Citizens of Hope and Glory: The Story of Progressive Rock
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- Synopsis
- Created in the late 1960s, fashionable in the early 1970s and hated in the 1980s, Progressive Rock has a colourful and eventful story. Many of the genre's main protagonists, including Genesis, Yes, King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, remain as popular as ever, while lesser-known names like Camel, Caravan, Renaissance, Van der Graaf Generator and Gentle Giant retain cult status. Prog expert Stephen Lambe guides the reader through the early years as the music developed out of the British Progressive Music boom of the late 1960s into its own genre, and reached full maturity in the early 1970s. He also discusses how the music was received and developed outside the UK, particularly in the USA, Italy and the Scandinavian countries. Received wisdom has it that punk swept Progressive Rock away in the late 1970s, yet the genre never died. An early 1980s revival, spearheaded by major label signings Marillion, IQ and Pallas, burned brightly but fell away sharply later in the decade. However, in the early 1990s, the movement began to re-establish itself, largely below the radar, led by Swedish band The Flower Kings and American group Spock's Beard. The rise of the internet and the decline of the worldwide pop industry allowed niche music - as Progressive Rock had now become - to flourish once again in the new millennium.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 208 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781848681903
- Publisher:
- Amberley Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 03/04/14
- Copyrighted By:
- Stephen Lambe
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Music
- Submitted By:
- Evan Reese
- Proofread By:
- BookMouse
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.