Your favorite prog rock music? ?

Yeah, let's outline the progressive playlist for tonight.
"Heart of the Sunrise"
"Epitaph"
"Tank"
"Carpet Crawlers"
"Thick as a Brick"
"Lark's Tongue in Aspic"
"Hero and Heroine"
and then top off the evening with "Kharma Chameleon". That works.
:-)

JSD

Glad you got a laugh out of fellow ownership of PFM. I, likewise chuckled at the thought someone else owns Gryphon (lead krumhorn player if I remember correctly) and Rare Bird (cover versions of Clint Eastwood spighetti western themes-they didn't call this band Rare Bird for nothing).

Fun thread.

Marty

David99 that 'prog rock' not glam-pop!

The early Roxy Music is definitly Progressive rock. Look who played keyboards Brian Eno,there were songs that were long and afforded them time to solo and the keyboards were from moog to piano. We should google Progressive rock because half the bands mentioned don't fit its definition.

What has struck me from the progression of the lists above, is how music builds on one form after another. Original progressive was Iron Butterfly, Led Zepplin, Cream, etc. - anything not pop (i.e. not Frankie Valie) or Motown (although I would imagine the Prog Rock players got a lot of influence from Motown as well as Blues). From there, it branched out into experimental, alternative, fusion, country rock, etc., with many of the same players showing up in multiple genres (witness the evolution of King Krimson and the members, Yes, Genesis, and so on).

Would you consider the Grateful Dead, progressive, experimental, psychedelic, or? Was REM progressive at the time they helped mainstream alternative, or something different?

No particular point to be made, just reminiscing and being anal. Sorry for getting off the point. I feel like Mr.T.

And - Thanks for the new music to consider.

Jim S.