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Progressive rock (often shortened to "progressive" or "prog" rock) is a form of rock music that evolved in the late-1960s and early 1970s
as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility."[1]
The term "art rock" is often used interchangeably
with "progressive rock", though the two genres are not identical.[1]
Progressive rock bands pushed "rock's technical and compositional boundaries"[1] by going beyond the standard rock or popular verse-chorus based song structures.
Additionally, the arrangements often incorporate elements drawn from classical, jazz, and world music.
Instrumental songs are common, while songs with lyrics are sometimes conceptual,
abstract, or based in fantasy.
Progressive rock bands sometimes used concept albums that made unified statements, usually telling an epic story or tackling a grand overarching theme".[1]
Progressive rock developed from late-1960s psychedelic rock[1], as part of a wide-ranging tendency in rock music of this era to draw inspiration from ever more diverse influences.
The term was applied to the music of bands such as King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, The Moody Blues, and Emerson, Lake and Palmer, and came into most widespread use around the mid-1970s.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_rock
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