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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Neo-prog existed very briefly, from around 81-85 with much of it centred on the Marquee Club in London.

When you're so sure about the definition of this sub-genre, I'd like to hear what it is based on. Tongue

He's referring to the English neo-prog scene and I'll have to believe him, but in the late 80-early 90s the scene revived and in the 90s a new wave of bands appeared. 
Also neo-prog was not exclusively British, there were bands in other countries as well. 

At the time, it didn't feel like an international movement and I don't recall bands from other countries coming in.  Neo-prog was characterised by a DIY, almost post-punk ethic, and only Marillion attained commercial success and were the only band that the wider music public were conscious of.  Pallas were the only other band signed up by a major label.  What came later was a revival, as you point out, which does not seem to be linked to a particular place or movement.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Neo-prog existed very briefly, from around 81-85 with much of it centred on the Marquee Club in London.

When you're so sure about the definition of this sub-genre, I'd like to hear what it is based on. Tongue

He's referring to the English neo-prog scene and I'll have to believe him, but in the late 80-early 90s the scene revived and in the 90s a new wave of bands appeared. 
Also neo-prog was not exclusively British, there were bands in other countries as well. 
There's a couple of Neo Prog bands on the RYM & Last.FM list from eastern Europe that I'm looking forward to checking out:- Satellite & Collage. I haven't listened to them yet, but I expect they'll be well-Polished. Tongue


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Neo-prog existed very briefly, from around 81-85 with much of it centred on the Marquee Club in London.

When you're so sure about the definition of this sub-genre, I'd like to hear what it is based on. Tongue

He's referring to the English neo-prog scene and I'll have to believe him, but in the late 80-early 90s the scene revived and in the 90s a new wave of bands appeared. 
Also neo-prog was not exclusively British, there were bands in other countries as well. 
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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Neo-prog existed very briefly, from around 81-85 with much of it centred on the Marquee Club in London.

When you're so sure about the definition of this sub-genre, I'd like to hear what it is based on. Tongue

Having lived through it?
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Last FM's Top 40 List of Neo Prog Bands

 1. IQ
 2. Pendragon
 3. Arena
 4. Marillion
 5. Satellite
 6. Pallas
 7. Collage 
 8. The Tangent
 9. Echolyn
10. Fish 
11. Jadis 
12. Believe
13. It Bites
14. Spock's Beard
15. Frost*
16. The Watch
17. Gazpacho
18. Moongarden
19. RPWL
20. Clepsydra
21. The Flower Kings
22. The Reasoning
23. Little Atlas
24. Galahad
25. KingBathMat
26. Mansun
27. Sylvan
28. IT
29. Discipline
30. Millenium
31. Presto Ballet
32. Magenta
33. Quidam
34. Mindgames
35. Martigan
36. Galleon
37. Illuvatar
38. Knight Area
39. Anubis
40. Comedy of Errors

I prefer Last.FM's list, mainly because it includes Discipline, Echolyn, The Flower Kings & Spock's Beard amongst Neo Prog bands, even though I'm not a fan of any of those bands. Wacko 

From my perspective, Neo Prog is really just another name for a new generation of Symphonic Prog. Big smile


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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Neo-prog existed very briefly, from around 81-85 with much of it centred on the Marquee Club in London.

When you're so sure about the definition of this sub-genre, I'd like to hear what it is based on. Tongue
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Seems like a reasonable list. Nice to see lots of Pendragon there although I would have expected Love Over Fear to be above some of their other albums.
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Neo-prog existed very briefly, from around 81-85 with much of it centred on the Marquee Club in London.  A number of bands did not get anything out at all (although check out the above mentioned 'Fire in Harmony' compilation or had cassette tape releases).  It was all very DIY.  The wonderful 'Twice Bitten' never got an official release, along with many others.  Anyway, the Marquee was the epicentre of it all and I got there very late in the day - to see Solstice and Haze in January 84.

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19 due to Marillion, Fish, and IQ. Plus a couple of Magenta. As a genre, I really wasn't compelled to get try any neo-prog outside of Marillion and IQ.
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I'll have to get out a pen and a sheet of paper. ;)

I actually do have some of them (maybe ten).


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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Should I be embarrassed that I own 70 of those albums? Embarrassed
Not as embarrassed as I am - I only own two albums on the list. Embarrassed

Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Marillion - Fugazi
I also own 2, both by IQ.

Okay, then I dare to tell that I can join this club, and I'm not embarrassed, but on the other hand, I'm fond of having the two which are:

Marillion - Script
Pendragon - The Jewel 


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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Should I be embarrassed that I own 70 of those albums? Embarrassed


62 here... Wink
You both have more Neo Prog albums than I've actually listened to in the Top 120 list, so I have a lot of catching up to do. Embarrassed
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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

Marillion and Pallas aside, as far as we were concerned in 1985, neo-prog was best represented on that 'Fire and Harmony' compilation album which caught the spirit of the age.  And then it was suddenly over following 'The Wake'...

I'd never even heard of IQ before I joined ProgArchives. Embarrassed
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Marillion and Pallas aside, as far as we were concerned in 1985, neo-prog was best represented on that 'Fire and Harmony' compilation album which caught the spirit of the age.  And then it was suddenly over following 'The Wake'...
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My Neo Prog Top 10

1. Mostly Autumn
2. Magenta 
3. Edison's Children
4. Like Wendy
5. Differences
6. Osiris
7. Pallas
8. Solstice
9. Pendragon
10. Arena

Where's Marillion?  They're at #12 in my list, just below Abel Ganz, even though Fugazi & Misplaced Childhood are the only two Neo Prog albums I have on CD. Wacko

Bizarrely, Marillion's highly-acclaimed Brave & Marbles albums didn't even make it into the RYM Top 120. Ouch


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96 of the 120 but please tell the judges that I have a massive collection (I started in 1969) so it's all a question of proportions LOL. BTW, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Neo-Prog ! 
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Originally posted by nick_h_nz nick_h_nz wrote:

Only two of those are considered Neo Prog in PA, so I had a look at an equivalent chart (I assume) here. From the PA top 120 Neo Prog albums, I own only four, but three are from one artist:


50. Chris - Days of Summer Gone

72. t - Solipsystemology

80. t - Psychoanorexia

89. t - Anti-Matter Poetry



On PA's top 120 I own

IQ - The Road Of Bones
IQ - Frequency
Asturias - Fractals 
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I own five:


55. Pablo El Entarrador - Pablo El Entarrador (Symphonic)

56. Logos - Sadako e le mille gru di carta (RPI)

69. Osiris - Osiris 

83. Carptree - Man Made Machine

90. Lazuli - Le fantastique envol di Dieter Bohm (Eclectic)


Only two of those are considered Neo Prog in PA, so I had a look at an equivalent chart (I assume) here. From the PA top 120 Neo Prog albums, I own only four, but three are from one artist:


50. Chris - Days of Summer Gone

72. t - Solipsystemology

80. t - Psychoanorexia

89. t - Anti-Matter Poetry
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I own 0 of these
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Interesting to see how few albums from the 2010s or 2020s made the list. Wonder what number of ratings/reviews/citings an album has to receive in order to qualify for a list.

The fact that Sylvan's Home and One to Zero made the list but not Posthumous Silence or Force of Gravity boggles my mind more than a little.

Love seeing Milliontown, Seven, and Moonshine, up there in the top 20.

Weird that I still can't hear/see the Neo Prog in any of Arena's stuff.

And no Glass Hammer, Shamall, The Watch, The Flower Kings, Silhouette, Edison's Children, Darwin's Radio, Believe, Willowglass, Cirrus Bay, Unitopia, Nine Stones Close, or Spock's Beard!

And not enough Mystery! 


Edited by BrufordFreak - September 15 2022 at 06:33
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