Contributors to the project are working with the following five themes:
addressing the activities and outputs of progressive rock musicians working outside the UK;
addressing the work of less visible British musicians during the ‘long ‘70s’;
addressing the consumption and reception of progressive rock elsewhere in the world (both in Europe and in continents bordering the western and southern Pacific);
addressing the renewed visibility of progressive rock which has taken place since the early years of the 1990s (and, indeed, its continuation through the intervening years);
addressing the assumption that the scope of what ‘progressive rock’ encompasses is known, is fully defined, and is complete (and thus addressing its overlaps with ambient music, with heavy metal, and with other genres).
While information on these themes is available from various sources, it is not always trustworthy, and it is not generally analytical (it answers what? rather than why? or how?). The outcomes of the project will aim to counter these prevalent positions.