Favorite Prog Group

Easy Livin wrote: An interestingly structured poll indeed, but polls are good fun anyway. A thought, if Dream Theater and Spock's Beard had existed in the 70's, would they have been ahead of their time?

My answer to that thought is each individule is what he/she is because of the expereinces he has.  Change a few things along the way and that person is probably not the same.  So I think those people would have been different because their experiences and influences would have been different.

Why did you list Pink Floyd. PINK FLOYD WAS A 70's BAND YOU SILLY GOOSE. Yes I know...60's,80's and even the 90's as well but the 70's is the period of their most defining music....unless you do not consider them prog. Some people don't. I do!

PF did indeed flirt with the Prog scene in the 70ies and late 60ies, but became a mainstream band with a very definite pattern of music that doesnt put them into Prog Rock. Their "thing" is a bluesy setup with blues structure shining through their music. Low key C note on guitars an lots of hammond tunes as fill out. Dont get me wrong I listen to PF nearly every day, and Roger Waters is one of my very favorites. Love his music, love his lyrics. Amused To Death is a super album, Pros and Cons of Hitchiking is fantastic, Radio KAOS is equally fantastic. I even have a downloaded track - Knocking on Heavens Doors performed by R. Waters which is hillarious. I do have serious considerations regarding PF being a Prog Rock band PER SI....

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Lunar   

The poll's question is clearly what is you favorite 70 prog band so I wonder what dream theater or spocks beard are doing in this list. But this aside.

My favourite 70 prog band is without any doubt Yes, "although" genesis comes very close. For me these two bands have defined what (in my opinion) progmusic is all about, experimental both with different instruments and approaches to music.

Both groups (also through for other bands of course) came from an era where popmusic consists of short songs of aproxx. 3 minutes, where they experimented with tunes, adding more tunes within a single theme, or even altering the theme through the song, and if nescesary the song took as long as it took to create the atmosphere they tryed to achieve, some songs could be done in two minutes others required the complete A or B side of an album. This approach to music altered the rockmusic world, for everything was possible and allowed and due to their succes other artists where inspired to create music which was not nessecerraly (very poor english) comercial in terms of creating a single-hit, but more to create a whole album to explore their creativity and their musical skills. And knowing that there was an audience for their efforts.

And still after 30 years their music still stands as an inspiration source for all new progrock bands, though the sounds have changed, you will still here their influence.

By the way, for favourite prog band for me at this point in time (my favourite group changes regulary) would be arena.

with love Tuxon

Reed Lover wrote: What in heaven's name is Zheul??????????//

Zheul is the only genre of prog music that was clearly invented by a single band: Magma. It means bands that play in their vein, including making use of the language Kobaiah Magma invented.

Which reminds me: The poll asks: "Other Zheul", but as far as I know none of the bands listed are Zheul. And if one of the bands happen to be Zheul, how can one forget the inventors of that genre????

Genesis

What is Spock's Beard and Dream Theater doing there? This is a 70's prog poll, isn'it?

   And the winner is ........ Gentle Giant   ( naturellement )

 2 Genesis

  Last always last is Yes.

Yes.

With Genesis as close second.

The only bands I know which made no bad album at all in the seventies.

Dream Theater, most definitely.