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Logan

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Posted: July 06 2010 at 12:08

ferush wrote:

1.- The Beatles

2.- Rush

3.- Genesis

4.- Yes

5.- King Crimson

6.- Pink Floyd

7.- Marillion

8.- Porcupine Tree

9.- The Flower Kings

10.- Dream Theater

Best ever.

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Posted: July 06 2010 at 12:21

This is just retarded hard. I mean my list (and everyone else's as well, FACT) changes almost every day.

But for today:

1. King Crimson
2. R.E.M.
3. Black Sabbath
4. Joy Division
5. Beck
6. Radiohead
7. Wu-Tang Clan
8. Tom Waits
9. Van Der Graaf Generator
10. Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention
11. Magma
12. Jane's Addiction
13. Dun
14. Talking Heads
15. My Bloody Valentine
16. Tool
17. The Notorious B.I.G.
18. Rage Against the Machine
19. Primus
20. Jethro Tull

I'm sure I forgot enough to fill up another list.

cannon

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Posted: July 06 2010 at 13:47

My top prog artists:

1. Yes

2. ELP

3. Dream Theater

4. Porcupine Tree

5. Rush

6. Atomic Rooster

7. King Crimson

8. 7 for 4

9. Soft Machine

10. King's X

11. Shadow Gallery

12. Brand X

13. Can

14. Riverside

15. Transatlantic

16. Dillinger

17. IQ

18. Mahavishnu Orchestra

19. Gordian Knot

20. Bozzio Levin Stevens

My other top 20:

1. Black Sabbath

2. Stray(70's hard rock)

3. Slayer

4. Steamhammer

5. The Groundhogs

6. Iron Maiden

7. Free

8. Metallica

9. The Pretty Things

10. Iron Maiden

11. May Blitz

12. Captain Beyond

13. Metallica

14. Budgie

15. Soundgarden

16. Steely Dan

17. Sweet

18. The Ventures

19. Spooky Tooth

20. Spirit

sgt wilko

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Posted: July 07 2010 at 17:04

My top 3 in order

1. Pink Floyd

2. Porcupine Tree

3. Marillion

from there, I would say the order changes daily!!! dont know why but there you have it

4 Zep

5. Beatles

6. Genesis, incl Peter Gabriel solo

7. Rush

8. Jethro Tull

9. Drive By Truckers

10. Black Keys

11. Bob Dylan

12. Neil Young

13. David Bowie

14. Rolling Stones

15. REM

16 Yes

17. Moody Blues

18. Roxy Music

19. Santana

20. Queen - 1st 4 albumns only...

bubbling under

Mike Oldfield

Metallica

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Posted: July 09 2010 at 12:42

1.Oceansize
2.Smog
3.Mars Volta
4.Isis
5.Venetian Snares
6.Autechre
7.Steven Wilson (And other projects)
8. Sunn O)))
9.Yes
10.Karnivool
11.Spock's Beard
12.Beatles
13.Freak Kitchen
14.OSI
15.Rush
16.Transatlantic
17.King Crimson
18.Miles Davis
19.Magma
20.Jethro Tull

A mind is like a parachute - it doesn't work unless it's open - Frank Zappa

CPicard

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Posted: July 09 2010 at 12:52

Iron Maiden
Black Sabbath
Blue Öyster Cult
Deep Purple
Front 242
Cabaret Voltaire
Bauhaus
Fields of the Nephilim
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Napalm Death
Carcass
Bolt Thrower
Voïvod
Coroner
Sepultura
Joëlle Léandre
King Crimson
Jethro Tull
Yes
Fela Kuti

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Posted: July 09 2010 at 14:09

1. Yes

2. Sting

3. Camel

4. Pink Floyd

5. Genesis

6. Pendragon

7. Focus

8. ELP

9. Kayak

10. Allan Holdsworth

11. Caravan

12. Mike Oldfield

13. Bill Bruford

14. Gentle Giant

15. King Crimson

16. Split Enz

17. Traffic

18. Van der Graaf Generator

19. IQ

20. Marillion

Edited by Moogtron III - July 09 2010 at 14:09

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Posted: July 10 2010 at 04:12

Here are my top 20(good way to introduce myself, I guess):

1. The Who

2. Modest Mouse

3. Black Sabbath

4. The Kinks

5. Genesis

6. Talking Heads

7. King Crimson

8. Motorhead

9. David Bowie

10. Godspeed You! Black Emperor

11. The Rolling Stones

12. Rage Against the Machine

13. The Flaming Lips

14. The Pogues

15. The Velvet Underground

16. Warren Zevon

17. Brian Eno

18. Megadeth

19. Bruce Springsteen

20. Tool

So I guess I'm not a "traditional" prog fan, but I'm endlessly fascinated with the genre, and I'm always willing to try and new stuff from a type of music that I find incredibly interesting Smile

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Posted: July 18 2010 at 16:45

1.the Beatles - mine first love, I don't listen them any more but still own all studio albums
2.Rush
3.Jethro Tull
4.Uriah Heep
5.AC/DC*
6.David Bowie*
7.Comus - First Utterance only
8.Jan Dukes De Grey
9.Pink Floyd
10.Police + Sting*
11.the Doors*
12.Queen
13.Wishbone Ash - only and ONLY because of great album Argus
14.Bob Dylan*
15.ELP
16.REM*
17.the Strawbs
18.U2*
19.Dire Straits*
20.Rolling Stones*

* I don't listen them any more but once did a lot

Who is like God?

natewait

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Posted: July 18 2010 at 17:41

1. Spock's Beard
2. Neal Morse
3. Transatlantic
4. Dream Theater
5. The Flower Kings
6. Yes
7. Genesis
8. Gentle Giant
9. Frost*
10. The Beatles
11. Incubus
12. IZZ
13. The Tangent
14. Moon Safari
15. Beardfish
16. Phideaux
17. Karmakanic
18. The Dear Hunter
19. Ayreon
20. Kaipa

Please check out my Progressive Music Blog: The Leviathan.

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Posted: July 18 2010 at 18:04

ELP
Rush
Dream Theater
Spock's Beard
The Beatles
Paul McCartney/ Wings
Genesis
Yes
Led Zeppelin
Mike Oldfield
Pink Floyd
XTC
Judas Priest
The Jam
Deep Purple
Camel
David Bowie
King Crimson
Queen
Black Sabbath

MarkMadness View Drop Down

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Posted: July 18 2010 at 21:08

Including non-prog..

1. Bad Religion
2. Tool
3. The Who
4. Hendrix
5. Genesis
6. Yes
7. Jethro Tull
8. Pink Floyd
9. Led Zeppelin
10. Iron Maiden
11. Deep Purple
12. The Police
13. Rush
14. King Crimson
15. Zappa
16. Neil Young
17. The Beatles
18. Lamb of God
19. Camel
20. Boston

Everything on this list is subject to change, except the top two.. but they can still swap positions at any time.

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Posted: July 19 2010 at 05:06

Yes

Pink Floyd

Genesis

Beatles

ELP

The Who

Van der Graaf Generator

Cream

Bowie

Colosseum

Rolling Stones

Ten Years After

Dylan

Uriah Heep

Wishbone Ash

Curved Air

Focus

Santana

Hendrix

Edgar BroughtonBand

To get 20 bands from prog archives I would have to remove Cream, Rolling Stones, Dylan, Ten Years After and Edgar Broughton and numbers 16-20 would become:

Jefferson Airplane

Roxy Music

Stackridge

Strawbs

King Crimson

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Posted: August 09 2010 at 04:29

pink floyd
dream theater
porcupine tree
metallica
ac/dc
opeth
black sabbath
king crimson
elp
riverside
the beatles
nirvana
norah jones
syd barrett
eric clapton
mark knopfler
kaleidoscope
gentle giant
queen
led zeppelin

Andy Webb

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Posted: August 13 2010 at 21:17

1. Dream Theater

2. Symphony X

3. Opeth

4. Rush

5. Yes

6. ELP

7. Porcupine Tree

8. Vanden Plas

9. Meshuggah

10. Transatlantic

11. Spock's Beard

12. Marillion

13. 3

14. Kamelot

15. The Flower Kings

16. Panzerballett

17. Derek Sherinian

18. Jordan Rudess

19. Rick Wakeman

20. Andromeda

In no real order

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Posted: August 14 2010 at 05:36

Hrm...

Pink Floyd
The Strokes
The Flaming Lips
Marillion
IQ
Dream Theater
Porcupine Tree
Riverside
Joni Mitchell
Sigor Ros
Dave Matthews Band
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Derek and the Dominos
Queens of the Stone Age
Wu-Tang Clan
Gazpacho
Cannibal Ox
Ratatat
MGMT
Fredrick Chopin

I started with Pink Floyd as my favorite, and then just wrote whoever came to mind...

rogerthat

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Posted: August 14 2010 at 08:19

1)The Beatles
2)Stevie Wonder
3)King Crimson
4)Genesis
5)Pink Floyd
6)Steely Dan
7)Gentle Giant
8)Shakti
9)Jethro Tull
10)Black Sabbath
11)Queen
12)The Who
13)Yes
14)Judas Priest
15)Blue Oyster Cult
16)Radiohead
17)Jeff Buckley
18)Tori Amos
19)Led Zeppelin
20)Deep Purple

kole

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Posted: August 14 2010 at 09:57

In no particular order (except for #1):
1. Pink Floyd
2. King Crimson
3. Frank Zappa
4. Weather Report
5. Marillion (Fish era)
6. Beardfish
7. Gong
8. Focus
9. Camel
10. Jethro Tull
11. Dan Britton's projects
12. ELP
13. Chick Corea's bands
14. Caravan
15. Dire Straits
16. Mouse on the Keys
17. Moonlight Sky
18. Niacin
19. Steely Dan
20. The Beatles (almost forgot them)

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Posted: August 15 2010 at 05:07

Heres my top 20 and the albums i love most from each...

(The TOP 10 are all equal as far as I am concerned on number 1 - cant separate them)

1 AYREON - The Human Equation (2nd TIMELINE; 3RD IN THE ELECTRIC CASTLE)
2 PINK FLOYD - The Wall (2ND DARK SIDE OF THE MOON; 3RD WISH YOU WERE HERE; 4TH PULSE)
3 VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - Pawn Hearts (2ND H TO HE WHO AM THE ONLY ONE; 3RD GODBLUFF; 4TH VITAL)
4 RUSH - Moving Pictures (2ND FAREWELL TO KINGS; 3RD HEMISPHERES; 4TH Permanent Waves )
5 YES - Fragile (2ND CLOSE TO THE EDGE; 3RD TALES OF TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS; 4TH RELAYER)
6 DREAM THEATER - Metropolis Part 2: Scenes From A Memory (2nd OCTAVARIUM; 3rd BLACK CLOUDS & SILVER LININGS)
7 EMERSON LAKE & PALMER- Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends (2nd BRAIN SALAD SURGERY; 3rd TARKUS)
8 GENESIS - Foxtrot (2ND NURSERY CRYME; 3RD SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND; 4TH TRICK OF THE TAIL)
9 KING CRIMSON - In The Court Of The Crimson King (2ND RED; 3RD DISCIPLINE)
10 HAWKWIND - Space Ritual (2nd IN SEARCH OF SPACE; 3rd IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN GRILL)
11 MAGMA - Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh (2nd KA; 3rd UBU WUDU)
12 ATOMIC ROOSTER - DEATH WALKS BEHIND YOU (2ND IN HEARING OF; 3RD MADE IN ENGLAND)
13 THE BEATLES - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2nd WHITE ALBUM, 3rd REVOLVER)
14 JETHRO TULL - Thick As A Brick (2nd 25TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION; 3RD AQUALUNG)
15 KRAFTWERK - The Man-Machine (Die Mensch-Maschine) (2ND COMPUTER WORLD; 3RD MINIMUM: MAXIMUM)
16 NEKTAR - A Tab In The Ocean (2ND REMEMBER THE FUTURE; 3RD BACK TO EARTH)
17 CAMEL - Mirage (2ND MOONMADNESS; 3RD CAMEL)
18 PORCUPINE TREE - Deadwing (2ND FEAR OF A BLANK PLANET; 3RD THE INCIDENT)
19 RIVERSIDE - Anno Domini High Definition (2ND SECOND LIFE SYNDROME; 3RD RAPID EYE MOVEMENT)
20 CARAVAN - IN THE LAND OF GREY AND PINK (2ND FOR GIRLS WHO GROW PLUM IN THE NIGHT; 3RD AND THE NEW SYMPHONIA)