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Rob The Plant 
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Posted: June 25 2005 at 22:35 |
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Uriah Heep are the greatest prog band in history. I challenge anyone to argue.
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Anonymous2112
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Posted: June 25 2005 at 22:53 |
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I love Uriah Heep but i don't know about them being the greatest Prog band in history. They are definitly an incredible band.
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WillieThePimp
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 00:36 |
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Incredible name too, and it fits!
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Rob The Good
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 01:13 |
I worship them! 
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Salmacis72
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 09:36 |
Love them, especially Look At Yourself, Magician's Birthday, Demons And Wizards and Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble.... great, great band. Best prog band in history? No. 
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Litl
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 09:55 |
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I grew up with UH and while I love them and while they are not the
greatest prog band in history I'll even argue that it's stretching it a
bit to call them a prog band at all. On the spectrum from regular
rock to progressive rock they're hanging out in the middle
somewhere. Back in the '70's many bands had progressive leanings
(Deep Purple is another example) while not fully embracing the
genre. UH is one of these. Compare the 'progressiveness' of
UH to Yes or Genisis and you see the difference.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 10:36 |
I though that Uriah Heep were a joke band! 
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Valarius
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 10:59 |
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lol.
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gdub411
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 11:00 |
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They're okay.
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silversaw
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 11:10 |
Uriah Heep are an amazing band, no doubt about that. I have every release including their rather poor 80's material and their "return to form" 90's sound. Even when "Very 'Eavy..." was released it was apparent they had some prog leanings, but in my opinion, UH are barely a prog band at all, let alone the best prog band. Besides, we all know the best prog band is DT!!
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AngelRat
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 11:11 |
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I consider them more as a rock band with some prog tendencies than a real prog band. Nevertheless they're one of my favourite bands.
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Astaroth
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 11:24 |
 Rob The Plant wrote:
Uriah Heep are the greatest prog band in history. I challenge anyone to argue. |
I argue.
I like them a lot but I don't think they're the greatest.
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abyssyinfinity
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 11:57 |
They're the greatest, after about 50 bands...
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MorgothSunshine
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 12:02 |
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I love them but they're not exactly PROG!!!
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salmacis
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 12:11 |
Uriah Heep are possibly my favourite band of all; I love all of their 70s albums, most of their 80s ones, and their mid to late 90s albums are easily as good as their esteemed 70s classics in my opinion.
However, they probably aren't the best prog band ever, as they aren't 100% progressive rock- they veer towards heavy rock/ AOR in most of their post 1975 catalogue.
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floyd68
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 12:50 |
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UH are probably not the greatest band ever and they are more rock than
prog. However I like a lot ot their stuff and just recently "sea of light"
followed "octavarium" in the cd changer.
sorry DT fans but at least "sea of light" is the much more entertaining
piece of music
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Trotsky
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 13:02 |
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I love Byron-era Heep ... but still never quite think of this band as a
prog ouftit ... in my collection they're filed next to Led Zep, Black
Sabbath and Deep Purple ... other brilliant hard rock bands with
progressive moments ...
I'm still not that convinced about the post Abominog albums though ...
I've heard a lot of disappointing stuff on albums like Raging Silence,
Different World and Sonic Origami
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silversaw
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 13:10 |
salmacis wrote:
I love all of their 70s albums, most of their 80s ones, and their mid to late 90s albums are easily as good as their esteemed 70s classics in my opinion.
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Towards the end of the 1970's, with "Innocent Victim" and "Fallen Angel" they kind of lost their way a bit...totally getting lost with "Conquest" in 1980. There 1980's stuff is hit or miss: "Abominog" is pretty good, and I still like "Raging Silence." There 1990's stuff is actually very good, especially "Sea Of Light" and "Sonic Origami."
Any chance we might see a NEW UH album ever??
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salmacis
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Posted: June 26 2005 at 13:39 |
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To be honest, I think both 'Innocent Victim' and 'Fallen Angel' are very good albums, as I am a huge fan of John Lawton's singing, and both are superior examples of AOR.
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Certif1ed
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Posted: June 27 2005 at 03:15 |
Great rock/metal band - but prog???
Not really.
Maybe "July Morning" is a prog track - but "The Magician's Birthday" definitely isn't!!! It's pure Spinal Tap - classic stuff, but not prog.
Heep wrote some blinding tunes with superb, even definitive rock arrangements with classy touches, like the keyboards and the "Heep choir". But Queen, who adapted the "choir" to the next few levels were more progressive by far - particularly through their 1970's output - and you won't see them in the archives anytime soon 
So if they're not really prog, they can't be the greatest prog band in history.
But they ARE the best band in history at what they did!
UH Rock!!!
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