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lookyloo32 View Drop Down

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Posted: May 15 2006 at 23:39

GENESIS - Layering, time signatures, creativity, spirituality

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Gorp

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Posted: May 16 2006 at 00:01

el böthy wrote:

Although Im the biggest KC fan...I dont totally agree with them being the most complex band out there...maybe some songs really are over the top complex...specially the ones from the ´90-´00...but I dont know if I would rate them as the most complex band...maybe some heavy metal band...I dont know if Dream Theater...but they definitly pull off some of the most complex stuff I have ever heard...anyone heard/saw the Instrumentally part form the Live at Budokan DVD...boy oh boy...what the heel is going on??? Is that humanly posible???

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Is that humanly posible???!!!

If we are talking about complexity, I give my vote to DT.
I heard/saw them Big smile

... not live Cry

, but the DVD is great Big smile

.

I know what many of you think about Dream Theater,
I know that SOME of their songs are not that complex at all,
but I agree with el böthy, that Instrumentally part is awesome, is the best example of what DT is capable of.

IMHO, nothing takes the term "Complexity" to that level in the way that DT did with their Instrumentally part.

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MickyP

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Posted: May 16 2006 at 06:02

I agree with Gorp. DT is for sure on of the most complex bands ever.

Not sure if it's the most complex band in the world though, if any band can have that status.

Edited by MickyP - May 16 2006 at 06:02

Abstrakt

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Posted: May 16 2006 at 10:19

Gentle Giant or Zappa, of what i've heard

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Edited by Abstrakt - November 30 2006 at 12:34

Rorro

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Posted: May 16 2006 at 10:48

I Have live at budokan, and i couldn't belive what i was seeing, but i've been even more impressed when i saw videos from Mahavishnu Orchestra and i realized Billy Cobham is not a human being, and the whole band plays almost inhuman. Also the video of Anglagärd at the progfest in 1994( i think) was awesome, they play Hostsejd soooooooooooo goooood.

But Live At Budokan proves everybody that DT has many of the most skilled musicians ever.

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Posted: May 16 2006 at 14:44

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Proghat

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Posted: May 16 2006 at 15:20

If you're talking about some of the newer bands:

-Dream Theater/LTE
-Planet X
-Angra

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Posted: May 16 2006 at 15:54

Can someone give me an example of a VDGG song that is extremely complex? Because I don't really hear as much complexity in their music as people are saying. Yes, they have a heavy dose of weird time signatures but that alone doesn't make a band extremely complex (You can't say the riff from Man-Erg is complex, for example). Of course I'm not a real musician, so I could be completely wrong.

(Of course, this doesn't mean they aren't the greatest band of all time

)

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Posted: May 16 2006 at 19:33

i have to agree with VDGG as well...props to their drummer for playing without the aid of a bassist

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Posted: May 16 2006 at 19:44

I think that Spastic Ink is the most complex progressive band out there...however, they are just technical metal but they are progressive...I don't know...do technical progressive metal bands count here? if not then Shadow Gallery is a pretty complex band...even moreso then Dream Theater...Watchtower are pretty complex...Spiral Architect...I guess it would also be about how you would define complex...complexity in the concetual area or in the musicianship area?

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Posted: May 16 2006 at 19:55

OPETH!!!!!!!!!!

Every album these guys put out is different than their last and each album combines such great textures and experimentations. Anybody that can go from a full-on death metal assault to crystal clear singing, beautiful symphonic keyboards, and acoustic guitars with a click are definitely complex

Edited by lightbulb_son - May 16 2006 at 19:55

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