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progressive rock

genre of rock music
Intangible music_genre Q49451
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Summary

progressive rock is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 0.57% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,983 views/month, #11 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • Influenced by: classical music[3]
  • Followed by: post-progressive[4], new prog[5]
  • Subclass of: rock music[6], progressive music[7]
  • Commons category: Progressive rock[8]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[9]
  • Inception: January 1, 1967[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Progressive rock[11]
  • Topic has template: Template:Progressive rock[12]
  • Native label: Progressive rock[13]
  • Different from: neo-prog[14]
  • History of topic: timeline of progressive rock[15]
  • Mandates: classical training[16]

Why It Matters

progressive rock has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0379785-progresivni-rock
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0379785-progresivni-rock, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  2. 24w ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    Has characteristic → Q107975727
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
  3. 24w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → neo-prog
    Instance of → music genre
    Subclass of → rock music, progressive music
    Inception → +1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: rock genre"
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