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- Dictionaryprog/prɒɡ/
noun
- 1. a style of rock music popular especially in the 1970s and characterized by classical influences, the use of keyboard instruments, and lengthy compositions: "the band's blend of prog, psychedelia, and '60s pop"
- 2. an advocate of social reform; a progressive: US "if she decides to run, the hard-core progs will not support her anyway"
adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting rock music characterized by classical influences, the use of keyboard instruments, and lengthy compositions; progressive: "one of the most important prog albums of all time"
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Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music [10] that primarily developed in the United Kingdom [1] through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early-to-mid 1970s. Initially termed "progressive pop", the style was an emergence of psychedelic bands who abandoned standard pop traditions in favour of ...
- De-Loused in The Comatorium by Mars Volta
- Yesterdays by Yes
- In The Court of The Crimson King by King Crimson
- The Wall by Pink Floyd
- 2112 by Rush
- Aenima by Tool
Prog-rock was well established by 2003 when this record dropped by the Texas band that left its massive fingerprint on the style. Like many prog productions, this album is of the concept variety, telling the tale of a coma experience induced by a cocktail of morphine and rat poison. The guitar work is scorching and there are noticeable and pacy nod...
Just about every record by Yes demonstrates some key facet of prog-rock. The beauty of Yesterdays is its ability to show some of the band’s most innovative work, which wasn’t harvested for an album until years later after everybody realized its absurd brilliance. It also opens with an incredible cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s America,giving the famil...
This 1969 release helped define the emerging prog-rock scene. Stitching together blues, symphonic music, and the darker, brooding side of psych-rock. The record seems to go in two distinct directions, down an organic path led by woodwinds and classically inspired structures as well as straight to the core of the psyche via savvy electric guitar wor...
While Dark Side of the Moon is its own masterpiece, the blatant anti-conformity of The Walland its concept album approach make it prog-rock gold. It was almost too much to handle in 1979 as many initially criticized the record for being self-absorbed. But the album proved to be a wise and relatable tale about the pitfalls of fame, in the out-there ...
Most of us know what the late and talented percussionist Neil Peart was capable of. This 1976 record speaks to this and more, showing off the Canadian band’s instrumental mastery and appreciation of sci-fi. Inspired by writer and philosopher Ayn Rand, the album tracks a futuristic ultra-authoritarian world wherein the state controls everything. It’...
The greatest thing about Tool’s finest album is that it spotlights prog-rock’s more aggressive side. The Los Angeles quartet is typically lumped in the metal section with a band name that became synonymous in the ’90s with backpack patches and counterculture. Yet, Tool was always taking the more complicated road less traveled. This record is like a...
The meaning of PROG is to search about; especially : forage.
The earliest known use of the word prog is in the 1950s. OED's earliest evidence for prog is from 1958, in the writing of ‘Nicholas Blake’, poet and novelist (real name C. Day Lewis). prog is formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: progressive adj. See etymology.
early 1600s. The earliest known use of the noun prog is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for prog is from 1615, in the writing of George Sandys, writer and traveller. It is also recorded as a verb from the mid 1500s. prog is perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: prag n.1. See etymology.
A definition of Progressive Rock Music. Progressive rock (often shortened to prog or prog rock) is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility."
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verb Word forms: progs, progging, progged. 1. (intransitive) British slang or dialect. to prowl about for or as if for food or plunder. noun. 2. British slang or dialect. food obtained by begging. 3. Canadian dialect a Newfoundland word for food.
