Prog bands with a cult following
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Topic: Prog bands with a cult following
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Prog bands with a cult following
Date Posted: May 24 2025 at 12:05
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I won't count the big name bands because even though most of them have some kind of a cult following aside from a larger more mainstream fanbase it can be hard to distinguish from the two (Genesis in general vs the PG/SH version of the band) or Yes. King Crimson were never a mainstream band so it's kind of hard to say about them but I suppose they do have a hardcore fanbase and obviously the same thing with Rush. Anyway, here's a few that come to mind: Gentle Giant Crack The Sky Rush (I'll put them here anyway) VDGG Magma (maybe) That's really all I can think of. Maybe cult is not a good term to describe prog bands but in the case of Crack the Sky who are arguably even prog to begin with I think it fits. GG definitely seem to have some kind of cult following too but maybe it's because of the mystery that has built up because they never officially reformed. |
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 24 2025 at 12:12
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Cardiacs and Comus are two that immediately come to mind. Also Swans, Gong, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Current 93 (if it counts), Stereolab if it counts, Univers Zero, Art Zoyd, Henry Cow, Thinking Plague... I would think it would be easy to find and think of many, many hundreds, or thousands depending on how broad one's idea of Prog is. And yes, Magma does have a dedicated cult following. I hear rush called "the biggest cult band", but here in Canada it's too mainstream and too much of a household name for me to easily think of it as a cult band. For sure it has dedicated following, so does Marillion (it even has an army!) and many others. ------------- 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: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 24 2025 at 13:05
| Hey, I forgot about Cardiacs. I would agree with Comus also. Gong too probably but not sure about the others. Marillion has a strong following too like you say. In the US they are a cult band but probably a bit more mainstream in the UK. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: May 24 2025 at 13:19
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Hawkwind Wishbone Ash Triumvirat Eloy ^a few that came to mind... |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 24 2025 at 13:28
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^^^ You've listed many of the ones I thought of first. But Secret Chiefs 3 is almost purely a cult band. There's like a couple of thousand (maybe more) die-hard worshippers from around the world - but not many care or know about them outside of that. Well, I'm kind of a fan on moderate side, I suppose. The Residents, undoubtly. I personally only really care about their first 10-12 years, but I'm in communities where the fans go nuts about any new (crap) release by them. Frank Zappa can be considered a huge cult artist, can't he? So many can't people can't stomach him at all, but thouasands of crazed fans are avid collectors who seemingly needs to own every single Zappa-related album in existence. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard can do - and does exactly what they want, and the fans (myself included) eats up everything. black midi were well on their way, but maybe they called it quits too soon. In regards to Magma - who's obviously a cult band - I also think just about every other Zeuhl-band is part of that cult. Zeuhl is the actual cult maybe. I also thought of Blue Öyster Cult, Hawkwind, Can, Amon Düül II, Faust, Captain Beefheart, Robert Wyatt, Goblin... The fans are crazy about them, but they are for a limited few. Cult bands need a certain sense of impenetrable mystique (and otherness) to them, I think |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: May 24 2025 at 15:38
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Gong. ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 24 2025 at 15:52
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Dream Theater Todd Rundgren Saga ...wait for it... Marillion ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 24 2025 at 20:07
I agree with Hawkwind. Not sure about the others. I would say maybe Nektar also though. |
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