I need more prog bands to my brain!

cacho wrote: maybe cause I live in Argentina and only know english and spanish?

In that case, I'll recommend Crucis and Iconoclasta. You probably already have Crucis, seeing as how they are Argentina's top prog band (aside from La Maquina de Hacer Pajaros). The vocals are a little weak (Gustavo Montesano was never much of a singer), but the instrumental work is astonishing. Both of the albums are available together on a single CD. Iconoclasta are a 1980s prog band from Mexico. Mostly instrumental, and they only started using vocals on their third LP. It's just like 70s prog from anywhere else, except with a slight 80s sheen (slight, mind you).

Also, some folks mentioned U.K. and National Health. Those are top bands, in my opinion. Both are pretty much prog supergroups that will rock your world. National Health takes the nutty complexity of the Canterbury scene and makes it their own.  Astonishing. UK it also quite good and focus more on songs and suites rather than uber-long compositions.

And hey, don't be too scared of those Italian groups. They're awesome, and if you speak Argentine Spanish, a good deal of the vocals will make sense

schizoid_man77 wrote: bhikkhu wrote: Finnforest wrote: cacho wrote: Finnforest wrote: "ENGLISH LYRICS PLEASE!"Hey Cacho! Fight the english-only impulse. I understand, I know its hard to get past initially, but you're too young to limit your options like that. There's a whole world of great stuff and if you break down that wall, which you can, you will be so happy you did someday. The first few albums might pain you, but stick with it and force yourself if you have to. I promise you, you can learn to appreciate non-english music, and even love it eventually. Good luck. It would be easier living in Europe or U.S.A but I don's live there! Having lived 1.5 year in England made my english "incredible" compared to the english from here. Having knowing spanish of course too. My parents know french, italian and maybe few more, but I can't really learn more languages know, and I really don't want for now, having 13 years old. Maybe older yes... I think that clarifies yours and many others that say I should expand my boundaries.     Cacho....NO, you missed the point completely dude.....I wasn't telling you to learn those languages.  I was telling you it doesn't matter that you don't understand them.  Big difference!!   Get over this falsehood that you have to understand the lyrical content to enjoy music.  That's just an uptight hang-up some people have.  Don't fall for it! I completely agree. Some of my favorite music is not in English, and that is the only language I speak. If I had not opened myself to it, I would never have known the greatness of Nexus, Codice, Neverness, Atoll, In Spe, Le Orme, PFM, Banco, and many others.   Finnforest is right, it's prog for god sakes, LYRICS DONT MATTER! I quit concentrating on the words to songs years ago!   Looking at you original list, I get the feeling you dont like modern music, is this true?

I also agree, I mean I haven't really tried out any non-English-speaking bands yet. But i listen to TMV and it may as well be in a completely different language! It makes no sense! Same goes with Yes to a certain extent.

However, if you want to grasp the true feel of the song, lyrics are very important. Look at VDGG: lyrics are a key part in their music, and isn't it Peter Hamill's lyrical dexterity that makes the band that little bit more special? I find myself rewinding to the "Unknown, in a purpose, alone, but not worthless at home" in Pilgrims all the time just for the lyrical beauty. Music can be used in the same way as poetry, but that's only 20% of the enjoyment: if you don't understand a word they are saying, you still have the other 80% of melody, rhythm and complexity to enjoy

I just bought Atomic Rooster Death Walks Behind You... It's great! Thx guys! I'll search for more stuff.

Since you seem to really like psych/space and heavy stuff I would recommend Eloy and Hawkwind. I'm relatively new and only have one Eloy (Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes) and two Hawkwind (In Search of Space and Take Me To Your Future). These are all great albums. Porcupine Tree is another you would probably like.

Hmmm....

Barla wrote: Eeeeeeh Cacho!! jajaja Have to agree with the others about your 'language'. I mean, most of the times I don't care about the lyrics when it's in other language than spanish. Not even a bit, really. I just care about the emotion the instrumentation and vocals give me. And of course you should try our prog bands: Crucis, Sui Generis, Serú Girán, Spinetta Jade, Invisible, Aquelarre, and of course, Charly García. He's a very obscure musician, it's unlikely that you know him! And to the Canterbury recommendations, I'd add: "Space Shanty" by Khan. It's the only and great album the band released before they disbanded and Hillage went to GonG. And of course GonG is great too! That's all for now. Have a great listening experience, and remember it doesn't matter if you don't know what the song's talkin' about!

Wow another Argentinian cool! Sui Generis is quite boring for me. But Spinetta's stuff is all great! And Pappo's too even though not being prog!

Barla wrote: El Carpo un maeeestro!!!!! Posiblemente el mejor violero del rock nacional, IMO. RIP And remember there's an mp3 sample for Khan.

Khan?

oh okay!

Finnforest wrote: "ENGLISH LYRICS PLEASE!"Hey Cacho! Fight the english-only impulse. I understand, I know its hard to get past initially, but you're too young to limit your options like that. There's a whole world of great stuff and if you break down that wall, which you can, you will be so happy you did someday. The first few albums might pain you, but stick with it and force yourself if you have to. I promise you, you can learn to appreciate non-english music, and even love it eventually. Good luck.

Tear Down the Wall!! Tear Down the Wall

I'm listening to Skaldowie, polish Very good indeed.

I think you should try "Trikolon" and "Syrius":
http://uk.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=fredericfox&p=r

"Out of Focus" is also recommended.