Prologue

Prologue

The genre of "Progressive Rock" will be subject of this essay, its history, the various sub-genres, and not least the characters of its listeners.

My considerations are limited to personal and thus subjective views on this subject, but I will always strive for an objective presentation of the underlying musical and factual circumstances.

I shall thus report like a music critic, who, in spite of the undisputed and necessary freedom of opinion, is able to present the objectively representable facts as completely as possible and in such a way that the interested reader receives enough information - even if his opinion is considerably different from mine – to enable the reader to form his own judgment according to his own musical history and interests.