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jawbreaker · 12-07-2012, 01:05 PM

I believe when prog rock bands burst in late sixties and mostly in early seventies, they weren't even tagged "prog" but art rock.
Regarding the question of this thread, music can be technical without being prog (a lot of late nineties thrash bands that turned technical, the shredders of the eighties), and music can be prog without being particularly technical (mid-seventies pink floyd, marillion). However, regarding prog death like later Death albums, Atheist, Cynic, Pestilence, Nocturnus, they are both technical and progressive in spirit, so sometimes it's difficult to separate one from the other.

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jawbreaker Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Paris area Posts: 65	I believe when prog rock bands burst in late sixties and mostly in early seventies, they weren't even tagged "prog" but art rock. Regarding the question of this thread, music can be technical without being prog (a lot of late nineties thrash bands that turned technical, the shredders of the eighties), and music can be prog without being particularly technical (mid-seventies pink floyd, marillion). However, regarding prog death like later Death albums, Atheist, Cynic, Pestilence, Nocturnus, they are both technical and progressive in spirit, so sometimes it's difficult to separate one from the other. __________________ "the secret of a long life is to try not to shorten it". My name is nobody, Sergio Leone, 1973 Last edited by jawbreaker; 12-07-2012 at 01:12 PM.