Symphonic or Progressive: What came first?

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   Hmmm. What came first, the chicken or the egg? God or the Big Bang? Of such questions is an entire thread made

If you are referring to symphonic PROG, then, obviously, the term progressive rock came first, given that symphonic is a sub genre of prog itself. Personally, I have never heard of symphonic rock outside of prog, but, as usual, I stand to be corrected.

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lazland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 28 2008 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 13742	Posted: May 30 2010 at 14:59
	Hmmm. What came first, the chicken or the egg? God or the Big Bang? Of such questions is an entire thread made If you are referring to symphonic PROG, then, obviously, the term progressive rock came first, given that symphonic is a sub genre of prog itself. Personally, I have never heard of symphonic rock outside of prog, but, as usual, I stand to be corrected.
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Gerinski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 10 2010 Location: Barcelona Spain Status: Offline Points: 5154	Posted: May 30 2010 at 14:56
	This is just a trivial question about terminology. In my native Spain in the early 70's, the music we love was generically referred to as "rock sinfonico" (I guess no need to translate), regardless if we were talking about Genesis, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance, VDGG or much of the jazz-rock-based prog which was made at that time (think Weather Report for an international reference). As far as I can tell it was only quite a few years later (don't ask me precisely, I guess in the beginning of the 2nd half of the 70's) that the term "rock progresivo" started to be used since the music had branched so much that "rock sinfonico" had clearly become a too limited term and not fitting much of the music that had developed. I just would like to confirm if it was the same in english-speaking countries (or any other language-speaking countries for what matters). What terminology came first, "symphonic rock" or "progressive rock"?