What is neo-prog?

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 lazland wrote:

You could make an argument (although I would not necessarily agree) that the first couple of albums by all of these bands shared commonalities. However, listen to all of them now. They have absolutely nothing in common whatsoever, excepting that they are prog rock bands.

That's what makes a style / movement; the fact that they evolved differently after doesn't change they did put out a style / movement a certain time in history. But I'll agree this is a problem for an archiving resource like PA, where only one genre can be assigned. Many people are new to certain genres and telling them "Go check the bands / albums in the category page" when they ask "What's with this X genre?" can indeed be very misleading. Album tagging would solve this IMO. 

 lazland wrote:

IQ have never had anything in common musically with 
Marillion. Pendragon sound absolutely nothing like either, whilst 
Pallas, in the last three albums certainly, have moved far away from 
their pure neo roots into a sound that is altogether heavier.

That's normal. A genre / style / movement doesn't imply extreme similarity. Symphonic prog also can be the ELP debut, The Geese And The Ghost, Si on avait besoin d'un cinquieme saison or Going For The One, all different but all Symphonic Prog at the same time. 