An Introduction to Prog Rock Prof. J. Paradiso MIT Media Lab - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

An Introduction to Prog Rock Prof. J. Paradiso – MIT Media Lab Session 1: Intro - Things your dad should have told you about Prog Session 2; Canterbury Session 3: Rock in Opposition Session 4: Zeuhl Session 5: Space Rock and Neopsychedelia Session 6: French & Quebecois Prog Session 7: Rock Progressivo Italiano Session 8: Germany, Berlin, and Krautrock (perhaps some Scandinavia too) Session 9: Japanese Prog Lecture 3 – From Classics to Contemporary …and a few fascinating detours! IAP 2018

Before ELP, Keith Emerson did his thing in the Nice 1967 1970 1969 1970 1968 Flower King Of Flies (1967) Symphony For Group and Orchestra

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (ELP) 1970 1971 1972 1973 Before ELP, Keith Emerson was in The Nice, Carl Palmer was in Atomic Rooster and with Arthur Brown, and Greg Lake was in King Crimson Tarkus The Endless Enigma, Pt. 2 Toccata (An Adaptation of Ginastera's 1st Piano Concerto, 4th Movement)

Knives in Hammond for Sustain

Other Keyboard Excesses from Keith

Quatermass (1970) Laughin’ Tackle

T2 – It’ll All Work Out in Boomland (1970) In Circles

Nektar 1971 1972 1973 1973 1974 1975 Desolation Valley (1972) A Tab in the Ocean (1972) Nelly The Elephant (1974) Unendless Imagination (1975) British band who decamped to Germany in its early days

Gentle Giant From ProgArchives Way of Life (1973) So Sincere (1975) Playing The Game (1975) Free Hand (1975)

Gentle Giant Followers (there are many!) Terreno Baldio (Brazil) - 1976 Et Cetera (Montreal) - 1976 A Volta Et la Musique Tourne

Happy The Man (Washington D.C.) More records Released posthumously 1988 1977 Knee-Bitten Nymphs in Limbo Service With a Smile Featuring Kit Watkins, Stanley Whitaker, Frank Wyatt…

Todd Rundgren (USA) A Wizard, A True Star Todd 1974 Utopia 1974 Initiation 1975 Ra1977 1973 The Ikon (1974) A Treatise on Cosmic Fire (1975) Todd went through a definite prog phase, and IMHO remains interesting!

Large Prog Set from 1977 – Todd Rundgren’s Utopia (1978 – UK Tour) Featuring Roger Powell on the Probe Keyboard

Renaissance 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 Annie Halsam, Michael Dunford, John Tout…. A Trip to the Fair (1975) Can You Hear Me? (1977) The Black Flame (1973) They actually have a legacy from The Yardbirds (original drummer and guitarist)!

Fuchsia (1971) Gone With The Mouse Prog Folk – Perhaps also Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Ithaca…. (all UK)

Me and My Kites (Sweden) Like a Dream Back Then - 2013 Members of Lisa O Piu, Life on Earth (Dungen-related), etc.

Me and My Kites (2013 Swedish Band infl. By Fuchsia)

Comus – First Utterance (1971) Song From Comus

Harmonium (Quebec) Si On Avait Besoin D'Une L'Heptade - 1976 Harmonium - 1974 Cinquième Saison - 1974 Aujourd'hui, Je Dis Bonjour À La Vie Depuis L'automne Pour Un Instant Serge Fiori, Michel Normandeau, et al. See also: Conventum, Beau Dommage, Maneige, Sloche, Contraction….

Premier Ciel Show (Montreal, 2013) Officially sanctioned Harmonium Cover Band…

Änglagård (Sweden) Hybris (1992) Epilog (1994) Viljans Öga (2012) Ur Vilande (excpt) Very elaborate and dynamic symphonic prog

Dungen Gustav Ejstes Reine Fiske (Landberk, Paatos) Mattias Gustavsson (L.O.E.) Johan Holmegard Samtidigt 1 (2008) Ta Det Lugnt (2004) Vara Snabb (2010) Familj (2007) Solen stiger upp, pt. 2 (2002) Jakten Genom Skogen (2016)

Motorpsycho (Norway) Leave It Like That (Timothy’s Monster – 1994) Überwagner Or A Billion Bubbles In My Mind (2002) Starhammer (2010) The Hollow Lands (2012) Bartok of the Universe (2017) Spor 03 (Here Be Monsters, Vol. 2 – 2016) ‘Power trio’ – worked recently with Reine Fiske, Ståle Storløkken, Øyvind Brandtsegg, etc. Since 1991 – evolving from grunge/indie to jazzy psych/prog (00-02) to psych/prog/metal ( ≥ 2006)

Elephant9 (Norway) Atlantis (2012) Dodovoodoo (2008) Live At The BBC (2012) Silver Mountain (2015) Walk The Nile (2010) Occidental (2015) Ståle Storløkken, sometimes Reine Fiske, et al. See Also Hansson & Karlsson, Steamboat Switzerland…

The Spacious Mind (Sweden) Greazy Green And Stoney Lonesomes Vol.1 2014 The Prophet Am I (1999) Rotvälta (2005) Sunchild (1993) See also ’The Holy River Family Band’

Newer (not Neo) Prog– The Flower Kings (Sweden) Stardust We Are - 1997 Space Revolver - 2000 Unfold The Future - 2002 Adam and Eve - 2004 The Truth Will Set You Free (‘02) In the Eyes of the World (‘97) Ronie Stolt (from Kaipa), Tomas Bodin, Hasse Bruniusson (Samlas)…

Echolyn (USA) Suffocating the Bloom (1992) As The World (1995) When the Sweet Turns to Sour (1996) Mei (2002) As The World (1995) 15 Days (2012)

Nemo (France) & JellyFiche (Montreal) Prélude à la ruine - 2004 Symbiose - 2011 Les temps modernes Le Vide

Sanguine Hum (UK) 2010 2006 2013 2015 2016 No More that We Deserve (2011) Leave Us a Message (Antique Seeking Nuns) - 2006 Joff Winks and friends….

Enter Steven Wilson (First cassette release 1989…)

Savior of British Prog… Porcupine Tree, No Man, IEM, Blackfield, Storm Corrosion, Bass Communion….

Steven Wilson (UK) – Porcupine Tree The Sky Moves Sideways Stupid Dream (1999) Up the Downstair (1993) Signify (1996) In Absentia (2002) (1995) Even Less (1999) Small Fish (1993) Blackest Eyes (2002) Stars Die (1994) Signify (1996) On The Sunday of Life (1991) also great…

Some SW Side Projects…. IEM Have Come for Your Children (2001) Blackfield II (2007) Arcadia Son (excpt) 1,000 People

Steven Wilson (UK) – Post PT Solo Career The Raven That Hand Cannot Erase To The Bone Insurgentes (2008) Grace For Drowning (2011) Refused to Sing (2013) (2015) (2017) Luminol (2013) Raider II (2011)

Steven Wilson (UK) – Bass Communion From ‘Ghosts on Magnetic Tape’ - 2004