What the difference between Prog and psychedelic

Psychedelic music is music that attempts to musically recreate and/or resembles the effects of a drug trip, usually through psychedelics such as LSD or Shrooms, but sometimes other drugs, such as Marijuana. This is usually done through making odd, non-musical noises, backwards recordings, playing and singing in a very relaxed style, playing and singing in a hypnotic fashion, etc, all in a rock context. Surreal, cryptic, and sometimes mystical lyrics are often included, as well.

Progressive rock is a fairly broad genre, but it's generally music that takes musical attributes normally not in rock and puts it in a rock context, such as odd time signatures, non-traditional chord progressions, long running times, etc. It also often has grand, often philosophical lyrics and has been home to many a concept album.

I think they're pretty easy to tell apart.


Edited by smartpatrol - November 15 2013 at 23:17

^but different time ;-) Psychedelic was raging in the second part of the sixties, prog-rock was raging in the seventies...

I think you can call those artists psychedelic with a small p but not a big one, if you catch my drift.