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It's nearly impossible to discuss the history of rock music without
praising the monumental quality, impact, variety, and boldness of
Britain's Jethro Tull. Named after an eighteenth-century
agriculturalist - and not after their striking frontman Ian
Anderson - the group almost immediately became one of the most
ambitious, and significant acts in two subsections of the genre:
progressive rock and folk rock. Officially formed in 1967,
mastermind Anderson and company initially forged a blues course
before veering in a more diverse, and expansive direction. Their
early 1970s period - which is often considered their peak-took them
close to progressive rock via iconic album cuts like `Aqualung' and
lengthy narrative suites like Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play.
Moving album by album, this book will examine the behind-the-scenes
circumstances and motivations for each release via a track-by-track
analysis to acutely observe why Jethro Tull were - and always will
be - of invaluable benefit to rock music.
No other band has affected modern progressive metal as deeply or
widely as American quintet Dream Theater. Formed at Berklee College
of Music) as Majesty in 1985 by guitarist John Petrucci, drummer
Mike Portnoy, and bassist John Myung, the group has spent thirty
years repeatedly pushing new boundaries and reinventing their
identity. Although other acts - such as Queensryche and Fates
Warning - paved the way for the prog-metal subgenre, Dream Theater
were without doubt the first to meld influences from both metal and
progressive rock into a groundbreaking blend of quirky
instrumentation, extensively complex arrangements, and exceptional
songwriting. Whether subtly or overtly, they've since left their
mark on just about every progressive metal band that's followed. In
this book, Jordan Blum examines virtually all Dream Theater
collections, and their behind-the-scenes circumstances, to explore
how the group distinctively impacted the genre with each release.
Whether classics of the 1990s like Images and Words and Metropolis
Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory, benchmarks of the 2000s like Six
Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Octavarium, or even thrilling
modern efforts like A Dramatic Turn of Events and Distance Over
Time, every sequence of albums contributes something crucial to
making Dream Theater's legacy nothing short of astonishing.
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Minor Threats (Paperback)
Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum; Illustrated by Scott Hepburn
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A 'cult' band with a mass following, the band's last five albums
have made the top 30 in the UK. Still active, recording and
touring. Completely unique - no other band mixes progressive rock,
metal and jazz in the same way. There has never been - and never
will be - another band like Opeth. Formed in Stockholm, Sweden
circa 1989, their roughly thirty-year career showcases a melding of
diverse influences; a prevailing commitment to songwriting and
instrumental excellence; and unwaveringly chameleonic vision - no
matter the cost - that's unmatched by any of their stylistic peers.
Be it their most unashamedly brutal early LPs, their multifaceted
and near-faultless mid-period opuses, or their somewhat polarizing
recent glimpses into macabre 1970s-esque prog/jazz rock
eccentricity, mastermind Mikael Akerfeldt and company continuously
create records that push themselves, their audience, and
progressive music as a whole, forward. The result is easily among
the most extraordinary, dependable, and laudable legacies in modern
metal. Using a meticulously crafted mixture of original analysis
and behind-the-scenes research, this book digs into all facets of
Opeth's output to discover how they innovated and evolved with
practically every release. After all, each 'observation' - from
their 1990s black metal classics (Morningrise and My Arms, Your
Hearse) and 2000s progressive death metal masterpieces (Blackwater
Park and Ghost Reveries) to their stunning progressive rock/jazz
fusion excursions of the 2010s (Pale Communion and In Cauda
Venenum) - found Opeth ceaselessly harvesting a one-of-a-kind
catalogue that's still remarkably influential and impressive
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