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Poll Question: Which band(s) do you like the best?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
8 [5.71%]
5 [3.57%]
7 [5.00%]
16 [11.43%]
3 [2.14%]
7 [5.00%]
7 [5.00%]
4 [2.86%]
9 [6.43%]
4 [2.86%]
1 [0.71%]
4 [2.86%]
5 [3.57%]
3 [2.14%]
2 [1.43%]
2 [1.43%]
2 [1.43%]
3 [2.14%]
10 [7.14%]
6 [4.29%]
1 [0.71%]
6 [4.29%]
17 [12.14%]
5 [3.57%]
3 [2.14%]
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

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.


Not sure about this, in the UK at that time Oldfield, Wakeman and Vangelis were selling tons and were well known outside of prog circles. The Snow Goose was next off the line and did well sales wise at least. (Peaked at No 22 and was certified Silver, didn't do so well in the US though only peaking at 162)
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Camel, Eloy, Renaissance

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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

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.


Not sure about this, in the UK at that time Oldfield, Wakeman and Vangelis were selling tons and were well known outside of prog circles. The Snow Goose was next off the line and did well sales wise at least. (Peaked at No 22 and was certified Silver, didn't do so well in the US though only peaking at 162)


That sounds about right. My two younger brothers have both heard of Mike Oldfield, Vangelis and Rick Wakeman, but they haven't heard of any of the prog bands in this poll, including Camel. Confused
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Wow, everyone is on the board and no votes for other. This is a first. I'm kind of surprised there aren't more votes for Gentle Giant.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

That sounds about right. My two younger brothers have both heard of Mike Oldfield
Tubular Bells alone has sold over 18 million copies. He's huge. Only bands such as Eagles, Zeppelin, Beatles, Floyd... can match numbers like that.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Wow, everyone is on the board and no votes for other. This is a first. I'm kind of surprised there aren't more votes for Gentle Giant.

I don't know anyone personally who's heard of Gentle Giant. If I ask them if they like Gentle Giant, they assume I'm asking if they like sweetcorn. Tongue


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Wow, everyone is on the board and no votes for other. This is a first. I'm kind of surprised there aren't more votes for Gentle Giant.

I don't know anyone personally who's heard of Gentle Giant. If I ask them if they like Gentle Giant, they assume I'm asking if they like sweetcorn. Tongue

Well, you live in the UK and apparently they were never very big over there. PA has members from all over though.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Wow, everyone is on the board and no votes for other. This is a first. I'm kind of surprised there aren't more votes for Gentle Giant.

I don't know anyone personally who's heard of Gentle Giant. If I ask them if they like Gentle Giant, they assume I'm asking if they like sweetcorn. Tongue

Well, you live in the UK and apparently they were never very big over there. PA has members from all over though.

I hadn't heard of them either until the internet came along and then you couldn't stop people talking about them! I bought my first GG album about 20 years ago and that was about 25 years after I had acquired my first prog album!!
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^Different bands and artists are popular in different locations. GG were never huge in the US but they did have a strong following and a few of their albums made it to the top 100 charts. Mike Oldfield was mentioned earlier. He's someone who was never very big in the US but was in other countries. He only had one gold album over here (no extra points for guessing which one). In the US most people other than prog fans and people really into and knowledgable about music probably never even heard of him. 
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I first heard of Gentle Giant around the mid-to-late '90s, about the same time I first heard of the terms "Art-Rock" and "Progressive-Rock". These were from the same source (Gentle Giant are an Art-Rock/Progressive-Rock group).
 
As for Mike Oldfield, my first exposure was at school during music class when the teacher played "Tubular Bells" to us. This was around the time of its release.
 
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I like most of these bands. Ying Yang Votes went to Eloy and Magma from the list. First vote for Other: Jade Warrior.
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So difficult, but I gave a slight nod to Renaissance. Yet it might just as well have been Anglagard, Big Big Train, Banco or VdGG.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

we also chose the same bands. LOL

My word, so we did! Which, in a list of bands that strong is quite a coincidence!  Clap
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

we also chose the same bands. LOL

My word, so we did! Which, in a list of bands that strong is quite a coincidence!  Clap

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As AFlowerKingCrimson is the one asking the question, I'm inspired by his way of thinking. So naturally the band I like the most who's "Big in prog circles but mostly unknown elsewhere" has got to be Pink Floyd
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Maybe Van der Graaf Generator.
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The biggest bands on here in my opinion are Camel, Gentle Giant and VDGG so voted for them.

If I voted for personal preference it would probably be

Hatfield & The North
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Magma

Not on the list - Henry Cow, Univers Zero
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Camel
Spock's Beard
Other (The Neal Morse Band)

Honorary mentions to Mostly Autumn and Transatlantic too.
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I could ask a hundred people in my village if they've heard of Van der Graaf Generator, and 99% of them would say "Yes, it's something that makes your hair stand on end" - a bit like VDGG's music. Tongue

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - October 16 2023 at 08:09
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

As AFlowerKingCrimson is the one asking the question, I'm inspired by his way of thinking. So naturally the band I like the most who's "Big in prog circles but mostly unknown elsewhere" has got to be Pink Floyd

You are such a troll. If I could ban you from this website believe me I would. Aside from that apparently you never got past first grade English since you don't know to add a period after a sentence.


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