Prog rock does not suck part 1(THE BEATLES,THE BEACH BOYS, JIMI HENDRIX)

In our next series, we are going to look at the history of prog rock and defend it from its critics. In this first episode we are to look at prog rocks roots in the recording techniques of Phil Spector, the Beatles, The Beach Boys, American Psychedelia and the British Blues scene.

[yanncarduner]

Bravo!It's a fiery defense of my most cherished musical genre(with psychedelia, space rock and krautrock ).You nailed it, music is an art so it is very sane in my humble opinion to look for progress and improvisation .I'm sure you remember Mike Oldfield once said he hated punk rock because these people made many think it was totally cool to be a bad musician.This is one of my problems with punk they don't praise musicianship, their loss!I've been loving Yes, King Crimson, Genesis and many greats for ages (Mahavishnu Orchestra too, last year I saw Billy Cobham in Paris, brilliant)

[yanncarduner]

By the way the fact you unleashed a well structured documentary in 6 parts is so damn Prog!

[KamenSentaiMetalHero]

Fun fact: The guitarist for The Tornados, George Bellamy, is actually the father of Muse frontman Matt Bellamy. So it's rather appropriate you mention the Tornados here, given that Muse could be considered a modern day prog rock band.

[godstomper]

The punkest prog rock band to ever exist was Man is the Bastard.

[arthurr.r.lucasspublicdoma]

1:11 As much as I love both the music and the subculture, it's this aspect that I've often hated about punk. I've always found it hypocritical that a subculture built around nonconformity and acceptance of those that don't fit societal standards would shun those who are a fan of progressive rock.