Ep. 217: Raiding The Progressive Rock Crypt - 80's Neo-Prog

InObscuria Podcast

This week get your nerd on with us as we are raiding the Prog Rock crypt again. However, this will be a much different journey into the world of progressiveness, as we are covering Neo-Prog from the early to mid-1980s. A much different time for progressive rock, as these bands were influenced by more than just Genesis, Yes, and King Crimson. These groups were injecting heavy doses of hard rock, new wave, punk, and pop into their progressive Day-Glo soup! Keep an open mind and give it a listen…

What’s this InObscuria thing? We’re a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. Prog rock in the 60s and 70s initially had mostly classical music and jazz influences, but over the last 40 years it has come to include other fusions of music styles including metal, punk, funk, folk, and electronic. From Zappa and Sgt. Pepper to the 1980s music by bands like Marillion and Pendragon… This is Neo-Prog Rock! Get yer nerd on!

Songs this week include:

1. Saga – “Wind Him Up” from Worlds Apart (1981)
2. Twelfth Night – “East Of Eden” from Smiling At Grief (1982)
3. IQ – “The Wake” from The Wake (1985)
4. Pendragon – “Fly High Fall Far” from The Jewel (1985)
5. Gowan – “Keep Up The Fight” from Gowan (1982)
6. It Bites – “All In Red” from The Big Lad In The Windmill (1986)

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