Progressive Rock History (documentary)

This is a documentary by David C. Robin, produced by Scott Smith on prog rock history, which is not limited to the four or five well-known British bands of the 70's. It covers the history of progressive rock from the 70's to the 2000's and includes bands from the international prog scene. Read more here.

Space Rock

Progressive rock music has its roots in the mid 1960's psychedelic cultural phenomena. During that time the British Invasion and folk-rock bands began to expand the sonic possibilities of their music. These groups slowly started to abandon the concise verse-chorus-verse patterns of rock & roll, and moved towards fluid, free-form oriented song structures. Experimenting with new studio technology, electronically altering instruments and voices, was a part of this altered approach as well. The late 1960's psychedelic rock scene also spawned the birth of the Space Rock genre. Read more here.

Progressive Metal

Progressive Metal is a subgenre of progressive rock as much as it is a subgenre of heavy metal, and this is how its sound is defined: a blend of heavy, guitar-oriented metal music enriched with compositional innovation and complex arrangements, usually expressed through diverse instrumentation and often (but not always) with odd-time signatures. Common, but not essential to define the movement, are the frequent use of keyboards, high-pitched vocals, concept lyrical themes and tracks of longer duration. Read more here. 

Progressive Folk

In the wake of the 60's, a Folk revival started on both sides of the Atlantic. When folk artists turned from acoustic to electric, Folk Rock was born. Soon most connoisseur were talking of Acid Folk, Psych Folk, and Progressive Folk, all having limited differences and no particularly drawn-out limits or boundaries, but all relying on experimental or groundbreaking adventures and good musicianship, but not necessarily of an acoustic nature. Read more here. 

History of 70's British Prog Rock (documentary)

King Crimson

A documentary about the 70's british prog rock scene, which should be considered incomplete since it lacks any reference to the paradigmatic progressive rock band Gentle Giant, the heavy prog band Atomic Rooster, and more. Read more here. 

The Prog Rock years (documentary)

This 1998 documentary on progressive rock features Arthur Brown, The Nice, ELP, Yes, Asia, interviews with the bands' members and their solo projects. Read more here.

Canterbury Scene Prog Rock

The Canterbury Scene is a term used to loosely describe the group of progressive rock, avant-garde and jazz musicians, many of whom were based around the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960's and early 1970's. Originally The Wilde Flowers, a teenage band of members living in and around Canterbury was formed in the 60's and became the seedling from which the Canterbury Scene grew. Over the years, with band membership changes and new bands evolving, the term Canterbury Scene has been used to describe a musical style, a prog rock subgenre, rather than a regional group of musicians. Read more here.  

History of Progressive Rock

Progressive rock, also known as prog rock, is a rock music subgenre which originated in the United Kingdom, with further developments in Germany, Italy and France, throughout the mid to late 1960s and 1970s. Developing from psychedelic rock, progressive rock originated, similarly to art rock, as a "British attempt" to give greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music. Progressive rock intended to break the boundaries of traditional rock music by bringing in a greater and more eclectic range of influences, including free-form and experimental compositional methods, as well as new technological innovations. Read more here. 

Italian Progressive Rock

The Italian progressive rock scene was born in the early 70s, mostly inspired by the progressive movement in Britain, but with certain features of its own. In the early-to-mid-70s, Italy was one of the European countries most interested in this genre; many English bands such as Genesis, Van der Graaf Generator and Gentle Giant were discovered by the Italian public before they had consolidated a fan base in their home country. Consequently, progressive Italian groups were prolific and Rock Progressivo Italiano (RPI) constitutes a prog sub-genre. Read more here.