“Bands like ELP, Yes and Genesis were seen as over-the-top, showing-off kinds of performers. And to some extent I felt that, too”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson decided to lampoon prog and ended up making “the mother of all concept albums”

Name: “Bands like ELP, Yes and Genesis were seen as over-the-top, showing-off kinds of performers. And to some extent I felt that, too”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson decided to lampoon prog and ended up making “the mother of all concept albums”
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Description: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson conceived 1972’s *Thick As A Brick* partly as a satire of progressive rock’s increasingly grandiose, self-important tendencies. Although he admired the music’s ambition, he felt bands such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes and Genesis could seem overly showy, so the album del

Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson conceived 1972’s *Thick As A Brick* partly as a satire of progressive rock’s increasingly grandiose, self-important tendencies. Although he admired the music’s ambition, he felt bands such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes and Genesis could seem overly showy, so the album del

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