This guy has been around for ages – first in Strapping Young Lad and now with his many albums released under different name plates. Whittling down the hundreds of albums I’ve heard to a concise 25 was challenging – there are many I left off for the pettiest of reasons but hey: this is my list! #25 Devin Townsend It is fitting, then, in this Silver Anniversary year that 2019 has been among the best years for Prog releases in some time. The spirit of progressive music has been with us ever since but commercial success and critical acclaim have been mostly absent. But either way it has been 50 years since Genesis, Yes and King Crimson first came onto the scene and changed Rock Music forever. This of course ignores the fact that Yes’ debut came out two months earlier or the contribution and influence of acts such as Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Moody Blues, The Nice, Procol Harum and Miles Davis – not to mention the undeniable impact Scottish band 123/Clouds had on all who witnessed their early shows at London’s Marquee Club. The apocryphal, and often repeated, origin story of Prog has it that in 1969 King Crimson released In The Court Of The Crimson King and a new genre had been born.
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