Fave Prog Band On The Radio?
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Topic: Fave Prog Band On The Radio?
Posted By: presdoug
Subject: Fave Prog Band On The Radio?
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 11:49
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There have, of course, been threads before on what your favourite prog band is, but I'd thought I'd start one on the relationship between your favourite prog band, and the radio stations you have listened to. Have you actually heard your favourite prog artist on the radio? If so, did radio exposure play a role in your liking of that artist? Or did the radio not really have anything to do with developing an interest in the artist? As you know, with the advent of the internet, youtube, etc. the dynamic between artist to the radio has altered, but what about before all that? But it is also true that there are currently some really cool radio stations playing progressive rock of all types out there. My favourite band is seventies, German, Symphonic Prog artist Triumvirat, and to be honest, in my 52 years on this earth, I have never heard them on the radio. I guess it's not surprising, as I did not discover the band until several years after they had split in 1980, and it had been years before that, that there was some radio exposure for the band in North America, where I'm from (mainly in the mid seventies period, during the focus on their best selling albums Illusions On A Double Dimple and Spartacus) |
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 12:26
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Never heard anything like Can and Magma or any RIO on commercial radio, but I'm pretty sure my first intro to Rush and Supertramp came thru radio play, in the early 80s when both bands were at a commercial and arguably artistic peak. And I bought my first Zappa record as a result of hearing "Valley Girl" on the radio, though I was aware of his stuff already via my dad's records. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 12:30
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Back in the seventies, I heard all of the 'popular' prog bands on the radio in the U.S. However, I still had to go 'underground' to hear groups like Can, Neu!, and Tangerine Dream. Forget about Canterbury. I had no idea that genre existed until I lived for a brief time in the U.K.
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 14:34
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In Rome (Italy) there's a radio that sometimes sends good stuff on air. Recently I've lestened to Kaipa, John de Leo and Cardiacs other than some of the prog dynosaurus like Genesis, Floyd, Jethro Tull and so on. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 14:45
I did, once in the evening in my car, coming home from a meeting (a long piece of Spartacus). We're lucky in Belgium to have the radio station Classic 21 (from the French speaking part of the country, but you can receive it in most of Belgium), which features some good prog from time to time. I don't have a fave prog radio band, but I love it when I drive in my car and suddenly I hear a band like Triumvirat coming by.
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presdoug wrote:Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 15:01
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 15:15
Other than the poppiers tracks of Floyd, Genesis and Yes, not much: before I found this site the only Yes song I knew was 'Owner...' and 'Invisible Touch' from Genesis  There is a weekly classic radio show that plays some Prog occasionally, they played Atomic Rooster on one of the last I heard  'Old Loves Die Hard' from Triumvirat was a big success here, did you know 'Panic on Fifth Avenue' was used as a TV news intro?  |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 15:31
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 16:38
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^ It's a shame I can't find a video of the intro anywhere. It's odd that they were successful here, but it can be explained by how late Prog arrived here, some say that the two sold out concerts of Genesis in 1975 were the beginning of the brief Prog movement |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 19:22
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When I was a kid (1971 onwards), there were tons of prog singles played on Chicago AM radio, including Yes "Roundabout," Flash "Small Beginnings," ELP "From the Beginning," Pink Floyd "Money" etc. I always got a special kick from hearing "Hocus Pocus" by Focus, which was a huge hit in this town! It was great to hear Jan Akerman blazing away on his Les Paul! I was fortunate to see them in concert in 1972 with two other bands (Foghat and Hookfoot). A good time was had by all!
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 20:13
It was so cool that even AM played real progressive rock.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 20:30
| Do they play Prog bands on the radio ?? |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 20:43
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I heard Genesis on the radio in the early 70s, late 70s, 80s. I heard them outside of radio directly from records. I heard about them from conversation. I was aware of them from so many different points of contact that it's hard for me to characterize what got them to the forefront of my attention. My interest in solo Hackett then followed from that. Tull was a group I definitely got into from radio play. My interest in Tull also converged with similar interest from friends. |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: January 17 2015 at 20:47
Classic rock stations do. I've heard these on the Toronto one, what's it called...Q107?: 2112 (whole thing) Dogs (whole thing) Echoes (whole thing) Tarkus (whole thing) Supper's Ready (whole thing) Close To The Edge (whole thing) TAAB (Part 1) Don't Eat That Yellow Snow suite as well as stuff like: Hocus Pocus YYZ Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein"  I've heard non-classic rock stations play songs by Tool and TMV. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: January 18 2015 at 01:02
Hi Doug! "Illusions on a Double Dimple" had frequent airplay on US college FM stations and some of the AOR stations, and "Spartacus" was also heard. Our university station in Champaign, Illinois played a ton of prog rock, and helped to launch the local band Starcastle! Those were great days, my friend! To my knowledge, Triumvirat did not generate an AM radio single. Pity, it would have been very popular!
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: January 18 2015 at 02:40
| There was a special on King Crimson I heard on a college station that usually plays smooth jazz. It was a trip to hear "Sailor's Tale" blasting on mainstream radio. I wonder how many scared and confused calls they got that day. This particular show is always all about somewhat esoteric stuff and a lot of classic rock, but that was almost certainly the longest block of out there music they ever played. |
Posted By: ProgBob
Date Posted: January 18 2015 at 04:22
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I think my first ever posting to this site was a result of my hearing Magma's MDK on the radio (probably 5 or 6 years ago). I was so blown away by it that I went and ordered the 10CD box set that was out at the time and then posted here for some reassurance that what I had done wasn't too crazy. Anyway the rest is history - they one of my absolute favourite bands now. For the record, the radio programme is called the Freak Zone. It's on BBC 6 Music on a Sunday evening and it has introduced me lots of great music. ------------- Bob |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: January 18 2015 at 04:26
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: January 18 2015 at 04:53
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I wouldn't know since I stopped listening to the radio on purpose about 30 years ago. I'm sure Yes, Rush, Supertramp and maybe the big 3 ELP singles get played. I did accidently hear a public radio station promo-ing Prog fest 99 and played a sample of most of the bands (including Magma, Bondage Fruit, Gong and Brand X). But until Taylor Swift goes prog, I wouldn't count on anything beyond the cookie cutters boundaries. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: January 19 2015 at 00:48
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 19 2015 at 01:21
| British Radio had Alan ''Fluff'' Freeman in the seventies. He was given the Saturday afternoon slot to play what he wanted and he played prog. However I did hear ELP played during the day on odd occasions before Fanfare For The Common Man went 'big'. In the late seventies/ early eighties I listened to Radio Caroline as they played a lot of prog rock. After they stopped it was mainly the Friday Rock Show. Nowadays its Darren Redick on Planet rock radio for an hour a week but his knowledge of prog is not great and I've tried (without any luck) to get him to play Par Lindh Project. However he does play Sound Of Contact and Frost* which is something at least. |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: January 19 2015 at 01:27
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The songs from Supetramp's Breakfast In America were often played here at radio and I loved it. I love entire Breakfast In America LP, it's a great crossover prog album that not sound dated even today.
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Posted By: twalsh
Date Posted: January 19 2015 at 09:33
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I got sick of the classic rock stations years ago here. They were too repetitive and did not dig beyond radio-friendly prog- lite in recent years. I now listen to an indie rock station that is tolerable on occasion, but the only things resembling prog are some radio friendly Muse or Radiohead. I don't much like our modern rock station, but at least they play Tool sometimes. ------------- More heavy prog, please! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 19 2015 at 13:20
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Well, my favourite prog band is Genesis so yes, in the 80's they were played to death on the radio, even in the daytime, until the BBC decided to revamp Radio 1 and cease playing anything by anyone over 35 years of age. But by then I guess Genesis were a middle aged pop group, and were confined to Horlicks FM... Seriously though, the BBC Radio 1 did have a very good rock show on Friday nights in the 80's and that's where I heard most bands, prog or otherwise and was a major factor in me becoming a rock fan period. Mr Tommy Vance would regularly play Rush, Yes, Genesis, Marillion and all matter of metal too. He used to play full concerts. I remember hearing a Genesis concert from 1973 ( I think) as well as their 1978 Knebworth set. He also played an excellent Yes concert from 1978. I seem to remember he also had Theme 1 by VDGG as a jingle. Good days. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 19 2015 at 15:00
It was actually the brilliant Genesis Lyceum gig from the Duke tour 1979 (or 80) , still one of the most impressive live concerts I've ever heard. Yep good ole 'TV on The Radio', remember the Friday Night Connection? Never guessed any of them |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: January 20 2015 at 00:12
Yea, I never got any of those connections. My knoweldge of music was pretty limited though. He did play the Knebworth show, I'm prety sure. I remember taping it, then losing the tape then buying the bootleg years later and enjoying hearing it again. He also used Take it off the top by Dixie Dreggs as background music. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: January 20 2015 at 00:38
I heard my first 'Prog' on Alan Freeman's 3pm Saturday BBC Radio One show during the 70's. Greetings Music Lovers, Not 'arf ------------- 
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: January 20 2015 at 09:21
Might want to take a read of the thread on Space Pirate Radio.
CAN, AMON DUUL 2, VdGG were probably the most played of all! I think that Guy ended up getting a 2nd or 3rd copies and I had to get 2nd copies for sure!
There were too many others also played, to be mentioned ... that no one here, will EVER hear on commercial radio! And we already know that Sirius/BS is not interested in real music or art! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: thwok
Date Posted: January 24 2015 at 08:46
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I live in Peoria, which is smack dab in the middle of Illinois. The only prog you're likely to hear on FM radio (discounting prog-related and crossover) is Tool and Yes from 90125 or earlier. I found King Crimson, my favorite band, because the best rock station in Chicago used to play Elephant Talk often! ------------- I am the funkiest man on the planet! |
Posted By: zwordser
Date Posted: February 27 2015 at 15:03
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Not so much 25-30 years ago when I was teenager, even though classic rock stations played limited hit songs by Rush, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Yes, Genesis, and ELP. Rush became my fave prog band at the time, somewhat from radio, but mostly by influence of friends who were Rush fans. More recently (10-15 years ago) i started listening to internet radio (esp AOL Progressive station), which introduced me to many bands, but esp. Rennaissance, which I had never heard before: and for a time Rennaissance became my fave. Commercial radio in general isn't very good to/for prog. When I went on air at a community station with a prog rock show, my purpose was to expose the wider public to some of the amazing music that they just couldn't hear anywhere else. My time slot was late, and I didn't end up having a big audience, but I was complimented by most of my 3 listeners for my music selections  ..------------- Z |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: February 27 2015 at 17:08
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By coincidence I've been listening to it: Steve Hackett's "The Red Flowers of Tachai Blooms Everywhere". I was "zapping" through radio stations and suddenly found this music playing - literally amazed by this brief but insightful mind blowing music!.., thanks to this station (extinted obviously) I set myself in an endless hunting for the Hackett's LPs. And when then I finally found Spectral Mornings I was the happiest man in the world, frequently came back there just to see it again, even if I couldn't afford to by it from that fascinating biggest and expensive shop in copacabana, the lyrics right there blew my imagination as well as Hackett's photo with his guitar, in the inside cover. Unfortunately the store was extint when I finally had the money to buy the album of my dreams. After yearning fot it for about 10 years I was prized at last to ordering the album at an imported CD titles shop in downtown, during my lunch break in a hot summer day. Just a couple of weeks later I could put my hands on this GREAT ALBUM! What a realization!... -------------  "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: tricksiebzehn
Date Posted: February 27 2015 at 17:30
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This thread somehow shows me that I'm really to young for the prog era and therefor never had the chance to hear it in the radio The only group that was introduced to me through radio was Santana, they played mostly new stuff by them (I should rather call Santana "him", because the real Santana split up long time ago...) but from time to time, they played a track from the very first album. Nowadays, I rarely listen to any radio, because a good jazz/world/prog station is as good as non-existent where I live... But I'm glad I found so many really good and rare music with last.fm and PA And streaming services like Spotify makes it so easy to immediately listen to new stuff.------------- http://www.last.fm/user/tricksiebzehn" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: February 27 2015 at 18:17
| When I was a teenager in NYC in the early to mid seventies, Yes, ELP, Genesis, etc. all were frequently played on the two FM stations I used to listen to. I had no idea it was progressive rock (I was 13 or 14 at the time), I just liked the music. Still do. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 28 2015 at 11:21
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Hi,
I was thinking of a list, but it would be endless, in the case of Guy Guden's Space Pirate Radio ... and there isn't a thing that you can mention that was 'foreign" or an "import" that he did not play in my 8 years in Santa Barbara listening to it, and his 16 or more years on the air playing all of these things ... and it goes all the way back to the very unusual and off the wall stuff, not just the bigger names in the progressive and import areas.
It's a shame that many here, have no idea, or have EVER heard anything like it ... because it was special and then some. Again, check out the emotional depth and comments on the thread elsewhere in this board, if you don't believe me ... and i wish that others were able to do something like it, but the closest I have found is on Live365, and that's crap! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Guy Guden
Date Posted: March 01 2015 at 04:42
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Thank you Pedro for the saludos de progresso con radio estrella musica, or something similar, without hat. Seriously though, it is amazing to think that 41 years ago, and then onward to 2002, I could play, on COMMERCIAL RADIO, six hours of COMMERCIAL-FREE music, 8 tenths of what is listed on this board, that was released during those years. The '70s, '80s, '90s and Double O's had their share of problems, but when I look back and listen to what we were able to 'get away with' on the air then, compared to today... well, it seems unreal. Like going from the Enlightenment to the Dark Ages. The new music is as great as ever, and I would love to segue things I bought this year with things from decades past. Oh, those cursed Corporate Overlords! :)X. Like John Cassavetes said in Paul Mazursky's TEMPEST (1982): "Show me the Magick." Radio had that Magick. And LIVE radio at that. Happy Guides of March!
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