The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock

A disappointment. Most readers with a passing interest in this genre will already be familiar with the content. Sadly, it's not even a fun read - the poorly edited manuscript repeats sentences frequently, and the insistence on a chronological structure means that the emphasis is more on the narrative of a few well-known bands as they flame out. A more thematic approach would have allowed the writer to delve more deeply into the music, and offered readers the opportunity of discovery. As it is, the book reads like a second-rate “behind the music,” focused on melodrama, with most content drawn from music magazines.