I know we debated this in the old place but hey new site ,let’s argue the same stuff again.
David Peperell, a bloke I know in Melbourne , a veteran of the Melbourne music scene and someone whose musical opinion I respect came up with his own criteria for Prog. He was prompted by this silly list of prog bands ….Toto?
http://www.listchallenges.com/top-100-prog-bands-of-all-time?fb_action_ids=10153124109608724&fb_action_types=og.comments
According to David, prog bands must be 1. English and 2. Active in the period 1969-1979. German bands are Kraut Rock not Prog and bands after 1979 are just out of the cultural loop.
I queried the English only criterion and thought prog bands could exist outside his time period but I concede this is where the original and the best comes from. I offered this definition. I Bands using elaborate time scales, a bevy of keyboards , musically trained classical influences if not classics lifted, extended instrumental passages and lyrics pertaining to fantasy worlds to me are prog. Throw in a few capes and you’re a cert.
And here was his list of who he regarded as genuine prog. ( Yes I spotted Focus as anomalous to0)
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