Author:
Burns, Robert G. H. author.
ImprintLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Descriptionxxxiv, 182 pages ; 24 cm.
Note:"From the beginning": the struggle for definition -- Conceptuality: embracing the long player and technology advances in sound reproduction -- Enemies at the door: prog under threat -- A new decade and a new progressive rock -- New directions in the 1990s and 2000s -- Tripping the light fantastic: progressive rock and spectacle -- New life: reuniting for renewed success -- Postprog: a new struggle for definition -- Conclusion: is contemporary progressive rock driven by musical "progression"?
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165), discography and index.
Note:Robert G. H. Burns brings together the several strands that define the "prog rock" movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s and follows the evolution of this remarkable rock tradition into the modern era.
