who invented prog rock?

[BigDaddyLH]

Who's Ian? I think I agree with him. Prog Rock for the most part was super pretentious white people's music, and the really talented people gravitated toward jazz. Zappa, for me, was an exception because he had a sense of humor about what he was doing. Rock music is the music of teenage lust and rage, and if adults take it too seriously it just becomes ridiculous.

You're harshing my mellow.

 

[Telepathist]

I wasn't trying to disrespect Prog Rock when I posted that video of Ian Anderson. I just think his attitude is funny.

I really like Prog Rock AND Jethro Tull.

 

[Starmann]

I don't know who truly "invented" it, but RUSH expanded and re-defined it.

 

[hekawi]

 

[4pickupguy]

I thought Fripp sited Ian Mcdonald and Peter Giles as being the start of the whole prog thing? Are either of them still around and playing I wonder. I also thought that the Moody Blues sound was Decca (or whichever co) trying to promote HiFi stereo by forcing the MB's to adapt an orchestra into the album...?

 

[fuzzbender]

Cambridge University has a lot to answer for

 

[fuzzbender]

Gene had the right idea

 

[Valvey]

I think of these guys as Yes forerunners

 

[fuzzbender]

prog is a crazy mix of the past meets the future

 

[Larry F]

For what it's worth, I had started off playing in a small town in Washington state. In 1970, our family moved to the big city, Portland. When I would go to all of the music stores that I could find, some of them had a place on the wall where guys could post notices looking for musicians and/or bands. In the summer of 1970, I ran across a lot of these notices that mentioned that the guy or band was into progressive rock. That was the term, not prog rock. As knowledgeable as I thought I was, I didn't know what it meant. I remember thinking it was more of an attitude than anything else. Like progressive politics, progressive education, etc. I didn't think that there were specific bands associated with this. I was a big fan of the Nice, ELP, Zappa, King Crimson, and Pink Floyd, but I didn't make the connection between the phrase "prog rock" and any of these bands.

 

[4pickupguy]

Now that you mention it, I remember the term "Art Rock" used to describe the whole Yes, King Crimson, ELP, U.K. thing. U.K. now theres a band I haven't thought about in forever.......

 

[mudshark]

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[4pickupguy]

Professor Robert Prog, of the Royal Academy?

Wasn't he from Prague?

 

[trev333]

""was into progressive rock. That was the term, not prog rock. As knowledgeable as I thought I was, I didn't know what it meant. I remember thinking it was more of an attitude than anything else. Like progressive politics, progressive education, etc. I didn't think that there were specific bands associated with this. I was a big fan of the Nice, ELP, Zappa, King Crimson, and Pink Floyd, but I didn't make the connection between the phrase "prog rock" and any of these bands.""

as Larry says.... most of us were just listening to the "cool" bands of the day.... there seems to be these names attached to the styles after the fact... progressive, Psychedelic,etc...

Progressing past the "Beatles/60's era" into the 70's perhaps?... more ideas/styles expanded as those years unfolded.. more guys with access to gear..and time to use it........

 

[trev333]

We found this Elegy-The Nice LP at the second hand store..the cover was cool...same with King Crimson and Atomic Rooster and others... we started to link the names together as they became ELP from their earlier bands... that was an interesting progression to witness/hear... the watch these 3 guys get together and do a lot of music..

 

[Mr Perch]

For what it's worth, I had started off playing in a small town in Washington state. In 1970, our family moved to the big city, Portland. When I would go to all of the music stores that I could find, some of them had a place on the wall where guys could post notices looking for musicians and/or bands. In the summer of 1970, I ran across a lot of these notices that mentioned that the guy or band was into progressive rock. That was the term, not prog rock. As knowledgeable as I thought I was, I didn't know what it meant. I remember thinking it was more of an attitude than anything else. Like progressive politics, progressive education, etc. I didn't think that there were specific bands associated with this. I was a big fan of the Nice, ELP, Zappa, King Crimson, and Pink Floyd, but I didn't make the connection between the phrase "prog rock" and any of these bands.

I was living in Eugene during that time frame. I recall that the band that captured our attention down there was Tigard-based Notary Sojac, which played a sort of bluesy psychedelia. Two of their guitar players used big hollow bodies, which was unusual at the time, and they did all original material.

 

[voodoo_idol]

This guy, clearly.

 

[wrathfuldeity]

I thought it kind of grew out of several roots...But I'd say Pentangle was a big influence and precurser.

 

[Mart the Hat]

I'm afraid not BT. They were not of that calibre.

Hey, what's the problem with Caravan? I like those records. That sort of English whimsical thing perhaps isn't for everyone, but I think the records have aged well as they're don't really have the grandiose or pretentious qualities that are often associated with prog.

 

[Gautfrid]

I thought it kind of grew out of several roots...But I'd say Pentangle was a big influence and precurser.

They were folkies. Electric folkies, with a jazz influence admittedly.