The Great Debates: Prog Rock

In our first Great Debate we talk to Matt Goodluck, prog rock obsessive (check out Matt’s bio below). The topic is obviously prog rock, the debate occurs on multiple fronts, including what makes good prog rock, who the true greats are and even some gear talk. To listen / watch: * Audio-only: click on the play button in the audio player above, or: * Video: watch the embedded video or check it and previous episodes out on our YouTube Channel: Content mentioned during the show (links will open in new tab):     Pet Sounds – Beach Boys Freak Out – Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles King Crimson – In The Court of the Crimson King Prog Archives Rush – 2112 Ready Player One – Ernest Cline (highly recommended!) Keith Emerson official website Rick Wakeman official website Overview of prog rock keyboards Yes – Fragile Yes – Close to the Edge Watch Rick Wakeman live, on ice Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd – Meddle ELP – Tarkus ELP – Brain Salad Surgery ELP play Fanfare for the Common Man Haken Frost Big Big Train Jordan Rudess Richard Barbieri Rikard Sjoblom Desert Island Discs: Lamb Lies Down on Broadway – Genesis, Hemispheres – Rush, Close to the Edge – Yes, Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd, Discipline – King Crimson Matt’s biography: I grew up in Adelaide and by my early teens I had developed an obsession with music, starting with 80’s heavy metal. After discovering Rush, everything changed and it took me down the rabbit hole of prog rock. This led to reading everything I could get my hands on about the 70’s heavyweights like Yes, King Crimson, Genesis and ELP as well as the new wave of 80’s bands like IQ, Marillion, Pallas and Pendragon. I was hooked! At age 20, I decided to leave home and I flew to the UK for what was intended to be a 6 month working holiday. I stayed in Europe for 7 years! Due to connections with a number of independent English prog bands that I had become a fan of, I found myself on the doorstep of Pendragon/Arena keyboard player Clive Nolan and ended up living with him for the d...