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Points: 1250 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2010 at 10:05
Originally posted by freudiana freudiana wrote:

How about the US/American Prog band Discpline with Matthew Parmenter?
 
I have the 2 Discipline albums and though I like them very much (especially the second - "Unfolded like staircase") I don't see much similarities with KC.
I also can't see why some here claim that they sound close to Mahavishnu orchestra.
I must say that I do hear something that passes through all their albums until "The power to believe" and it takes few seconds to say "this is KC" even with a track I never heared before so although they did change styles, something familiar is allways there.
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Turning outwards from prog bands, Manchester math-pop band Dutch Uncles remind me of Discipline-era KC. Ignore the indie vocals and related trappings and listen to what's going on underneath it all... insane rhythmic interplay galore!

Quirky post-punk band Stump also put me in mind of that album for similar reasons, but they're definitely something of an acquired taste...
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The Mars Volta sound the slightest like 70s KC.... Omar Lopez (the Mars Volta guitarist) also has guitar influences from Fripp and McLaughlin, so his playing style is similar to both.  A really unique band, and despite what some say, definitely not a KC ripoff, very unique band and style.  Give 'em a try!
    
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Check out the album 'willpower'.

Kinda toolesque.
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How could I forget Indukti !
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How about Gösta Berlings Saga?
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Tony Levin's current band Stick Men is quite KC-ish. It helps that he has Pat Mastelotto on board.
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There is also the Rio/Avant bands Zaar/Sotos and Guapo. Would they count? Oh...and as for The Flower Kings having a Crimson like sound. I would think the live version of Circus Brimstone from Meet The Flower Kings and the majority of Unfold The Future falls into that category right?

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Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:


Originally posted by freudiana freudiana wrote:

Can someone name some bands similar to King Crimson?
Depends on what era of King Crimson you want something like... unless, of course, you mean it in the sense of changing style and line-up as often as KC.


That's what I was thinking.

KC was about the approach to making music in equal measure to the actual songwriting itself.
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I listened to Ethos-Ardour, an American band from the late 70's or early 80's I think, they have some distinct similarities to KC as well as Cathedral- Stained Glass Stories.
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Originally posted by freudiana freudiana wrote:

Can someone name some bands similar to King Crimson?

I know a few:

Anglagard
Anekdoten
Ange
Atoll
Wobbler
Tool
The Flower Kings
Pentacle


Anglagard ?! Anekdoten?!! Wobbler ?!!! The Flower Kings?!!!!   "Tool"? LOLLOL Are you ever listened KC? some of Syphonic Prog Icons are in your.
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Anekdoten is very Crimson-esque. They sound like Wetton-era KC. Tool is a bit similar to Crimso's latter albums, but not so close though.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2014 at 12:58
I know of a few obscure ones who are quite obvious in being influenced by KC of the 80's for example.

Mr. Euphoria



Ixt Adux



Newcross




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Originally posted by rpe9p rpe9p wrote:

Every prog band =)


that's a little bit harsh don't you think
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Points: 997 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2014 at 17:40
Originally posted by daslaf daslaf wrote:

Barbaro, they're from Hungary I think... it's kindda fusion between 80's Crimson and Muse




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Points: 997 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2014 at 17:56
Originally posted by historian9 historian9 wrote:

I know of a few obscure ones who are quite obvious in being influenced by KC of the 80's for example.

Mr. Euphoria



Ixt Adux



Newcross



Thanks for Mr Euphoria ! They deserve more than a mere listen ! Ixt Adux as well, although they're more zeuhl-eared than me.
Newcross reminds me of Yes's 90125 (no slur intended! I'm guts-tied to 90125) more than of Crimson.

Great discoveries...Thank you!!

EDIT: other great bands in this thread, but I rushed on the vids, because it was too easy for a weak-willed me. 


Edited by jayem - May 23 2014 at 08:19
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Points: 2111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2014 at 20:11
Why listen to a band that's 'similar' to King Crimson when you can just listen to King Crimson? I never understood the need for people to seek music out that sounds like someone else when you can listen to the real thing any time you want. My suggestion listen to King Crimson!!! There, problem solved!

Edited by Mirror Image - May 22 2014 at 20:13
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Points: 21676 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2014 at 20:45
Because similar can be good too!! 
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Points: 2111 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 22 2014 at 21:07
Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Because similar can be good too!! 

Well, I don't want similar, I want to hear a band that is pushing the envelope and doing their own thing. Of course, the great prog bands influenced so many others, but it takes some time for a band to shake off their influences and some, unfortunately, never do. As to whether I like this or that band is, of course, subjective from one listener to the next.
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