A Bunch Of Prog Bands
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Topic: A Bunch Of Prog Bands
Posted By: GabrielGenesis
Subject: A Bunch Of Prog Bands
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 17:43
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Some of my favorite prog bands are Yes,Genesis,Camel,Gentle Giant,
Nektar, and Eloy. I don't have any of the bands in the poll. So who would you recmmend? |
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 17:46
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Caravan is my recommendation. I'd recommend starting off with In the Land of Grey and Pink, then if you like that to move forward and backwards. I have and enjoy everything from their second album through Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night, plus Live at the Fairfield Halls. Any of them are recommended.
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 17:48
http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=243477 - http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=243477  ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 17:51
I would go with IZZ first. From what I've heard from this massive list, most of them are very good though -Jeff ------------- 
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 18:01
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Let me be the first to say Happy the Man, fantastic chill, mostly instrumental prog from the late 70's. And American, no less. But if you haven't yet (for any of these), I think Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, Transatlantic, Echolyn, Frost*, and Rocket Scientists would suit your tastes too. At least many of them. Great modern symphonic prog.
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Posted By: Todd
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 18:26
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GROBSCHNITT!!! There are several on this list that I would recommend (particularly ANYONE'S DAUGHTER, IZZ, CARAVAN, HAPPY THE MAN, CITIZEN CAIN), but GROBSCHNITT successfully blends the styles of the bands you've mentioned, especially the symphonic melodies of YES and some of the spacey atmosphere of ELOY. I think their best albums are "Rockpommel's Land" and "Solar Music Live." ------------- "I have seen the broken sky turn blue." http://gnosis2000.net/ratertodd.shtml" rel="nofollow - My Gnosis Ratings |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 18:27
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The very first Rousseau album is an old and dear prog friend. Love it.
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 20:15
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I'm sure you'll get around to Caravan eventually anyway so I'm going to go ahead and suggest Grobschnitt, very underrated -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: October 12 2009 at 20:43
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Caravan for me stands out above the rest. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 00:36
| Great list , my choose are: Happy the Man - Crafty hands - 1978, their second album, is brilliant, one of my fav albums ever, Rousseau - Retreat - 1983 and Square the circle - 1987, and for newer bands Izz any album. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 02:09
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Caravan can't go wrong. It gets my vote.
But I think you can also give Grobschnitt, Izz or Satellite a try.. ------------- 
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Posted By: zbida
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 02:23
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Caravan, with no doubt. Fantastic group, superb music.
Besides, I strongly recommend Happy The Man - very intelligent instrumental music from 70's USA band; especially - their best (IMO) album 'Crafty Hands'.
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Posted By: ozzy_tom
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 02:32
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I don't know all of these bands but my favorite from this list is of course: "The Nice" (first band of my favorite keyboardist - Keith Emerson). But I don't know if you'll like them becasue you didn'y mention ELP in your favorite bands list. Refugee is The Nice after replacing Emerson with Moraz. Also very good band (sadly only one album). Caravan - first three albums are fantastic.
Visible Wind - only last two albums have good old-school sound. Recommended. -------------  
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Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 02:41
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I see most people have recommended Caravan. For something slightly different I would go for Grobschnitt and Anyone's Daughter - both highly recommended listens. ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 04:52
| According to your list, Caravan could be most interesting for you ( to be honest, I don't know all names from your list). And The Nice is the second. |
Posted By: theBox
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 05:52
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If you are a GENESIS fan then you should IMMEDIATELY check out CITIZEN CAIN's "Somewhere but Yesterday". It's the best genesis clone out there (and believe me, I've heard A LOT of G clones....). Another album you need to check out from your list is HAPPY THE MAN's "Crafty Hands". It's instrumental (moslty), highly complex and (to my ears) somewhat Gentle Giant influenced. ------------- |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 10:54
| Caravan |
Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 14:07
| I would have liked to see how far The Nice could have taken it. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 14:53
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Here's what I find a little funny about this poll. Most (not all) people will probably view the authors "Fave" list and suggest a band that they think most closely resembles those bands. My suggestion would be to go 180deg in the other direction. Ok, maybe 90deg. For me the idea is to keep stretching the window of bands I like. And to do that you need to take risks. Have you ever listened to Harry Partch, Djam Karet, After Crying or Thomas Dolby? Each of these is a great opportunity to experience unique music but sound nothing like the bands you list. After 40 years of listening to and acquiring all kinds of music, I still to this day find bands that I like that sound nothing like the bands that I like. Happy hunting. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: el dingo
Date Posted: October 13 2009 at 18:02
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Caravan by a country mile ------------- It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough. |
Posted By: Fogon the Tyne
Date Posted: October 14 2009 at 04:03
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Caravan indeed great band jade warrior may be worth a listen as well ------------- I have become comfortably numb |
Posted By: GentleGiant
Date Posted: October 14 2009 at 04:35
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All from the list ------------- BeGiantForADay "This British band is just the cup of tea for aficionados who demand virtuosity,progress and originality in their mix." http://rateyourmusic.com/~GentleG |