Rocking the Classics : English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture.
Few styles of popular music have generated as much controversy as progressive rock, a musical genre best remembered today for its gargantuan stage shows, its fascination with epic subject matter drawn from science fiction, mythology, and fantasy literature, and above all for its attempts to combine...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1997
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| Summary: | Few styles of popular music have generated as much controversy as progressive rock, a musical genre best remembered today for its gargantuan stage shows, its fascination with epic subject matter drawn from science fiction, mythology, and fantasy literature, and above all for its attempts to combine classical music's sense of space and momumental scope with rock's raw power and energy. Its dazzling virtuosity and spectacular live concerts made it hugely popular with fans during the 1970s, who saw bands such as King Crimson, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, and Jethro Tull bri. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781602560666 1602560668 128134673X 9781281346735 9780195098877 0195098870 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
