“Prog was a dirty word. But so much music of the time was inspired by Yes, Genesis and King Crimson, and no one was talking about it. So I spoke up to buck that trend”: Elbow only made it by reconnecting with their progressive roots
Elbow frontman Guy Garvey has long embraced the "prog rock without the solos" tag for his band, explaining that he spoke up about the influence of progressive rock in the late 1990s precisely because the genre was unfashionable and rarely acknowledged at the time. He argues that much of the music being celebrated in the…