Is 1970's Budgie prog?

Parents,  Napoleon Bona-Parts 1 & 2, Breaking All The House Rules, Nude disintegrating parachutist woman, In The Grip Of A Tyrefitter's Hand... they should be considered at least prog related. 

Edited by papamitsos - April 28 2007 at 13:42

Dick Heath wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Oh....you gotta love the Welsh version of Prog!   Love Harry Secombe and Charlotte Church

Those three should be added, as well as Tom Jones, Sassafras, Bryn Terfel, Daffyd Iwan and the Proggeist of them all Goldie Looking Chain and Katherine Jenkins

Seriously: I have suggested Budgie in the past, they could qualify in PA as Prog Releted, great band and my personal favourite "Breadfan" as changes throughout the song.

Mind you there a few Welsh Prog bands here: Man, Super Furry Animals, Bluehorses etc etc.

Certif1ed wrote: akin wrote: For what I've heard till today not prog, neither prog related, though some few songs are proggish, like Cat Stevens, Bee Gees, Elton John, David Bowie, Velvet Underground, Spooky Tooth, Tommy James and the Shondells, Beach Boys, Ten Years After, etc, etc, etc....   Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Uriah Heep, Roxy Music, Kate Bush, ABBA...

Jokes aside, many non-prog artists have made 5 to 10 prog songs in their entire career, so they could be considered prog-related with this argument.

So I think it would be better to present as an argument the fact that the band made one or two prog albums or one prog and another half-prog, meaning that the band during a short period of time was aimed in doing something progressive but for several reason they did not stick in the prog genre, moving to some other kind of music.