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fuxi 
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 Posted: June 06 2009 at 05:27 |
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Trace - did everything ELP did, but better. Rick van der Linden was far superior to Emerson due to his claasical training, impeccable technique and compositional skills |
Thanx for recommending Trace! I'd never heard of them, but now I know I need to look them up. Just shows you what "Prog Archives" is good for!
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lucas
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Posted: June 06 2009 at 05:33 |
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Ian Mosley (later in Marillion) played with them, but not with the same mastery as in Marillion. To be honest, I don't find Trace's music that exciting...
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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BaldFriede
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Posted: June 06 2009 at 05:38 |
lucas wrote:
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Ian Mosley (later in Marillion) played with them, but not with the same mastery as in Marillion. To be honest, I don't find Trace's music that exciting... |
On a side note: Another band Ian Mosley used to play in prior to Marillion is Darryl Way's Wolf.
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Syzygy
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Posted: June 06 2009 at 09:36 |
Zu and AKA Moon are both guitar free sax/bass/drums trios (although both occasionally feature guest musicians).
As well as Ruins, the current line up of Koenjihyakkei does not feature guitar (although previous incarnations did), likewise Daimonji (keys/bass/drums) and Soft Mountain.
Art Zoyd and Univers Zero have both had guitar free line ups, but that hasn't always been the case.
There have been quite a few guitar free one off collaborations, particularly RIO and jazz/rock, but surprisingly few permanent bands.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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mark-prog74
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Posted: June 06 2009 at 10:18 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
Rock band without guitar? 
Lake played guitar in ELP.
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He did indeed and exceptionally well but when the band got it together live in their big numbers the guitar was laid to the side - and what a sound the three made 
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'I Know What I Like' and it's good music, well written and delivered with passion!!
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moshkito
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:27 |
Hi,
Just thought of it ... I want a metal band without a lousy drummer! Tired of that snare drum, and if there is a drummer and he hits it that many times I wanna see him to wear it like a skirt or tootoo!
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crimhead
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 11:56 |
Progosopher wrote:
crimhead wrote:
Tangerine Dream
Larry Fast
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I've always like Edgar Froese's guitar playing, though, even though that's not what Tangerine Dream is known for. |
I brain farted that one. I forgot that Edgar did play guitar on the earlier stuff.
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Captain Capricorn
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 12:01 |
Morphine didn't have a guitar player ...just 2-string slide bass, bari sax, & drums. I'm not sure about how progressive they are, but they're certainly innovative  ... Like Swimming is a somber masterpiece 
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crimhead
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 12:03 |
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fusionfreak
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 12:03 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
Rock band without guitar?
Lake played guitar in ELP.
I was thinking surely Weather Report had guitar, but you got one. I'm really scratching my head on this one.
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Slartibartfast,I think Ralph Towner guested on acoustic guitar in I sing the body electric.
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I was born in the land of Mahavishnu,not so far from Kobaia.I'm looking for the world
of searchers with the help from
crimson king
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fusionfreak
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 12:07 |
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Headhunters(when Herbie Hancock was around)
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I was born in the land of Mahavishnu,not so far from Kobaia.I'm looking for the world
of searchers with the help from
crimson king
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Syzygy
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 14:44 |
Captain Capricorn wrote:
Morphine didn't have a guitar player ...just 2-string slide bass, bari sax, & drums. I'm not sure about how progressive they are, but they're certainly innovative ...Like Swimming is a somber masterpiece |
Mark Sandman was a big influence on Les Claypool. He occasionally used a 'tritar' (hybrid guitar/bass) and I think there is guitar one a couple of Morphine tracks, but for the most part it was his home made 2 string contraption that propelled Morphine (one string on the debut album). Apparently the 2 strings were often tuned to the same note. Not prog, but excellent and imaginative stuff!
I just remembered Volapuk (if they haven't already been mentioned) - bass clarinet, cello and drums. Kind of EFL unplugged - the drummer is Guigou 'Samba Scout' Chenevier.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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himtroy
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 15:12 |
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Soft Machine, The United States of America, Crazy World of Arthur Brown (more psych than prog).
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verslibre
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 16:26 |
Syzygy wrote:
Mark Sandman was a big influence on Les Claypool. He occasionally used a 'tritar' (hybrid guitar/bass) and I think there is guitar one a couple of Morphine tracks, but for the most part it was his home made 2 string contraption that propelled Morphine (one string on the debut album). Apparently the 2 strings were often tuned to the same note. Not prog, but excellent and imaginative stuff! |
I never knew that. I saw them play long ago once on a late night showe (Jon Stewart? Letterman?). I could've sworn I saw a standard 4-string bass.
And that guy in The Presidents Of The United States Of America...well, there was nothing innovative about HIS 2-string bass! That was just a matter of leaving off strings.
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Greenslade
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 16:37 |
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Greenslade most times no guitar but 2 keyboards gr8 band, hardin and york best 2 peice band ever sometime guitar on albums get tommorow today album its awsome
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Welcome back my friend to the show that never ends
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prog4evr
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Posted: June 12 2009 at 19:27 |
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Nobody's mentioned UK after Holdsworth (and Bruford) left. Their second album, Danger Money (with Bozzio on drums) and the live album they made features Jobson's violin solos (and keyboard artistry, of course)...
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lucas
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Posted: June 13 2009 at 17:05 |
Games' 'stargazer', a proggy ABBA, has no guitar. It is a very good album actually.
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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lucas
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Posted: June 14 2009 at 10:07 |
MAD CURRY, a belgian jazz-rock band. No guitar on this album.
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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JJLehto
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Posted: June 14 2009 at 13:32 |
Over the last few years I have come to the conclusion: In Music ANY idea is possible, (and chances are it's been done) Other genres might be more difficult to pull off without guitar, but prog? Why not? A keyboard as the main instrument, you can always have a bass in their for some nice lines, a drummer, more keyboards (never hurts). If done well, I think it's perfectly doable.
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el böthy
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Location: Argentina
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Posted: June 14 2009 at 13:47 |
As a guitarist I must say... guitars often make more mess than any other instrument...mmm maybe the drums make more
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