Flute fatigue

Starfighter wrote: Scratching through my shelves: Hawkwind Steve Hackett Floh De Cologne Oktober Eloy Niemen Annexus Quam Gong King Crimson Mythos Drosselbart Amon Düül II Novalis Jethro Tull Van Der Graaf Generator Virus Juds Gallery Topas Hanuman Brainstorm PFM Cos Latte e Miele Brainticket Semiramis Ibliss Il Rovescio Della Medaglia Fusion Orchestra These are some bands from the classic era that used flute in their sound. I'm sure there are many others.

I just remembered. Caravan! Jimmy Hastings' flute work was incredible.

Mellotron Storm wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Maybe I'm listening to the wrong newer prog bands but I don't hear the flute much in modern prog. I was thinking the same thing. Then today I listened to Jupiter Fungas for the first time and... too much flute. Love it as a flavour though.

Flute has certainly become a big cliché.
The one example don't like is Flambourough Head where the blond bombshell plays her flute alone between tracks or the intro of tracks and appears not to be able to play with the band itself - she sings during the tracks, though.

very formulaic on record, but it's even more flagrant on stage (saw them twice, 15 to 20 years apart)

It seems this is now about flute in prog rather than flute fatigue, so: Supersister's Sacha van Geest is one of the best never mentioned flute players in prog. Well, he's also more interesting than most often-mentioned flutists. Camel's Supertwister is actually a Sacha van Geest-hommage - or at least the track got it's name from them after they went on tour together. Amazing band. They kind of created their own Canterbury sound in the Netherlands and too early out of the gate for them to actually have taken inspiration from the Canterbury bands.

Saperlipopette! wrote: They kind of created their own Canterbury sound in the Netherlands

We should start calling their genre Hague Sound then. :)