from the artsier New Wave bands than from classic prog, incidentally becoming [[TropeMaker the de-facto starting point]] for the "post-progressive" movement. Music/BeBopDeluxe leader Bill Nelson, meanwhile, broke up his band to embark on a quirky new wave/art rock solo career. The 1982 debut album of the prog supergroup Music/{{Asia}} had radio-ready singles that were huge hits, but was considered the final nail in the coffin for the genre from a critical standpoint. |
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| 89 | Still other prog bands like Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer, [[Music/TenCc 10cc]] and Music/JethroTull either disbanded or saw their popularity wane considerably. Music/PinkFloyd was an exception as they continued to sell millions of records and sell out arenas/stadiums while keeping their sound intact, although even they weren't afraid to embrace Creator/{{MTV}} and all the new recording tech that developed throughout the decade. It didn't hurt that the band had already developed a distinctive visual identity through its Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} covers and live shows. Likewise, former Genesis leader Music/PeterGabriel kept his prog sensibilities even as he became a solo superstar, [[GenreBusting blending the style with other genres like new wave, funk and worldbeat]]. Some of the big groups that went pop also carried over some of their progressive rock stylings over to their hits, and still utilized complex chord progressions, unusual time signatures, and recorded longer and more complicated songs for their albums. Genesis, for instance, had a hit with "Turn It On Again", performed in the rare time signature of 13/8, while the full-length album version of another hit, "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight", is nearly nine minutes long. |
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| 91 | While the titular band wasn't a prog rock band, ''Film/ThisIsSpinalTap'' mocked many of prog's tropes, including overlong improvisations, concert theatrics that failed more often than not, half-baked fantasy lyrics and classical influences, which showed [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen how far the genre had fallen]] by the start of the 1980s. |
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| 93 | At the same time, the audio market was moving away from component stereo systems toward smaller, cheaper, and more portable devices like boomboxes and personal stereos, and thus was drifting away from the audiophilia that had been prog's bread and butter. |
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| 95 | There was a sub genre that came in the mid-80s called neo-prog, which was basically bands trying to emulate the '70s progressive rock sound with '80s production and [[BlackSheepHit a few power ballads here and there]]. Music/{{Marillion}} were commercially successful in Europe, even scoring several hit singles in the UK, but they were the only neo-prog band to gain that much popularity. In North America, the Canadian band Music/{{Saga}} also had some success with their sound that mixed classic prog with new wave in a similar manner to what the British neo-prog bands were doing. Despite prog rock's lack of popularity in the 1980s, its influence could be heard in the music of artists from other genres, such as Music/KateBush, Music/{{Cardiacs}}, Music/TalkingHeads, Music/TalkTalk, Music/TearsForFears, and Music/DavidSylvian. Ironically, Music/SexPistols frontman John Lydon was a fan of prog rock, which his band supposedly helped make irrelevant, and the genre was a major influence on his next band Music/PublicImageLtd. (Fellow [=PiL=] member Keith Levene had also been a roadie for Music/{{Yes}}.) On that note, the PostPunk movement was very much influenced by progressive rock, especially {{Krautrock}}, and can be viewed as a {{reconstruction}} of complex, experimental music that ended up having lasting effects on the music landscape decades down the road. |
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| 97 | The end of prog rock's mainstream popularity also gave birth to a second offshoot genre: post-progressive, which sought to create a new brand of progressive rock from newer influences outside of those that classic prog derived itself from. As previously mentioned, King Crimson served as the arguable [[TropeMaker trope makers]] for post-progressive with their 1980s output, which combined the basic prog ethos with the sound and stylings of NewWaveMusic and [[WorldMusic worldbeat]], though some would be willing to argue that Music/PeterGabriel's ''Music/{{Scratch}}'' and ''Music/{{Melt}}'', Music/TalkingHeads' ''Music/RemainInLight'' and even the entire PostPunk movement serve as earlier starting points. Post-progressive bands also tended to draw more from the {{Krautrock}} side of the tree than the English branch, and thus were often DarkerAndEdgier compared to the classic bands in the genre. In particular, music analyst Bill Martin singled out Talking Heads as examples of post-prog before King Crimson's reformation, writing that "a good deal of the more interesting rock since that time is clearly 'post-Talking Heads' music, but that means it is post-progressive rock as well." PostRock and more generally experimental art rock and AlternativeRock artists are also frequently described as examples of post-progressive music, with Music/TalkTalk and Music/{{Radiohead}} often being described by analysts as modern-day examples of post-classical prog. |
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| 99 | Officially, post-progressive bands were only classified in this genre in hindsight, usually lumped into NewWaveMusic, PostPunk, AlternativeRock, PostRock, or ElectronicMusic depending on the time period. In this sense, one could consider post-progressive to be less of a concrete genre and more an umbrella category for general {{spiritual successor}}s to progressive rock that don't directly copy the classic sound. Post-progressive thus might be truer to the original scene's intentions than neo-prog. |
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| 101 | The introduction of the UsefulNotes/CompactDisc format, with its digital clarity, longer running time, and complete lack of surface noise, spurred a trend in record production toward more lush production from artists like Music/TalkTalk, Music/TearsForFears, and Music/DireStraits, in turn contributing to the mainstream rise of AlternativeRock and eventual interplay between the two genres. The popularity of the back catalogs of major prog artists like Music/{{Yes}}, Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer, and Music/PinkFloyd on CD, along with the aformentioned neo-prog movement, showed that there was still an appetite for the genre among the music-buying public. |
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| 103 | Prog rock began to re-establish itself in the early '90s. The band leading that resurgence was Music/{{Queensryche}}, an American group who were one of the pioneers of the ProgressiveMetal style and were best known for their concept albums like ''Music/OperationMindcrime'', which was a [[SleeperHit surprise best-seller]] in an era where metal bands that were much poppier and glammier than them ruled the airwaves. While Queensrÿche ultimately faded from mainstream popularity by the mid-90s, a full-on prog revival was in swing by then, with Music/DreamTheater, Music/PorcupineTree, Music/{{Tool}}, Music/SpocksBeard, and Music/{{Radiohead}} finding success with music rooted in classic prog rock filtered through alt-rock or metal sensibilities. Music/{{Phish}} are best known as a psychedelic jam band, but their sound in the late '80s and early '90s was strongly influenced by British prog bands. |
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| 105 | At the same time, the classic bands that "went pop" in the '80s also started to return to what made them famous initially. Yes reunited with the classic "Anderson, Howe, Squire, Wakeman, and White" lineup. Genesis tried to go back to a more complex sound on the Phil Collins-less ''Calling All Stations'' and [[FanonDiscontinuity failed]] [[CreatorKiller miserably]]. Music/PinkFloyd reinstated Richard Wright as a full band member and the subsequent album, ''Music/TheDivisionBell'', was hailed as a return to form. Many more bands went back to the longer songs, EpicRocking, and weird lyrics. Even bands that were associated with the concurrent {{Britpop}} scene, such as Music/{{Mansun}}, Music/{{Oceansize}}, Dawn of the Replicants, and Ultrasound drew heavy influence from prog. |
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| 107 | Progressive rock continued to have a following well into the 2000s and 2010s, with bands like Music/TheMarsVolta, Music/{{Muse}}, Music/CoheedAndCambria, Music/{{Mew}} and Music/UmphreysMcgee all achieving some form of success in those decades. Porcupine Tree leader Music/StevenWilson also established himself as both a popular solo artist and as the go-to producer for many classic prog bands looking to remaster their back catalogs. The 2010s also saw the evolution of post-progressive rock into a more cohesive "scene" with stronger AlternativeRock and PostRock influences, led by mostly British artists such as {{Music/Anathema|Band}}, The Pineapple Thief and, of course, Steven Wilson. This can be largely attributed to the success of Music/PorcupineTree and the expansion of the Kscope record label -- it can be argued that both have become synonymous with modern progressive rock. On the heavier end, the 2010s also saw the rise of acts like Music/{{Haken}}, Music/CaligulasHorse, Music/{{Leprous}} and Music/RiversOfNihil, as well as the continued major success of Music/BetweenTheBuriedAndMe, Fates Warning, Riverside, and Music/{{Ihsahn}}'s solo career. Much of this can be credited to the rise of [=InsideOut=] Music, which gradually worked its way up from a boutique label in the mid-1990s to being big enough to sign Kansas, Jethro Tull, and Dream Theater, and is generally accepted as the modern prog tastemaker label. |
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| 109 | Prog rock was one of the originators, and certainly one of the main motivators, of the ConceptAlbum. |
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| 111 | See also ProgressiveMetal for when prog gets ''[[DarkerAndEdgier heavy]]'', and TechnicalDeathMetal for when prog gets ''even heavier''. {{Krautrock}} is a somewhat more Teutonic variant, which is sometimes considered a subgenre of progressive rock and sometimes its own (albeit related) genre. Also compare BaroquePop, which has been described as being to pop music what prog is to rock. The genre influenced the development of various forms of AlternativeRock, especially PostRock and MathRock, which are sometimes regarded as modern-day successors to progressive rock. (When alternative rock surfaced on CollegeRadio in the '80s, one of the terms used to describe the music was "progressive," out of the shared roots of both genres on non-commercial stations.) Prog has also had an influence on ElectronicMusic and {{Ambient}} music, and it has had a parallel evolution with SpaceRock and PsychedelicRock, to the point where the boundaries between them are frequently quite nebulous. |
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| 113 | Progressive rock's attempts to elevate the level of artistry in popular music and promote musicians as "auteurs" had a lot in common with the "poptimist" school of music criticism that emerged in the 2000s. The genre would open rock to new influences, and the best albums of the era remain beloved rock classics. |
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| 117 | !! Notable Artists: |
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| 119 | [[index]] |
| 120 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 122 | [[folder:Proto-Prog]] |
| 123 | * Music/TheAnimals |
| 124 | * Music/AphroditesChild |
| 125 | * Music/TheBeachBoys |
| 126 | ** 1966 - ''Music/PetSounds'' |
| 127 | ** 1967/2004/2011 - ''Music/{{Smile|TheBeachBoys}}'' (Rock music's most infamous case of DevelopmentHell. Originally recorded in 1966-1967, but unfinished due to Music/BrianWilson suffering a CreatorBreakdown; still managed to be heavily influential on progressive rock due to being [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes widely bootlegged]]. Wilson released his own solo version in 2004, which was a new recording; he finally completed the 1967 Beach Boys version in 2011) |
| 128 | ** 1971 - ''[[Music/SurfsUp1971 Surf's Up]]'' |
| 129 | ** 1973 - ''Music/{{Holland|1973}}'' Described on this very site as "The most ProgressiveRock Music/TheBeachBoys ever got". |
| 130 | * Music/TheBeatles (later material) |
| 131 | ** 1965 - ''Music/RubberSoul'' |
| 132 | ** 1966 - ''Music/{{Revolver|Beatles Album}}'' |
| 133 | ** 1967 - ''Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'' |
| 134 | ** 1967 - ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'' |
| 135 | ** 1968 - ''The Beatles'' (better known as ''Music/TheWhiteAlbum'') |
| 136 | ** 1968 - ''Music/YellowSubmarine'' |
| 137 | ** 1969 - ''Music/AbbeyRoad'' |
| 138 | ** 1970 - ''Music/LetItBe'' |
| 139 | ** 1988 - ''Music/PastMasters'' |
| 140 | ** 2006 - ''Theatre/TheBeatlesLove'' |
| 141 | * Music/ArthurBrown |
| 142 | * Music/TheByrds -- also Progressive Country |
| 143 | * Music/{{Cream}} |
| 144 | * Music/DeepPurple |
| 145 | ** 1969 - ''Music/ConcertoForGroupAndOrchestra'' |
| 146 | * Music/TheDoors |
| 147 | ** 1967 - ''Music/TheDoorsAlbum'' |
| 148 | ** 1967 - ''Music/StrangeDays'' |
| 149 | ** 1971 - ''Music/LAWoman'' |
| 150 | * Music/TheGratefulDead |
| 151 | ** 1968 - ''Music/AnthemOfTheSun'' |
| 152 | ** 1970 - ''Music/AmericanBeauty'' |
| 153 | * Music/JimiHendrix -- also Progressive Soul |
| 154 | ** 1967 - ''Music/AreYouExperienced'' |
| 155 | ** 1967 - ''Music/AxisBoldAsLove'' |
| 156 | * Music/{{Iron Butterfly|Band}} |
| 157 | ** 1968 - ''Music/InAGaddaDaVida'' |
| 158 | * Music/JeffersonAirplane |
| 159 | ** 1966 - ''Music/JeffersonAirplaneTakesOff'' |
| 160 | ** 1967 - ''Music/SurrealisticPillow'' |
| 161 | ** 1968 - ''Music/CrownOfCreation'' |
| 162 | * Music/TheMoodyBlues |
| 163 | ** 1967 - ''Music/DaysOfFuturePassed'' |
| 164 | * Music/TheMove |
| 165 | * Music/PinkFloyd |
| 166 | ** 1970 - ''Music/AtomHeartMother'' |
| 167 | ** 1971 - ''Music/{{Meddle}}'' |
| 168 | ** 1972 - ''Music/ObscuredByClouds'' |
| 169 | ** 1973 - ''Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon'' |
| 170 | ** 1975 - ''Music/{{Wish You Were Here|1975}}'' |
| 171 | ** 1977 - ''Music/{{Animals|1977}}'' |
| 172 | ** 1979 - ''Music/TheWall'' |
| 173 | ** 1983 - ''Music/TheFinalCut'' |
| 174 | ** 1987 - ''Music/AMomentaryLapseOfReason'' |
| 175 | ** 1994 - ''Music/TheDivisionBell'' |
| 176 | ** 2014 - ''Music/TheEndlessRiver'' |
| 177 | * Music/ThePrettyThings |
| 178 | ** 1968 - ''Music/SFSorrow'' |
| 179 | * Music/ProcolHarum |
| 180 | * Music/SoftMachine -- also Jazz Fusion |
| 181 | * Music/{{Traffic|Band}} |
| 182 | * Music/TheWho |
| 183 | ** 1966 - ''Music/AQuickOne'' |
| 184 | ** 1967 - ''Music/TheWhoSellOut'' |
| 185 | ** 1969 - ''Music/{{Tommy}}'' |
| 186 | ** 1971 - ''Music/WhosNext'' |
| 187 | ** 1973 - ''Music/{{Quadrophenia}}'' |
| 188 | * Music/TheYardbirds |
| 189 | * Music/FrankZappa -- also Jazz Fusion |
| 190 | ** 1966 - ''Music/FreakOut'' |
| 191 | ** 1867 - ''Music/AbsolutelyFree'' |
| 192 | ** 1968 - ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney'' |
| 193 | ** 1968 - ''Music/CruisingWithRubenAndTheJets'' |
| 194 | ** 1969 - ''Music/UncleMeat'' |
| 195 | * Music/TheZombies |
| 196 | ** 1968 - ''Music/OdesseyAndOracle'' |
| 197 | [[/folder]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | [[folder:Progressive Pop]] |
| 200 | * [[Music/TenCc 10cc]] |
| 201 | * Music/TheAlanParsonsProject |
| 202 | ** 1977 - ''Music/IRobot'' |
| 203 | * Music/{{Asia}} |
| 204 | * Music/ElectricLightOrchestra |
| 205 | ** 1971 - ''Music/TheElectricLightOrchestra'' |
| 206 | ** 1974 - ''Music/{{Eldorado}}'' |
| 207 | ** 1977 - ''Music/OutOfTheBlue'' |
| 208 | ** 1981 - ''Music/{{Time}}'' |
| 209 | * Music/{{Genesis|Band}} (after Peter Gabriel's departure; earlier albums were Progressive Rock) |
| 210 | ** 1978 - ''Music/AndThenThereWereThree'' |
| 211 | ** 1980 - ''Music/{{Duke}}'' |
| 212 | ** 1981 - ''Music/{{Abacab}}'' |
| 213 | ** 1983 - ''Music/{{Genesis|Album}}'' |
| 214 | ** 1986 - ''Music/InvisibleTouch'' |
| 215 | ** 1991 - ''Music/WeCantDance'' |
| 216 | * Music/{{Klaatu}}[[note]]Canadian band notorious for being the band that people thought were actually an anonymous reunion of The Beatles -- who had broken up six years before Klaatu released their first album, which didn't credit any musicians as part of the album's concept that they were a band of space aliens -- until Klaatu revealed their actual names, and then their sales slumped when people realized that they weren't actually The Beatles.[[/note]] |
| 217 | * Music/TrevorRabin |
| 218 | * Music/ToddRundgren |
| 219 | * Music/{{Supertramp}} |
| 220 | ** 1974 - ''Music/CrimeOfTheCentury'' |
| 221 | ** 1979 - ''Music/BreakfastInAmerica'' |
| 222 | * Music/TearsForFears |
| 223 | ** 1983 - ''Music/TheHurting'' |
| 224 | ** 1985 - ''Music/SongsFromTheBigChair'' |
| 225 | ** 1989 - ''Music/TheSeedsOfLove'' |
| 226 | ** 1993 - ''Music/{{Elemental|Album}}'' |
| 227 | ** 1995 - ''Music/RaoulAndTheKingsOfSpain'' |
| 228 | ** 2004 - ''Music/EverybodyLovesAHappyEnding'' |
| 229 | [[/folder]] |
| 230 | |
| 231 | [[folder:Progressive Rock]] |
| 232 | * Music/TonyBanks |
| 233 | * Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer |
| 234 | ** 1971 - ''Music/PicturesAtAnExhibition'' |
| 235 | ** 1973 - ''Music/BrainSaladSurgery'' |
| 236 | * Music/{{Genesis|Band}} -- early works; later albums were Art Rock, Progressive Pop and Pop Rock |
| 237 | ** 1970 - ''Music/{{Trespass|GenesisAlbum}}'' |
| 238 | ** 1971 - ''Music/NurseryCryme'' |
| 239 | ** 1972 - ''Music/{{Foxtrot|Album}}'' |
| 240 | *** "Music/SuppersReady" (song from the above album that has its own page; it takes up [[EpicRocking almost half the album length]]) |
| 241 | ** 1973 - ''Music/SellingEnglandByThePound'' |
| 242 | ** 1974 - ''Music/TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'' |
| 243 | ** 1976 - ''Music/ATrickOfTheTail'' |
| 244 | ** 1976 - ''Music/WindAndWuthering'' |
| 245 | * Music/GentleGiant |
| 246 | * Music/{{Goblin}} -- Italian Prog band best known for scoring Horror Films in The70s |
| 247 | ** 1975: ''Film/DeepRed'' |
| 248 | ** 1977: ''Film/Suspiria1977'' |
| 249 | ** 1978: ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'' |
| 250 | * Music/JethroTull -- also BluesRock and Folk Rock |
| 251 | ** 1971 - ''[[Music/AqualungJethroTullAlbum Aqualung]]'' |
| 252 | ** 1972 - ''Music/ThickAsABrick'' |
| 253 | * Music/{{Kansas}} |
| 254 | * Music/KingCrimson -- early works; 1980s releases were Post-Progressive; 1990s releases were Progressive Metal |
| 255 | ** 1969 - ''Music/InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing'' |
| 256 | ** 1970 - ''Music/InTheWakeOfPoseidon'' |
| 257 | ** 1973 - ''Music/LarksTonguesInAspic'' |
| 258 | ** 1974 - ''Music/{{Red|KingCrimsonAlbum}}'' |
| 259 | * Music/MikeOldfield |
| 260 | ** 1973 - ''Music/TubularBells'' |
| 261 | ** 1982 - ''Music/FiveMilesOut'' |
| 262 | ** 1983 - ''Music/{{Crises}}'' |
| 263 | ** 1992 - ''Music/TubularBellsII'' |
| 264 | ** 1998 - ''Music/TubularBellsIII'' |
| 265 | * Music/{{Quatermass}} |
| 266 | * Music/{{Renaissance}} |
| 267 | * Music/{{Rush|Band}} |
| 268 | ** 1975 - ''Music/FlyByNight'' |
| 269 | ** 1975 - ''Music/CaressOfSteel'' |
| 270 | ** 1976 - ''Music/TwentyOneTwelve'' |
| 271 | ** 1977 - ''Music/AFarewellToKings'' |
| 272 | ** 1978 - ''Music/{{Hemispheres}}'' |
| 273 | ** 1980 - ''Music/PermanentWaves'' |
| 274 | ** 1981 - ''Music/{{Moving Pictures|Album}}'' |
| 275 | ** 1982 - ''Music/{{Signals}}'' |
| 276 | ** 1984 - ''Music/GraceUnderPressure'' |
| 277 | ** 1985 - ''Music/PowerWindows'' |
| 278 | ** 1987 - ''Music/HoldYourFire'' |
| 279 | ** 1989 - ''Music/{{Presto|Album}}'' |
| 280 | ** 1991 - ''Music/RollTheBones'' |
| 281 | ** 1993 - ''Music/{{Counterparts}}'' |
| 282 | ** 1996 - ''Music/TestForEcho'' |
| 283 | ** 2002 - ''Music/VaporTrails'' |
| 284 | ** 2007 - ''Music/SnakesAndArrows'' |
| 285 | ** 2012 - ''Music/ClockworkAngels'' |
| 286 | * Music/{{Saga}} |
| 287 | * Music/{{Styx}} |
| 288 | * Music/{{UK}} |
| 289 | * Music/UriahHeep |
| 290 | * Music/VanDerGraafGenerator |
| 291 | * Music/JeffWayne |
| 292 | ** 1978 - ''Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds'' |
| 293 | * Music/{{Yes}} -- post-1980 recordings were Pop Rock |
| 294 | ** 1969 - ''Music/{{Yes|Album}}'' |
| 295 | ** 1970 - ''Music/TimeAndAWord'' |
| 296 | ** 1971 - ''Music/TheYesAlbum'' |
| 297 | ** 1971 - ''Music/{{Fragile}}'' |
| 298 | ** 1972 - ''Music/CloseToTheEdge'' |
| 299 | ** 1973 - ''Music/TalesFromTopographicOceans'' |
| 300 | ** 1974 - ''Music/{{Relayer}}'' |
| 301 | ** 1977 - ''Music/GoingForTheOne'' |
| 302 | ** 1978 - ''Music/{{Tormato}}'' |
| 303 | ** 1980 - ''Music/{{Drama|YesAlbum}}'' |
| 304 | * [[Music/ToppatakkejaJaToledonTerasta YUP]] |
| 305 | [[/folder]] |
| 306 | |
| 307 | [[folder:Avant-Prog]] |
| 308 | * Music/HenryCow |
| 309 | ** 1975 - Music/DesperateStraights (With Music/SlappHappy) |
| 310 | ** 1975 - Music/InPraiseOfLearning (With Slapp Happy) |
| 311 | * Music/KayoDot |
| 312 | * Music/ThisHeat |
| 313 | ** 1979 - ''Music/ThisHeatAlbum'' |
| 314 | ** 1981 - ''Music/{{Deceit}}'' |
| 315 | * Music/UniversZero |
| 316 | [[/folder]] |
| 317 | |
| 318 | [[folder:Space Rock]] |
| 319 | * Music/AcidMothersTemple |
| 320 | * Music/AngelsAndAirwaves |
| 321 | * Music/{{Gong}} |
| 322 | * Music/SteveHackett |
| 323 | * Music/{{Hawkwind}} |
| 324 | * Music/{{Omega}} |
| 325 | [[/folder]] |
| 326 | |
| 327 | [[folder:Canterbury Scene]] |
| 328 | * Music/{{Camel}} |
| 329 | * Music/{{Caravan}} |
| 330 | * Music/{{Egg}} |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | |
| 333 | [[folder:Jazz Fusion]] |
| 334 | * Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand |
| 335 | * Music/JeffBeck |
| 336 | * Music/BillBruford |
| 337 | * Music/{{Chicago|Band}} |
| 338 | * Music/MilesDavis |
| 339 | ** 1969 - ''Music/InASilentWay'' |
| 340 | ** 1970 - ''Music/BitchesBrew'' |
| 341 | * Music/HerbieHancock |
| 342 | ** 1973 - ''Music/HeadHunters'' |
| 343 | * Music/JohnMcLaughlin |
| 344 | * Music/{{Santana}} |
| 345 | ** 1970 - ''Music/{{Abraxas|Album}}'' |
| 346 | ** 2002 - ''Music/{{Shaman}}'' |
| 347 | * Music/SoftMachine -- also Proto-Prog |
| 348 | * Music/SteelyDan |
| 349 | * [[Music/{{Emergency}} The Tony Williams Lifetime]] |
| 350 | * Music/FrankZappa -- also Proto-Prog |
| 351 | ** 1969 - ''Music/HotRats'' |
| 352 | ** 1970 - ''Music/BurntWeenySandwich'' |
| 353 | ** 1970 - ''Music/WeaselsRippedMyFlesh'' |
| 354 | ** 1970 - ''Music/ChungasRevenge'' |
| 355 | ** 1971 - ''Music/FillmoreEastJune1971'' |
| 356 | ** 1971 - ''Film/TwoHundredMotels'' |
| 357 | ** 1972 - ''Music/JustAnotherBandFromLA'' |
| 358 | ** 1972 - ''Music/WakaJawaka'' |
| 359 | ** 1972 - ''Music/TheGrandWazoo'' |
| 360 | ** 1973 - ''Music/OverNiteSensation'' |
| 361 | ** 1974 - ''Music/{{Apostrophe}}'' |
| 362 | ** 1974 - ''Music/RoxyAndElsewhere'' |
| 363 | ** 1975 - ''Music/OneSizeFitsAll'' |
| 364 | ** 1975 - ''Music/BongoFury'' (with Music/CaptainBeefheart) |
| 365 | ** 1976 - ''Music/ZootAllures'' |
| 366 | ** 1978 - ''Music/ZappaInNewYork'' |
| 367 | ** 1978 - ''Music/StudioTan'' |
| 368 | ** 1978 - ''Music/SleepDirt'' |
| 369 | ** 1979 - ''Music/SheikYerbouti'' |
| 370 | ** 1979 - ''Music/JoesGarage'' |
| 371 | ** 1981 - ''Music/TinseltownRebellion'' |
| 372 | ** 1981 - ''Music/ShutUpNPlayYerGuitar'' |
| 373 | ** 1981 - ''Music/YouAreWhatYouIs'' |
| 374 | ** 1982 - ''Music/ShipArrivingTooLateToSaveADrowningWitch'' |
| 375 | ** 1983 - ''Music/TheManFromUtopia'' |
| 376 | ** 1984 - ''Music/ThemOrUs'' |
| 377 | ** 1985 - ''Music/FrankZappaMeetsTheMothersOfPrevention'' |
| 378 | ** 1986 - ''Music/DoesHumorBelongInMusic'' |
| 379 | ** 1988 - ''Music/{{Guitar}}'' |
| 380 | ** 1988 - ''Music/BroadwayTheHardWay'' |
| 381 | ** 1991 - ''Music/TheBestBandYouNeverHeardInYourLife'' |
| 382 | ** 1991 - ''Music/MakeAJazzNoiseHere'' |
| 383 | ** 1996 - ''Music/{{Lather}}'' |
| 384 | [[/folder]] |
| 385 | |
| 386 | [[folder:Progressive Country]] |
| 387 | * Music/TheByrds |
| 388 | * Music/JohnnyCash |
| 389 | * Music/TheCharlieDanielsBand |
| 390 | * Music/TheFlyingBurritoBrothers |
| 391 | * Music/MichaelNesmith |
| 392 | [[/folder]] |
| 393 | |
| 394 | [[folder:Progressive Folk]] |
| 395 | * Music/{{Comus}} |
| 396 | * Music/FairportConvention |
| 397 | ** 1969 - ''Music/{{Unhalfbricking}}'' |
| 398 | ** 1969 - ''Music/LiegeAndLief'' |
| 399 | * Music/{{Horslips}} |
| 400 | * Music/{{Gryphon}} |
| 401 | * Music/LosJaivas |
| 402 | * Music/JoannaNewsom |
| 403 | ** ''[[Music/Ys2006 Ys]]'' |
| 404 | ** ''Music/HaveOneOnMe'' |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:Art Rock]] |
| 408 | * Music/BeBopDeluxe |
| 409 | * Music/DavidBowie |
| 410 | ** 1967 - ''[[Music/DavidBowie1967 David Bowie]]'' |
| 411 | ** 1969 - ''Music/SpaceOddity'' |
| 412 | ** 1970 - ''Music/TheManWhoSoldTheWorld'' |
| 413 | ** 1971 - ''Music/HunkyDory'' |
| 414 | ** 1972 - ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars'' |
| 415 | ** 1973 - ''Music/AladdinSane'' |
| 416 | ** 1973 - ''Music/PinUps'' |
| 417 | ** 1974 - ''Music/DiamondDogs'' |
| 418 | ** 1975 - ''Music/{{Young Americans|1975}}'' |
| 419 | ** 1976 - ''Music/StationToStation'' |
| 420 | ** 1976 - ''Music/{{Changesonebowie}}'' |
| 421 | ** 1977 - ''[[Music/LowDavidBowieAlbum Low]]'' |
| 422 | ** 1977 - ''Music/HeroesDavidBowieAlbum'' |
| 423 | ** 1979 - ''Music/{{Lodger}}'' |
| 424 | ** 1980 - ''Music/ScaryMonstersAndSuperCreeps'' |
| 425 | ** 1983 - ''Music/LetsDance'' |
| 426 | ** 1984 - ''Music/{{Tonight}}'' |
| 427 | ** 1987 - ''Music/NeverLetMeDown'' |
| 428 | ** 1989 - ''[[Music/TinMachineAlbum Tin Machine]]'' (with Tin Machine) |
| 429 | ** 1993 - ''Music/BlackTieWhiteNoise'' |
| 430 | ** 1993 - ''Music/TheBuddhaOfSuburbia'' |
| 431 | ** 1995 - ''Music/{{Outside}}'' |
| 432 | ** 1997 - ''Music/{{Earthling}}'' |
| 433 | ** 1999 - ''Music/HoursDavidBowieAlbum'' |
| 434 | ** 2002 - ''Music/{{Heathen}}'' |
| 435 | ** 2003 - ''Music/{{Reality}}'' |
| 436 | ** 2013 - ''Music/TheNextDay'' |
| 437 | ** 2016 - ''Music/BlackstarAlbum'' |
| 438 | * Music/DavidByrne |
| 439 | ** 1981 - ''Music/MyLifeInTheBushOfGhosts'' (with Music/BrianEno) |
| 440 | ** 1989 - ''Music/ReiMomo'' |
| 441 | ** 1992 - ''Music/UhOhDavidByrneAlbum'' |
| 442 | ** 1994 - ''Music/DavidByrneAlbum'' |
| 443 | ** 1997 - ''Music/{{Feelings}}'' |
| 444 | ** 2001 - ''Music/LookIntoTheEyeball'' |
| 445 | ** 2004 - ''Music/GrownBackwards'' |
| 446 | ** 2008 - ''Music/EverythingThatHappensWillHappenToday'' (with Brian Eno) |
| 447 | ** 2012 - ''Music/LoveThisGiant'' (with Music/StVincent) |
| 448 | ** 2018 - ''Music/AmericanUtopia'' |
| 449 | * Music/JohnCale |
| 450 | * Music/CaptainBeefheart |
| 451 | ** 1967 - ''Music/SafeAsMilk'' |
| 452 | ** 1968 - ''Music/StrictlyPersonal'' |
| 453 | ** 1969 - ''Music/TroutMaskReplica'' |
| 454 | ** 1970 - ''Music/LickMyDecalsOffBaby'' |
| 455 | ** 1974 - ''Music/BluejeansAndMoonbeams'' |
| 456 | ** 1974 - ''Music/UnconditionallyGuaranteed'' |
| 457 | ** 1975 - ''Music/BongoFury'' (with Music/FrankZappa) |
| 458 | ** 1978 - ''Music/ShinyBeast'' |
| 459 | ** 1980 - ''Music/DocAtTheRadarStation'' |
| 460 | ** 1982 - ''Music/IceCreamForCrow'' |
| 461 | * Music/{{Cardiacs}} |
| 462 | * Music/PhilCollins |
| 463 | ** 1981 - ''Music/FaceValue'' |
| 464 | * Music/DeadCanDance -- also DarkWave and GothRock |
| 465 | * Music/DevilDoll -- also Goth Rock |
| 466 | * Music/BrianEno |
| 467 | ** 1974 - ''Music/HereComeTheWarmJets'' |
| 468 | ** 1978 - ''Music/Ambient1MusicForAirports'' |
| 469 | ** 1981 - ''My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'' (with Music/DavidByrne) |
| 470 | ** 1983 - ''Music/ApolloAtmospheresAndSoundtracks'' |
| 471 | ** 2008 - ''Everything That Happens Will Happen Today'' (with David Byrne) |
| 472 | * Music/{{Genesis|Band}} |
| 473 | ** 1997 - ''Music/CallingAllStations'' |
| 474 | * Music/SusumuHirasawa |
| 475 | * Music/{{Japan}} |
| 476 | * Music/{{Nico}} |
| 477 | ** 1967 - ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' [[note]] A collaboration with Music/TheVelvetUnderground. [[/note]] |
| 478 | * Music/OingoBoingo |
| 479 | ** 1981: ''Music/OnlyALad'' |
| 480 | ** 1985: ''Music/DeadMansParty'' |
| 481 | * Music/YokoOno |
| 482 | * Music/{{Queen|Band}} |
| 483 | ** 1973 - ''Music/{{Queen|1973}}'' |
| 484 | ** 1974 - ''Music/QueenII'' |
| 485 | ** 1974 - ''Music/SheerHeartAttack'' |
| 486 | ** 1975 - ''Music/{{A Night at the Opera|1975}}'' |
| 487 | ** 1976 - ''Music/{{A Day at the Races|Album}}'' |
| 488 | ** 1977 - ''Music/NewsOfTheWorldQueen'' |
| 489 | ** 1978 - ''Music/{{Jazz|1978}}'' |
| 490 | ** 1980 - ''Music/TheGameQueen'' |
| 491 | ** 1982 - ''Music/HotSpace'' |
| 492 | ** 1984 - ''Music/TheWorks'' |
| 493 | ** 1986 - ''Music/{{A Kind of Magic|1986}}'' |
| 494 | ** 1989 - ''Music/TheMiracle'' |
| 495 | ** 1991 - ''Music/{{Innuendo}}'' |
| 496 | ** 1995 - ''Music/MadeInHeaven'' |
| 497 | * Music/{{Radiohead}} |
| 498 | ** 1997 - ''Music/OKComputer'' |
| 499 | ** 2000 - ''Music/KidA'' |
| 500 | ** 2001 - ''Music/{{Amnesiac}}'' |
| 501 | ** 2003 - ''Music/HailToTheThief'' |
| 502 | ** 2007 - ''Music/InRainbows'' |
| 503 | ** 2011 - ''Music/TheKingOfLimbs'' |
| 504 | ** 2016 - ''Music/AMoonShapedPool'' |
| 505 | * Music/LouReed |
| 506 | ** 1972 - ''Music/{{Transformer}}'' |
| 507 | ** 1973 - ''Music/{{Berlin}}'' |
| 508 | ** 1975 - ''Music/MetalMachineMusic'' |
| 509 | * Music/TheResidents |
| 510 | * Music/RoxyMusic |
| 511 | ** 1972 - ''Music/RoxyMusicAlbum'' |
| 512 | ** 1973 - ''Music/ForYourPleasure'' |
| 513 | ** 1974 - ''Music/CountryLife'' |
| 514 | ** 1975 - ''Music/Siren1975'' |
| 515 | ** 1982 - ''Music/{{Avalon|RoxyMusic}}'' |
| 516 | * Music/SoundHorizon |
| 517 | * Music/{{Sparks}} |
| 518 | ** 1974 - ''Music/KimonoMyHouse'' |
| 519 | ** 1979 - ''Music/No1InHeaven'' |
| 520 | ** 2002 - ''Music/LilBeethoven'' |
| 521 | * Music/DavidSylvian |
| 522 | * Music/TalkingHeads |
| 523 | ** 1977 - ''Music/TalkingHeads77'' |
| 524 | ** 1978 - ''Music/MoreSongsAboutBuildingsAndFood'' |
| 525 | ** 1979 - ''Music/FearOfMusic'' |
| 526 | ** 1980 - ''Music/RemainInLight'' |
| 527 | *** 1981 - "Music/OnceInALifetime" |
| 528 | ** 1983 - ''Music/SpeakingInTongues'' |
| 529 | ** 1984 - ''Film/StopMakingSense'' |
| 530 | ** 1985 - ''Music/LittleCreatures'' |
| 531 | ** 1986 - ''Music/TrueStories'' |
| 532 | ** 1988 - ''Music/{{Naked}}'' |
| 533 | * Music/{{Television}} |
| 534 | ** 1977 - ''Music/MarqueeMoon'' |
| 535 | * Music/TheVelvetUnderground |
| 536 | ** 1967 - ''Music/TheVelvetUndergroundAndNico'' [[note]] A collaboration with Nico. [[/note]] |
| 537 | ** 1968 - ''Music/WhiteLightWhiteHeat'' |
| 538 | ** 1969 - ''Music/{{The Velvet Underground|Album}}'' |
| 539 | ** 1970 - ''Music/{{Loaded}}'' |
| 540 | ** 1973 - ''Music/Squeeze1973'' (InNameOnly) |
| 541 | * Music/RogerWaters |
| 542 | ** 1992 - ''Music/AmusedToDeath'' |
| 543 | ** 2017 - ''Music/IsThisTheLifeWeReallyWant'' |
| 544 | * Music/RoyWood |
| 545 | [[/folder]] |
| 546 | |
| 547 | [[folder:Zeuhl]] |
| 548 | * Music/{{Koenjihyakkei}} |
| 549 | * Music/{{Magma}}[[note]]TropeNamer[[/note]] |
| 550 | [[/folder]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | [[folder:Krautrock]] |
| 553 | * Music/AmonDuulII |
| 554 | * Music/{{Can}} |
| 555 | * Music/{{Kraftwerk}} |
| 556 | ** 1974 - ''Music/{{Autobahn}}'' |
| 557 | ** 1977 - ''Music/TransEuropeExpress'' |
| 558 | ** 1978 - ''Music/TheManMachine'' |
| 559 | ** 1981 - ''Music/ComputerWorld'' |
| 560 | ** 1986 - ''[[Music/TechnoPop Electric Café]]'' |
| 561 | * Music/{{Neu}} |
| 562 | ** Music/LaDusseldorf |
| 563 | [[/folder]] |
| 564 | |
| 565 | [[folder:Progressive Soul]] |
| 566 | * Music/{{Aaliyah}} |
| 567 | * Music/GeorgeClinton and associated acts |
| 568 | ** 1971 - ''Music/MaggotBrain'' |
| 569 | ** 1975 - ''Music/MothershipConnection'' |
| 570 | ** 1978 - ''Music/OneNationUnderAGroove'' |
| 571 | * Music/DAngelo |
| 572 | * Music/JDilla |
| 573 | ** 2001: ''Music/Welcome2Detroit'' |
| 574 | ** 2006: ''Music/{{Donuts}}'' |
| 575 | * Music/EarthWindAndFire |
| 576 | * Music/MarvinGaye |
| 577 | ** 1971 - ''Music/WhatsGoingOn'' |
| 578 | * Music/AlGreen |
| 579 | * Music/IsaacHayes |
| 580 | * Music/JimiHendrix -- also Proto-Prog |
| 581 | ** 1968 - ''Music/ElectricLadyland'' |
| 582 | ** 1970 - ''Music/BandOfGypsys'' |
| 583 | * Music/TheIsleyBrothers |
| 584 | * Music/{{Labelle}} |
| 585 | * Music/LennyKravitz |
| 586 | * Music/CurtisMayfield |
| 587 | ** 1972 - ''Music/SuperFly'' |
| 588 | * Music/JanelleMonae |
| 589 | * Music/{{Prince}} |
| 590 | ** 1979 - ''Music/{{Prince|Album}}'' |
| 591 | ** 1980 - ''Music/DirtyMind'' |
| 592 | ** 1982 - ''[[Music/NineteenNinetyNineAlbum 1999]]'' |
| 593 | ** 1984 - ''Music/{{Purple Rain|Album}}'' |
| 594 | ** 1985 - ''Music/AroundTheWorldInADay'' |
| 595 | ** 1987 - ''Music/SignOTheTimes'' |
| 596 | ** 1989 - ''Music/{{Batman|1989}}'' |
| 597 | * Music/{{Sade}} |
| 598 | * Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone |
| 599 | ** 1969 - ''Music/{{Stand}}'' |
| 600 | ** 1971 - ''Music/TheresARiotGoinOn'' |
| 601 | * Music/TheTemptations |
| 602 | * Music/WarBand |
| 603 | * Music/StevieWonder |
| 604 | ** 1972 - ''Music/TalkingBook'' |
| 605 | ** 1973 - ''Music/{{Innervisions}}'' |
| 606 | ** 1976 - ''Music/SongsInTheKeyOfLife'' |
| 607 | [[/folder]] |
| 608 | |
| 609 | [[folder:Progressive Electronic]] |
| 610 | * Music/JeanMichelJarre |
| 611 | ** 1976 - ''Music/{{Oxygene}}'' |
| 612 | ** 1978 - ''Music/{{Equinoxe}}'' |
| 613 | * Music/{{Vangelis}} |
| 614 | [[/folder]] |
| 615 | |
| 616 | [[folder:Post-Progressive]] |
| 617 | * Music/{{Anathema|Band}} -- started off as a [[DeathMetal Death]] DoomMetal band and was one of the pioneers of GothicMetal; however, they abandoned all elements of Metal from their sound, and the majority of their music, starting with their sixth album, ''A Fine Day to Exit'', has been in a Post-Progressive style. |
| 618 | * Creator/IsaacBaranoff |
| 619 | * Music/BigBigTrain |
| 620 | * Music/{{Birdeatsbaby}} |
| 621 | * Music/BlackMidi |
| 622 | * Music/KateBush |
| 623 | ** 1978 - ''Music/TheKickInside'' |
| 624 | ** 1980 - ''Music/NeverForEver'' |
| 625 | ** 1982 - ''Music/TheDreaming'' |
| 626 | ** 1985 - ''Music/HoundsOfLove'' |
| 627 | ** 1989 - ''Music/TheSensualWorld'' |
| 628 | ** 1993 - ''Music/{{The Red Shoes|Album}}'' |
| 629 | ** 2005 - ''Music/{{Aerial}}'' |
| 630 | ** 2011 - ''Music/FiftyWordsForSnow'' |
| 631 | * Music/CoheedAndCambria |
| 632 | * Music/TheDearHunter |
| 633 | * Music/TheDecemberists[[note]]''The Chicago Sun-Times'' humorously called ''The Crane Wife'' "the best Jethro Tull album since ''Heavy Horses''", and meant it as a compliment[[/note]] |
| 634 | * Music/{{Elbow}} |
| 635 | * Music/ElioELeStorieTese |
| 636 | * Music/RobertFripp |
| 637 | * Music/PeterGabriel |
| 638 | ** 1977 - ''Music/{{Car}}'' |
| 639 | ** 1978 - ''Music/{{Scratch}}'' |
| 640 | ** 1980 - ''Music/{{Melt}}'' |
| 641 | ** 1982 - ''Music/{{Security}}'' |
| 642 | ** 1986 - ''Music/{{So}}'' |
| 643 | ** 1989 - ''Music/{{Passion}}'' |
| 644 | ** 1992 - ''Music/{{Us}}'' |
| 645 | ** 1994 - ''Music/SecretWorldLive'' (live album from tour to promote ''Us'') |
| 646 | ** 2002 - ''Music/{{Up|PeterGabrielAlbum}}'' |
| 647 | * Music/HisNameIsAlive |
| 648 | * Music/KingCrimson (1980s albums; earlier albums were Progressive Rock; '90s albums were Progressive Metal) |
| 649 | ** 1981 - ''Music/{{Discipline}}'' |
| 650 | ** 1982 - ''Music/{{Beat}}'' |
| 651 | ** 1984 - ''Music/ThreeOfAPerfectPair'' |
| 652 | * Music/KingGizzardAndTheLizardWizard (although this ''really'' depends on the release; they are one of modern music's most notorious practitioners of the NewSoundAlbum, and their large discography is a frequent source of ArchivePanic) |
| 653 | * Music/{{Mansun}} |
| 654 | * Music/TheMarsVolta |
| 655 | * Music/{{Mew}} |
| 656 | * Music/{{Phish}} |
| 657 | * Music/{{Primus}}[[note]]The only band to have its own Winamp genre tag, Primus is notoriously difficult to categorize, having been placed under AlternativeMetal, AlternativeRock, FunkMetal, Experimental Rock and Progressive Rock, among other categorizations.[[/note]] |
| 658 | ** 1995 - ''Music/TalesFromThePunchbowl'' |
| 659 | * Music/PorcupineTree -- initially a Psychedelic/Space Rock band, and also a Progressive Metal band on their later releases. |
| 660 | ** 1999 - ''Music/StupidDream'' |
| 661 | * Music/StevenWilson |
| 662 | ** 2013 - ''Music/TheRavenThatRefusedToSingAndOtherStories'' |
| 663 | ** 2015 - ''Music/HandCannotErase'' |
| 664 | * Music/TheReignOfKindo |
| 665 | * Music/TheTeaParty |
| 666 | [[/folder]] |
| 667 | |
| 668 | [[folder:Progressive Metal]] |
| 669 | * Music/{{Astronoid}} |
| 670 | * Music/{{Ayreon}} |
| 671 | * Music/BetweenTheBuriedAndMe |
| 672 | * Music/BlackCrownInitiate |
| 673 | * Music/CaligulasHorse |
| 674 | * Music/CircleTakesTheSquare |
| 675 | * Music/{{Conception}} |
| 676 | * Music/DiabloSwingOrchestra |
| 677 | * Music/DirEnGrey |
| 678 | * Music/DreamTheater |
| 679 | ** 1992 - ''Music/ImagesAndWords'' |
| 680 | ** 1999 - ''Music/MetropolisPt2ScenesFromAMemory'' |
| 681 | ** 2016 - ''Music/TheAstonishing'' |
| 682 | * Music/{{Enslaved}} |
| 683 | * Music/FairToMidland |
| 684 | * Music/TheFallOfTroy |
| 685 | * Music/GordianKnot |
| 686 | * Music/{{Haken}} |
| 687 | * Music/{{Ihsahn}} |
| 688 | * Music/{{Leprous}} |
| 689 | * Music/LiquidTensionExperiment |
| 690 | * Music/ArjenAnthonyLucassen |
| 691 | ** 2012 - ''Music/LostInTheNewReal'' |
| 692 | * Music/{{Mastodon}} |
| 693 | * Music/{{Meshuggah}} |
| 694 | * Music/{{Mudvayne}} |
| 695 | * Music/{{Nevermore}} |
| 696 | * Music/{{Opeth}} |
| 697 | * Music/{{Periphery}} |
| 698 | * Music/ProtestTheHero |
| 699 | * Music/ProyectoEskhata -- also RapMetal |
| 700 | * Music/{{Puya}} |
| 701 | * Music/{{Queensryche}} |
| 702 | ** 1988 - ''Music/OperationMindcrime'' |
| 703 | * Music/RiversOfNihil |
| 704 | * Music/JordanRudess |
| 705 | * [[Music/ShiningNorway Shining (Norway)]] |
| 706 | * Music/SymphonyX |
| 707 | * Music/{{Toehider}} |
| 708 | * Music/{{Tool}} |
| 709 | * Music/DevinTownsend |
| 710 | ** 2009 - ''Music/{{Ki}}'' |
| 711 | * Music/TransSiberianOrchestra |
| 712 | ** 1996 - ''Music/ChristmasEveAndOtherStories'' |
| 713 | ** 2000 - ''Music/BeethovensLastNight'' |
| 714 | * Music/NobuoUematsu with his bands The Black Mages and Earthbound Papas |
| 715 | * Music/UmphreysMcgee |
| 716 | * Music/SteveVai |
| 717 | * Music/{{Voivod}} |
| 718 | * Music/RickWakeman |
| 719 | * Music/{{Watchtower}} |
| 720 | * Music/{{Winger}} |
| 721 | [[/folder]] |
| 722 | |
| 723 | [[folder:Neo-Progressive Rock]] |
| 724 | * Music/{{Archive}} |
| 725 | * Creator/MattBerry |
| 726 | * Music/BiffyClyro |
| 727 | * Music/{{Fightstar}} |
| 728 | * Music/TheFlowerKings |
| 729 | * Music/{{Marillion}} |
| 730 | * Music/{{Marmozets}} |
| 731 | * Music/NealMorse |
| 732 | * Music/{{Muse}} |
| 733 | ** 1999 - ''Music/{{Showbiz}}'' |
| 734 | ** 2001 - ''Music/OriginOfSymmetry'' |
| 735 | ** 2003 - ''[[Music/AbsolutionAlbum Absolution]]'' |
| 736 | ** 2006 - ''Music/BlackHolesAndRevelations'' |
| 737 | *** "Music/KnightsOfCydonia" |
| 738 | ** 2009 - ''[[Music/TheResistanceAlbum The Resistance]]'' |
| 739 | ** 2012 - ''[[Music/The2ndLaw The 2nd Law]]'' |
| 740 | ** 2015 - ''Music/{{Drones}}'' |
| 741 | ** 2018 - ''Music/SimulationTheory'' |
| 742 | ** 2022 - ''Music/WillOfThePeople'' |
| 743 | * Music/SpocksBeard |
| 744 | ** 2002 - ''Music/{{Snow|2002}}'' |
| 745 | * Music/{{Transatlantic}} |
| 746 | * Music/TheWineryDogs |
| 747 | [[/folder]] |
| 748 | |
| 749 | [[folder:Progressive Rap]] |
| 750 | * Music/BustaRhymes |
| 751 | * Music/DannyBrown |
| 752 | * Music/{{Common}} |
| 753 | * Music/DeLaSoul |
| 754 | * Music/DigablePlanets |
| 755 | * Music/ElP |
| 756 | * Music/InsaneClownPosse |
| 757 | ** 2015 - ''Music/TheMarvelousMissingLink'' |
| 758 | * Music/KendrickLamar |
| 759 | ** 2012 - ''Music/GoodKidMAADCity'' |
| 760 | ** 2015 - ''Music/ToPimpAButterfly'' |
| 761 | * Music/MosDef |
| 762 | * [[Music/PharrellWilliams N*E*R*D]] |
| 763 | * Music/OutKast |
| 764 | * Music/PlayboiCarti |
| 765 | ** 2018 - ''Music/DieLit'' |
| 766 | * Music/PublicEnemy |
| 767 | ** 1988 - ''Music/ItTakesANationOfMillionsToHoldUsBack'' |
| 768 | ** 1990 - ''Music/FearOfABlackPlanet'' |
| 769 | * Music/QueenLatifah |
| 770 | * Music/TheRoots |
| 771 | * Music/ATribeCalledQuest |
| 772 | * Music/KanyeWest |
| 773 | ** 2004 - ''Music/TheCollegeDropout'' |
| 774 | ** 2010 - ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'' |
| 775 | ** 2016 - ''Music/TheLifeOfPablo'' |
| 776 | ** 2018 - ''Music/KidsSeeGhosts'' (with Music/KidCudi) |
| 777 | [[/folder]] |
| 778 | |
| 779 | [[folder:Swancore]] |
| 780 | * Music/DanceGavinDance |
| 781 | * Music/ThankYouScientist |
| 782 | [[/folder]] |
| 783 | ---- |
| 784 | |
| 785 | [[/index]] |
| 786 | |
| 787 | !!Tropes frequently associated with progressive rock include: |
| 788 | |
| 789 | * ArtifactTitle: One explanation for the genre's name is that it came from the "progressive" FM radio stations it was played on in the U.S. These were so-called because the [=DJs=] would, between playing the bands' latest ''magna opera'', spend almost as much time as the songs themselves took to play discussing politics from a progressive (i.e., very leftish) perspective. The name for the subgenre has remained even as the stations became increasingly all about the music and left the politics behind, and even as FM radio of the early 1970s evolved into today's ClassicRock format. This explanation, however, is [[RashomonStyle disputed]]; another holds that the progressive rock genre and the progressive rock radio format got their names separately, and that the genre was named because it was perceived to be "progressing" rock music. In this explanation the genre got its name from "progressive pop", which was used at the time to describe what today is generally known as BaroquePop, and it later became a synonym for rock music in general. |
| 790 | * ArtisticStimulation: Coming out of PsychedelicRock, LSD and marijuana were popular among musicians and fans of the genre. |
| 791 | * AuteurLicense: During the heyday of prog in the early '70s, labels gave artists an amount of artistic freedom that they haven't had since. |
| 792 | * {{Bookends}}: If you're listening to a concept album, odds are at least fifty-fifty that it's going to feature at least one example of this trope. Even if it's not a concept album, the trope may show up anyway. |
| 793 | * BritishRockstar: Most of the bands hailed from the U.K. and helped form the stereotype of British rock stars as drug-addled {{cloudcuckoolander}}s. The genre was so popular in the U.K. for awhile that even artists not commonly associated with prog sometimes recorded songs in the style; for example, Music/LedZeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand" (from ''Presence'') is often considered a progressive rock song, while Music/EltonJohn recorded "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" and much of ''Madman Across the Water'' in the style. |
| 794 | * ClassicalMusicIsCool: Prog musicians seem to adopt this as an ethos, given that many of them have classical backgrounds and work in references to classical music in their repertoire. |
| 795 | * ConceptAlbum: Developed somewhat in tandem with prog rock. The Mothers of Invention, Music/FrankZappa's band, were responsible for many of rock's early concept albums. |
| 796 | * ConLang: Practically ''de rigeur'' in zeuhl. Examples include Music/{{Magma}}, Ruins, and Koenjihyakkei. |
| 797 | * DeadHorseGenre: Critics, who usually believe in ThreeChordsAndTheTruth, have tended to hate the genre, even during its heyday in the early '70s. Today, they still hold prog up as the ''[[DiscoSucks other]]'' reason '70s music sucked so much. This is probably influenced by Lester Bangs' and Robert Christgau's disdain for prog. The critical darlings of the first half of the '70s were {{Singer Songwriter}}s like Music/BobDylan and Music/JoniMitchell and ProtoPunk bands like the Music/NewYorkDolls and Music/TheStooges, while critics went for PunkRock, PostPunk and NewWaveMusic in the second half. A prominent exception is Allmusic, which has given several famous prog albums the maximum rating of five stars, as is the Italian writer Creator/PieroScaruffi, who ranks prog albums as two of his top three albums ever made (three of three if you count Beefheart as prog). Pitchfork has been known to give prog records good reviews on occasion as well [[note]]for example, it gave a 9/10 rating to Music/{{Yes}}' ''Close to the Edge'', a 9.4/10 rating to Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn'' - which might have been a 10/10 if they had perceived the reissue to be of higher quality - and a 10/10 rating to Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/{{Animals|1977}}''[[/note]], but on the whole it much more frequently lambastes them. And, for that matter, even Christgau has given good reviews to prog records on occasion (Music/HenryCow, Music/PinkFloyd, Music/KingCrimson, etc.). Other than that, the only positive press coverage prog artists usually get is in magazines catering to musicians. Despite this, and no doubt precisely ''because'' of its appeal to musicians, the genre still has a number of {{Spiritual Successor}}s and other lasting influences on modern music; see below. |
| 798 | * DenserAndWackier: Prog rock bands tackled obscure philosophical and fantasy topics in their {{Concept Album}}s, compared to the idealism of late '60s rock. The concert theatrics could be ''bizarre'', such as Keith Emerson's infamous spinning piano. |
| 799 | * DesignStudentsOrgasm: The genre is famous for its lavish album cover art from artists such as Roger Dean and the Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} studio. |
| 800 | * EpicRocking: Naturally, given the song lengths. Often more focus on "epic" than rocking, obviously. |
| 801 | ** The Music/JethroTull albums ''Thick as a Brick'' and ''A Passion Play'' contained one song each, broken up by an interlude that allowed the listener to flip the record. |
| 802 | ** Music/MikeOldfield has done this multiple times; his first four albums particularly take this trope to the extreme, consisting solely of side-length suites. ''Incantations'' particularly turns it up a notch, featuring seventy-three minutes split over four sides, without interludes to let the listener to flip the record. As a result [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it works very well on CD]]. He would later revive the practice with ''Amarok'' (consisting of a single, unbroken, hour-long suite) and ''Return to Ommadawn'' (which brought back the side-length suite technique from his early work). |
| 803 | ** Music/RobertFripp (of Music/KingCrimson)'s collaborations with Music/BrianEno probably bear mentioning here as well; they are typically comprised of a single track split across multiple album sides. However, they are as much an example of the {{ambient}} genre as they are of progressive rock. |
| 804 | ** Many other bands similarly record albums that effectively consist of one track, or at least multiple side-length pieces, but divide it into separate movements for ease of CD navigation (or, during the heyday of vinyl, because it resulted in [[MoneyDearBoy higher royalties]]). Examples include Music/{{Magma}} (around half their output), Music/{{Camel}} (''The Snow Goose''), Music/HatfieldAndTheNorth (basically both their official full-length albums, although "Mumps" stands out for being twenty minutes long on its own), Music/FrankZappa (''Music/AbsolutelyFree''), Music/DevilDoll (All of their released output except ''Eliogabalus''; ''Dies Irae'' is split into multiple tracks but still plays as a single song), Music/DreamTheater (the second disc of ''Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence'' is a single 42-minute suite divided into eight tracks; the live version on ''Score'' is formatted as one track), Music/PorcupineTree (the main suite of ''The Incident'' is around 55 minutes, although it includes a bonus disc with four songs not part of the suite), and Music/{{Transatlantic}} (''The Whirlwind'' and ''The Absolute Universe''; both are listed as multiple tracks but the live versions of ''The Whirlwind'' are indexed as one track, and the "Forevermore" edition of ''The Absolute Universe'' is a double-CD). Music/PinkFloyd could be considered an example as well, although theirs often feel more like several songs stitched together with FadingIntoTheNextSong. Other albums, such as ''Third'' by Music/SoftMachine and ''Tales from Topographic Oceans'' by Music/{{Yes}}, as well as much of Music/TangerineDream's output, consist of one song per LP side, but they are counted as separate songs. |
| 805 | ** The side-length piece, usually in the form of a multi-part suite, is a staple of progressive rock; particularly acclaimed examples include "Music/SuppersReady" by Music/{{Genesis|Band}}; "Close to the Edge" and "The Gates of Delirium" by Music/{{Yes}}; "Nine Feet Underground" by Music/{{Caravan}}; "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" by Music/VanDerGraafGenerator; "Lizard" by Music/KingCrimson; "2112" and "Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres" by Music/{{Rush|Band}}; "Tarkus" and "Karn Evil 9" by Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer; "Anesthetize" by Music/PorcupineTree; "The Adventures of Greggery Peccary" by Music/FrankZappa; "Cassandra Gemini" by Music/TheMarsVolta; "A Mind Beside Itself", "Octavarium", and "A Change of Seasons" by Music/DreamTheater; "Grendel" and "Ocean Cloud" by Music/{{Marillion}}; "Echoes" by Music/PinkFloyd; and "Music/{{Autobahn}}" by Music/{{Kraftwerk}}. This is nowhere near a complete list of acclaimed compositions in this vein; feel free to add additional examples. |
| 806 | * FadingIntoTheNextSong[=/=]SiameseTwinSongs: In addition to its liberal use in the genre (Music/PinkFloyd loved it, and other bands such as Music/{{Marillion}} and Music/TheMarsVolta have used it extensively as well), some of the examples of EpicRocking can have a similar feeling to this trope. For example, "Music/SuppersReady" by Music/{{Genesis|Band}} was presumably stitched together from multiple sources (in particular, "Willow Farm" is confirmed to have originally been a separate composition before the band decided to incorporate it into the suite). In addition, if a piece that was treated as a single song for the vinyl era is divided into multiple tracks on a CD release for ease of CD navigation, it will inevitably result in this trope. |
| 807 | * FandomRivalry: The "prog rock vs. {{punk rock}}" rivalry is an interesting case in that even though it dates back to the '70s, it was mostly fueled by critics (who considered prog overblown and elitist and embraced punk for returning to rock's populist roots) and is mostly the result of historical revisionism by the press. In truth, a lot of prog and punk artists were fans of one another, with Music/JohnLydon's infamous "I Hate Music/PinkFloyd" shirt simply being a tongue-in-cheek way of messing with people, with David Gilmour considering the bit ActuallyPrettyFunny given Pink Floyd's clout at the time. Many punk artists like Lydon (with Music/PublicImageLtd), Music/JoyDivision, and Music/TheClash embraced prog's complexity and experimentation by shifting to PostPunk within a couple years. In turn, prog artists like Music/PeterGabriel and Music/KingCrimson embraced post-punk and NewWaveMusic in the '80s as an outlet for breaking out of what they saw as prog's worsening stagnation. Consequently, there's a lot more listener crossover between the two genres than what most people would expect. |
| 808 | * GatewaySeries: A lot of rock fans have gotten into {{classical|music}} and {{jazz}} via prog. Also goes the other way. Plenty of classical and jazz snobs have decided that that "jungle music" isn't so bad after all after discovering prog. |
| 809 | * GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The genre is popular in Eastern Europe. |
| 810 | * GeniusBonus[=/=]ViewersAreGeniuses: In addition to the fact that musicians are more likely to appreciate the musicianship there are often all sorts of bizarre subtexts to the lyrics that can't be easily picked up on. Also existent are frequent quotes/covers from the {{classical|music}} and traditional repertoire that might not be familiar to a casual listener, as well as many references to obscure science fiction and fantasy works that will go over the heads of most listeners. |
| 811 | * HeavyMithril: While progressive rock bands aren't necessarily heavy, the use of references to science fiction and fantasy works are not only common, but expected. There's a reason that many progressive rock bands have entries on the [[http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sf_music Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ]]. |
| 812 | * {{Instrumentals}}: Since most songs either featured long instrumental interludes or solos, this was the next logical step. Depending on the listener this is either the best or worst part of prog-rock. Either it shows the musician's true talent as an artist, or it's needless showboating. |
| 813 | * InvisibleBand: Prog rock bands had a habit of not showing their faces on their album covers, preferring more fanciful designs. This irked a lot of critics and helped turned them against the genre. This also backfired when members of established progressive rock bands like Music/PinkFloyd's Music/RogerWaters and Music/{{Supertramp}}'s Roger Hodgson attempted to go solo -- nobody knew who they were. Combined with the increasingly personality-driven nature of popular music, this is one reason there are relatively few solo artists working in progressive rock apart from eccentrics like Music/PeterGabriel or Music/KateBush or people who filled an idiosyncratic enough niche like Music/MikeOldfield, and even then they eschew a lot of tropes commonly associated with "traditional" prog. |
| 814 | * ItsPopularNowItSucks: As with indie rock, some prog fans have expressed disdain for the more popular progressive rock bands like Music/PinkFloyd, Music/{{Yes}}, Music/{{Genesis|Band}} or Music/{{Rush|Band}}, preferring more obscure acts. |
| 815 | * LargeHam: Prog is pretty much the musical equivalent of this trope, with ProgressiveMetal taking it up a notch and TechnicalDeathMetal taking it beyond that. This may be part of the reason critics often dislike the genre. Unsurprisingly, the genre has produced a number of highly theatrical and flamboyant performers who are direct examples of the trope. This seems to be particularly common amongst keyboard players (e.g., [[Music/{{Yes}} Rick Wakeman]], [[Music/{{EmersonLakeAndPalmer}} Keith Emerson]], [[Music/{{Muse}} Matt Bellamy]] [although the latter of these is equally hammy as a guitarist and vocalist]), though other musicians and vocalists can get into it frequently as well (Music/PeterGabriel and Music/PhilCollins of Music/{{Genesis|Band}}, Geddy Lee and Neil Peart of Music/{{Rush|Band}}, Music/RogerWaters of Music/PinkFloyd, etc.) |
| 816 | ** Erstwhile Yes vocalist/co-songwriter Jon Anderson, who's often not actually particularly hammy by prog standards (though he has his moments, as on "Heart of the Sunrise"), said in one interview that he felt that a main goal of Yes' music was to express emotions directly and honestly, and speculated that this was a major reason that their music was often critically polarising. They didn't seem to care about the critical reactions, either, because, having already noted that this was a characteristic of their music that polarised audiences and critics, they explicitly wrote "And You and I" with the intention of being as emotionally direct as possible. |
| 817 | * LeadBassist: The genre seems to have a disproportionate number of them, including [[Music/KingCrimson Greg]] [[Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer Lake]], [[Music/{{Yes}} Chris Squire]], [[Music/RushBand Geddy Lee]], [[Music/{{Asia}} John Wetton]] and Music/RogerWaters, to name a few. |
| 818 | * LeadDrummer: Also a lot of these, including Music/PhilCollins, Music/BillBruford, [[Music/RushBand Neil Peart]], [[Music/{{Magma}} Christian Vander]], Tatsuda Yoshida (of Ruins and Koenjihyakkei), etc. The prevalence of these two tropes is likely in no small part due to the technically demanding nature of progressive rock, but even despite this, there seem to be a disproportionate number of bassists and drummers who are lead vocalists or the main creative forces of their respective acts, in contrast to the [[NobodyLovesTheBassist usual]] [[DumbAndDrummer stereotypes]] about rock rhythm section players. |
| 819 | * LimitedLyricsSong: Many prog epics have lengthy instrumental breaks, making them examples of this trope. |
| 820 | * MinisculeRocking: While the twenty-minute song is a widely noted staple of progressive rock, the two-minute interlude is honestly nearly as ubiquitous. As one example, ''From Silence to Somewhere'' by Wobbler has a twenty-one-minute song, a two-minute interlude, a ten-minute song, and a thirteen-minute song. This is a fairly typical progressive rock track list. |
| 821 | * {{Modulation}}: Many progressive rock songs change key signatures several times, which typically goes hand-in-hand with EpicRocking (it's a good way to hold a listener's attention during a lengthier composition). |
| 822 | * NeverLiveItDown: The Godley & Creme album ''Consequences'' caused one. It was a triple-disc ConceptAlbum released in 1977; despite being pretty much the only one of its kind during prog's heyday, the phrase "triple-disc concept album" comes up fairly frequently in criticisms of the genre. In the popular imagination, prog rock is also 20-minute Mellotron solos. |
| 823 | * ProtectionFromEditors: The genre emerged when record companies were more willing to give their artists a lot of creative freedom. |
| 824 | * PurpleProse: Many bands such as Music/{{Yes}} would write songs in a rather flowery fashion. But Administrivia/TropesAreNotBad, not to mention that some bands were actually good at it. |
| 825 | * RecurringRiff: Many concept albums reuse melodies at some points to represent a character, an idea, or a story element. Even some albums that aren't concept albums will use melodies multiple times, which often falls under {{Bookends}}. |
| 826 | * RockOpera: Often goes hand-in-hand with the concept album. |
| 827 | * SiameseTwinSongs: It's very common for progressive rock songs to segue into each other. |
| 828 | * SongStyleShift: Very common, particularly with "chapter"-structured songs that many prog bands had. The main reason for these chapters was that they were perceived as separate songs [[MoneyDearBoy for royalty purposes]]. |
| 829 | * SpiritualSuccessor: Despite critics' overall loathing for the genre, it continues to have substantial influence in a number of contemporary music styles (beyond the straight-up prog classicists who emerge from time to time like Änglagård and Wobbler). A partial explanation for this may be that, due to the complexity of its instrumentation and compositions, it holds particular appeal to other musicians. |
| 830 | ** PostRock and MathRock. While both genres also draw from AlternativeRock and PostPunk, they keep the weirdness of progressive rock, including the odd time signatures and unusual instrumentation. |
| 831 | ** Progressive Rap artists utilize elements of progressive rock as well, such as Music/DannyBrown, Music/DeLaSoul, Music/InsaneClownPosse, Music/KendrickLamar, Music/OutKast and Music/KanyeWest (Mainly on ''Music/MyBeautifulDarkTwistedFantasy'', but even before then he had prog elements, e.g. ''Late Registration'''s orchestra). Some analysts even called Music/ATribeCalledQuest hip-hop's version of Music/PinkFloyd for their jazzy, complex sound and socially conscious lyrics. |
| 832 | ** {{Krautrock}}, to the extent that some sites just consider it a subgenre of prog. |
| 833 | ** ProgressiveMetal and ProgressiveDeathMetal, obviously, as well as AvantGardeMetal, the more progressive and experimental strains of BlackMetal, and post-metal (bands are listed under DoomMetal, and some are also listed under PostRock). |
| 834 | ** Video game composers are unusually likely to be prog fans, with names such as Music/KojiKondo (''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''), Music/NobuoUematsu (''Franchise/FinalFantasy''), and Music/HirokiKikuta (''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'') citing the likes of Music/EmersonLakeAndPalmer and Music/PinkFloyd as influences. ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' co-composer Michael Salvatori even recorded a prog folk album called ''[[https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Salvatori-Waiting-For-Autumn/release/5206357 Waiting for Autumn]]'' in 1982. Consequently, UncommonTime and atypical song structures are abundant in video game music. The fact that many early prog groups were early pioneers with synthesizers in popular music probably explains a large part of their influence (and ELP's in particular) on video game soundtracks; video game soundtracks were, after all, also working mostly (or entirely) with synthesizers until the latter half of the '90s. |
| 835 | ** Even some PostHardcore bands display some substantial prog influence; some, such as Music/TheFallOfTroy, Music/TheMarsVolta, Music/BiffyClyro, and Circa Survive could essentially be said to combine the two genres (and the Mars Volta are more dominantly prog than post-hardcore, despite splintering out of seminal post-hardcore band Music/AtTheDriveIn). |
| 836 | ** The 2010s saw the heyday of post-prog, in particular the '80s King Crimson-inspired fusion of progressive, alternative and ambient rock almost entirely nurtured by the Kscope label, with perhaps the biggest influence (and biggest driver) being Music/StevenWilson. Representative acts include Music/{{Anathema|Band}}, the Pineapple Thief and Nosound. This in turn would influence the second PostPunk revival in the Anglo-Irish underground during TheNewTwenties; Music/BlackMidi in particular are often considered a successor to Music/KingCrimson thanks to their aggressive sound that draws from JazzFusion, post-hardcore, and math rock. |
| 837 | ** Critics have noted some progressive rock influence on Music/JanelleMonae's GenreBusting sound. Monáe listed progressive soul artist Music/{{Prince}} as a major influence and he made multiple guest appearances on her material as a session musician and producer during the tail end of his life. The multi-part science-fiction concept albums and orchestral elements may be a tell here. |
| 838 | * TallPoppySyndrome: A major factor in the critical backlash against the genre lied in the fact that it attempted to take rock, a genre known for its populist origins and messaging, and introduce a high degree of complexity and sophistication that drew accusations of elitism. Consequently, the press quickly embraced PunkRock (especially its nihilistic and anarchic British wing) as the true evolution of rock and positioned it as an antidote to prog (despite the fact that many prog and punk bands were fans of and drew influence from one another) and held up prog as everything wrong with rock in the '70s. |
| 839 | * TransatlanticEquivalent: While prog was mainly a British and European phenomenon, with Music/{{Rush|Band}} and Music/{{Kansas}} being the most prominent North American exponents of the genre, the rise of the jazz fusion movement in the U.S. coincided with the peak popularity of progressive rock, with Music/MilesDavis, Music/JohnMcLaughlin and Music/HerbieHancock among the leaders of jazz fusion. Jazz fusion was also an attempt to add more complex textures to rock music, in this case jazz, though the Canterbury Scene was very similar. At the same time, RAndB artists like Music/StevieWonder, Music/MarvinGaye and [[Music/GeorgeClinton Parliament-Funkadelic]], seemed to be influenced by the movement, creating {{Concept Album}}s, incorporating more serious lyrics, experimenting with synthesizers and adopting stage theatrics. |
| 840 | * TropeCodifier: Music/KingCrimson is the likeliest choice you'll hear for the whole genre, as well as for several of its subgenres. As for specific subgenres, potential candidates are: |
| 841 | ** Canterbury Scene: Music/{{Caravan}}, Music/SoftMachine |
| 842 | ** Crossover Prog: Music/TheMoodyBlues for 1960s and 1970s style bands; Music/{{Radiohead}} for modern ones |
| 843 | ** Eclectic Prog: Music/KingCrimson |
| 844 | ** Experimental/Post-Metal: Music/{{Neurosis}} or Music/{{Isis}} for Post, Music/MrBungle or Music/DirEnGrey for Experimental. See the AvantGardeMetal page for more on the latter |
| 845 | ** Heavy Prog: Music/{{Rush|Band}} for the old sound, Music/TheMarsVolta or Music/PorcupineTree for more modern bands |
| 846 | ** Jazz-Rock/Fusion: Music/MilesDavis, Music/JohnMcLaughlin, and Tony Williams |
| 847 | ** {{Krautrock}}: a fairly diverse scene, but Music/{{Can}} seem to have had some of the longest lasting impact |
| 848 | ** Neo-Prog: Music/{{Marillion}} for 1980s styled neo-prog, Music/{{Muse}} for modern bands |
| 849 | ** PostRock: Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor and Music/{{Slint}} |
| 850 | ** MathRock: Music/{{Slint}} |
| 851 | ** Post-Prog: Music/KingCrimson (again), particularly their 1980s trifecta of NewWaveMusic-inspired albums |
| 852 | ** Progressive Folk: a lot of candidates, but Music/JethroTull is probably a safe bet |
| 853 | ** ProgressiveMetal: Music/DreamTheater, Fates Warning, and Music/{{Tool}} (in general), Music/{{Cynic}} and Music/{{Opeth}} (for prog death) |
| 854 | ** Psychedelic[=/=]SpaceRock: Music/PinkFloyd and Music/{{Hawkwind}} for the latter; for the former we can safely say Music/TheBeatles and Music/TheBeachBoys |
| 855 | ** Rock in Opposition/Avant-Prog: Music/HenryCow ({{trope namer}}s) or Music/UniversZero, insofar as this genre can even be considered to be "codified" |
| 856 | ** Rock Progressivo Italiano: Music/PremiataForneriaMariconi |
| 857 | ** Symphonic Prog: Music/{{Yes}} and Music/{{Genesis|Band}} |
| 858 | ** Tech/Extreme Prog Metal: Music/{{Death}} and Music/{{Opeth}} for ProgressiveDeathMetal; Music/{{Death}}, Music/{{Atheist}}, and Music/{{Gorguts}} for TechnicalDeathMetal; Music/{{Sigh}}, Music/{{Enslaved}}, Music/NeguraBunget, and Music/DeathspellOmega for progressive black metal; Music/{{Metallica}} and Music/{{Watchtower}} for progressive thrash metal; Music/{{Meshuggah}}, Music/{{Periphery}}, and Music/{{Tesseract}} for {{djent}}; Music/BetweenTheBuriedAndMe and Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan for progressive {{metalcore}} |
| 859 | ** Zeuhl: Music/{{Magma}}, also its {{Trope Maker}}s and {{Trope Namer}}s |
| 860 | * TropeMaker: Where exactly psychedelia and BaroquePop became ProgressiveRock is still debated, but Music/KingCrimson's ''Music/InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing'' is the album you're most likely to hear cited. Other works sometimes cited are Music/TheMoodyBlues' ''Days of Future Passed'', [[Music/FrankZappa The Mothers of Invention's]] ''Music/AbsolutelyFree'', or Music/DeepPurple's ''Music/ConcertoForGroupAndOrchestra''. Generally, the first prog band is cited as being the Moody Blues, King Crimson, or the Mothers. One thing everyone agrees upon is that ''In the Court of the Crimson King'' was the TropeCodifier, though. |
| 861 | * TroubledProduction: The complex music, temperamental synthesizers and electromechanical keyboards of the era, and complicated stage theatrics prior to digital show control technology made recording and touring a nightmare for many progressive rock bands. Music/{{Genesis|Band}}, for instance, testified that they never had a single show go 100% right when touring for ''Music/TheLambLiesDownOnBroadway'', and the stress of making the album itself nearly broke up the band. These problems often resulted in [[HostilityOnTheSet tensions with other band members]], which is one reason some of them [[RevolvingDoorBand became infamous for lineup changes]]. As with UsefulNotes/NewHollywood, the reputation for prog rock albums and tours suffering from this contributed to a backlash against the genre. The constant stresses that bands faced with production problems is one reason many of them broke up [[TheBandMinusTheFace or lost key members]] by the end of the '70s, and those that stayed together often simplified their music and their stage shows. |
| 862 | * TrueArt: What prog musicians were/are aiming for, with varying degrees of success. |
| 863 | * UncommonTime: It would probably take less space to list progressive rock bands that ''don't'' use this trope than to list progressive rock bands that do. It's pretty much a requisite of the genre -- in fact, it's arguably one of prog's defining characteristics, alongside EpicRocking and other aspects of the music's instrumental complexity. |
| 864 | * UrExample: Some will simply say Music/KingCrimson and leave it at that, but it's probably more complicated, because the genre didn't spring forth from a single source but brought together influences from a number of disparate genres previously not commonly associated with rock music, including classical and jazz. Acts frequently retroactively dubbed "proto-prog" include Music/TheBeatles, Music/TheWho, Music/TheDoors, Music/TheVelvetUnderground, Music/TheBeachBoys, Music/TheGratefulDead, Music/ProcolHarum, the Nice, Music/FrankZappa, Music/TheMoodyBlues, Music/SoftMachine, the United States of America (the band, not the country), Music/JimiHendrix, Music/DeepPurple, and Spirit. Some of these acts' influence can be felt more directly than others', and some of them later became prog if they didn't start out as such. For instance, the Who are not a prog band as a whole, but ''Music/{{Quadrophenia}}'' is usually considered to be a prog album. Similarly, Soft Machine's early work probably isn't prog, but starting from ''Third'', it is, and cases are sometimes made for the Dead's ''Blues for Allah'' and ''Terrapin Station''; Website/ThatOtherWiki has actually categorized the latter as a prog rock album at times (though the page keeps going back and forth on this). The strongest cases for being an UrExample probably go to Zappa (though he also may qualify as a TropeMaker), the Moody Blues (ditto), the Beatles, the Who, or Deep Purple. The Beach Boys are a somewhat interesting case in that while the strength of both ''Music/PetSounds'' and ''Music/{{Smile|TheBeachBoys}}'' have led them to be categorized by some as an early prog rock band, it's accepted that they would've had a stronger claim to starting the genre had ''[=SMiLE=]'' been finished in 1967. |
| 865 | * ViewersAreGeniuses: Artists often make obscure literary and philosophical references in their songs. |
| 866 | * WatchItStoned: Coming out of PsychedelicRock, prog inherited the former's connection to the counterculture and thus the reputation that the music was best appreciated with some chemical...enhancement. Of course, [[ArtisticStimulation plenty of performers and fans indulged]], but some more serious prog musicians, such as the members of Music/PinkFloyd, were annoyed by the suggestion that their music was for stoners or acid heads. |
| 867 | |
| 868 | !! Examples of prog songs: |
| 869 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56hqrlQxMMI The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky]] (progressive pop) |
| 870 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KCbqhJt16k Aphrodite's Child - The Four Horsemen]] (progressive rock) |
| 871 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtORTuLJw7o Miles Davis - Pharaoh's Dance]] (jazz fusion) |
| 872 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZUyB5dRwg0 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man]] (progressive rock) |
| 873 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Inr22ZBmdw Funkadelic - Maggot Brain]] (progressive soul) |
| 874 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hioAbdhfN_w Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway]] (progressive rock) |
| 875 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKPmXcWXHTU Gentle Giant - Proclamation]] (progressive rock) |
| 876 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esUBqxsiJ-s Goblin - Suspiria Main Theme]] (progressive rock) |
| 877 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2cFy0eFEm8 Gong - Flying Teapot]] (space rock) |
| 878 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXaSWOhQMg The Groundhogs - Split Part 1]] (progressive rock) |
| 879 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfGmpPvxElw Hawkwind - Magnu]] (space rock) |
| 880 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZBlqcbpmxY Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)]] (proto-prog/progressive soul) |
| 881 | * [[https://youtu.be/UIVe-rZBcm4?si=qGugbGi_8nZjd3eS Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]] (proto-prog) |
| 882 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ufuH4vZ77w Jethro Tull - Cross Eyed Mary]] (progressive rock) |
| 883 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OvW8Z7kiws King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man]] (progressive rock) |
| 884 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAGsCGvYClY Magma - Kobaïa]] (zeuhl) |
| 885 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVusUjyby18 The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin]] (proto-prog) |
| 886 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxvN_GxgpF8 Opeth - The Devil's Orchard]] (progressive metal) |
| 887 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSEQZ8reJA4 Porcupine Tree - Anesthetize]] (post-prog) |
| 888 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byKvF_1Ab5I The Pretty Things - Private Sorrow]] (proto-prog) |
| 889 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edDiY323768 Prince - Purple Rain]] (progressive soul) |
| 890 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTbuYjJVc9Q Rush - The Spirit of Radio]] (progressive rock) |
| 891 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqWQzOzK3kw Sly & The Family Stone - I Want to Take You Higher]] (progressive soul) |
| 892 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=rvUTjL2kDILvF9R4 Soft Machine - Lullabye Letter]] (proto-prog/jazz fusion) |
| 893 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7hjz57sH5A The Temptations - Hum Along & Dance/Take A Stroll Through Your Mind]] (progressive soul) |
| 894 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ChToIvLRM Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hangin' On]] (proto-prog) |
| 895 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5XWOOOCg-U Yes - Heart of the Sunrise]] (progressive rock) |
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