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Old 08-02-2009, 03:56 AM   #68 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Scratchy7929 View Post
Probably at it's peak between 1976 to 1980.If any group that charactaristed Pomp rock it would be Saga (Canadian).Other than that Styx (American).It was a term used by the press by for groups who sounded kind of Prog but never really took their music on a journey like Prog groups did.The music used short keyboard/guitar breaks instead of extended ones.It is was mainly uptempo/positive sounding - it was FM radio friendly.Arena rockers Journey,Boston & Kansas etc I would consider associated, Magnum had better song/musical craft to fit in easily with Pomp but related (Melodic Heavy rock).Pendragon - definately Neo-Prog.In the early 70's Rush were often refered as Pomp as well,but not as FM radio friendly & had better song/musical craft again.It basically went out of fasion when new wave & then neo-prog (about '82) emerged.
I suppose you could put pomp rock somewhere in between prog rock and arena rock because groups like Styx and Kansas could easiily fit into this genre as to a degree could both Boston and Toto, Steve Perry Journey less so.
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