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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 25 2011 at 23:37
Genesis
Morgan
Yes
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Don Caballero
ELP
Yezda Urfa
Planet X
Rush


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2011 at 00:02
For me, in no order except that which I type them:

The Doors
Pink Floyd
Osanna
Gentle Giant
Opeth
Jethro Tull
Quella Vecchia Locanda
King Crimson
Led Zeppelin
Le Orme


Some are obviously more prog than others, and I know QVL have only two albums but they're both stunning and so make my top ten nearly every time I do a top ten.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2011 at 14:20
King Crimson
Yes
Pink Floyd
ELP
VDGG
Gentle Giant
Haikara
Jethro tull
Genesis
Samurai

Non prog bands

The Beatles
The Doors
Led Zepellin
Nick Cave&Bad Seeds
Bob Dylan
Arctic Monkeys
Dire Straits
Cat Stevens
David Bowie
RHCP
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 29 2011 at 18:19
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King Crimson
Frank Zappa
Rush
Yes
Amon Duul II
Naked City (prog, jazz, whatever)
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Magma
The Residents
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2011 at 10:44
1. Porcupine Tree
2. Dream Theater
3. Guilt Machine
4. Pink Floyd
5. Yes
6. Genesis
7. UK
8. The Mars Volta
9. The Pineapple Thief
10. Pain of Salvation
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2011 at 11:16
Classic era Prog bands
  1. Genesis
  2. Kansas
  3. Pink Floyd
  4. Triumvirat
  5. Steve Hackett
  6. Rick Wakeman
  7. Premiata Formeria Marconi
  8. Renaissance
  9. Jethro Tull
  10. Magma

Modern Prog Bands

  1. Anglagard
  2. Par Lindh Project
  3. Shadow Circus
  4. Life Line Project
  5. Magenta
  6. Blank Manuskript
  7. 5Bridges
  8. Deluge Grander
  9. Tohpati Etnomission
  10. Alex Carpani Band

Prog Related Bands

  1. Iron Maiden
  2. STYX
  3. QUEEN
  4. Vangelis
  5. Kalevala
  6. Alan Parsons Project
  7. Sui Generis
  8. Seru Giram
  9. David Gilmour
  10. Greg Lake
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Note: Any  Classical era and Modern band can be in my top ten, the division is only for eras, no because of quality. 




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2011 at 13:27
  1. Pink Floyd
  2. King Crimson
  3. Radiohead
  4. Sigur Ros
  5. Genesis
  6. Ulver
  7. Van Der Graaf Generator
  8. Yes
  9. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  10. Porcupine Tree
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1.King Crimson
2.Pink FLoyd
3.Tool
4.Camel
5.Porcupine Tree
6.Opeth
7.Rush
8.ELP
9.Nekropsy
10.Dream Theater
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2011 at 18:39
1. Yes
2. Tool
3. Frank Zappa
4. King Crimson
5. Rush
6. Can
7. Porcupine Tree
8. The Mars Volta (First two albums)
9. Jethro Tull
10. Tangerine Dream


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2011 at 20:07
Changes every now and again.
1. Pink Floyd
2. Frank Zappa
3. Yes
4. Chicago
5. Gong
6. The Moody Blues
7. Led Zeppelin
8. King Crimson
9. Aube
10. Rush
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 30 2011 at 20:10
Pink Floyd
Marillion
Porcupine Tree
King Crimson
Yes
Arena
Pendragon
Tangerine Dream
Rush
Dream Theater...maybe
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2011 at 11:28
1. Gentle Giant
2. Cheer-Accident
3. Yes
4. Hatfield And The North
5. Egg
6. King Crimson
7. Frank Zappa
8. Don Caballero
9. Cynic
10. Dün

Something like that I guess. 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2011 at 13:15
Updated:
 
Stil, strictly top 10 PROG:
 
1. Rush
2. Porcupine Tree
3. Tool
4. Riverside
5. Pink Floyd
6. Oceansize
7. Yes
8. Beardfish
9. Sky Architect
10. Amplifier
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 06 2011 at 02:50
1. Flower Kings
2. Dream Theater/LTE
3. Symphony X
4. Clepsydra (Swi)
5. Collage/Satellite
6. Jadis
7. Pendragon
8. Enchant
9. Arena
10. Cairo
       Martigan
       Redemption


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 00:08
My list is not in any order due to the fact that it is constantly changing.
Here is my current one:
-yes
-genesis(peter gabriel years)
-jethro tull
-gong
-soft machine
-king crimson
-gentle giant
-spocks beard
-porcupine tree
-pink floyd
-big big train
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 11:25
In no particular order

Pink Floyd
Gazpacho
Porcupine Tree (& all things Steve Wilson)
Marillion
maudlin of the Well (& all things Toby Driver)
65daysofstatic
Sigur Ros
Mahavishnu Orchestra
IQ
Riverside

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 12:06
King Crimson
Pink Floyd
Van Der Graaf Generator
Dream Theater
Porcupine Tree
Opeth
i cant go further than this
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 13:05
1. Devin Townsend
2. Kayo Dot
3. maudlin of the Well
4. Tool
5. Frank Zappa
6. Godspeed You! Black Emperor
7. Deathspell Omega
8. Robert Wyatt
9. Mr. Bungle
10. Univers Zero


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 13:10
Normally when I do these things, I tend to ONLY list bands that I feel are clearly exemplary of Prog, but this time I'm going to forego that rule and list any bands I want that happen to be on PA. So here's my list:

1. Pink Floyd
2. Sigur Ros
3. Radiohead
4. King Crimson
5. Ulver
6. Agalloch
7. Isis
8. Van Der Graaf Generator
9. Yes
10. Anglagard 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2011 at 15:14
I'm not counting any of the PA-included jazzlegends here. I can't think of Miles Davis or Herbie Hancock as "prog bands".

Can
Art Zoyd
Magma
The Residents
Kraftwerk
King Crimson
Van Der Graaf Generator
Soft Machine

...there's about ten bands I'd like to include here on the two last spots... Gong, Tangerine Dream, Genesis, Pink Floyd, GYBE, Secret Chiefs 3, Kayo Dot, Univers Zero, Popol Vuh, Non Credo, Guapo

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