Favourite Non-prog Band

FatherChristmas wrote: As a universal rule, everyone likes the Beatles. Catcher10 wrote: FatherChristmas wrote: Catcher10 wrote: Like many here, I have several.......I'd have to pick Earth, Wind & Fire. The first band I really immersed myself into as a kid and they inspired me to look into progressive rock bands. Honorable Mentions: Funkadelic/Parliament Scorpions Eric Clapton The Police The Police... now there's a defining band. I can't think of a late 70s/early 80s band that weren't inspired by them.  The Police were IMO, one of the most dynamic bands of that era. They were a supergroup almost, all 3 members coming from other groups to form The Police, and from progressive rock bands. Easily one of the greatest bands ever, the songs they wrote are legendary. Considering their short life together, what they did is brilliance. Well, I agree with you, but according to the now defunct magazine Blender, Sting is the worst lyricist of all time. But that's now defunct, which shows you what people really think.  Nevertheless, I don't think you'd get on with the editor of Blender, because according to the mag, Neil Peart is the second worst lyricist of all time.

The list is long. Here are a few...

I'd agree with you on Cream

The Dark Elf wrote: Logan wrote: To me Cream is something of an omission for Proto-Prog, but I shouldn't get into that again. I made my case many years ago and will accept that the majority of PAers didn't buy my arguments, and don't feel like trying to make the case again even if I could be successful. I would think an argument could be made for Cream's inclusion. I would say it would be more for their live extended improvisational versions of songs, some stretching to 16-17 minutes. That was quite different for rock in the mid-60s.

I think Wheels of Fire a quite progressive album taken as a whole, as well as Disraeli Gears. It's much more than just a bluesy and jam rock kind of band to me, and there's the psychedelic qualities. Furthermore, since Prog relation matters, BAKER GURVITZ ARMY is included in the Heavy Prog category and JACK BRUCE is included in the JRF category. The whimsy too is one of those things that makes me relate Cream to early Prog. Aside from the longer improv version of songs, music like Pressed Rat and Warthog, Anyone for Tennis, Passing the Time which opens in a bluesy fashion show something of the whimsy quite commonly found in Prog (and Proto-Prog). Rather bombastic songs like Tales of Brave Ulysses (off Disreali Gears - 1967) and White Room have something of an early prog pedigree to me too.

Quicksilver Messenger Service
Country Joe and The Fish
Anthrax
Suffocation
Slayer
Jefferson Starship
Nile
Megadeth
Grateful Dead

TheLionOfPrague wrote: Nick Cave & Bad Seeds Red Hot Chili Peppers Bob Dylan Leonard Cohen Tim Buckley Rolling Stones Kinks CCR Beatles, Moody Blues, Iron Maiden, Queen, The Who, etc.

These are my big faves too, well Iron Maiden & Queen not as big as those others. And I think Roy Harper is much bigger than Dylan & Cohen!

A non-prog band that I've been listening to quite a lot in recent times is Foals. I don't know if they've become my favourite non-prog band, but they certainly have impressed me with their music.

Probably too many for me to name. 

Just one? No can do ... but a few artists (not necessarily 'bands' per se) that are up there include:

The Police, Dire Straits, Big Country, early Gary Numan, Yaz (or Yazoo, depending on where you're from), Kraftwerk (are they in here?), Devo, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Michael Hedges, Christopher Parkening, Julian Bream, John Williams (from Sky but as a solo artist), and Andre Segovia ... but the list is pretty much endless ...

If I had to list every metal, punk, new wave, soul, blues, jazz, fusion, funk, classical, and disco band/artist that I liked, it would fill pages and pages and you would become even more bored reading it than you are right now.

Chances are ... if you say ... "Well, what about bla bla bla?" ... then I'll probably either say something like ... "Oh yeah! You rock!" with my two thumbs up, or "What a bunch of posers!" with my cringe-face.

Edited by Jaketejas - August 10 2020 at 16:12

The Deep Freeze Mice. A band that was rejected by the archives. I consider them to be prog, but for this site they are not.