Prog 50: Progressive Rock Around the World in Fifty Years

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Prog 50: Progressive Rock Around the World in Fifty Years

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An illustrated reference hand-book where the complete list of world-wide Prog artists of the musical genre are finally given their rightful place in History. A first true encyclopedia collecting over a thousand musicians, most of which forgotten, and more than two thousand images of sometimes very hard to find records, for the first time ever presented all together in the same book. The tangible proof that Progressive Rock is still alive and kicking even after fifty years.

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In his foreword for this book, Peter Gabriel doffs his cap to a genre which doesnt follow the normal conventions on composition. He describes progressive rock as a rick and quirky vane of music that at least in his own experiences was born out of letting our musical minds wander far and wide and straight out of any boxes we were thrown in. These words echo throughout PROG 50s deep-drive into the old genre brave enough to incorporate elements of them all, dissecting key artists by country in order of importance (ranging from Kings, then Knights to finally the more obscure Troopers) with notes on their triumphs and releases. Its no surprise the English, Italian and German sections are substantial brimming with names of defiant rule-breakers, many of whom have been forgotten over time though what makes PROG 50 such an invigorating study is its dedication to the visionaries hailing from further afield Aditus from Venezuela, anyone? While some of the descriptions are perhaps a bit basic, it certainly leaves no stoned unturned in its quest through prog history

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