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MFP
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Posted: March 01 2015 at 16:38 | ||||
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Svetonio
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Posted: March 01 2015 at 16:47 | ||||
Plastic Acid Band from Vancouver. Cello, drums, piano and voice.. Sadly rejected for PA but it still to be a great prog (without guitars) to these ears
http://theplasticacidband.bandcamp.com/ (name your price) Favourite track: 7/8 Revolution Edited by Svetonio - March 01 2015 at 21:30 |
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Rick Robson
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Posted: March 01 2015 at 16:56 | ||||
No tricksiebzehn, unfortunately I don't have a last.fm profile, but looking forward to, thanks for sharing yours, will check it out.
Yeah ELP (as well as The Nice) managed quite well this matter, but I don't know Trace, is it from Netherlands? I don't know where I read once something about this band, and forgot to look for their discography. |
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zravkapt
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FM not EM Good call on the Island, Egg and that Koenji album...those are ones I should have remembered. |
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dr wu23
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Posted: March 01 2015 at 20:20 | ||||
Found this old thread.... http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=58527
The ones I thought of have been named but Yak is another recent one. I really like this album but no one ever mentions them. Kind of a cross between Pulsar, ELP, and TD. |
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Dellinger
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Posted: March 01 2015 at 21:37 | ||||
So, no one's mentioned Rick Wakeman yet? Of course he should be checked out, specially 6 Wives, Journey, Arthur, and Criminal Record too. I guess Iamthemorning would be a good choice to check out from the new bands.
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freudiana
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Posted: March 01 2015 at 23:11 | ||||
Try the RIO/Avant Prog band Far Corner
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The-time-is-now
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 00:52 | ||||
From Yes, Magnification. No keys but an orchestra. The result is really good.
And a recent discovery, Syymphony of light by Renaissance. You reneed to listen to that!! |
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richardh
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 01:27 | ||||
Wives does have some lead guitar although not a lot admittedly. I couldn't remember how much of those other albums feature guitar if at all. The band I suggested Refugee did a complete symphonic keyboard lead album with no guitar. Lee Jackson never played any lead guitar unlike Greg Lake in ELP who did occasionally use it.
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TeleStrat
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 01:51 | ||||
Eclectic Prog band Esperanto from 1975. Two violins and a cello but no guitar. XLNT cover of Eleanor Rigby.
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Komandant Shamal
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 03:02 | ||||
Krunkelstiltskin from Amherst, Massachusetts, just cleared for PA.
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moshkito
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 08:55 | ||||
Hi, Weird ... !!! I never really thought that a guitar was mandatory to make it progressive, as any instrument can perform that function well enough, but it is the listeners that do not see or understand that, and they are too comfy with a top ten rock music design to be able to listen to something without a guitar ... or a friend of mine that heard Ozric Tentacles for the 1st time 15 years ago, and 6 minutes into it, he goes ... "where's the lyrics?" ... and he never listened to it again! It was kinda funny, when even something like "String Driven Thing" had a song about a band without a drummer! Creativity is what makes it "progressive". Not anything else. |
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 09:01 | ||||
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Dean
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 11:34 | ||||
This. As Tony says, they did use guitars rarely, but they also had two keyboarderists... |
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Padraic
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Svetonio
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Ancestor's Tale: I like it, but the lyrics. Would be better without vocals for me. But will check this band out later. Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores: Sounds ok, but the singer is not my cup of tea. Also, this is a bit to far from prog to me. But thanks anyways.
Thanks, some nice moog sound in here.
Thanks, some really cool tracks and some medicore stuff. Definitly not bad, but also not great.
Greenslade: I know this band and I love the hammond solos greenslade did for colosseum, but I just feel he doesn't perform at that level here. It's quite good, BUT: The vocals are... cruel. Another band that would be so much better without vocals. Sorry, they ruin it for me. Although "Sundance" is a really great track which I definitely listen to from time to time. Rare Bird: Just heard the some tracks from "Sympathy", but it turned out that this album is just compilation. Was medicore in my opinion, but maybe "As your mind flies by" is better? Solution: Great catch, many thanks! Seems like I missed a lot of good dutch stuff.
Triade: Wow, rare to hear a cello (or double bass?) in progressive rock with some nice hammond parts. Really like it, thanks! Still Life: Hm, not the kind of music that amazes me, maybe not progressive or eclectic enough for me. Aadvark: Know them before, but same as for Still Life. So far. |
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Dellinger
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 22:03 | ||||
I think he had guitars on most of his prog albums (I'm almost sure he has guitars on Wives, Journey, and Arthur), but the music is definitley keyboard driven, and the guitar is used as an extra instrument. Criminal Record has just about no guitars. I think it actually doesn't have any at all. |
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Dellinger
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Posted: March 02 2015 at 22:05 | ||||
Actually, Renaissance might just as well qualify... at least the early classic albums. They do have guitars, but mainly acoustic simple guitars... the music is mainly suported by Annies voice, Tout's keyboards, and the orchestrations. |
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