Prog
Prog is defined as being a form of rock that is progressive in nature.
Prog-rock in and of itself is no means to an end but rather a method of providing refreshment to the otherwise stale situation of regressive rock.
Prog rock is the opposite of regressive
Prog rock requires a sense of forward motion as proclaimed by Overhead, a finnish prog-rock band. "the way forward is over there" a phrase often repeated in these circles, but seldom taken to heart. Unfortunately prog has become a bastion of backwards-thinking and relics of times past.
There is no reason why this has to be so. The reason punk dispaced Prog-rock has more to to do with punk than prog. the time was ripe for straight up middle-finger salutes, and the progressives of the time all saw this to be true.
The fall of prog rock
Prog rock lost the battle for the hearts of the youth of the day because of regressive thinking. as controversial as it may sound, the lifespan of all fads starts to dim as the masses embrace said fad. this is the precipice where the so-called "progressives" jump ship to the next big thing leaving everyone else behind to discuss what is prog rock and what is not.
Thus it comes as no suprise that this is what eventually happened to punk too. what goes up must come down.
The rise of Prog Rock
Now the situation of music in general has decayed into the commercial mass-produced pulp of today. as far as the movements of the masses go, diversification, or longtailing is the norm of the day. all genres of music have benefited from this. Contemporary Prog rock like the finnish band Overhead has become moderately well-known globally. Whether you go to downtown tokio or midwestern USA or the facvellas of brazil, there will be a certain percentage of Prog rock fans that are aware of overhead.
this is the true evolution of prog rock in the future where commercial success as understood in decades past will become unsustainable for record companies, especially with the advent of limitless free music. Prog rock in the literal sense means that when you click play on your musicplayer you will get proper atmospheres instead of big pop which has been reduced to jingles for the physical cd by now. buy now. no. prog rock will return music to its original role, a form of brain candy designed for the progressive individual.
