5 Most Preferred Bands To See Live
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Topic: 5 Most Preferred Bands To See Live
Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Subject: 5 Most Preferred Bands To See Live
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 17:08
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At the moment:
1. Magma
2. The Residents
3. Gong (Daevid Allen's Gong)
4. Mike Oldfield
5. Electric Masada
We can only hope for Mike Oldfield...
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 17:13
How can one really know without seeing them before already?  From what I've seen and are currently playing, here are the ones I'd consider essential: Magma Gong Tortoise Jaga Jazzist The Mars Volta (can be awesome, can be not so awesome) |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 17:21
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From what I (haven't) seen live for myself, I'd say...Magma, Gong, Koenjihyakkei, Univers Zero, Korekyojinn.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 17:22
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I like to watch youtube performance clips. This list is subject to change, but these are the first that sprung to mind. Magma Art Zoyd Univers Zero Present Aranis In other words, ones you could see at a RIO festival. I'd really love to see Robert Wyatt perform, but since you asked for a band.... ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 17:41
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From what I've seen/heard on various concert recordings (professional or not), on my wishlist the top ranking are: Sigur Ros (apparently their break is not permanent) The Flaming Lips Koenjihyakkei Russian Circles Three Friends Battles etc. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 18:07
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1. VDGG
2. Three Friends
3. Mastodon (can be god can be BAD) but I would loved to see them live
4. ELP
5. Dream Theater ( have had the chance 4 times but never had the time or money
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 19:38
Jeez man, that's pretty much 4/5 for me I'd ditch Mars Volta, of course, in favour of maybe Jean Louis or Led Bib |
harmonium.ro wrote:Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 20:02
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My wish-list:
Deep Purple (saw them last year, loved it)
Zappa Plays Zappa (I MUST SEE THIS BEFORE I DIE)
The Who (I was going to see them 2 years ago the day of my birthday, but it got cancelled
 )Hiromi Uehara
John McLaughlin or Allan Holdsworth
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 20:05
I saw them, it was pretty awesome. |
Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 20:06
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1. Van Der Graaf Generator 2. King Crimson (Wetton-era, preferably) 3. Kayo Dot 4. Magma 5. Univers Zero
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 20:11
I saw the DVD and I was mind-blowed and a tear or two fell.
I just can't imagine all the fun and enjoyment I would get by seeing them live. I would pay anything to see them.
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 20:24
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I'd maybe consider replacing one of the bands in my list with Geinoh Yamashirogumi.
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 20:28
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The Cranberries The Smashing Pumpkins Pain of Salvation Marillion The Flaming Lips In no order. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: GY!BE
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 21:18
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1. GY!BE 2. Godspeed You! Black Emperor 3. GYBE! 4. Godspee' 5.Godspeed ------------- It is all a dream, a dream in death... |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 04:14
Just 5? That's tough, that is. I'll stick to bands I've never seen live, though I'd love to see The Residents, Faust and Three Friends again. And Cardiacs, obviously, but that's not going to happen.  Magma Everything Everything Cheer-Accident eX-Girl (though they don't seem to be active any more) Anything with Yoshida. |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 08:02
The Cardiacs? Hey, I've seen them. They were supporting Marillion on their Misplaced Childhood tour (I think it was that tour, mid-80s). The crowd absolutely hated them, they were booed and had beer and stuff thrown at them etc. Me? I thought they were great, miles better than Marillion who were really mediocre that night and were well onto their downward spiral by then. The song Is This The Life? by The Cardiacs remains a huge favourite of mine to this day.
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 08:21
Yeah, that support tour is legendary amongst Cardiacs fans. I can see how it wasn't a great match, but that's no excuse for the (reported) behaviour of some of the Marillion fans. Have you heard any of their later stuff? Tim Smith is the greatest composer of his generation, IMO, and I don't use those words lightly. |
Posted By: lensag
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 09:47
the smashing pumpkins - i saw them twice
anathema - I saw them twice
porcupine tree - i saw them once
tool - i saw them twice
(only one smile - because the second concert was almost a repetition of the first one.........)mastodon - i saw them once
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 10:55
I never realised The Cardiacs supported Marillion..  Cant imagine it!
Bands I would like to see, but haven't yet.. Yes (any line up will do, but preferably with Anderson and Wakemen) Genesis Zappa plays Zappa King Crimson Porcupine Tree VDGG (preferably with Mr Jackson on sax) Oops that's six..oh well. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 11:12
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King Crimson (original line-up) Colosseum Hawkwind Jethro Tull Deep Purple Plus Black Sabbath (with Ozzy), Brian Auger Trinity, Comus, Trans Siberian Orchestra, there's so many... Newer bands: Anathema, Touchstone, Haken, Porcupine Tree, Opeth ------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: Tursake
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 11:24
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Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Pain Of Salvation (will see them 2.10), Rush, Pink Floyd ------------- 
Last.fm: TursakeX RYM: Tursake |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 13:44
| King Crimson |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 15:22
I thought this was supposed to be a useful thread, not a place to day-dream  |
Posted By: silcir
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 15:31
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Thinking of today: Alice in Chains VDGG Tool Faith no more Pain of Salvation Thinking of all days: Pink Floyd Genesis ( Peter Gabriel's) Jethro Tull Deep Purple The Doors |
Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 16:07
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Included are bands I've seen and haven't seen (no particular order):
1. Rush (seen)
2. VDGG (haven't seen)
3. King Crimson (LTIA and Red era, haven't seen)
4. Genesis (with PG and Steve, haven't seen)
5. Yes (preferably with Anderson and Wakeman, have seen) ------------- 
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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 16:38
Well prog's supposed to be all about ambition and daring to dream isn't it?  And even if the music failed to match up to the heady heights of 1969 there's always the possibility of an on-stage punch-up between Robert Fripp and Greg Lake!------------- "And now...on the drums...Mick Underwooooooooood!!!" "He's up the pub" |
Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 16:54
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Current lineups: 1. the Decemberists (saw them on the Hazards of Love tour - best concert ever, period!) 2. Bob Dylan 3. Patti Smith (bucket list; want to see her before she dies) 4. Beat Circus 5. Kansas (seen them five times over the years but they are still an old favorite) Historical lineups: 1. Yes circa 1972 (saw 9012Live but it's not the same) 2. Heart (any time in the 70s) 3. Jethro Tull (any time in the early 70s) 4. Nick Drake (any time) 5. Concrete Blonde (any time in the 80s) Fantasy lineups: 1. Proto-Kaw (2006) with Kansas (1975) 2. Val Stoëcklin (1968) with Nick Drake (1972) 3. Yes (1972) with Änglagård (1992) and Carol of Harvest (1978) 4. Heart (1976) with Rod Stewart (1976) and with a wanton woman at my side 5. Jim Carroll (1980) with Dead Kennedys (1985) and Fear (1982) ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: Lizzy
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 17:00
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At the moment: Tull Magma Univers Zero Comus Gary Moore (not a band, but would really like to see him perform live) |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 18:43
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if I could Time Warp (but i can't have I figured)
Gentle Giant
Pink Floyd
Supertramp
Tears for Fears
Toto (with Jeff)
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 19:51
 ... or just any timeIt goes without saying I'd love to see Pink Floyd again, but that's not going to happen now.
I count myself pretty fortunate in having seen most of my favourite artists either at their peak, or just before they hit the big-time. Last thing I want to endure is some band on their "greatest hits" tour.
Of the "old-timers" that I failed to see that I wish I'd seen:
Oddly, three modern bands that I've missed for one reason or another that I really should try and see are:
Pain Of Salvation
Opeth
Porcupine Tree
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Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 19:52
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1. Yes 2. Porcupine Tree 3. Kayo Dot 4. maudlin of the Well 5. Marillion Seen PT and Yes, the other 3 remain fantasies for now. ------------- 
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Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 20:40
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Seen these bands live, all were amazing:
TOOL - 4 times
Russian Circles - 2 times
The Mars Volta - 5 times
ISIS - once, never again( they just broke up )
Rush - 2 times
Radiohead - once, best light show next to Tool
PorcupIne Tree - once, FOABP tour, setlist kicked ass
The Decemberists - Hazards of love tour, Played the whole album
sorry thats more than five
bands i would like see live
Sigur Ros
Battles
Tortoise
Genesis - Classic lineup - never gonna happen
KC
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 22 2010 at 01:10
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Shakti, first and foremost and by several country miles. I wish they would come back for more, when they had come here 9 years back, I was not into fusion unfortunately. After that, Jethro Tull Return to Forever Mahavishnu Orchestra Gentle Giant Am going entirely by concert videos, have never seen any live prog. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 22 2010 at 01:43
| the best 2 bands I've seen live were Russian Circles and Red Sparowes. ZPZ were also cool, as were Scale the Summit and Bigelf (that was PN '09). DT on the other, was lousy on that tour. They played all their crappy "hit" songs |
Posted By: Mr Greeen Genes
Date Posted: August 22 2010 at 16:08
| Zappa Plays Zappa were good the two times I saw them. But I prefer Ed Palermo's Big Band Zappa tribute... |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: August 23 2010 at 14:50
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1. Anything involving Bill Bruford; don't care what group.
2. Yes' Drama lineup (only one since Moraz I never saw).
3. Dixie Dregs.
4. Colosseum or Colosseum II.
5. Liquid Tension Experiment.
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Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: August 24 2010 at 05:55
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Led Zeppelin (I wasn't born yet when they were a going live concern , so it will never happen) The Who (I actually saw them last year!  It was ace!)Porcupine Tree (saw them this year, and it was the best concert I've ever been to. Screw the haters) Iron Maiden (Missed out on them last time they toured down here in Australia, but they're coming down again soon) Black Sabbath (the original Ozzy line up. See my entry for Led Zep. Although, the guys are all still here. It can still happen!) ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: August 24 2010 at 07:25
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Päatos My Education Big Big Train After Crying West Indian Girl ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: cloviskoba
Date Posted: August 25 2010 at 23:27
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Neal Morse
Transatlantic
Return to forever
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 26 2010 at 01:55
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based on personal experience over the last 5-10 years
Carl Palmer Band
Porcupine Tree
Magenta
Mountain
Keith Emerson Band
I would love to see if the opportunity arises:
Mike Oldfield
Vangelis (please please please please)
Genesis
King Crimson (with Greg Lake)
PFM
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Posted By: The Wrinkler
Date Posted: August 26 2010 at 02:51
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Can Pink Floyd King Crimson Genesis Gentle Giant |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: August 26 2010 at 03:09
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No order Tool Pink Floyd Magma Opeth Symphony X Fanboyism! Could've named 50 though |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: August 27 2010 at 06:54
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The five bands I never saw but most wish that I had:
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Hendrix
Santana
King Crimson
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Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: August 27 2010 at 07:00
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This is counting bands that don't play anymore: Genesis (I would go to GREAT lengths just to see them live) King Crimson Animals As Leaders Iron Maiden (haven't been to Atlanta in 20 years....please come back!) Death (it must have been a treat to see Chuck Schuldiner live) I would mention some other bands like Cynic and Megadeth....but oh wait I already saw them. Honorary mention: Opeth ------------- 
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Posted By: leechburton
Date Posted: October 18 2010 at 05:37
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Ozric Tentacles Klaus Schulze Gong Manuel Gottsching Quantum Fantay ------------- A concert is a concert is a concert is a concert. An album is an album is an album is an album. Musically, both have nothing in common. -Klaus Schulze |
Posted By: Billy Pilgrim
Date Posted: October 25 2010 at 06:22
| From bands I've seen. Tool and Porcupine Tree both put on amazing shows. Bands I'd like to see would be VDGG, King Crimson, and Yes if they ever bring Jon back. |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: October 25 2010 at 06:36
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In no particular order: Jethro Tull Yes Peter Gabriel Tool Rush
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Posted By: Atoms
Date Posted: October 25 2010 at 06:48
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Three Friends Samla Mammas Manna Ten Years After Deep Purple Tool In no particular order, but I guess Samla Mammas Manna is the band I want to see the most.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 27 2010 at 01:51
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The best i've seen & heard (top 5):
1. VdGG (2009) 2. King Crimson (1996) 3. Steve Hackett (2002) 4. Jethro Tull (1997) 5. Peter Gabriel (2002) ------------- |
Posted By: Synchestra
Date Posted: October 28 2010 at 04:19
For me I'd have to say
Tool - Legendary performances, apparently. And, from what I've seen adn heard each member is even better live than in studio
Opeth - Just a really good metal show. Also every Opeth fan I've met IRL has been really cool and laid back.
Pink Floyd, WYWH or Animals era - If only
Iron Maiden - Actually did see them live, they put on a hell of a performance even at their age.
Devin Townsend - guy is a crazy personality. And I'd love to hear the music live, without the wall-of-sound productio. I think it'd be just as heavy though ------------- 'Yeah, thats.. Whatever you're talking about for ya' - Zapp brannigan |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: October 28 2010 at 16:29
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Tom Waits Gong
Magazine
Hadouk Trio
oh and Kate Bush ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: October 28 2010 at 16:32
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Steve Hackett Jethro Tull Mike Keneally Yes The Flower Kings
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Posted By: progger7
Date Posted: October 28 2010 at 17:16
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RUSH (seen 3 times!) Opeth (seen 4 times) Roger Waters/David Gilmour/Pink floyd (seeing Roger Waters possibly twice BACK TO BACK!) Zappa plays zappa (missed out on them TWICE!) =( Aghora (seen 3 times...AMAZING PERFORMANCE OF ENTIRE FORMLESS that was better than the studio version!) ------------- 
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Posted By: progger7
Date Posted: October 28 2010 at 17:18
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since i never actually saw zappa plays zappa, i guess i'll replace them with Porcupine Tree. i saw them twice back to back! both times i saw them WERE f**kING AMAZING IMO. -------------
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: October 28 2010 at 18:34
Saw them too, was a good show; but still just a glorified tribute band.  |
Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: October 28 2010 at 19:22
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Hawkwind Gong Here and Now Amon Duul II Roy Harper And i Have been Lucky enough to see all them except Amon Duul II and i doubt that's going to happen Now. ------------- 
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Posted By: RUSHMANIAC
Date Posted: October 29 2010 at 09:04
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Rush(seen 2 times) Opeth(seen 3 times) Porcupine Tree(Seen) Yes(seen) Kings X(seen2times) |
Posted By: XTChuck
Date Posted: October 29 2010 at 10:04
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Yes
Jethro Tull
Genesis
Pink Floyd
ELP
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Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 16:19
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Hi,
This is not an easy question.
At least 3 of the top composers of our time, will probably NEVER play in America ... because the interest is only in top ten, and the audience is too damn fickle to appreciate it ... and sometimes this board angers me because of it.
Vangelis (with orchestra of course)
Mike Oldfield (with orchestra of course)
Klaus Schulze
Riuichi Sakamoto (with orchestra and rock band together)
Riuichi has done stuff here with Yellow Magic Orchestra, however we will never get to see some of his solo work that is way better ... if you have not sat through "Beauty" and said to yourself ... I wanna see that ... and then listen to portions of "The Last Buddha" soundtrack ... and then to ... so much other stuff ... you are missing some really far out stuff. Totally neat and excellent.
Vangelis is without saying and you and I would both want "Blade Runner" for the encore. And I would like him to be with some orchestra folks, which unffortunately makes it more work for him.
Mike Oldfield ... cold day in hell that some a$$hole in NY is going to bring him to America for a couple of shows ... even with a rock band, however I don't think that Mike is interested in rock shows any more since the quality in most of them is from bad to pathetic and Mike will not allow that to happen to his music ... and since America is the ultimate place for cheap crap and plastic hit music ... it means we will never see Mike.
Klaus Schulze ... I think that he has given up and decided that places like America are simply not worth it ... on top of it, the desire to rewire all of his stuff and make it work would be a massive nightmare ... and not worth the hassle. He is also his own mixing person, which is something that some folks don't like ... and somehow I don't see Klaus just using 4 synths and a Midi board and nothing else to do what he does ... it's all or nothing!
After that ... there are no rock bands that I wish to see or regret not seeing except maybe Led Zeppelin. The best bootleg I ever heard was "Live on Blueberry Hill" by Led Zeppelin and the energy and intensity of the whole thing can not be found in many places at all.
I am not sure that there is any band I would want to see ... that I have not seen or that I missed otherwise. For the most part I am totally down on rock music concerts ... since not enough bands take care to ensure that their music comes out correctly and is balanced properly. My example here was the last two times that Ozric Tentacles came through here the sound system and mixing jerks screwed it up so bad that all you had was some idiotic rock'n'roll band out there that had no keyboards ... and sounded so bad ... that on the 2nd show I left halfway through it. It was just the saddest realization of my life that ... what we're calling "prog" is just crap and there are not enough people making sure their music is important at all ... it might sound fine on the mixing board, but that is NOT what people are hearing at all!
What made "progressive" was that these people cared about the music ... what is killing it and making it "metal" and some other form of crap definition, is that fidelity is not important and only loudness is ... ie .. .Dream Theater on their last tour! No keyboards or bass to speak of ... or singing voice for that matter! And in the end, this will kill the music ... and all that is left is people here on this board being a fan of a guitarist or drummer ... how progressive of them! ... see the point? ... it will kill the music!
Other than that, for the sake of music history ... I would love to see the orchestral Frank Zappa material regardless, and also his 200 Motels and other video stuff that is hidden released so we can see a brilliant and quite experimental mind at work.
Lastly ... I would like Congress to pass a law that any dispute between artist and record company is against the law and must be resolved within 30 days or the company will get punished for it, unless they can prove they are not the problem. This issue of movie companies and record companies holding artists for ransom has to stop and not be allowed. After all, we don't live in the age of slavery anymore ... or do we? ------------- 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: lucas
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 16:26
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From what I have seen :
- Suffocation
- Dream Theater
- Behemoth
- Huong Thanh
- Smashing Pumpkins
I didn't see "prog" in th title of the thread so don't be surprised if there is only one prog band in my list. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 16:26
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in no specific order: Gong Magma Guru Guru Hawkwind Vn der Graaf Generator / Hammill solo -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 17:54
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Hi,
I have seen Gong and travelled with them for a bit and my pictures were used on a couple of tours ... Magma was in SF in 1999 in th eInternational Music Festival and they got a 15 minute ovation. Saw Hawkwind in 1974 on their Space Ritual Tour and then a year later with MAN on the Space 1999 tour. Both good, although the loudness at the smaller vnue later was painful. One nice side effect ... it was on that night that I first heard Caravan on the preshow music!
Peter and/or VdGG is one of those things that I would love to see, but I don't have to. I've had enough discussions and mails back and forth that I don't feel I need to see him ... and I have his music inside me all the time, and would prefer that the stuff I like be there, instead of something else.
All in all ... I am through with concerts ... I can enjoy Daevid in my house and he can just turn on my computer and play the midi board and come up with something, or he can just grab the accoustic and do the same thing, although I would rather we just do word play poetry and have some fun just flowing out ... or better yet ... I want him on the dock at midnight, next to the candles and enjoying a beautiful evening, resting and having fun ... and let him troll his heart and mouth out ... and after that we throw him into the lake for a baptism ... hehehe! In other words just to have fun. (we have waterfront property on a volcanic lake).
Being a writer and a creative person, the last thing I want to see is artists tied up ... and I'm finding that most of them in concert are ... plain and simple ... tied up and enslaved to our desires. And I hate to see that ...
Ohh another one ... I wanna invite Roy Harper over for some fun! ------------- 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: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 01 2010 at 18:35
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Dixie Dregs Tangerine Dream Umphrey's McGee Peter Gabriel Jeff Beck (especially when he's got Tal on bass, she's a bass monster.  )------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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