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Posted: August 18 2007 at 19:42

In no particular order:
King Crimson
Yes
Gentle Giant
Genesis with Gabriel
Gabriel without Genesis
David Bowie
Jethro Tull
Klaus Schulze
Frank Zappa
Pink Floyd

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Posted: August 18 2007 at 19:45

Umm. modern bands... Confused

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Posted: August 18 2007 at 19:54

1800iareyay wrote:

Umm. modern bands... Confused

well, a few of them are still recording today...

What?

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Posted: August 18 2007 at 19:55

darqdean wrote:

1800iareyay wrote:

Umm. modern bands... Confused

well, a few of them are still recording today...

unfortunately.. Wink

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Posted: August 18 2007 at 19:57

Porcupine Tree are certainly the hippest band on the archives and on "the scene" at the moment, so maybe they are the most important.

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Posted: August 18 2007 at 20:02

darqdean wrote:

1800iareyay wrote:

Umm. modern bands... Confused

well, a few of them are still recording today...

Yes, but one's dead. That's a serious oversight Wink

. Several others, as Tony R stated, have defied death in order to produce unholy "music"

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Posted: August 18 2007 at 20:29

ProgBagel wrote:

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Devin Townsend (and its now dissolved band) - Synchestra is to me one of the most innovative modern albums in progressive, for its synths and particular use of guitar.plus a bunch of other artists already mentioned in previous posts.

I believe it's just a break

mmh no, it's not. Just check DT's discography. You'll find other prog LPs like Terria, The Ocean Machine, Infinity, and more... they're even listed here on ProgArchives.

www.unprogged.com - prog rock/metal italian webzine!

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Posted: August 18 2007 at 20:35

1800iareyay wrote:

darqdean wrote:

1800iareyay wrote:

Umm. modern bands... Confused

well, a few of them are still recording today...

Yes, but one's dead. That's a serious oversight Wink

. Several others, as Tony R stated, have defied death in order to produce unholy "music"

I think his list is bad regardless

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Posted: August 18 2007 at 21:55

mad_griffith wrote:

ProgBagel wrote:

I believe it's just a break

mmh no, it's not. Just check DT's discography. You'll find other prog LPs like Terria, The Ocean Machine, Infinity, and more... they're even listed here on ProgArchives.

Supposedly he's now working on a more symphonic album, that is most instrumental. I can't remember the details, but anything with Devin's name on it promises to be worth buying

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Posted: August 18 2007 at 22:15

Porcupine Tree - I believe that many young people jump into non-mainstream music these days as a result of PT, albums like In Absentia lead into stuff like Pink Floyd, Rush, etc. Although they're not one of my favorite bands, PT are the head bearers of the prog torch these days

Anekdoten and Anglagard...oh yeah, Landberk too - instrumental in the 90's revival...things may not be so good for us proggers without these guys.

La Maschera di Cera - Vintage prog lives!!!

Opeth - metal that manages to be progressive (very uncommon imo) with a unique sound that is toooo often attempted by pale immitators.

Ayreon - Arjen Luccassen had pushed the limits of bombast and pomposity established by his prog forefathers...this project is nor derivative or stuck in the past.

Steve Hackett - not as much "prog" as eclectic music....something possibly even bigger than prog; he's blazing new ground and doing it his way, never compromising.

King Crimson - yep, still going...always innovating, there's no stopping the master of all masters, Mr. Bob Fripp

SleepyTime Geurilla Museum - one of a kind....there's no limits to what SGM will do.

The last slot is dedicated to all the creative, hard-working bands continuing the quest to push the limits and provide us with art to cherish in a time when the mainstream doesn't necessarily share our love and appreciation...

Edited by jimmy_row - August 18 2007 at 22:16

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Posted: August 18 2007 at 22:18

How could I have forgotten Ayreon?! THE is my favorite prog metal album since Operation Mindcrime

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Posted: August 18 2007 at 22:26

^^the definition of concept album

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Posted: August 20 2007 at 07:08

Going by the most important, not famous or anything. Not in any order.

1. Tool

2. Dream Theater

3. Talk Talk - (Invented post-rock along with Slint. Decided to put Talk Talk instead of Slint because they released two great post-rock albums and Slint only one.)

4. The Mars Volta - (According to many one of the saviours of modern prog, have yet to bring out anything bad.)

5. Porcupine Tree - (Great album after great album, the music is not only progressive but their sound over the years aswell.)

6. Agalloch - (They have yet to release a bad album, 'The Mantle' is for me personally the best metal album released in the 21st century. They may not be the most influential but definitely one of the best.)

7. Opeth - (Have yet to release a bad album, so many bands are influenced by them.)

8. Death - (Like Opeth - tons of bands are influenced by them and they're up there with Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer etc. when it comes to greatness.)

9. Neurosis - (Helped sludge metal evolve, one of the most overlooked bands on PA and influenced a whole generation of bands like Cult of Luna, Isis and Pelican who are all great aswell. These guys are up there with Opeth and Agalloch when it comes to being the best Prog metal band.)

10. Ulver (If you include their three black metal albums that are all fantastic they'd probably be in the top-5.)

Edited by Yoeni - August 20 2007 at 07:22

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Posted: August 20 2007 at 08:55

Well this is difficult to get a true top ten seeing as there are many subgenres of prog and whatnot. However bands that I see very often that are influential are...in no particular order

Pain of Salvation- They gave a very different sound to the progressive metal scene

Dream Theater- Put prog back on the map, they at the very least deserve credit for that

Tool- Combining a very new sound with odd time signatures and very intellectual lyrics and also inspired a lot of alternative bands to mix up their sounds a bit

Meshuggah- I'm surprised to have not seen this mentioned yet, they took the prog metal genre a complete other direction and showed that rhythm can be music as well.

Porcupine Tree- They are pretty much a modern Floyd with a little something extra.

The Mars Volta- Volta is a band that has gotten prog some radio time as well as molded together a couple of genres that no one would ever have thought to be.

Opeth- They took Camel, Yes, and Metallica and made it their own.

ISIS/Mastodon- I put these two together not because I'm indecisive but that each of these bands by themselves are not suitable to be all that important, however, I do believe they represent some of the future of prog.

The Fantomas- They are pioneering the Avant Garde (metal most of the time) genre

Devin Townsend- For putting humor back into a very (sometimes overly) serious genre.

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