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Poll Question: which of these Progressive Rock Bands is your Number ONE
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5 [7.25%]
20 [28.99%]
2 [2.90%]
2 [2.90%]
1 [1.45%]
2 [2.90%]
3 [4.35%]
1 [1.45%]
5 [7.25%]
7 [10.14%]
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Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

For me it's a three-way tie between IQ, Pendragon, and Pallas. However, while I like more albums by IQ then the other two, Pallas's 'The Dreams of Men' and 'XXV' are simply masterpieces. Still need to hear the new album by them.

So Pallas for me. 
The Dreams of Men is one of my favourite modern prog albums of any genre. I don't know enough about Pallas though .The Sentinel seems highly rated, how does that stand up alongside their modern albums? (sorry if this is not meant to be a discussion about neo prog in general)
 
oh and where is Arena?
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Some good bands here, but an easy choice to vote for Echolyn.
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IQ

The Flower Kings, Echolyn, Spock's Beard and Izz are not neo-prog. Look at their PA pages.
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^ Right.

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Pre Hogarth Marillion, It Bites and IQ equally I guess..

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For me its Arena - Contagion by far
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IQ. They've been solid throughout.
I was leaning towards Marillion, but I'm not into the post-Fish albums (as good as they are, they don't "stick").
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Honestly the only difference between symphonic and neo is timing. 



Absolutely correct.

IQ, Pendragon and Marillion are just symphonic bands who emerged in the early 80s. Let's start to call them "neo-symphonic prog". We can then call Spock's Beard and The Flower Kings "neo-neo-symphonic prog".

Or let's just call them all "symphonic" and have done with it.
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I'd be tempted to mention Drifting Sun, but that might not be a very impartial opinion :)
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Originally posted by driftingsun driftingsun wrote:

I'd be tempted to mention Drifting Sun, but that might not be a very impartial opinion :)


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hole in the head or castration...

ummm.

I'll go with IZZ.  I actually somewhat enjoy them. The rest?  Sleepy
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Who are IZZ?
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a group out of New York. Well worth checking out if you haven't.


http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=374
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I never saw IZZ or Echolyn as Neo Prog which is more of a British/European phenomenon than an American one. Then again, Discipline were for a long time labelled as Neo, and a very interesting (and hard to pinpoint) band such as Sanguine Hum are currently filed under Neo on this site.
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Yeah they sound clean, the piano is very upfront in their music, a bit jazzy too... reminds me of Michel Camillo a bit.
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My last posting was referring to IZZ by the way :)
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In my view, IZZ are one of those bands that must be experienced on stage to fully appreciate them. Their studio albums never did a lot for me, but when I saw them live twice in 2013 I was very impressed. Very nice bunch of guys and gals as well.
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someone upstream made the point that Neo-prog could easily be seen as 'modern' symphonic prog. I suppose it is easy to do. Note the case of Discipline.  Neo-prog?  I suppose.  Two sides of the same coin.

Why else would the OP have put the f**king flower kings as an option. 
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In a similar vein, but nicer in my opinion, are Special Providence, a band from Hungary. I got to hear some tracks from their new album recently, and they really are solid. There is definitely a jazz influence in their music too, pretty much as for IZZ, though SP are more to my liking.
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Originally posted by driftingsun driftingsun wrote:

Yeah they sound clean, the piano is very upfront in their music, a bit jazzy too... reminds me of Michel Camillo a bit.


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