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Originally Posted by boo boo
Or rather, the more commercialized prog that came around in the latter half of the 70s. A category which Supertramp, Kansas, Styx and Saga would fall into, Rush kinda fell into this category too, which is how they managed to survive the late 70s and early 80s when other prog bands couldn't, they embraced the pop but unlike Yes and Genesis kept the prog somewhat intact.
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I consider Supertramp more on the lines of 70's Saxomophone-Rock like Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band and Bruce Springsteen & The E St. Band.
Yes' foray into Pop-gresive occured with Trevor on guitar. Genesis was on a slipery slope towards Pop ever since Peter Gabriel left the band and Phil Collins was at the helm, the departure of Steve Hackett didn't help matters. Pink Floyd is that they Top of the Pop moments too. They had a hits with Arnold Layne and See Emily Play then they went underground for a while. In America had a hit with Money and in the UK had a big hit with Another Brick in the Wall part II, and occasionally shown up on the chart thereafter.
What is interesting about Pink Floyd (and other Prog-bands) is that they stayed away from doing covers; Yes on the other-hand did them which makes them slightly different form their Prop contemporaries, that is something a classic rock band would do. The Rolling Stones started off doing all cover songs and then starting writing more of their own music. The Stones are attributed as the first Rock 'n Roll band to do an album of all originals (Aftermath) - Was Pink Floyd the first Rock band to do originals exclusively?