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Poll Question: In your opinion, when did the Classic Era end?
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I said 76. As an obligatory sidenote, the end of the "classic" era did not signify the end of quality prog. That year just feels like the hinge between two different generations to me. VDGG's Still Life coupled with the emergence of 2112 seems like the quintessential pivot point.
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79 because that's the year when every great classic prog act was done for good at that time.
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Originally posted by Neo-Romantic Neo-Romantic wrote:

I said 76. As an obligatory sidenote, the end of the "classic" era did not signify the end of quality prog. That year just feels like the hinge between two different generations to me. VDGG's Still Life coupled with the emergence of 2112 seems like the quintessential pivot point.

We screwed up George, we were supposed to answer 9/24/74 LOL
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I picked 1978, but an argument could be made for almost any year pre 1980
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when the Wall abd Breakfast in America was released is the year also classic era prog was over
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 After 1974 I started seeking out lesser known bands which led me to Krautrock, Jazz Fusion and Folk. I saw Yes on the Relayer tour and that was an extravaganza but the massive stadium shows were getting predictable and impersonal. I'd say '74 was a turning point, after that you could go commercial or go weird. ;) 
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Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

Originally posted by Neo-Romantic Neo-Romantic wrote:

I said 76. As an obligatory sidenote, the end of the "classic" era did not signify the end of quality prog. That year just feels like the hinge between two different generations to me. VDGG's Still Life coupled with the emergence of 2112 seems like the quintessential pivot point.

We screwed up George, we were supposed to answer 9/24/74 LOL

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Something in my mind says 1977, but only because a number of things ended that year, IMO. 
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It ended in 1969 Tongue
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Originally posted by Piscean666 Piscean666 wrote:

I'd say '74 was a turning point, after that you could go commercial or go weird. ;) 


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id say its 1982...
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The breakup of UK was the end of the classic era.  1979.
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1979. Floyd's The Wall, Tull's Storm Watch and Supertramp's Breakfast in America were the last of that era. Yes, Genesis, ELP, VdGG, Gentle Giant, Focus, The Moody Blues and King Crimson had all blown their collective wads prior to that, and it just seems fitting that a chapters closes at the end of a decade.
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I chose 1978. However, I think the last full year of mainstream prog was probably 1977. So it comes down to how you want to define "end." I'd say by the time 1978 rolled around prog was put in a coma by punk so that's when I'd say it ended officially or unofficially even though some stuff appeared after that. 
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I agree with agi and The Dark Elf. '79 was the last year of prog's Classic Era.
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Points: 2673 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2013 at 11:58
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

C'mon guys, the answer is bloody obvious...


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Rush will have a posthumous album released that year. It will be titled "1976".
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Points: 410 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2013 at 12:21
Nineteen Hundred and Seventy Nine...teen Hundred and Seventy Nine...teen Hundred and Seventy Nine
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Points: 12608 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2013 at 21:24
I go with '79, because for me "classic prog" is just about the same as "70's prog". It was the turn of the decade that made the biggest change in the direction bands were going. There were still some prog classics on '79... the one most notable, at least for me, is "The Wall".
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Points: 1474 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2013 at 22:16
Originally posted by The Bearded Bard The Bearded Bard wrote:

I agree with agi and The Dark Elf. '79 was the last year of prog's Classic Era.



You guys are using UK's "danger money" as a reason why 1979 is the last year for classic prog. However, why stop there? Yes's "drama" came out in 1980. RUSH's "moving pictures" came out in 1981. Camera Eye anyone? :D So did Camel's "nude." So you see there are other classic prog albums that came out after 1978 not just UK's "danger money." Also, I would hardly consider Pink Floyd's "the wall" a prog album and ditto for Supertramp's "breakfast in america." So the reasoning only comes down to one album which is "danger money" and as I pointed out there was one major album in both 80 and in 81.


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Points: 30845 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2013 at 23:13
No idea.
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