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progged; progging
Definition of prog
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prog
nounprog
abbreviationDefinition of prog (Entry 3 of 3)
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program
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Lowda and the Humble, which formed at Temple, delivered a powerful set of tunes filed between alt and prog rock.
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Ed Condran, Philly.com, "Hall & Oates' Hoagie Nation returns to Festival Pier for its second year," 27 May 2018
Halvorson's slaloming sound employs a Line 6 pedal to maniacally bend pitches, but otherwise her playing is clean and pure; Seabrook, on the other hand, betrays his love of heavy metal and prog rock with his distorted tone and spastic flurries.
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Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, "Jazz / Music / Post No Bills Drummer Tomas Fujiwara fuels his writing by recruiting musicians in contrasting pairs," 26 Jan. 2018
Stuff yourself silly at Smorgasburg, then go crate digging through more than 10,000 vinyl offerings, from blues and disco to prog and metal.
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Marielle Wakim, Los Angeles Magazine, "The 5 Most Interesting Things to Do in L.A. This Weekend," 18 Jan. 2018
Throughout its 17-year career, the quartet Mastodon has distinguished itself with its blend of heavy metal, prog rock and hard rock.
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Jim Fusilli, WSJ, "‘Emperor of Sand’ by Mastodon Review: When Heavy Metal Gets Lyrical," 20 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Our songs don’t exactly fall into the category of polyrhythmic prog-rock.
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John Kelly, Washington Post, "With no gigs on the horizon, my band decides to go into the recording studio," 25 Oct. 2020
North Alabama screamo prog primed for the next Warped Tour.
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Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, "20 new songs by Alabama musicians to know," 26 Aug. 2020
The Class of 2013 had a bit of everything, from, arguably, the greatest hip-hop act of all time and a dance music icon, to one of the most important guitarists of all time and the most popular prog-rock act in history.
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Troy L. Smith, cleveland, "The best and worst Rock Hall inductees, every year since 1986," 18 Aug. 2020
School of Rock School of Rock students pay tribute to Alice in Chains, old-school hip-hop, prog-rock and Green Day, with each act or genre getting roughly 90 minutes.
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Ed Masley, azcentral, "Here's your guide to the best local concerts in Phoenix this February," 1 Feb. 2020
Dance Gavin Dance These post-hardcore veterans have fathered an entire genre, Swancore, characterized by their signature blend of math-rock, prog and post-rock, and named for guitarist Will Swan and his Blue Swan Records label.
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Ed Masley, azcentral, "Phoenix concerts in March: Post Malone, Celine Dion, Zac Brown, Rage Against the Machine," 2 Mar. 2020
Primus will pay homage to prog-rock legends Rush this summer with A Tribute to Kings tour set to visit Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre June 26.
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Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, "Primus announces A Tribute To Kings Tour dates with a metro Detroit stop," 18 Feb. 2020
Peart's drumming style, both manic and intricate, would also help come to define the band's virtuosic prog-rock sound.
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Billboard Staff, Billboard, "Rush Drummer Neil Peart Dies at 67," 10 Jan. 2020
SUNDAY Trans-Siberian Orchestra Have a very prog-rock Christmas.
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Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, "Concerts in Houston: Tobe Nwigwe, Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, Jack Ingram," 19 Dec. 2019
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