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Prog Rock Songs and Band Lineups Detailed

A look at details surrounding tracks and releases from Beardfish, Echolyn, Transatlantic, Phideaux, and Jethro Tull.

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Beardfish's late 2000s album closing track 'Sleeping in Traffic' shows that the band can rival 1970s prog rock pioneers. According to Rikard Sjöblom, 'Sleeping in Traffic' was inspired by a vivid dream and focuses on a man experiencing crazy situations over 24 hours of his life.

According to Brett Kull, Echolyn's album-length work 'Mei' is a technical observation on love, hope, and redemption. The group Transatlantic consists of Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Pete Trewavas, and Roine Stolt.

Loudwire previously named Phideaux's two-part song 'Snowtorch' the best prog rock song of 2011. Jethro Tull's follow-up work to the album 'Thick as a Brick' is darker and less immediately inviting.

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