------------------------------------------------------- MAY 9, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------- Source: Entertainment Weekly http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1058165_4_0_,00.html Prog's Progress EW charts prog's progress -- We outline the history of the genre from 3000 B.C. to ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' to ''Toxicity'' • ca. 3000 B.C. Stonehenge built. • 1937 J.R.R. Tolkien pens The Hobbit, inspiring Yes, Coheed and Cambria, and others. • 1964 Bob Moog introduces the Moog synthesizer. • 1966 Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention record the double album Freak Out!, an early prog inspiration. • 1967 Love's Da Capo becomes the first rock album to feature a side-long track, the 19-minute ''Revelation.'' • 1967 Procol Harum's ''A Whiter Shade of Pale'' ­ based on a Bach motif ­ hits the top 10. • 1967 London ''happening'' Fourteen Hour Technicolour Dream features Soft Machine and headliners Pink Floyd. • 1969 King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King takes rock to pretentious new heights. • 1969 Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord presents his concerto for rock band and symphony orchestra at London's Royal Albert Hall. • 1971 Led Zeppelin's eight-minute opus ''Stairway to Heaven'' puts a bustle in prog's hedgerow. • 1973 Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Brain Salad Surgery introduces the concept of ''Karn Evil.'' • 1973 Yes release Tales From Topographic Oceans, a dense double album that separates the diehards from the dabblers. • 1973 Dungeons & Dragons debuts. • 1975 Queen's ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' brings opera (and humor) into the mix. • 1981 Rush's Moving Pictures moves prog into the Reagan era. • 1982 The film version of Pink Floyd's The Wall is released. • 1983 Prog cult faves Marillion release first album, Script for a Jester's Tear. • 1991 Long Island's Dream Theater breathe new life into the genre with Images & Words. • 1993 Tool's Undertow introduces alt-rockers to prog. • 1995 L.A.'s ProgFest lives long and prospers: After two years, it hits its stride with acts like Spock's Beard and Solaris. • 1997 Radiohead stuns fans of ''Creep'' with bombastic opus OK Computer. • 2001 System of a Down's Toxicity kicks off the new-prog movement. Close Window YesInThePress.com For site comments, inquiries, corrections, or additions, contact yitp@yesservices.com