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I live near Philadelphia PA which some people think is the prog capital of the world. Trust me folks. It really isn't. ;)

Mike

Wish there was a scene here. Most of my friends give me funny looks when I talk about music. There's been a few good shows around the area and in Detroit over the years, but there really isn't a "scene."

All I really know of is one prog metal band. They're pretty darn good

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Originally posted by Prog_Traveller

I live near Philadelphia PA which some people think is the prog capital of the world. Trust me folks. It really isn't. ;)

Wait what? I've lived in Pittsburgh, PA my whole life and never heard that before. The prog scene here is non existent. In fact my band and my friend's band (we used to be in the same band), are the only prog groups I know of.....and we're not exactly touring a lot.....

Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance.

Only few bands I know from where I live are Taliesin (prog metal) and Aeon of Horus (tech metal), both of which are fantastic. There's probably a few more, although I haven't really looked very hard.

One of my favourite prog bands is from Chicago Approve

No such thing where I live. This town is mostly know as a former Punk-Rock hotbed and the Portuguese capital of Rockabilly.

Bigger on the inside.

Hello all,

There really isn't a prog scene where I am. There was a really cool post-rock band called TO BE A HIGH POWERED EXECUTIVE, but they broke up. I saw them twice (great live band) and they had an awesome CD called WE Don't Want it Safe, We Want it Secret

TO BE A HIGH POWERED EXECUTIVE, please come back!!!!!

Why yes, there is, and it consists of my friend and I playing acoustic guitars in a local bar once a month LOL

There is something oh so satisfying for me to perform a 16 minute long original song (it's actually over 30 minutes, but I had to arrange it for acoustics so half had to be cut altogether) in front of a small audience that is used to hearing classic rock, blue grass, and alt country type stuff. We do a few other originals, most in the 10 minute range, along with some more standard classic rock. We also mix in Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, Flower Kings, and even a song by Aufklarung (look em up on the archives......Italian band with one album from 1994, feature the singer of another obscure Italian band, Asgard). We actually do get a good response, partly because we always have at least half a dozen close friends there to cheer us on (which makes the rest of the people take more notice of us it seems)

But other than that, the music "scene" consists of covers bands mainly playing 80's and 90's hits with the occasional "alternative" type band and some old guys who have managed to eek out a living playing blues and bluegrass type stuff and are staples at the bars around town.

I had a full prog band in college (we did a kind of Rush meets Floyd style, is the best I can describe it......with some ELP bombastic tendencies thrown in). We played maybe 8 gigs, all in houses and apartments. None of the bars or clubs would touch us because we didn't do any well known covers (though we did do 2112 and Echoes Big smile

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I don't think you could get 50 musicians in this city to say that Nirvana isn't the best there ever was. If Seattle has a prog scene, it is, quite literally, underground.