10 best prog bands with stage presence

New bands have zero sense of showmanship? Well, you've got to be seeing the wrong bands.  Muse are good on stage, indeed, from the major acts, but there are smaller bands that are simply incredible. I can hardly think of something that compares to Tortoise, for example. They do an amazing show a la Gentle Giant + punk. Or The Mars Volta. Or Jaga Jazzist, when I felt that that hall will fall on us when the chick with the tuba started shaking the scene. Imagine nine guys on a stage, exchanging instruments! Battles are insane, too.

harmonium.ro wrote: New bands have zero sense of showmanship? Well, you've got to be seeing the wrong bands.  Muse are good on stage, indeed, from the major acts, but there are smaller bands that are simply incredible. I can hardly think of something that compares to Tortoise, for example. They do an amazing show a la Gentle Giant + punk. Or The Mars Volta. Or Jaga Jazzist, when I felt that that hall will fall on us when the chick with the tuba started shaking the scene. Imagine nine guys on a stage, exchanging instruments! Battles are insane, too.

And it just so happens that Tortoise is coming to play in NYC, but on the only day this month I can't go to a show!