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Originally Posted by boo boo
Speaking of art rock, there really wasn't much distinguishing the two terms back in the 70s. It was used to describe Genesis just as often as it was used to describe Roxy Music.
If OK Computer and Kid A were released in the 70s they would undeniably be considered prog albums.
But now of course prog is a term used to describe bands that take obvious influence from other prog bands. So it's very common to see a bunch of tards saying "Radiohead are not prog, I can't hear any Yes or Genesis influences at all".
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Agreed, I can remember back in the early 80`s when prog was supposedly dead but Marillion were a huge band in the UK and were labelled neo prog rock and had hordes of adoring fans. In reality, listening to Marillion was just like listening to Peter Gabriel era Genesis and there was absolutely nothing original or new about them, but the fact that they sounded like Genesis deemed them the new prog rock masters label of the 80's. In fact the most progressive artist at that time in the UK was certainly Kate Bush but she was labelled "Art Rock".
It now becomes clear, how a band like Radiohead have achieved the "Art Rock" label and not prog............Quite simply they don`t sound like anybody before them.