For a very nice timeline of the progression of Prog, see http://www.progressiverock.com/timeline.asp?sYear=1967

Plus, i mostly agree with Lord Smattersby above. I’d add
“Passion Play” by Jethro Tull and Fripp is way more prog
than Belew.

Finally, check out the current group Muse whose albums
“Absolution” and “Black Holes and Revelations” are sorta
Queen meets David Bowie and Radiohead.

All I have to say Mike is ….BRA–VO! you are dangerously close to enjoying musician’s music. By the way, Prog Rock is not just known for it’s musical style, but it’s theatrical presentation, so in that way, David Bowie could be considered on the Prog Rock fringe, so to most of you, it isn’t just “the sound of Rush” etc… etc… however exploring different time signatures and tunings are definately tools of the prog artist. So are orchestral arrangements and the lengths of the album equating to entire classical movements. However, for some people, this is too pretentious for Rock, but they are just missing out…

Oh boy … I can go on and on for my love of this music, and you have years of joy ahead of you. I can barely pick a top 10 since I like so many…but I’ll try. (by the way …the music I put on the trippyhippy site is usually music that I usually consider hard to find. Even the Peter Gabriel Ovo album I think was only released in Britain (at the time).

-Yes – Close to the Edge and Fragiile

-Not so much Genesis (for me), but Peter Gabriel. He is an incredibly theatrical performer, and has unique timbral technique. For instance, listen to the album “Security”. There isn’t a cymbal crash in there. It’s all African type drumming my Marotta. You’ll find this is his preference with drums. I think he’s a drummer himself. Also, he created an album based on Middle Eastern and African Music For The Last Temptation of Christ

-Medeski, Martin, and Wood. This music is REALLY difficult to get into sometimes, but when you do, you never get bored of it!! (The beauty of hard to like music) You begin to appreciate the song’s depth.

-Jethro Tull (Thick as a Brick and Aqualung Era)

- Pink Floyd – Of course, one of the all time greats. Many of my friends like Shine on You Crazy Diamond the most, but I like all of them.

- When magazines herald “the top 10 guitarists of all time” .. yada .. yada .. I wonder why Frank Zappa is never mentioned? He is definately a guitar hero and one of the greats.

Jimi Hendrix – I didn’t get into Jimi right away when I was young, too noisy, but I learned to appreciate his style. In fact, he has a talent for doing ballads that are “under-rated”. “Bold as Love” and “If six was nine” are greats. Many don’t believe that “Cry of Love” is a legitimate fourth album of Jimi, but I think it is. He was alive for most of it, and it has some great songs … I think “Angel” is one of them, and “Freedom” is another under recognized song.

Anyways …… I shall spare the rest of you …oh! One more thing … King Crimson is way good. The first time I ever heard them was in college and the song is called “Cat Food”. Try to find it. It’s kind of jazzy, but groovy, with psychotic lyrics. BTW, Adrien Belew is the incredible front man for that group. Fripp is okay.

Super G has expressed his love of prog rock, along with the belief that most new music sucks.
While I suspect he was at least exaggerating for the sake of stirring up some discussion, it did inspire this frightening question that I am asking myself: Wh…

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