Gentle Giant

Gentle Giant was a British prog band formed in 1970. They're one of the most popular prog bands amongst die hard progheads; their own ethos was to "expand the frontiers of contemporary popular music at the risk of becoming very unpopular".
Their style of prog was more based around the technicality of it all, hit singles were the exception rather than the rule. They're obviously not well known among the general public, but Wikipedia has an incredibly detailed article on them.
Around 1977, after The Missing Piece came out, GG entered a phase of their career known as "hardcore selling out", with Giant For a Day and Civilian being pure pop albums (Giant For a Day even has an attempt at punk on it). In 1980, GG disbanded after exactly 10 years of activity.
Category:Bands
Category:1970s
Category:Cult Bands
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