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oznivargas View Drop Down

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 17:53

Steven Wilson Rush King Crimson Emerson,Lake&Palmer Maynard J Keenan

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 17:50

Tough one! Need bands with large catalogs for this one.

Kate Bush
Yesrushorme
Genesisgiant
BancoOysterCult
Floydsabbathtramp

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...Road Rage Edition

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 17:27

Can
Magma
Pink Floyd
Soft Machine
Genesis

Assuming i can listen to as much non prog as I want.

My other avatar is a Porsche

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 17:03

Triumvirat

Dzyan

Colosseum

Passport

Wallenstein

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:51

Opeth
Rush
Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson
Anathema
Riverside

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:40

Funny you mentuion Devin Townsend Project.

I got "Cloud..." cd from the public library last week.

Masses of vocal-groupings, metal guitar...totally unlistenable. A thick jumble of Nothing.

Frankly, I was appalled.

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:36

Yes
Genesis
Steven Wilson
Devin Townsend
Mike Oldfield

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:33

Yes

Genesis

The Flower Kings

Neal Morse

Gentle Giant

I'd really miss Pink Floyd, Rush, ELP, Jethro Tull and King Crimson though!!!

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:30

"...you can also listen to the members solo albums like Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins..." and reaffirm just how preciously better the earlier stuff was.

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:10

Jesus!

How many more of these threads do we need.

All variation on the same theme.

Crissake.

I'm going to start a:"If they were going to colonize Fecking Uranus, what 5 albums would you take?" thread.

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:51

Pain Of Salvation: 5 prog masterpieces (Entropia, One Hour By The Concrete Lake, The Perfect Element Part 1, Remedy Lane and "BE"), one good new-metal album (Scarsick) two average hard rock oriented albums (Road Salt 1 and 2) two amazing unplugged albums (12:5 and Falling Home) and my favourite live album (Ending Themes)

Pink Floyd: One awesome psychedelic album (Piper) seven five star albums (Atom Hearth Mother, Meddle, DSOTM, WYWH, Animals, The Wall, The Division Bell) the live Ummagumma, Richard's Wet Dream. And the fabulous Endless River.

King Crimson: ITCOTCK, Red, Discipline, Lizard, Larks, Islands, a lot of box sets, live albuns and bootlesgs with awesome jams, the projeckts. ELP, thanks to Greg Lake.

Van Der Graaf Generator: A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers is probably my fav song, i can't spent the rest of my life without listen to it. And VdGG got H to He, Godbluff, World Record, The Least We Can Do and Still Life. And Hammill solo stuff.

Death: Metal madafaka, metal. The Sound Of Perseverance, Symbolic, Human, Leprosy, Individual Thought Patterns and Spiritual Healing. Do i get Cynic by choosing Death?

Edited by infernalfrog - February 25 2015 at 09:27

Please, forgive my spelling and concordance mistakes. English noob here.

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:47

Raff wrote:

Lear'sFool wrote:

Seven Impale

Necromonkey

Motorpsycho

Steven Wilson

Swans

Swans give me Angels of Light as well, and Necromonkey gives me Anglagard.

But excepting the volleyball, all are chosen mainly for themselves. And because you've got to be modernistic.

And don't forget the utterly wonderful Gösta Berlings Saga, whose keyboardist and guitarist are also members of Necromonkey! Speaking of what, you MUST come to the NJ Proghouse in October to see Necromonkey. It will be worth every cent.

Nice! I'll be sure to work out a way for me to go.

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:39

Lear'sFool wrote:

Seven Impale

Necromonkey

Motorpsycho

Steven Wilson

Swans

Swans give me Angels of Light as well, and Necromonkey gives me Anglagard.

But excepting the volleyball, all are chosen mainly for themselves. And because you've got to be modernistic.

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:35

Marillion
Riverside
Van Der Graaf Generator
Genesis
Rush

You get a good amount of side projects with this selection too, which is nice.

breathing, eating, defecating, screwing, drinking, spewing, sleeping...

LearsFool

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:34

Seven Impale

Necromonkey

Motorpsycho

Steven Wilson

Swans

Swans give me Angels of Light as well, and Necromonkey gives me Anglagard.

But excepting the volleyball, all are chosen mainly for themselves. And because you've got to be modernistic.

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Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:28

Suppose you could only listen to 5 Prog Bands for the rest of your natural born life? What 5 Prog Bands would you choose?

Just a few rules:

- If choose a band like Genesis or Yes, you can also listen to the members solo albums like Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins, but guest appearances on other artists albums don't count. In other words all Genesis, Peter Gabriel, and Phil Collins albums would count as one band.

- If you choose Steven Wilson, you get to listen to all Steven Wilson written projects, such as Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, and Storm Corrosion. But again, you can't include guest appearances. or any album that Steven Wilson mixed but did not write and create.

-All bands on Progarchives are eligible for inclusion, except for Proto Prog bands like The Beatles and Prog Related bands like Led Zeppelin.

- Jazz Fusion bands like Miles Davis are eligible.

Remember you can't listen to any other progressive bands for the rest of your life, except for the 5 bands you choose. Feel free to explain your reasoning.

Edited by omphaloskepsis - February 24 2015 at 15:29