{"product_id":"beyond-and-before-updated-and-expanded-edition-9781501370816","title":"Beyond and Before Updated and Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Hegarty \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is the author and editor of 11 books that span critical and cultural theory, rock, experimental and noise music, as well as audiovisual art including \u003ci\u003eNoise\/Music\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2007), \u003ci\u003eRumour and Radiation\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2014) and \u003ci\u003eAnnihilating Noise\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2020). He is also Co-editor of Bloomsbury's \u003ci\u003eEx:Centrics\u003c\/i\u003e series.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Martin Halliwell \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of American Studies at the University of Leicester, UK. He is the author and editor of 14 books that span intellectual, cultural and literary history and the health humanities, including \u003ci\u003eNeil Young: American Traveller \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), \u003ci\u003eReframing 1968 \u003c\/i\u003e(2018) and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Health Crisis \u003c\/i\u003e(2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenerously expanded to survey the various vibrant prog scenes of the last decade, and to encompass an even wider definition of the fertile borderlands of the genre, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eBeyond and Before\u003c\/i\u003e offers a gloriously definitive guide to this most eclectic and ambitious form of popular music. * Greg Walker, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, UK *\u003cbr\u003eExamining every aspect of progressive rock  - words and music, theatre and politics - Hegarty and Halliwell deftly unpick the tangled threads of tradition and radicalism that make up the genre's tapestry. In this expanded update, the authors extend their analysis to adjacent genres and musicians not conventionally seen as 'prog,' making the book even more encompassing and definitive. * Simon Reynolds, author of the postpunk history Rip It Up and Start Again and the glam rock + art-pop study Shock and Awe *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond and Before\u003c\/i\u003e provides a genuinely superb exploration of the amphibious identity of post-60s rock. As an artist who has navigated through various musical subcultures over the years, I am impressed with the broad scope and meticulous research of this comprehensive text. * Benjamin Vierling, painter and illustrator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond and Before \u003c\/i\u003eis the smartest book ever written on Progressive Rock – and in this expanded and updated edition it’s even bigger and better! In their impressively sweeping, transnational account, Hegarty and Halliwell take their readers on an exhilarating journey from the concept albums of Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington – part of a welcome reintegration of Black musicians into the wider story of Prog that embraces giants such as Marvin Gaye, Miles Davis, Janelle Monáe, Beyoncé, and Frank Ocean – through the seminal recordings of the Beatles, Beach Boys, and Moody Blues, to the classic Prog of Pink Floyd, ELP, PFM, Yes, and King Crimson, the Neo-Prog of Marillion, Kate Bush, and Pallas, and the 21st century work of Radiohead, Joanna Newsom, Porcupine Tree, The Mars Volta, and Sleep. Fascinating, informed, and insightful at every turn, the book rescues the oft-ridiculed Prog from the condescension of history and reminds us of what a protean and globally influential music it has always been – and will continue to be. * Brian Ward, Professor in American Studies, Northumbria University, UK, and author of Just My Soul Responding and A\u0026amp;R Pioneers: Architects of American Roots Music on Record *\u003cbr\u003eBeyond and Before ticks all the boxes in moving the whole discussion forward and providing a 360 degree view on where [progressive rock] began and, more importantly, where its future lies ... This [is a] hugely important book. The depth of detail is mind-blowing and it will take several revisits to even begin to take in many of the key points it makes in its examinations and analyses. You will emerge from it feeling even more enriched and enthused about prog rock. This is highly recommended. * Music Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements   \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIllustration Credits\u003c\/i\u003e IntroductionProgressive Rock across Time and Genre    Part 1: Before and During 1. Extended Form   2. Roots of Progressive Rock   3. Out of the Garden   4. The Concept Album   5. Myth and Modernity Part 2: Transitions 6. Progressive Fusion 7. Performance and Visuality 8. Social Critique 9. Responses to Punk 10. Neo-Progressive Part 3: Beyond 11. The Female Voice 12. Post-Progressive  13. The Return of Folk  14. The Metal Progression 15. The Concept beyond Concept \u003ci\u003eCoda: The Future Now\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiscography\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eVideography\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739787768151,"sku":"9781501370816","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501370816.jpg?v=1782119210","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/beyond-and-before-updated-and-expanded-edition-9781501370816","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}