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AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Hrychu wrote:

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Manuel wrote:

Gentle Giant, Camel, UK. Most of these bands would cualificación though.

Huh?

Just noticed that post vanished. Peculiar.

No, it didn't.

Now it's back. Super odd.

Top 5 bands in the poll:-

1. Renaissance

2. Camel

3. Caravan

4. Pendragon

5. IQ

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I started this poll because I always found it interesting how a band could be so talented and so popular among prog fans yet unheard of by most non-prog fans. King Crimson, Marillion and Porcupine Tree sort of occupy the grey area but I felt they were too well known among most regular music fans to include them. You can say most of these are the next level down. I suppose there are non prog fans who know about Renaissance, Gong, Magma, Ozric Tentacles, Camel, VDGG and GG too but not as much as the others I mentioned here.

Invisible (L.A. Spinetta's band) is not very well known to non-proggers outside of South America, but in the prog circles, the group seems to be quite recognizable worldwide.

Spock's Beard

Anglagard

Banco

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Hey Kimosabe! I'm going to take a quantum leap here by suggesting that Quantum Jump are the best-known Canterbury Scene band there's ever been, entirely due to the success of their single "The Lone Ranger" which stayed in the UK charts for ten weeks in 1979 and reached #5, whereas some of our favourite Canterbury Scene bands, such as Caravan, Hatfield & the North, National Health and Soft Machine have never had a single enter the UK charts, but as Einstein once said, it's all relative, so you can take a quantum of solace from that. Smile

It's the reverse opposite of the poll question:- Quantum Jump aren't big in prog circles, but they ARE mostly known elsewhere. Tongue

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - October 14 2023 at 18:18

IQ

Big Big Train

Eloy

Just about all of them, really.

But Camel is the most obvious choice. Ironically, I find nearly everyone who hears them (and that includes anyone I've ever had contact with) becomes a fan, but they didn't fit the classic mould (no charismatic front man/lead singer) and largely instrumental, so they didn't get exposed to the wider audience outside prog.

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AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Hrychu wrote:

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I started this poll because I always found it interesting how a band could be so talented and so popular among prog fans yet unheard of by most non-prog fans. King Crimson, Marillion and Porcupine Tree sort of occupy the grey area but I felt they were too well known among most regular music fans to include them. You can say most of these are the next level down. I suppose there are non prog fans who know about Renaissance, Gong, Magma, Ozric Tentacles, Camel, VDGG and GG too but not as much as the others I mentioned here.

Invisible (L.A. Spinetta's band) is not very well known to non-proggers outside of South America, but in the prog circles, the group seems to be quite recognizable worldwide.

They have an album that is rated pretty highly on rate your music but I don't think they are that well known in prog circles. There's probably at least half a dozen more well known S.A. prog bands including Bubu and Bacamarte. I would say Nexus also.

That's only my subjective impression. I'm sorry. Everyone makes mistakes. For instance, in Poland, Invisible and Spinetta in general are pretty much completely unheard of, in all circles imaginable, which is a shame IMO. My compatriots are really missing out on a lot of heart-tugging music. I don't even know if Bubu or Bacamarte are familiar to Poles either.

you've listed a whole raft of my fave bands up there, so it's exceedingly difficult to pick (I could easily have gone for 10 of them).... but I'll choose Eloy, 'cos I love 'em...

Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

Cristi wrote:

Jared wrote:

you've listed a whole raft of my fave bands up there, so it's exceedingly difficult to pick (I could easily have gone for 10 of them).... but I'll choose Eloy, 'cos I love 'em...

we can choose up to three. Smile

thank you Sir.... I knew I could rely on you to have actually read the guidelines properly... Big smile

Eloy

Camel

Renaissance

IQ

VDGG

Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

Poll Question: Which band(s) do you like the best?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Anglagard	8	[5.71%]
Banco	5	[3.57%]
Big Big Train	7	[5.00%]
Camel	16	[11.43%]
Caravan	3	[2.14%]
Discipline	7	[5.00%]
Eloy	7	[5.00%]
The Flower Kings	4	[2.86%]
Gentle Giant	9	[6.43%]
Gong	4	[2.86%]
Hatfield & the North	1	[0.71%]
IQ	4	[2.86%]
Magma	5	[3.57%]
National Health	3	[2.14%]
Le Orme	2	[1.43%]
Ozric Tentacles	2	[1.43%]
Pendragon	2	[1.43%]
PFM	3	[2.14%]
Renaissance	10	[7.14%]
Spock's Beard	6	[4.29%]
The Tangent	1	[0.71%]
U.K.	6	[4.29%]
Van der Graaf Generator	17	[12.14%]
Wobbler	5	[3.57%]
Other band or artist you think qualifies (list in comments)	3	[2.14%]
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