70's Little Known American Prog Bands |
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The.Crimson.King
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Topic: 70's Little Known American Prog Bands Posted: June 19 2013 at 19:53 |
Sometimes you have to dig deep to find treasure. These 70's American prog bands never really made it to the surface but toiled underground releasing at least one album in their brief attempts at prog stardom. In your comments, let us know how you discovered the bands you voted for!
This is a multiple choice poll, so vote for all of these 70's American prog bands that you like.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: June 19 2013 at 20:00 |
Cathedral and Lift are two bands I picked up from Syn-Phonic in the early 90s, just as the prog reawakening was starting to occur. Two bands that sounded a lot like Yes (Cathedral more like Relayer, Lift more like early Yes), both a good listen.
I've never really given Yezda Urfa, Mirthrandir or Starcastle much of a listen, though I am aware of them and have a faint familiarity with them. Not enough to vote for them though.
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 19 2013 at 20:13 |
Urfa magnificent, Pentwater highly under-appreciated, but Cartoon is my write-in vote (technically 1980 but close enough). What I wonder about is all the US '70s prog bands we don't know about. Yet.
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Wanorak
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Posted: June 19 2013 at 20:17 |
Cathedral for me.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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HolyMoly
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Posted: June 19 2013 at 20:17 |
I'm also going to write in GRITS, a DC-area band that was contemporaries of the Muffins. They had a very strong Canterbury/Zappa feel to them. I've reviewed both of their albums on PA. They actually never produced an album during their lifetime (mid 70s roughly), but they had a good crop of studio recordings which were later released on Cuneiform CD as "As the World Grits" -- an album I love.
Edited by HolyMoly - June 19 2013 at 20:19 |
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RedNightmareKing
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Posted: June 19 2013 at 20:25 |
Gonna write in Sweet Smoke. A proggy/jazzy outfit, Just a Poke was their pinnacle. Two song album though haha.
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I consider drone metal to be progressive...
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: June 19 2013 at 20:32 |
Definitely Shadowfax.
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: June 19 2013 at 21:05 |
I own albums (vinyl) from the 70/80s by Shadowfax, Starcastle, and Cathedral, and have discovered Yezda Urfa and Babylon only in the past five years. These latter two are my preferred. Surprised Happy the Man, David Sancious, Larry Fast and Pavlov's Dog aren't on the list (all of whom I own albums but have never really enjoyed).
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Drew Fisher
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Knobby
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Posted: June 19 2013 at 21:26 |
You have Cathedral ON ORIG DELTA LABEL vinyl? That is a thousand dollar lp.
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progmatic
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Posted: June 19 2013 at 21:36 |
Voted for Babylon, Fireballet, Starcastle, Shadowfax. Also voted other: Atlantic Philharmonic.
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PROGMATIC
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dr wu23
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Posted: June 19 2013 at 22:00 |
Voted for Cathedral, Babylon, and Mirththrandir....it goes without saying that Happy The Man are great also but are they little known..?
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 19 2013 at 22:43 |
Yezda Urfa
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
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octopus-4
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Posted: June 20 2013 at 02:12 |
I only know Yezda Urfa and Starcastle from the list |
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
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b_olariu
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Posted: June 20 2013 at 02:24 |
Fireballet
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Eria Tarka
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Posted: June 20 2013 at 02:53 |
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Mormegil
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Posted: June 20 2013 at 05:58 |
Shadowfax and Starcastle are the only two on this list that I've heard.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Sagichim
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Posted: June 20 2013 at 06:21 |
My favorite would be Cathedral, but I'll also vote for Mirthrandir and Yezda.
The Other option would include: Ram St. Elmo's Fire Crack The Sky The Muffins However (debut in 81' but I must mention them) Hands The Facedancers Goodthunder I'm sure I'm forgetting a few more... |
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digdug
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Posted: June 20 2013 at 07:10 |
Love Yezda Urfa & Starcastle
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Prog On!
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: June 20 2013 at 07:36 |
Some of my favorite American obscurities:
The Third Estate - two albums and their best song was the very first, good guitar work and interesting lyrics String Cheese - what psych sounded like in Chicago in the early 70s fred - regional band from late 60s, early 70s rediscovered in the 90s Providence - one small album on Moody Blues' label but they had loads of potential Gypsy - Minneapolis band with piles of ambition and some rotten luck. |
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dwill123
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Posted: June 20 2013 at 08:31 |
Fireballet, I knew these guys when they were known as "The Fireball Kids". They were out of New Jersey. I hired them a couple of times to perform at my college and they always put on a spectacular show.
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