From early Queen glam and ELP pomp to Supertramp’s catchy hits and Marillion’s retro delights, here are the 10 best live prog albums of all time.
Genesis outside the Rainbow Theatre in London, UK, January 1977. They are Steve Hackett, Chester Thompson, Tony Banks, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford.
Progressive rock thrives in a live setting. Its limitless ambition and plurality of sounds—from jazz and blues to psychedelia, classical and folk—find fertile ground in the electricity of stage performances. that a rock record could be anything—and everything—you wanted it to be, the initial generation of young British proggers allowed their imagination to run wild: Peter Gabriel wore a red dress and fox mask, telling eerie stories in between Genesis songs.
Ambitious, meticulously arranged rock became the norm during the ‘70s. This aesthetic was brutalized by punk, kept marginally alive by the neo-proggers of the ‘80s, and returned with a bang in the 21st century, when shades of prog appeared organically in the DNA of Radiohead, Muse, Arcade Fire, Porcupine Tree, and countless other bands.
ELP’s Carl Palmer and Keith Emerson performing at The Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia on June 23,1977 Marillion became an even more intriguing band when Steve Hogarth replaced former lead singer Fish. They expanded their sound, flirted with alternative rock, and in 2004 released, the best album of their stubbornly independent career. Still, none of their many live records sound as lush and rapturous as—so inspired, it even gives neo-prog a good name.
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