Hi George,
19-May-97 00:02:07, George Erdner wrote to Michael Doyle Subject:
Phantom Prog

 GE> Of all the serious musicians I've known (or known of), very
 GE> few take kindly to being pigeon-holed into a category, and most
 GE> refuse to do it themselves. I've never heard a musician say "I
 GE> record prog-rock". The only level of self-categorizing that most
 GE> artists will concede to is that they are country, rock, or jazz.
 GE> Most artists, if asked what kind of music they make, will answer
 GE> "good music", or some similar response.
Judging by the outpouring in this echo a few months ago, I guess you
could safely say that Yes (at least in _most_ of their forms) are
thought of as a progressive rock band in this echo.
Recently Steve Howe was being interviewed for the `Keys To Ascension`
album. He described the music that Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Gentle
Giant and a few other bands started making in the late sixties/early
seventies as `post-psychadelic-rock`. In his opinion the phrase
`progressive rock` was invented as the former is a bit _too_ much of a
mouthful (-:
Rick Wakeman also said that when Yes first played America they were told
that they were the best Rock 'n' Roll band to play there. Over here at
that time they still thought of themselves as a `pop` band.
Personally I would define `progressive rock` as thought-provoking modern
music.
The best I can do for now...
Robbie Wilson
email : rgwilson@compura.com
.!. A piano is a piano is a piano. Gertrude Steinway.
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