the return of prog rock
January 25th, 2007
just discovered some new music today via the Dream Theater weekly newsletter:
Neal Morse (Portnoy plays on his latest album, “Sola Scriptura”)
Spock’s Beard (Morse’s former band)
unfortuantely, most of the song samples on Morse’s site seem to be non-functional, but all of the stuff is up on iTunes, so you can get the samples there. it’s certainly not as heavy as the latest offerings from DT, but it’s good in another way, bringing prog rock back to the days of Yes and Genesis. apparently, there’s another band out there that’s leaning more toward the rock&roll aspect of progressive rock:
ah… and now i see they’re from Sweden. a prog rock band from Scandanavia? shocking!
i know there are many other bands out there in this space, but unfortunately, like any musical genre, there’s a high level of junk. it’s always good to find new, solid artists. it’s just too bad i won’t be able to buy any CD’s for the next 30 years.
January 25th, 2007 at 12:09
And, of course, there’s a supergroup composed of the members of DT, SB, and TFK: Transatlantic.