About your native progressive rock bands

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   Well, I'm Italian... Do I need to say more?

Anyway, one of the most representative RPI bands hails from my hometown of Rome - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. At present, I can't remember about any others, but I am sure there are quite a few.

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Raff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Online Points: 24439	Posted: February 26 2009 at 06:10
	Well, I'm Italian... Do I need to say more? Anyway, one of the most representative RPI bands hails from my hometown of Rome - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. At present, I can't remember about any others, but I am sure there are quite a few.

Slartibartfast Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: April 29 2006 Location: Atlantais Status: Offline Points: 29630	Posted: February 26 2009 at 06:00
	It seems like historically, Japan used to be very inward focused, but in recent times people there have really taken an interest in music from outside. Many musical artists like to do live concerts there that aren't native as evidenced by the large number of live albums and Videos/DVDs that exist now. Some progressives or at least artists that I consider so or have been progressive at one time at least from my part of the world: The Dixie Dregs, The Allman Brothers, Bruce Hampton, Maserati... I'm probably forgetting some. I know the most about the Dregs and Hampton and have actually met them. Many years ago I got to be a volunteer roadie for the Dregs when they played a show at one branch of what was known then as Dekalb College. Georgia is more famous for REM and the B-52's who I don't really know and aren't particularly a fan of. Edited by Slartibartfast - February 26 2009 at 06:09
	Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

Dean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575	Posted: February 26 2009 at 05:19
	One of the earliest Japanese bands I can remember is The Sadistic Mika Band - I saw them in the UK in 1976 - not fully Progressive by the standards of the time, but definitely Art Rock - Ryuichi Sakamoto guested with them and later went on to form the Yellow Magic Orchestra with two ex-Sadistics members. We have 104 japaneese artists listed here: http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=101 ...from my own region - Gentle Giant. Edited by Dean - February 26 2009 at 05:20
	What?

poslednijat_colobar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: January 31 2008 Location: Bulgaria Status: Offline Points: 394	Posted: February 26 2009 at 04:27
	I'm bulgarian and I know very little about bugarian prog bands, but unfortunately that's because they are almost zero! We have one new band now - TravelHouse and one new artist Velislav Ivanov. One classic band - FSB, of course, too!

Petrovsk Mizinski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 24 2007 Location: Ukraine Status: Offline Points: 25210	Posted: February 26 2009 at 03:37
	I like Japanese post rock band Mono FWIW. Australian scene? We got some cool progressive death metal bands out this way, although for some reason when they tour I never have the money to go see them. Ah wells.


Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65844	Posted: February 26 2009 at 03:07
	Japan has some marvelous prog bands; Flat 122, Interpose+, Muddy World, Le Silo.. my country (the U.S.) has an excellent if small prog tradition; Happy the Man, Cartoon, Yezda Urfa, Zombi, Eccentric Orbit, and the bulk of Mathrock movement among my favorites, not to mention the great X-Tech of artists as Spastic Ink and Spiral Architect Edited by Atavachron - February 26 2009 at 03:11

DamoXt7942 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Joined: October 15 2008 Location: Okayama, Japan Status: Offline Points: 17493	Posted: February 26 2009 at 02:51
	Do you really know a lot about your native progressive rock bands? As a Japanese, for me it's so strange that in Japan there are very few stuffs about Japanese progressive rock. Shamefully I've known so little 'bout my native rock and some PA members (non-Japanese) could give me the knowledge. I suppose a lot of progressive rock freaks in Japan should think the mainstream (especially British...as everyone says) progressive rock is exactly cool. Please PA members, let me know whether you know a lot about your native bands. (Forgive me if everyone in your nation MUST know a lot.)