The Persistence of Prog Rock

By Boban Savković on 14. June 2017.No Comment

The prog-rock pioneers embraced extravagance. Concertgoers could savor a new electronic keyboard called a Mellotron, a singer dressed as a batlike alien commander, an allusion to a John Keats poem, and a philosophical allegory about humankind’s demise—all in the space of a single song (“Watcher of the Skies,” by Genesis). Photograph from Shutterstock / REXGenesis - Peter Gabriel Genesis in Concert - 1974