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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, as part of a wide-ranging tendency in rock music of this era to draw inspiration from ever more diverse influences. The term 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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dredg
Judgement Day, The Limousines |
Avalon Theater Salt Lake City, United States |
6 people attended |
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra at RBC Center at RBC Center
Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
RBC Center Raleigh, NC, United States |
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| Buckethead |
House of Blues Los Angeles, United States |
11 people attended |
| Steely Dan |
Borgata Hotel Casino Atlantic City, NJ, United States |
2 people attended |
| Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
San Diego Sports Arena San Diego, United States |
1 person attended |
| Umphrey's McGee |
9:30 Club Washington DC, United States |
5 people attended |
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hardton wrote:
good
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baucham wrote:
LMAO MUSE!!!!
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care-a-lot wrote:
Muse? lol
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Karppaky wrote:
v Wall of bullshit. There isn't absolutely anything progressive in Muse. If some music noobs find Muse progressive it's their lack of knowledge and doesn't mean a shit to people who know what Prog Rock is. And it's just your silly opinion if you think there's no standards of what progressive rock is. Sure let's just all go tag AC/DC and other lame rock bands prog rock too because there's no rules what prog rock is.
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Dsoe wrote:
This all comes down to taste and personal opinion. Just becase you don´t find muse prog enaugh, doesent mean they aren´t prog for someone else. There is imo no such thing as standards for what progressive rock is, other than progressive (from wiki: Favouring or promoting progress). progrock is always changing and evolving (thank god for that). New bands enter the scene all the time and adding somthing new. Others mix or adapt older styles (not so much fan of those). You will never agree because i have different understandings of the term. Its like discussing whether or not you can call "ac/dc" rock just bescause it doesent sound like "Elvis" or "Chuck fuckin´ Barry". Imo, both "Muse" and "Dream Theater" is prog. that doesent mean I (as a fan of a lot of "prog" bands) have to like them. I actually find both of them pretty boring as a matter of fact. It doesn´t make them any less prog, it just make them less interesting... Stop loving the genre, start loving the artists!
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bloodorchard wrote:
hey i like both bands too but just don't think they are similar enough to be tagged in the same category .. DT has a much more to offer (no offense to muse fans)
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LeviVdBogaard wrote:
LosingColour, fuck you man. I'm in love with both bands.
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Karppaky wrote:
cool story bro
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LosingColour wrote:
If tagging Muse as Prog Rock pisses off Dream Theater fans then I'm all for it.
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heavy_beton wrote:
Perhaps it is so because it's ridiculous to find such band on the second place as a representative example of the genre.
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chuuzetsu wrote:
I think the Muse debate has been going on for far too long. Every time I come here it is a debate about Muse.
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mellors- wrote:
Muse = prog related hard rock
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Rektologen wrote:
Muse are NOT progressive rock
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heavy_beton wrote:
Muse = progressive rock? You guys must be joking.
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Layinginblack wrote:
"Opeth isn't progressive" LOL
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Rektologen wrote:
Sorry for you
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rdx_TP wrote:
Jethro Tull was using riffs in example...Even Frank Zappa use them...using riffs/repeated pieces in composition does not effective to progressiveness imho... and i still hate Dream Theater...
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Karppaky wrote:
Rush is wankery hard rock. bye
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lugarid wrote:
and don't tell me Rush didn't use riffs back in the day. 2112, anyone?
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rramiel wrote:
As I said, progressive music RARELY uses riffs. Rarely =/= never. Recent PT isn't that progressive as it used to be :)
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