Bands strongly influenced by Pink Floyd
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Topic: Bands strongly influenced by Pink Floyd
Posted By: Barry L
Subject: Bands strongly influenced by Pink Floyd
Date Posted: November 15 2016 at 10:11
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Pink Floyd are undoubtedly the Godfathers of Prog. The quality of their music and instrumentation in my opinion is unsurpassable. Alas, they are no more due to the tragic loss of Richard Wright a few years ago. David Gilmour is still the amazing guitarist as ever, as witnessed at the '15 & '16 Royal Albert Hall gigs. So, the question is, which groups are going to continue in the same style, ie. glorious keyboard orientated melodies and songs with mesmerizing guitar interplay and lots of instrumental passages. Early Porcupine Tree and RPWL were big contenders. But nowadays I would strongly recommend a Norwegian group called Airbag. Start with their 1st album 'Identity' and work your way forward from there. I guarantee you will love them. I discovered a Swiss group about 7-8 years ago called Metamorphosis and I was amazed at the strong Floyd influence. Excellent stuff. Anyone else got any undiscovered gems? Cheers. Barry L. |
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Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: November 15 2016 at 10:44
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Have a read through http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=77868&KW=pink+floyd" rel="nofollow - this thread ; you're bound to find plenty of artists to enjoy. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: November 15 2016 at 10:45
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Hi. I'm not agree with you about some of your points. I just want to recommend you some bands that " Influenced by PF ". Cosmos , Eris Pluvia's 2016 "Different Earths" Album , RPWL , Poor Genetic Material , Quidam , Preacher 2014 Album (Signals) , Airbag , Mostly Autumn , ... |
Posted By: Terrapin Station
Date Posted: November 17 2016 at 15:23
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Pretty much the entire post-rock scene for one. |
Posted By: PH
Date Posted: November 22 2016 at 04:14
Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjTOa--yQ2M
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Barry L wrote:Posted By: Aled91
Date Posted: December 05 2016 at 01:13
| Check out the Italian band Il Rumore Bianco or La Coscienza di Zeno |
Posted By: Hennereg
Date Posted: December 05 2016 at 06:51
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There's coming some interesting stuff from Scandinavia that seems most of all to be inspired by Pink Floyd. For example the young band http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5364" rel="nofollow - Porcelain Moon . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjothI807gs" rel="nofollow - Here 's a song from youtube. |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: December 05 2016 at 16:52
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Early Porcupine Tree. And, 1989 "Crack the Sky" album "From the Greenhouse"
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Posted By: PhideauxFan
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 04:08
Porcupine Tree, Airbag, RPWL, Solar Project, Days Between Stations ...  |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 10:44
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Eloy (particularly late 70's and possibly a bit beyond) RPWL (they even started out as a Floyd tribute band) Porcupine Tree (mainly just their earlier 90's albums that are reminiscent of early Floyd) Also, probably just about any slow ambient sounding band especially those with Gilmoresque guitar. If we said bands who sound like PF or are similiar there are a few others I might add like Nektar(who were more or less contemporaneous with PF). |
Posted By: noni
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 11:14
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Aperco - The Battle This came out early this year and is very strong in Camel/Pink Floyd influences.. Highly recommended album. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 12:39
Interesting choices. Yes Eris Pluvia is sounding more like Floyd all the time, unfortunately IMO. Poor Genetic Material has a wide range of influences and the more ambient side of Floyd is heard on their latest rather good album "Absence"
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 15:39
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how about the Far East Family Band? -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: HosiannaMantra
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 15:58
| Omega, especially albums Idorablo, Csillagok Utjan & Gammapolisz. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 06 2016 at 16:56
My guess is that they are like Eloy in the sense that they may have been influenced by them but it's hard to say since they were around "back then."
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 13:34
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Pink Floyd's one of Motorpsycho's many different inspirations. Not sure on which albums they sound most like'em, but I'd say check out Let Them Eat Cake (think early psych Floyd with a pop twist) and the EP from this year's tour, Here Be Monsters Vol. 2 (I'm hearing a strong resemblance to "Echoes" here).
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Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: December 09 2016 at 17:54
I second this. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: ehab
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 00:09
| Please try Future Kings of England and Also Vespero |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 01:47
| I hear Pink Floyd in Jambinai. Older ones Nektar first album sounded really much Pink Floyd at the sixties. i think at first in Amon Düül II they wanted to make same kind of music as Pink Floyd. |
Posted By: awaken77
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 02:14
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PF are one of the founders of the genre, so there is an influence in many of modern prog bands |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: January 04 2018 at 02:23
I'll say it thrice! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 18:18
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Airbag, Mostly Autumn, RPWL and even PT/Steven Wilson ('Time Flies' anyone - before he decided Abba was the way forward! (Only joking......honestly!)) ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |