Top 50 Prog Rock Artists

David_D wrote: Looks quite good to me if using a more strict definition of Progressive Rock, even I would not include Supertramp.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: An interesting list - turns out that I'm only listening to 8 of the listed artists on a regular basis:

Most of the usual suspects are there and I have no issue with the Top 3 or the order. As usual I would switch Camel and ELP round, it now seems quite normal to push ELP down a bit and Camel up a bit. Some revisionism going on there. ELP were far more important and were there at the beginning if you consider their previous bands. Camel tagged along for the ride but still worth a place in the top 50. 

The list is missing a band from Spanish speaking countries to be considered really international, or Portuguese and Japanese for that matter. There are better choices to be made, that's for sure, but a list is just that and not everybody share the same exact taste.

siLLy puPPy wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: terramystic wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: Gentle Giant? Knots/Cockroach King, I can see that. But many bands are doing vocal fugues in that style. And GG hardly invented that, it dates back to one J.S. Bach  Actually J. S. Bach was the master of instrumental fugue. The Swingle Singers made vocal cover versions. Sure, musically there is no difference, it was the fugue I was referring to, not the choice of instrument. The difference is pillaging from a classical composer from hundreds of years ago is what prog is all about (along with jazz). Pillaging from artists of the same era is more blatantly apparent. Also i find most Haken compositions underwhelming. I don't get the appeal. Always a few great tracks and then a bunch of fluff.

I understand that it’s inspired by Gentle Giant, but it’s fully possible to come up with a song such as «Cockroach King» without even having heard «Knots». I don’t know, these negative or positive reactions towards certain hommages/pillaging mostly seem to be about personal biases. For instance, because of Icarum’s Daal vs Univers Zero I came across some of your five star praising of the former bands releases. Great stuff, but hardly an original idea to find as far i I could hear. They certainly wear their Goblin and King Crimson inspiration on their sleeve, and remind me of many of the darker sounding (French) prog bands of the late 1970’s. Btw: I'm indifferent to Haken but they seem dedicated at what they do.

siLLy puPPy wrote: The list should've included the Cardiacs! The most famous and best at fusing prog and punk. Also Univers Zero for its amazing chamber prog would've been great too. I don't think Eloy is worthy either actually. Too Pink Floyd all the time. I would've added Hatfield & the North which created one of the highest possible expressions of 70s prog. I wouldn't mind seeing their list expand to 100!

MikeEnRegalia wrote: An interesting list - turns out that I'm only listening to 8 of the listed artists on a regular basis: 1. King Crimson 2. Pink Floyd 3. Frank Zappa 4. Van der Graaf Generator 5. Opeth 6. Magma 7. Porcupine Tree 8. Haken Given my extensive collection, that leaves out a lot of really great prog artists. Goes to show how many great bands there are ... here's some of my very favorite artists that are missing. And of course I'm not supposing that these artists should also be *YOUR* favorite prog artists - I have various biases :-)  1. Steven Wilson 2. Dream Theater 3. Devin Townsend 4. Ayreon 5. Neal Morse 6. Pain of Salvation 7. Mr. Bungle 8. Big Big Train 9. Between the Buied and Me 10. Mike Keneally 11. Symphony X 12. John Zorn 14. Shadow Gallery 15. Threshold 16. IQ 17. Heaven's Cry 18. Kayo Dot 19. Queensryche 20. Roine Stolt 21. The Decemberists 22. Gojira 23. Anathema 24. Katatonia 25. The Gathering 26. Liquid Tension Experiment 27. Radiohead 28. Beyond Twilight 29. Fates Warning 30. Steve Vai 31. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum 32. Cynic 33. Headspace 34. Mogwai 35. Crippled Black Phoenix 36. Riverside 37. The Flower Kings 38. Oceansize 39. Beardfish 40. Heart of Cygnus 41. Amplifier 42. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Nice list!!!

It’s criminal that IQ and DT are not in that top 50!

siLLy puPPy wrote: O666 wrote: Tool?! Come on , What was their measure?! Progressive Rock top 50 list with Tool and without Mahavishnu Orchestra!!! Where is KC and Sunshine band?!!! I can understand why Tool was added even if i'm not the hugest Tool fan. I do like their albums though. Tool was instrumental in marrying prog with alternative rock which fit in perfect with the 90s. Their sound was totally original at the time and even though it sounds repetitive a lot of the time, it's loaded with subtleties that made them quite innovative. The time signature changes are of the chart

The list is quite ok in terms of bands, there are some nice inclusions which are often missing from such lists.