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Old 06-17-2011, 01:26 PM   #57 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TheNiceGuy View Post
Not a great comparison as King Crimson were very much Prog, compared to Queen who are more Hard glammy rock with a lot of other element thrown in, including a little Prog. But this was only in their early days, most of their proggy influences were gone by about the late 70's.
The comparison is not as strange as you think, Queen were one of the first bands to play pomp rock (an easier listening form of prog rock and normally with shorter songs) which eventually evolved into arena rock.
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