Welcome to the latest installment of the Album Reclamation Project at Proglodytes! Again, we will revisit a maligned Album of the Past and discuss whether it’s really as bad as all that. As a reminder, we will be utilizing the soon to be copyrighted Official Proglodyte Dumpster Fire Scale. Many of the previous albums we … Continue reading
This piece is the first of a new Proglodytes series called Unsung Heroes of Prog that will pay tribute to musicians and artists who we feel don’t get enough acclaim or recognition for their contributions to progressive music. Cedric, who published this tribute first on his personal blog, kicks off the first edition with a heartfelt … Continue reading
In 1968, a band called The Nice released a track called “America”, which became the first instrumental protest song of popular music. Evening out the odd meter into 4/4, it featured blazing keyboards, heavily distorted guitar, and the trademark theatrics that had earned The Nice their reputation. In the final moments of the song, the … Continue reading
Cheers, everyone. Since I’m the new guy, I thought I’d give you a short history of my love of prog. My first exposure to prog, even though I did not know it was called that, was seeing/hearing Peter Gabriel’s video for the song “Shock The Monkey”. It was 1982, I was 11 years old, MTV … Continue reading
I didn’t go to bed last night thinking about writing a tribute piece. But I woke up this morning to the news of the passing of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell at the relatively young age of 52. And just like that, the die was cast. I was a fan of Cornell’s, albeit not an avid … Continue reading
To know me is to know Adrian Belew is my musical hero. I make no bones about it. He is one of the more innovative and creative guitarists on the music scene, and has been for a good 40 years. I came to know Adrian as the vocalist/guitarist in the 1980s version of King Crimson, … Continue reading
Unless you’ve been under a rock (see what I did there?), you’ve probably seen the footage from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2017 Induction. Yes, like a big divorced polyamorous family, joined together onstage and pretended to like each other for a few hours while they played through two of their biggest hits, “Roundabout” … Continue reading
