Don't forget Boards Of Canada was a progressive rock band at one point -
their really early stuff has a very distinct prog rock sound.
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From: "omz" <omz23@speakeasy.net>
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Subject: Re: [idm] [OT] prog
quoted 42 lines On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, andrei wrote:
> > > >On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, andrei wrote:
> > > >
> >Well, I find the whole notion of "progressive" rock, or any kind of
> >"progressive" music, a laughable one. Yes and all the bands of their ilk
> >didn't do anything to help the "progression" of rock music. It was a step
> >in the wrong direction, imo. They mostly missed the point about what rock
> >music's functions are.
>
> I'm not really talking about 'Yes and all the bands of their
> ilk'...When I think of progressive rock I think of Amon Duul II,
> Heldon, Pulsar, Lard Free, Kraftwerk, Agitation Free, Ash Ra Tempel,
> and so on and so on.
>
> And if you want to hear where this 'IDM' music we all know and love
> originated, give Cluster 'Zuckerzeit' a listen ...now that is some
> progressive shit! Circa 1975/6...and actually Can's 'Tago Mago' was
> one of the first records I can think of to use a drum machine, that
> was around 1970.
>
> >I'm not saying Hendrix's music was dumb, but I think he did more to
> >advance rock music than any pseudo-aristocratic band of Englishmen.
>
> It's all about the Germans, the French, the Italians...they did way
> more to advance music than most 'Englishmen'...
>
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