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Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s.
This is an introductory page to timelines of artists, albums, and events in progressive rock and its subgenres. While this page shows the formation of significant bands in the genre, the detailed timeline is presented in separate articles for each decade.
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Progressive rock was first made in the late 1960s, but became most popular in the 1970s. It continues to be popular today, too. Progressive rock began in England and spread throughout Europe. It remains most popular in Europe, but there are several notable American and Canadian progressive rock bands. This genre was influenced by classical music an...
Some of the important progressive rock bands from the late 1960s and early 1970s include The Moody Blues, Jethro Tull; Yes, Genesis; Pink Floyd; Emerson; Lake & Palmer; Rush; Gentle Giant; Kansas: Happy The Man; Van der Graaf Generator, and King Crimson.
Progressive rock is difficult to define, because progressive rock bands often play different types of progressive rock music which sound different. There are some common elements that are in most progressive rock band music, such as long, complex songs, unusual time signatures, unusual instruments or ways of using them, and use of improvisation, wh...
Macan, Edward (1997), Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-509887-0
- Mid- to late 1960s, United Kingdom and United States
- Art rock, classical rock, prog, symphonic rock
Categories: Italian rock music groups by genre. Progressive rock groups by nationality. Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Rock Progressivo Italiano is a progressive rock music sub-genre. Top Rock Progressivo Italiano artists: Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM), Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso, Le Orme, Area, Museo Rosenbach, La Maschera Di Cera, Goblin, Höstsonaten, Osanna, New Trolls, Il Balletto Di Bronzo, Franco Battiato, Unreal City, Quella Vecchia Locanda, Maxophone ...
Il rock progressivo sinfonico, noto anche come "progressive barocco" o "progressive romantico", [1] è la corrente prog che fa più affidamento alla musica classica, riprendendone intere opere o le strutture compositive. Le band appartenenti a questo filone sono, inoltre, tra le più importanti nel panorama progressive e le uniche ad aver ...
