In 2020 Prog argued that The Chameleons' second album, 1985’s What Does Anything Mean? Basically, sat firmly in the progressive genre - and inspired the likes of Oceansize,
If punk was more than just the cries of the disaffected working class, the same was true of its further-educated successor, post-punk. Right up to the mid-80s a savvy proletariat supplied beautiful noises to a socially aware pop audience – and Manchester’s Chameleons were one such band taking gritty urban soundscapes beyond the barricades.
