The funny thing is the majority of prog "prog heroes" deny they belong to prog: Fripp, Ian Anderson, Hamill & Banton, Steven Wilson/PT, Opeth, Marillion (Hogarth-era), etc.
In some extreme cases they even said something really bad and rude about prog (Jem Godfrey from Frost).
The reason for that in reality, I guess, they were/are afraid their association with the "dirty" word would harm their commercial success. Seems like majority of prog fans don't care about the weird situation that their idols dislike and even disgrace the genre they like in public .
One of rare exceptions: Rick Wakeman and most of his Yes former colleagues that are not afraid to call their music prog.
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