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Joined: January 15 2013
Location: Oregon, USA
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Posted: April 01 2013 at 01:56
I'm 23. I've heard of nearly every band listed on the provided list, but Focus is the only one I've actually checked out to any extent, and with much pleasure. I've also heard Manfred Mann's and Procol Harum's popular songs on the radio, but nothing aside from those.
I'm still pretty new to the prog scene. It doesn't mean I will never check these bands out, as I probably will sooner or later for some. As far as the classic prog acts go, I haven't even checked out everything from the Big 7 (Rush included). Part of it is that I don't limit myself to prog. I've begun exploring other types of music as well. There's just so much music to check out and so little time to listen to it. You can hardly fault one for not knowing all the classics, especially when trying to keep up with the modern and in-between eras as well. I do believe you are not trying to do that though.
Ok folks now for the mother ship list. Here is a similar list with many
of the same bands from the first list but a bit more comprehensive. This
one is strictly seventies(since it was initially intended for a local
radio station who does an only seventies prog show once a year). Have
at it(I almost feel like I'm unleashing steak to a bunch of hungry
sharks. ;) ). Many of these bands are pretty essential for the serious
prog collector imo(your mileage may vary).
PFM - excellent Banco - excellent Le Orme - excellent but inconsistent King Crimson - even when not brilliant, always interesting Gentle Giant - good, but often disappear up their own backsides re complexity Hawkwind - cosmiche hippy w.a.n.k. Kraan - ok but noodly Can - excellent but inconsistent Amon Duul II - intermittently excellent Ash Ra Tempel - poor man's cosmiche hippy w.a.n.k Eloy - ok but samey The Strawbs - mediocre folk Nektar - good but uneven Alan Parson's Project - s.h.i.t.e. Greenslade - excellent England - ok but a tad derivative Flash (Yes offshoot band featuring Peter Banks) - never heard Fruupp - mediocre Finch - excellent Supersister - excellent Focus - excellent Kayak (another Dutch band) - never heard Wigwam (Finnish band) - never heard Magma - good but a tad overwrought in places Ange - good but uneven Clearlight - never heard Gong - (apart from the airborne tea pot c.r.a.p) good Van der Graaf Generator - brilliant Chicago- brass rawk s.h.i.t.e. Kansas - ok, borderline pomp Happy the Man - brilliant Crack the Sky - never heard Fireballet - make Yes tribute bands sound original Camel - good but often bland Caravan - ok National Health - excellent Hatfield and the North - excellent Renaissance - good Soft Machine - ok Kraftwerk - robotic mechanical s.h.i.t.e. (and deliberate, go figure) Tangerine Dream - stoned German hippys I once saw in concert, none of them appeared to move (ever) Rush - good FM - never heard but Nash the Slash was in them I think? Harmonium - ok but bland Far East Family Band - never heard Ambrosia - never heard Journey - saw them live and lived to regret it - s.h.i.t.e. Frank Zappa- good
Just as a point of interest/debate - why do you assume that Prog's
longevity is best served by 'serious prog collectors'? Ain't those the guys who kill the butterflys in jars? Most of us come
to PA to seek out interesting and adventurous music irrespective of what
preceded it or followed on. We don't want to become curators in a
museum do we?
Joined: February 10 2010
Location: Barcelona Spain
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Posted: April 01 2013 at 04:26
Discovering and learning to know music takes time and trial and error. It's only normal if some younger prog fans did not discover some or many of these bands yet, I'm 46 and I am only vaguely familiar with several of them.
They will discover them eventually if they want to, no worries.
I don't think younger proggers (or older ones for what matters) should give any priority to buying a 70's Greenslade album to buying Big Big Train's English Electric or the latest Glass Hammer album. There's a time for everything.
Joined: November 29 2006
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Posted: April 01 2013 at 04:45
I know what you mean Prog Traveller, I believe most people getting into prog these days are doing so via modern bands, simply because they have bigger coverage for their music and are easier to find. Of course the road to getting into more famous 70's bands from there is short, thanks to sites like this.
Happily I know all the bands from your list and like most of 'em, but sadly I can come up with even a more obscure list.
About 90% of my music are 70's bands, I found out about modern prog after I got into 70's prog and I was so glad the torch have passed.
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Posted: April 01 2013 at 05:10
I think that the OP is trolling us: I never heard of any the bands he's talking and most of the names he wrote sound so phoney that I think he just made them up.
Joined: October 31 2006
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Posted: April 01 2013 at 05:17
CPicard wrote:
I think that the OP is trolling us: I never heard of any the bands he's talking and most of the names he wrote sound so phoney that I think he just made them up.
Never heard the Nice ? Manfred Mann ? Banco del Mutuo Soccorso ? Renaissance ?
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Joined: May 13 2007
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Posted: April 01 2013 at 05:20
octopus-4 wrote:
CPicard wrote:
I think that the OP is trolling us: I never heard of any the bands he's talking and most of the names he wrote sound so phoney that I think he just made them up.
Never heard the Nice ? Manfred Mann ? Banco del Mutuo Soccorso ? Renaissance ?
Joined: July 02 2008
Location: Australia
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Posted: April 01 2013 at 05:39
Prog_Traveller wrote:
With all the younger music fans getting into prog these days it seems that many of them are forgetting about some of the important but lesser known older bands. Sure they know about Yes, ELP, PF, KC, Genesis and a few others but it seems some of them have gone under the radar. I'm not even sure how familiar most younger fans are with Gentle Giant. With all the new stuff that comes out or gets discussed it's easy to get sidetracked by prog bands from the past ten to fifteen years or so and forget about the older ones.
So I'm wondering if you feel these bands have been neglected. I'll list about twenty or so. Also, if you are under 40 please state that too(if you want) so I know you weren't into these bands 20 plus years ago.
These are just some bands off the top of my head:
Nektar Barclay James Harvest Triumvirat Twelfth Night (from the 80's) Mastermind (90's band) Mannfred Mann's earth band The Nice (one of the founders of prog imo) Procol Harum The Strawbs Banco (del mutuo soccorso) Eloy Starcastle Happy the Man Crack the Sky (more art rockish) Focus Argent Renaissance Gong Supersister Clearlight (French band) Finch Ange Rare Bird Captain Beyond Cathedral (US band that did Stained Glass Stories) Atomic Rooster Colosseum Greenslade Cast (90's band from Mexico) FM Just about any seventies Italian band Just about any seventies French band Heck just about any seventies band from any country other than England.
Please add any band you feel is significant but overlooked from around 1967 or so up to the 90's. The 90's or 80's could be another thread entirely. The point is to not have them be too recent.
I saw Nektar mentioned on another prog site and it got me thinking. If Nektar aren't mentioned much in prog circles(especially these days)then probably most older bands aren't. With all the newer stuff coming out it seems that most prog fans especially younger ones get caught up in the flavor of the week and either forget about or don't bother searching out long lost classics or bands that maybe sang in a foreign language. Lots of good stuff out there pre 2000, pre 1990 and of course pre 1980.
all the bands in the list exist so this cant be an April Fools joke. more about suggesting we havent heard of any of em
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Posted: April 01 2013 at 06:00
AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:
Mastermind? I dont know every band in existence but now I can look em up. So dont get so pent up about someone not knowing an obscure band.
EDIT:
ah, they are from the 1990s... now I can see as that era rarely appeals to me. hardly any reviews either...., still i can download from itunes this and see what they are like. Cheers!
GREAT ALBUM .THEY MADE AN AMAZING COVER VERSION OF ELP
Edited by martinprog77 - April 01 2013 at 06:05
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Joined: October 09 2005
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Posted: April 01 2013 at 06:36
To be honest I think this thread is rather uselss since this is PA, only the complete newbies or those reluctant to explore 70's music will be unfamilier with the majority of bands listed in the OP, regardless of age. It also sounds from the tone of that OP like Prog_Traveller has a problem with people listening to modern prog, or that it's some how inferior to the classics.
For the record I'm 27 with a collection of nearly a 1000 albums, with somewhere between a quarter and a third of which are all from the 70's. Not really surprising since I joined the site a week after I turned 20.
Joined: June 04 2012
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Posted: April 01 2013 at 08:18
CPicard wrote:
I think that the OP is trolling us: I never heard of any the bands he's talking and most of the names he wrote sound so phoney that I think he just made them up.
But mon Capitaine, ALL band names have been made up? by someone? at some point?
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