Is Progressive Punk really an oxymoron?

Dylstew · 07-08-2016, 11:13 AM

I mean, we got Husker Du's Zen Arcade, NoMeansNo with Wrong, Paintbox - Trance, Trip, Traveling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arIhxy_LEtc), all the louder up beat Fugazi songs, Die Kreuzen - October File, aren't those kinda progressive for Punk? Yet, Punk Rock was like anti progressive rock, it took things back to basics. So if Progressive Rock fundamentally goes against punk, why do the aforementioned albums work, and could we call them progressive (relatively, for punk speaking)?

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Dylstew Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,366	Is Progressive Punk really an oxymoron? I mean, we got Husker Du's Zen Arcade, NoMeansNo with Wrong, Paintbox - Trance, Trip, Traveling (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arIhxy_LEtc), all the louder up beat Fugazi songs, Die Kreuzen - October File, aren't those kinda progressive for Punk? Yet, Punk Rock was like anti progressive rock, it took things back to basics. So if Progressive Rock fundamentally goes against punk, why do the aforementioned albums work, and could we call them progressive (relatively, for punk speaking)?