Have these bands been forgotten by most prog fans?

I prefer the pre digital era Prog because I know for a fact the artists were actually playing the music.  If I even suspect that the bands or artist has been copy and pasting sound files, using someone elses samples or digitally altering the timing of the rhythm tracks.. it goes right into the trash can.  Why? Because they are not playing it.

There are kids releasing songs now on itunes that have never even held an instrument.  It's become silly and I won't support it.  You support that "Apple Garage Band" stuff, not me.

Surrealist wrote: I prefer the pre digital era Prog because I know for a fact the artists were actually playing the music.  If I even suspect that the bands or artist has been copy and pasting sound files, using someone elses samples or digitally altering the timing of the rhythm tracks.. it goes right into the trash can.  Why? Because they are not playing it. There are kids releasing songs now on itunes that have never even held an instrument.  It's become silly and I won't support it.  You support that "Apple Garage Band" stuff, not me.

Surrealist wrote: I prefer the pre digital era Prog because I know for a fact the artists were actually playing the music.  If I even suspect that the bands or artist has been copy and pasting sound files, using someone elses samples or digitally altering the timing of the rhythm tracks.. it goes right into the trash can.  Why? Because they are not playing it. There are kids releasing songs now on itunes that have never even held an instrument.  It's become silly and I won't support it.  You support that "Apple Garage Band" stuff, not me.

Frankly, I suspect that most of the 70's Prog artists were also a fraud: there's a reason for the Beatles to stop performing live. There's a reason for Pink Floyd using synthesizers and effects or Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson using electric keyboards instead of true pianos.
And don't start me about Fripp and its "Frippertronics", another proof that Prog artists are nothing but conmen and swindlers!!!

No.  Never heard of any of them.  Umm hang on um .......

I'm (18)some older bands(slightly lesser known) I like although still pretty well known include : soft machine, camel, mahavishnu orchestra, jean luc ponty, magma, caravan, gentle giant, mothers of invention, eloy, and gong. that being said i don't a fair amount of the bands on the list you've posted 

Snow Dog wrote: CPicard wrote: Surrealist wrote: I prefer the pre digital era Prog because I know for a fact the artists were actually playing the music.  If I even suspect that the bands or artist has been copy and pasting sound files, using someone elses samples or digitally altering the timing of the rhythm tracks.. it goes right into the trash can.  Why? Because they are not playing it. There are kids releasing songs now on itunes that have never even held an instrument.  It's become silly and I won't support it.  You support that "Apple Garage Band" stuff, not me. Frankly, I suspect that most of the 70's Prog artists were also a fraud: there's a reason for the Beatles to stop performing live. There's a reason for Pink Floyd using synthesizers and effects or Rick Wakeman or Keith Emerson using electric keyboards instead of true pianos. And don't start me about Fripp and its "Frippertronics", another proof that Prog artists are nothing but conmen and swindlers!!! Why, those fakers!!!!

Pft! It's not exactly news - I have listened to Yessongs and Exit...Stage Left several times and I'm convinced they are recordings, perhaps I'm not using the right equipment but when I get the black plastic thing out of the paper sleeve thing the neither Yes nor Rush appear in my living room to give a live performance of the songs listed on the back of the cardboard thing. Fraudulent advertising to say the least.

lucas wrote: None of the bands cited are forgotten, anyone into prog has heard of them. There are other bands/artists that recorded some fantastic music but that don't have that much echo those days : Steel Mill Castle Canyon Narita Rhesus O Sacros Fort Mudge Memorial Dump Eishtlinn Bergendy Piramis Games Tamarisk Space Art Aquelarre Mahagon Diana Express Egba Wara The Cosmic Jokers (w/ Klaus Schulze)

^Okay, these ones are really, really obscure - except for the Cosmic Jokers, but I'm not sure this project was the best thing from Germany (at least, the musicians involved in it don't sound very enthusiastic about it).

This was not an April fool's joke folks. But maybe the  joke is on me. 

Mind if I contribute some bands wholly unmentioned so far?

Fields (Greenslade for children)
Arzachel (It's Egg with whatshisname)
Gotic (Spanish Flamenco Folk)
Buon Vecchio Charlie (RPI, and damn good too.)
If (Chicago from the UK)
Iceberg (Spanish Mahavishnu)
Isotope (Gary Boyle's fusion group)
Jukka Tolonen (Jazz rock from Sweden. Or Norway. Perhaps Findland. Maybe even Denmark.)
Marsupilami (Pass. But it's good.)
Murple (Penguin obsessed Italian stuff)
Paladin (A bit like Colosseum, less keyboards though.)
Solution (Mix Supersister with Caravan and Freddie Mercury.)
Trace (Dutch keyboard abuse)
Yellow Magic Orchestra (Japanese wonderment.)

These bands are all late 60's to late 70's (and drifting into the 80's as well) and really have some fantastic songs to discover, but they're lesser known because their whole albums aren't as solid as the well known ones which is why they're lesser known because people are more likely to have not bothered buying the albums when they first came out.

That's how it works right?

And thumbs up to the person who mentioned Gryphon, they baroque and roll!

Some other overlooked 70s bands which deserve a mention

Dzyan (excellent Krautrock/fusion from Mannheim, Germany)
Brainstorm (brilliant jazz rock from Germany)
Passport (same-band is still going!)
Beggar's Opera ( a cross between Heavy prog and Symphonic)
Quatermass (brilliant overlooked keyboard based trio)
Wallenstein (led by classically trained keys player-great)
Andromeda (great Heavy prog guitar based trio)


Edited by presdoug - April 01 2013 at 15:32