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Kansas is my favorite.
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My tastes have changed a lot in the last 20 years but Rush, Anekdoten and Porcupine Tree are still my top three. I guess that's that first love thing.
RUSH is my answer.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote xhouse Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2025 at 18:11
Back in the 70s, Yes with Genesis and Renaissance right behind. In the early 2000s, Flower Kings and IQ. Now Big Big Train, although that is waning with the untimely death of David Longdon.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Lewian Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2025 at 17:55
Can if I include the solo work, otherwise probably Art Zoyd. King Crimson, Talk Talk and Cardiacs are further candidates. When I was young, Tangerine Dream and Eloy.
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I would have chosen Rush, but their 80s output didn't really appeal to me that much so I'm going to say Porcupine Tree - consistently good from the first to the last album.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2025 at 13:28

I guess there're two which stand out:

early Genesis (Trespass, Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, SEbtP, The Lamb)
early ELP (the debut, Tarkus, Pictures, Trilogy, BSS)





Edited by David_D - May 01 2025 at 04:14
                      quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Steve Wyzard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2025 at 13:03
Yes
Genesis
Saga
Alan Parsons Project
Moody Blues
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Lobster77 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2025 at 12:06
Yes,Genesis and King crimson perfected the prog genre in my opinion
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote verslibre Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2025 at 11:44
ELP (including ELPowell)

Goblin

Kansas

Rush

Tangerine Dream 1970 - 1990; 2005-2015

Vangelis

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Pink Floyd
Yes
ELP
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King Crimson! All their stuff is so different I never get tired of them.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Grumpyprogfan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2025 at 10:18
Changes, but here's a few that stand out.

Gentle Giant
Rush
Steely Dan
The Aristocrats
Dream Theater
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mormegil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2025 at 10:13
Genesis (especially before Steve left) and RRUUSSHH - depends on my mood.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote ThyroidGlands Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 30 2025 at 09:56
King Crimson... But at any moment it could turn into Cardiacs
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No other band amazes me with their music as much as they do.


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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Rush


   Of Course!
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