Category: Progressive Rock

Progressive rock, also known as prog rock or prog, is a rock music subgenre that originated in the United Kingdom, with further developments in Germany, Italy, and France, throughout the mid-to-late 1960s and 1970s. It developed from psychedelic rock and originated, similarly to art rock, as an attempt to give greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music.

Epitaph – Epitaph History Box 2 – The Polydor Years 1971 – 1972 – Box-Set 2 CD , MP3+FLAC, 2023


The story of Epitaph begins in the winter of 1969/70 in the most popular music club in Dortmund at the time, “Fantasio”, in whose basement the Brit Cliff Jackson (vocals, guitar), his compatriot James McGillivray (drums) and bassist Bernd Kolbe practiced and worked on their program while they performed weekly in the Fantasio alongside greats such as Black Sabbath, Rory Gallagher, Yes and Argent.
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