Italian Progressive Rock - The Anglo-Saxon Models

The Anglo-Saxon Models

Progressive rock is conventionally given birth in England, after a long gestation period that goes back to the Beatles Sgt.Pepper, with the publication in 1969 of the album In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson. Italy was affected by the so-called British invasion, and progressive bands borrowed nearly all the styles of British symphonic rock: long tracks and structured (suites), themed album (concept albums), sophisticated and demanding texts with frequent references to mythology, philosophy and fantasy, contamination with classical music and great emphasis on keyboards (ranging from 'hammond organ to harpsichord, mellotron from moog) solutions complex rhythms, baroque arrangements, covers the artistic value. Among the main groups can be inspirational quote primarily Genesis, authors of a very successful tour across the peninsula in April and August 1972, which drew on the majority of the groups melodic, King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer, the Nice, cited by groups focusing on keyboards, Gentle Giant for mixtures of sounds and reeds, Yes, Van der Graaf Generator, their dark shades, and Jethro Tull with their folk atmospheres and scores based on the flute. Deep Purple were important references for the groups sounding harsher. The first post-beat groups were also affected by less well-known groups such as Quatermass and the Colosseum. You can find references also to Vanilla Fudge, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Finally, this is the widespread influence of the bands of the scene of Canterbury, especially the Soft Machine, Gong and Caravan.