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An Introduction to Prog Rock Prof. J. Paradiso MIT Media Lab Session 1: Intro - Things your dad should have told you about Prog Session 2; Canterbury Session 3: Rock in Opposition Session 4: Zeuhl Session 5: Space Rock and Neopsychedelia

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An Introduction to Prog Rock

Lecture 2 – Some Mandatory British Classics

IAP 2018

Prof. J. Paradiso – MIT Media Lab

Session 1: Intro - Things your dad should have told you about Prog Session 2; Canterbury Session 3: Rock in Opposition Session 4: Zeuhl Session 5: Space Rock and Neopsychedelia Session 6: French & Quebecois Prog Session 7: Rock Progressivo Italiano Session 8: Germany, Berlin, and Krautrock (perhaps some Scandinavia too) Session 9: Japanese Prog …and a few fascinating detours!

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Giles, Giles & Fripp

1968 The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles & Fripp

How Do They Know? The Crukster

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King Crimson (1)

1969 1970 1970 1971

Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Mel Collins, Greg Lake, Michael Giles, Peter Sinfield, (Gordon Haskell, Boz…) 21’st Century Skitzoid Man In The Court of the Crimson King In The Wake of Poseidon Cirkus Sailor’s Tale

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Interlude – Fripp and Eno

‘Frippertronics’ – long tape delay system so he can overdub live

The Heavenly Music Corporation

1973 1975 2005

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King Crimson (2)

Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, Jon Wetton, <David Cross, Jamie Muir>

Easy Money Larks' Tongues In Aspic, Part Two Fracture Red 1973 1974 1974

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Hiatus – Fripp Moves to New York City

Robert Fripp with friends (Peter Gabriel, Peter Hammill, Daryl Hall, etc.) Breathless Disengage NY3 1979

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King Crimson (3)

Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin

1981 1982 1984 Frame By Frame Indiscipline

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Hiatus – Fripp Disbands KC, starts guitar school in Virginia

Robert Fripp with a large ensemble of his guitar students Scaling The Whales 1986 1988 1991

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King Crimson (4)

Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Trey Gunn, Pat Mastelotto, <Tony Levin, Bill Bruford> Dinosaur Level 5 1995 2000 2003

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King Crimson (5)

Robert Fripp, Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Jakko Jakszyk, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, Jeremy Stacey, Bill Rieflin 2013-Present

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Tomorrow (1967)

With Steve Howe and John Adler (aka ‘Twink’ – formed Pretty Things) My White Bicycle

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Siberian Khatru (from Live album Yessongs)

Yes

1971 1971 1972 1973 1974

Rick Wakeman Keys Tony Banks Keys Alan White Drums Patrick Moraz Keys (CH – from ‘Refugee’) Starship Trooper The Ancient Sound Chaser

Topographic Oceans based on text by Paramahansa Yogananda Book given to Anderson by Jamie Muir (KC) as suggested by Bruford

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Yes ‘Clones’

True To The Light Starcastle (USA) – Fountains of Light 1977 Druid (GB) – Toward The Sun 1975 Voices Wobbler (Norway) – Rites at Dawn - 2011 Lá Bealtaine

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Extreme Yes Interpretations

Yes repertoire done on saxophones And You and I

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Korekyojinn does the entire classic Yes catalog in 5.5 minutes!

Yes Medley Single - 2005 Yoshida Tatsuya, Kido Natushi, Nasuno Mitsuro

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Genesis

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1976 1976

With Peter Gabriel The Musical Box Can-Utility And The Coastliners 11th Earl of Mar

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Genesis– Watcher of the Skies Live (Oct. 1973)

Very early theatrical rock

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We all know Peter Gabriel’s early solo career…

1977 1978 1980 1982 …We won’t mention Phil Collins …

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Edward KaSpell is the Anti-Peter-Gabriel!

..and so on Legendary Pink Dots (with Phil Knight aka ‘Silverman’ et al) and solo projects Probably over a hundred releases Goth, Space-Rock, Psychedelia, Jazz, Folk, electronic – it’s just them! Major influence on many – e.g., Amanda Palmer

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LPD Live in Paris 2009

An Unlikely Event

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Steve Hackett Early Solo Work

1975 1978 1979 1980

Ace of Wands The Steppes

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Before there Steve, there was Anthony Phillips!

Very selected discography!!

1977 1978 1981 1984 – Part Two

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Camel

1973 1974 1975 1976 1977

Andy Latimer, Peter Bardens… Never Let Go Song Within a Song First Light

With Richard Sinclair (Bass)

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Van der Graaf Generator (1)

1969 1970 1970 1971

Peter Hammill, Hugh Banton, Guy Evans, Nic Potter, David Jackson Darkness 11-11 Lost Lemmings

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Van der Graaf Generator (2)

1975 1976 1976 1977

Scorched Earth Still Life

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’The Arrow’ – Live in France, 1975

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Van der Graaf Generator (3)

2005 2008 2011 2012 2016 Interference Patterns Based on particle/quantum physics!

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Peter Hammill Solo Work…

From ProgArchives…

In The Black Room (1973)

Porton Down (1979)

Birthday Special from Nadir’s Big Chance 1975

Anticipated Punk!