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Originally Posted by Fireal
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Originally Posted by Ferich
Early 70's progessive rock rock:
King Crimson, Genesis(oOo  , Procol Harum, Roxy Music..etcetcetc
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I wouldnt list Procol Harum as progressive. Although i like them.
And you cant forget Rush and Yes.
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My recollection is that the term 'progressive rock' didn't surface until the early 70s (at the earliest). I first recall it being used as a vague category to encompass anyone who tried to infuse the rock format with more 'artsy' elements. At that point in time, the label was applied to (eg) King Crimson, Roxy Music, and even Genesis. Some of the features apparently associated with 'prog rock' were: storyline lyrics; exotic ambience (motifs; phrasing; allusions); novel instrumentation / effects; and experimental / avant garde improvisation (not otherwise lumped into existing genres like, say, blues Ã* la Cream).
More cynically, one might say this loose category encompassed anyone who didn't play straight-up rock but projected aspirations to artistic grandeur. Even more cynically, one could say almost anything that would shake up your acid trip (as opposed to making you shake your ass) fell under this umbrella ... ;-)
A lot of the British bands began experimenting with strange and novel things after Rubber Soul turned them on to the fact that a rock / pop group could actually write and arrange their own original material to nice effect..
( edited because I know no one would want to to read it all.
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