prog rock

noun

1. a style of rock music originating in the 1970s and characterized by large-scale compositions, often on epic themes, in which musicians display instrumental virtuosity

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Rush co-founders Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will play 12 dates in honor of the band’s late drummer Neil Peart, whose monumental percussion talents made Rush a defining act in prog rock.

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He also loved prog rock, but that had made a music career seem unattainable.

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They weren't part of a prog rock thing.

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“Shame Game” has a psychedelic vibe that’s kinda like a hybrid of Strawberry Alarm Clock and Blue Oyster Cult, while the title track has a prog rock vibe redolent of Styx, Rush and Mars Volta.

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I was used to listening to Sabbath and the prog rock stuff, and at first I didn’t like the Ramones, the songs were fast, short, and noisy.”

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