Thanks for filling me in on what seems to be a lifetime of progrock that none of use probably would have time to listen to.
I was there at the beginning in the late 60s and so figured as I didn't like it then I wouldn't like it now.
For those of us that haven't listened to (not enough lifetime) all the music available it does seem dangerous to me to categorise it so that people who find they don't like a category are likely to eschew it. Also provokes argument about who's in a category and who isn''t. Like we stumble on with Dr S - 'I like this Artist Y so he can't be X category'.
What about Marc Bolan? He moved from progrock to glamrock - goodness, he knew his marketing as well as those three chords. He released the same song six times and topped the chart with at least 4 of them. I certainly have to say it was one helluva riff. I'd like to have 12 inches of those but I'm not sure they pressed any. Hot love to all.