fuzzbender
Former Member
what would you say was the first excursion?
who invented prog rock?
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Yes and Genesis.
Dismalhead
Doctor of Teleocity
Two of my favorites, as well as Pink Floyd and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. I think it kind of grew out of psychedelic music from the 60's, extended trippy jams (Think Inagaddadavita). The Moody Blues did some early prog type stuff in the mid/late '60s.
I say the British invented prog, and much luck may it bring them.
Prog grew out of the psychedelic side of groups like the Beatles, the Yardbirds and the Nice. Musicians who liked long solos but also liked classical music and jazz.
The prog epics by the likes of Yes, Genesis and King Crimson have attracted ridicule by some quarters of the music press, but I think they stand as remarkably imaginative experiments that worked more often than not.
Prog grew out of the psychedelic side of groups like the Beatles, the Yardbirds and the Nice. Musicians who liked long solos but also liked classical music and jazz.
The prog epics by the likes of Yes, Genesis and King Crimson have attracted ridicule by some quarters of the music press, but I think they stand as remarkably imaginative experiments that worked more often than not.
fuzzbender
Former Member
ha, it's the sort of thing we'd do.
i heard it was somewhere in Kent, Canterbury i believe.
Was it an actual invention, or more of a process of evolution that is best exemplified in its final, commonly accepted format by bands such as Yes and Genesis? Early Judas Priest was much closer to prog than metal, up until about 1978 or so.
backporchmusic
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I thought it was a guy named Bob Prog.
fuzzbender
Former Member
fuzzbender
Former Member
Professor Robert Prog, of the Royal Academy?
mars67
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There was a lot of cross-pollination between psych and prog rock. Some of the earliest examples ('64-'66) would be Mothers Of Invention, Soft Machine and Gong (the latter two from UK). Many of the pioneering UK bands in this genre revolved around the core of Wyatt, Hopper, Ayers, Ratledge and Allen.
Post Toastie
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The Moody Blues did "knights in white satin" in 1967. That seems like a very early prog song to me.
The beginning of prog rock? Procol Harum, 'Whiter Shade of Pale' 1967
You would say that
You would say that
xMercury69x
Friend of Leo's
Nah, it was Glastonbury Tor, right near Stonehenge
Glastonbury Tor's about 40 miles from Stonehenge. That might be right near in Canada, but it's a train ride in Britain
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The UK is definitely the land of Prog Rock. Though the Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Gong & The Soft Machine have been already mentioned as early progenitors, I would not underestimate the influence that the improvisational group AMM had on this scene as well. Though I was not conscious of it at the time, King Crimson's first album really set the tone for all the great prog bands of the early 70's & onwards. Frank Zappa & the Mothers also deserve another mention as they did point a direction to all the Prog bands that followed(Freak Out! was released in early 66 after all).
xMercury69x
Friend of Leo's
Glastonbury Tor's about 40 miles from Stonehenge. That might be right near in Canada, but it's a train ride in Britain
Hehehe...seemed like a quick afternoon stroll with Lucy
What would be the earliest Prog Rock album? Days of Future Passed (1967)?
This. Released before DoFP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procol_Harum_%28album%29
I repeat. Procol Harum were the progenitors of prog.
You had to be there man. I was - a spotty grammar school kid.
Certainly Procol Harum, Soft Machine and King Crimson were first through the gate, but Family was right there in the mix with "Music From A Doll's House". I really hear a lot of cross -pollination from psych bands like a Tomorrow, kaleidoscope, some of the Pretty Things material (Parachute- era), etc. Don't forget early
PInk Floyd after their initial run of singles.
PInk Floyd after their initial run of singles.
