Progressive rock

Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other "progressive" genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. Progressive rock began in England and remained largely a European movement, although there are a few notable American and Canadian progressive rock bands. This music style draws many influences from classical music and jazz fusion, in contrast to American rock, which was more influenced by rhythm & blues and country. Over the years various sub-genres of progressive rock have emerged, such as symphonic rock, art rock, math rock and progressive metal.

External links

• Progressive Ears A stimulating forum-based progressive rock website, with user-contributed reviews and a wealth of resources.
• Dredg
• Acid Dragon magazine
• Progressive Ears forum
• ProGGnosis-Progressive Rock & Fusion
• Strawberry Bricks Timeline of Progressive Rock
• Ground and Sky progressive rock reviews
• The Progressive Pages
• Gnosis - huge prog album database
• Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock
• The UK based Classic Rock Society
• Dutch Progressive Rock Page
• Axiom of Choice
• New England Art Rock Society
• Manticornio (in Spanish)
• Prog Archives
• MusicMoz Directory - Progressive Rock
• Vintage Progressive Rock & more
• Somethingprog
• Babyblaue Seiten: Prog-Reviews (in German)
• BajaProg festival
• Rites Of Spring festival
• Prog4you.com
• Philly Prog Rock Connection
• Melo's Prog Bazaar - Progressive Rock Forum
• Musea Records Non-profit record label, dedicated to the promotion of Progressive Rock.
• Agarthaprog Italian site dedicated to progressive rock
• Ghostland
• Colorado Art Rock Society
• Rock in China Great fansite about the progressive rock & metal scene in China
• Aural Moon Progressive internet radio station