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Most people have heard of progressive rock (or prog rock, or simply prog) but the great majority of them treat it with mild disdain (at best) or outright hatred (at worst). Most of the criticism is a mindless rejection based on current trends and a misunderstanding of the genre; “dinosaur” is a common term of abuse, neatly parodied by Adrian Belew on King Crimson’s 1994 album Thrak.
There is an increasing quantity of literature on the subject, ranging from the analytical or academic (Edward Macan, Rocking the Classics; Kevin Holme-Hudson, Progressive Rock Revisited) to the fairly straightforward lists (Charles Snider, The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock.) There are also thousands of fans out there who not only continue to attend concerts, but also contribute to a growing network of fanzines and on-line forums. Fans are even served by Prog, a glossy magazine from Future Publishing entirely devoted to prog in all its forms founded in 2009 and still going strong.
The ProgBlog has been put together to encourage discussion about progressive rock music illustrated by personal observation.

Latest Blog
The difficult second (11/3/25)
The gestation of an artist's second album is often described as being 'difficult'. Does it show development from the debut or is it a critical or commercial disappointment because it fails to meet expectation?
And please don’t call it a sophomore release...
Much of this blog originally appeared as ‘The Sophomore Problem’ on 26th April 2015 but has been expanded and updated

Latest gig review
Melting Clock - Crazy Bull Café, Genoa
19th October 2024
The album launch gig of Melting Clock's second album Altrove was held six weeks after its official release and featured a string of guest musicians.
ProgBlog was there to see the band defy the on-stage monitoring problems

Latest posts from the archive
A continuing project to restore lost blogs and gig reviews unavailable since the migration of the site to a new webhost in 2021
Blog: The return of live music
The UK Covid-19 Inquiry is still in progress and though many people would like to move on, we are still living with the consequences of Covid and don't seem any better prepared for the next pandemic.
The UK live music industry was hit hard, so five years on from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic seems like a good time to recall a one-year absence from live prog
Gig review: Banaau - Cinema Teatro Flores, Vanzago (MI)
11th May 2024
One year on from Banaau's return to live performance, this 'total prog experience' was the realisation of a dream for guitarist Andrea Massimo - fusing prog with Shakespearian theatre



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