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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
Fad? It was mainstream for about 10 years.
And you can`t honestly say that punk wasn`t meant to the the antithisis of what prog was about.In fact I can recall most of the original punk bands saying they hated it and how out of touch they thought it was & that they wanted something off the street they could relate to.
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True, thats what a lot of the first punk stood for. I have no idea why I mean I wasn't around at the time but apparently Punk thought Prog took away from the main theme/culture of rock. Rock was about rebellion and freedom and I guess Punk looked at prog and said theres nothing rebellious about an 8 minute song. Something along those lines anyway, punk wanted to bring back the punch. Make the music short and to the point.
I guess thats the contrasting nature between the two styles.