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Progressive rock bands pushed “rock’s technical and compositional boundaries” by going beyond the standard rock or popular verse-chorus based song structures. Additionally, the arrangements often incorporate elements drawn from classical, jazz, and avant-garde music. Instrumental songs are more common, and 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”.
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. While progressive rock reached the peak of its popularity in the 1970s and early 1980s, neo-progressive bands have continued playing for faithful audiences in the subsequent decades.
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progressive rock gigs in United States • view all
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| Thursday 25 September 2008 | ||
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ProgPower USA IX at Center Stage
Riverside, Helloween, Iced Earth, Amorphis, Gamma Ray, Elvenking, Volbeat, Iron Savior |
Center Stage Atlanta, United States |
61 people attending |
| October 2008 | ||
| Friday 10 October 2008 | ||
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Kamelot
Alexandria |
Culture Room Miami, United States |
12 people attending |
| Tuesday 14 October 2008 | ||
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MassConcerts presents Kamelot, Edguy at The Middle East Downstairs
Kamelot, Edguy, Hypersolid |
The Middle East Downstairs Boston, United States |
34 people attending |
| Wednesday 15 October 2008 | ||
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Kamelot
Edguy |
B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill (NYC) New York, United States |
26 people attending |
| Thursday 16 October 2008 | ||
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Kamelot
Edguy |
Jaxx Nightclub Washington DC, United States |
14 people attending |
| Friday 17 October 2008 | ||
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Kamelot
Edguy |
Peabody's Downunder Cleveland, United States |
12 people attending |
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tangerine- wrote:
WTF? Muse?
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IainVanWhyte wrote:
Muse isn't prog, Muse is terrible...
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CucoBein wrote:
MUSE prog ... ROTFLMAO!!!!!!
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Rotuhiiri wrote:
I thought I loved progressive rock, but looking at these charts makes me wonder...
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DimaTemptation wrote:
muse is best. no prog needed.
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Cako14 wrote:
Dream theater! :D
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electr0muffin wrote:
MUSE IST SO PROG, ZOMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG ! lulz, fanboyz.
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DimaTemptation wrote:
indie means nothing.
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Rotuhiiri wrote:
2,734 have tagged Coldplay with 'indie'.
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DimaTemptation wrote:
2,689 people say stfu
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rramiel wrote:
"rramiel, yes and britney spears is melodic hard rock. Idiot.". Hmmm... still more than muse is progressive :) Chill out, have some melissa, anger isn't healthy :)
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senomar wrote:
"Muse is an alternative pop band". LOL
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DimaTemptation wrote:
rramiel, yes and britney spears is melodic hard rock. Idiot.
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kauza wrote:
Sorry for the shameless self-promotion, but if you're looking for new progressive rock and metal releases, you might want to check out http://www.progressivemelodies.com If you're struggling to find new bands, you'll definitely find one there. It's a little low on content now, but if you bookmark it, I promise you won't regret it! Now, with that out of the way, is there anything better on this Earth than progressive rock? I don't think there is.
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baucham wrote:
Muse<3 is my favourite prog band! [2]
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KinglinHom wrote:
Very funny tuneeees ,thank you
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rramiel wrote:
Muse is an alternative pop band. There's nothing progressive in their music...
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Lunarsight wrote:
Phideaux's Doomsday Afternoon is probably one of the best prog rock albums I've heard in the last five years.
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Rotuhiiri wrote:
Muse<3 is my favourite prog band!
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FeRex wrote:
I enjoy this too.
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