Resurrecting the Second Wave: How 1980s Neo-Prog Defied the "Year Zero" Myth
Executive Overview For decades, standard rock music historiography has promoted a rigid narrative: on December 1, 1976, when the Sex Pistols uttered profanities on British television, progressive rock was instantly rendered extinct. According to this institutional consensus—dogmatically reinforced by mainstream music broadcasting for generations—the intricate time signatures, double-neck guitars, and mythological lyricism of the 1970s … Read more
