Originally Posted by Merkaba

What genre

Prog is it's own style because he has influences coming from literally anywhere. From blues to jazz, clasical to orchastral(?) anything can influence prog. Prog is an extremely diverse style, it is all about pushing boundaries of creativity while taking time to construct difficult chord structures. Progressive is what it says it is; Progressive. Throughout a prog song the sounds can vary and build which often accounts for the length of prog songs. Prog is well know for it's long songs, many heading well over 6 minutes in length.

Good bands to check out:

King Crimson
Yes
Jethro Tull
Radiohead
Pink Floyd
Tool
Rush
Genisis
Frank Zappa
Gentle Giant
ELP
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Queen
The Moody Blues
Brian Eno
Roxy Music
Mars Volta
Traffic
Uriah Heep
Procol Harum
Captian Beefheart and The Magic Band
Vanilla Fudge
Atomic Rooster
The Nice
Kate Bush
Gong
Camel
Van Der Graff Generator
Quintessence
Caravan
Greenslade
Egg
Brand X
Soft Machine
Magma
Renaissance
The Strawbs
Focus
Eloy
Barclay James Harvest
Nektar
Matching Mole
Colosseum
Curved Air
Aphrodites Child
Il Balletto Di Bronco
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Mike Oldfield
Utopia
Electric Light Orchestra
Tangerine Dream
Goblin
Kraftwerk
Can
Kings X
Queensryche
Marillion
IQ
Phish
The Flower Kings
Spocks Beard
Porcupine Tree
Ozric Tentacles
Symphony X
Opeth
Primus
Buckethead
Muse
Sigur Ros
Arcade Fire

Originally Posted by Strummer521

I only listen to you talk when I want to hear Emo performed acapella.