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Hrm...

  1. Pink Floyd
  2. The Strokes
  3. The Flaming Lips
  4. Marillion
  5. IQ
  6. Dream Theater
  7. Porcupine Tree
  8. Riverside
  9. Joni Mitchell
  10. Sigor Ros
  11. Dave Matthews Band
  12. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
  13. Derek and the Dominos
  14. Queens of the Stone Age
  15. Wu-Tang Clan
  16. Gazpacho
  17. Cannibal Ox
  18. Ratatat
  19. MGMT
  20. Fredrick Chopin
I started with Pink Floyd as my favorite, and then just wrote whoever came to mind...
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1. Dream Theater
2. Symphony X
3. Opeth
4. Rush
5. Yes
6. ELP
7. Porcupine Tree
8. Vanden Plas
9. Meshuggah
10. Transatlantic
11. Spock's Beard
12. Marillion
13. 3
14. Kamelot
15. The Flower Kings
16. Panzerballett
17. Derek Sherinian
18. Jordan Rudess
19. Rick Wakeman
20. Andromeda

In no real order
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pink floyd
dream theater
porcupine tree
metallica
ac/dc
opeth
black sabbath
king crimson
elp
riverside
the beatles
nirvana
norah jones
syd barrett
eric clapton
mark knopfler
kaleidoscope
gentle giant
queen
led zeppelin
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Points: 1008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2010 at 05:06
Yes
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Beatles
ELP
The Who
Van der Graaf Generator
Cream
Bowie
Colosseum
Rolling Stones
Ten Years After
Dylan
Uriah Heep
Wishbone Ash
Curved Air
Focus
Santana
Hendrix
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To get 20 bands from prog archives I would have to remove Cream, Rolling Stones, Dylan, Ten Years After  and Edgar Broughton and numbers 16-20 would become:
 
Jefferson Airplane
Roxy Music
Stackridge
Strawbs
King Crimson
 
 
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Including non-prog..

1. Bad Religion
2. Tool
3. The Who
4. Hendrix
5. Genesis
6. Yes
7. Jethro Tull
8. Pink Floyd
9. Led Zeppelin
10. Iron Maiden
11. Deep Purple
12. The Police
13. Rush
14. King Crimson
15. Zappa
16. Neil Young
17. The Beatles
18. Lamb of God
19. Camel
20. Boston

Everything on this list is subject to change, except the top two.. but they can still swap positions at any time.



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  • ELP
  • Rush
  • Dream Theater
  • Spock's Beard
  • The Beatles
  • Paul McCartney/ Wings
  • Genesis
  • Yes
  • Led Zeppelin
  • Mike Oldfield
  • Pink Floyd
  • XTC
  • Judas Priest
  • The Jam
  • Deep Purple
  • Camel
  • David Bowie
  • King Crimson
  • Queen
  • Black Sabbath
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1. Spock's Beard
2. Neal Morse
3. Transatlantic
4. Dream Theater
5. The Flower Kings
6. Yes
7. Genesis
8. Gentle Giant
9. Frost*
10. The Beatles
11. Incubus
12. IZZ
13. The Tangent
14. Moon Safari
15. Beardfish
16. Phideaux
17. Karmakanic
18. The Dear Hunter
19. Ayreon
20. Kaipa
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1.the Beatles - mine first love, I don't listen them any more but still own all studio albums
2.Rush
3.Jethro Tull
4.Uriah Heep
5.AC/DC*
6.David Bowie*
7.Comus - First Utterance only
8.Jan Dukes De Grey
9.Pink Floyd
10.Police + Sting*
11.the Doors*
12.Queen
13.Wishbone Ash - only and ONLY because of great album Argus
14.Bob Dylan*
15.ELP
16.REM*
17.the Strawbs
18.U2*
19.Dire Straits*
20.Rolling Stones*


* I don't listen them any more but once did a lot
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Here are my top 20(good way to introduce myself, I guess):

1. The Who
2. Modest Mouse
3. Black Sabbath
4. The Kinks
5. Genesis
6. Talking Heads
7. King Crimson
8. Motorhead
9. David Bowie
10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
11. The Rolling Stones
12. Rage Against the Machine
13. The Flaming Lips
14. The Pogues
15. The Velvet Underground
16. Warren Zevon
17. Brian Eno
18. Megadeth
19. Bruce Springsteen
20. Tool

So I guess I'm not a "traditional" prog fan, but I'm endlessly fascinated with the genre, and I'm always willing to try and new stuff from a type of music that I find incredibly interesting Smile
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1. Yes
2. Sting
3. Camel
4. Pink Floyd
5. Genesis
6. Pendragon
7. Focus
8. ELP
9. Kayak
10. Allan Holdsworth
11. Caravan
12. Mike Oldfield
13. Bill Bruford
14. Gentle Giant
15. King Crimson
16. Split Enz
17. Traffic
18. Van der Graaf Generator
19. IQ
20. Marillion
 


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Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Blue Öyster Cult
Deep Purple
Front 242
Cabaret Voltaire
Bauhaus
Fields of the Nephilim
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Napalm Death
Carcass
Bolt Thrower
Voïvod
Coroner
Sepultura
Joëlle Léandre
King Crimson
Jethro Tull
Yes
Fela Kuti
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1.Oceansize
2.Smog
3.Mars Volta
4.Isis
5.Venetian Snares
6.Autechre
7.Steven Wilson (And other projects)
8. Sunn O)))
9.Yes
10.Karnivool
11.Spock's Beard
12.Beatles
13.Freak Kitchen
14.OSI
15.Rush
16.Transatlantic
17.King Crimson
18.Miles Davis
19.Magma
20.Jethro Tull
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My top 3 in order

1. Pink Floyd
2. Porcupine Tree
3. Marillion
 
from there, I would say the order changes daily!!!  dont know why but there you have it
 
4 Zep
5. Beatles
6. Genesis, incl Peter Gabriel solo
7. Rush
8. Jethro Tull
9. Drive By Truckers
10. Black Keys
11. Bob Dylan
12. Neil Young
13. David Bowie
14. Rolling Stones
15. REM
16 Yes
17. Moody Blues
18. Roxy Music
19. Santana
20. Queen - 1st 4 albumns only...
 
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Mike Oldfield
Metallica
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My top prog artists:
1. Yes
2. ELP
3. Dream Theater
4. Porcupine Tree
5. Rush
6. Atomic Rooster
7. King Crimson
8. 7 for 4
9. Soft Machine
10. King's X
11. Shadow Gallery
12. Brand X
13. Can
14. Riverside
15. Transatlantic
16. Dillinger
17. IQ
18. Mahavishnu Orchestra
19. Gordian Knot
20. Bozzio Levin Stevens
 
My other top 20:
1. Black Sabbath
2. Stray(70's hard rock)
3. Slayer
4. Steamhammer
5. The Groundhogs
6. Iron Maiden
7. Free
8. Metallica
9. The Pretty Things
10. Iron Maiden
11. May Blitz
12. Captain Beyond
13. Metallica
14. Budgie
15. Soundgarden
16. Steely Dan
17. Sweet
18. The Ventures
19. Spooky Tooth
20. Spirit
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This is just retarded hard. I mean my list (and everyone else's as well, FACT) changes almost every day.

But for today:

1. King Crimson
2. R.E.M.
3. Black Sabbath
4. Joy Division
5. Beck
6. Radiohead
7. Wu-Tang Clan
8. Tom Waits
9. Van Der Graaf Generator
10. Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention
11. Magma
12. Jane's Addiction
13. Dun
14. Talking Heads
15. My Bloody Valentine
16. Tool
17. The Notorious B.I.G.
18. Rage Against the Machine
19. Primus
20. Jethro Tull

I'm sure I forgot enough to fill up another list.
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Points: 32944 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2010 at 12:08
Originally posted by ferush ferush wrote:

1.- The Beatles
2.- Rush
3.- Genesis
4.- Yes
5.- King Crimson
6.- Pink Floyd
7.- Marillion
8.- Porcupine Tree
9.- The Flower Kings
10.- Dream Theater
 
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1.- The Beatles
2.- Rush
3.- Genesis
4.- Yes
5.- King Crimson
6.- Pink Floyd
7.- Marillion
8.- Porcupine Tree
9.- The Flower Kings
10.- Dream Theater
 
Best ever.Big smile
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1. Rush
2. Pink Floyd

After that it gets too difficult Stern Smile

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Echolyn
Kansas
Dredg
Gazpacho
Porcupine Tree
Camel
Pink Floyd
Sieges Even
Phideaux
Steely Dan
PFM
Gentle Giant
Riverside
Trion
Finch
Happy The Man
Anekdoten
Sylvan
Frank Zappa
Anglagard
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Originally posted by DT-PT DT-PT wrote:

Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:


1. Marillion (H-era)
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4. Marillion (Fish era)


Never seen someone who preferred Hogarth to Fish. Shocked


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