| sive rock appeared in the late 1960s when rock | | | | opened all doors and invited all rock bands to evolve |
| artists wanted to break down the barriers of radio | | | | and give the world great progressive rock albums. |
| formatted pop and rock and progress this music | | | | However, Great Britain is still the top promoter of |
| genre to a place where it could achieve a more | | | | progressive rock bands, with Caravan, another |
| sophisticated sound, similar to that of classical music | | | | progressive rock band from this country, being the |
| or jazz. Progressive rock is very hard to define in one | | | | one that defined the third sub- genre of progressive |
| conclusive way and we have progressive rock bands | | | | rock: Canterbury. So, at the end of the 1960s, |
| to prove that. Some of the most important bands of | | | | progressive rock bands established three sub- genres: |
| the 70s that defined this rock form did not have the | | | | hard prog, symphonic and Canterbury. |
| same sound. | | | | The 1970s represented the crowning of progressive |
| Psychedelic music is believed to be the starting point | | | | rock as a genre and some of the greatest |
| of progressive rock. Some people also believe that | | | | progressive rock albums were released in this decade. |
| bands like The Beatles contributed to the progressive | | | | Jethro Tull’s Thick as a brick or |
| rock movement. However, the two progressive rock | | | | Rush’s 2112 are only two of the most |
| bands that most people see as being the first of this | | | | appreciated progressive rock albums released in the |
| new- found genre were King Crimson and Yes. These | | | | 70s. Moreover, this decade brought another ten sub- |
| progressive rock bands appeared at the end of the | | | | genres of progressive rock to life, and many |
| 1960s and although the first band was attributed to | | | | progressive rock bands came forth in this period. As |
| hard progressive rock sub- genre and the second to | | | | if progressive rock was not complicated enough, art |
| symphonic rock, they were both catalogued as | | | | folk, classical prog, folk prog, ambient, Rio, pomp |
| progressive rock bands, as their sound was unique | | | | prog, jazz fusion, electronic, Zeuhl and krautrock |
| and more sophisticated. Genesis is yet another rock | | | | were listed as sub- genres of the 60s rock genre. |
| band that aspired to progressive rock. Their third | | | | In the next two decades, progressive rock did not |
| progressive rock album set things straight for this | | | | progress as much as it had up to that moment. In |
| band. They were a symphonic rock band and thus a | | | | the 80s, it was dethroned by the punk movement |
| progressive rock band. | | | | and progressive rock bands chose to give birth to |
| Great Britain was the first country that started the | | | | another sub- genre: neo progressive. There were |
| progressive rock movement, but Italy was not far | | | | few progressive rock albums released in the 80s, |
| behind either. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorco and | | | | some of the most prolific ones being Rush’s |
| Premiata Forneria Marconi were progressive rock | | | | Moving Pictures or Fate’s |
| bands that led the way for all rock bands all over | | | | Warning’s No Exit. Progressive metal |
| Europe to progress and define this rock genre. As far | | | | rock was also listed as a sub- genre in this period. |
| as the progressive rock movement is concerned, | | | | The 1990s were dominated by the development of |
| these two European countries were the ones that | | | | metal prog, through Dream Theatre. |