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Poll Question: Which band do you prefer? Can, Gong or Magma?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 17:20
Many of Can's songs just sound amateur. Fine drummer though
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 17:17
I think Can had the biggest influence on indie bands and hipsters(not that that really matters that much Wink ). For example I know that Sonic Youth were influenced by Can. Can you think of any non prog bands who were influenced by the other two? I can't. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 15:17

Magma, then Gong, then Can.  Never cared much for Can. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 15:04
I was going to vote "all equally" but overall for me it's a tie between Can & Magma - but I voted Can to even things out a bit. I think that in the big picture, Can had the most impact on music in the late 20th century, and they had the most impact on me musically, both with their "spontaneous composition" and motorik. Of course I love Magma and continue to obsess on them in large part because they are still touring and producing music as Magma. I love Gong too, but often it is key tracks that I love and I ignore or tolerate the rest, but there are huge swaths of Can & Magma that mean so much to me. 

I have seen Damo Suzuki & Malcolm Mooney a couple of times live (separately of course), Magma four times, and Gong twice (as Acid Mother's Gong - Daevid Allen & Gilli Smith with Acid Mother's Temple as the band) - I think I have the entire Can discography (not including solo), 95% of the Magma discography, and a lot of the Gong discography (not much post 1980 though I do have some of the most recent stuff). I never dreamed I would be so lucky to see these bands live when I first got into them - it seemed like they were bands of the past. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 14:29
Gong.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 10:29
Definitely Magma. Consistently great, while the other two have several dips throughout.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 10:03
Interesting to see the results(so far)and see the responses. Thanks for voting. I'm going to do another similar poll with three other bands(from roughly the same time period)soon. 

I personally don't know Gong that well but I do like Can and Magma. Out of those bands I have never seen Gong or Can(although I did see Steve Hillage once)and Magma three times. It would not be fair for me to vote for Magma though(imo).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 09:18
All great bands but Can give me just that tiny little extra bit of wild limitless enthusiam (where they were good; they weren't always good of course).
On top of this, it seems that the giant amount of material of Can members after the end of the band is largely unknown (significant parts even unknown to me), but crawling through the post-Can output of Czukay, Liebezeit, Schmidt, Suzuki and Karoli, there are numerous further gems of a calibre that rivals any prog act including the big ones easily.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 09:13
Originally posted by Flight123 Flight123 wrote:

Steve 'Interesting' Davis interviewed Daevid Allen a few years ago, who reflected on when Gong used to tour France with Magma.  Allen said something like, 'we used to watch Magma and say: we've gotta be more disciplined! Then, Magma would watch us and say: we've gotta be more spontaneous'!  
(Can - sorry to fans out there, but they never cut it for me in the lead vocalist department...)

Magma and Gong often both played at the same festival. Christian Vander once said in an interview that never ever both bands were good; either Magma were good, then Gong were bad, or Gong were good, then Magma were bad


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 07:55
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 07:19
Steve 'Interesting' Davis interviewed Daevid Allen a few years ago, who reflected on when Gong used to tour France with Magma.  Allen said something like, 'we used to watch Magma and say: we've gotta be more disciplined! Then, Magma would watch us and say: we've gotta be more spontaneous'!  
(Can - sorry to fans out there, but they never cut it for me in the lead vocalist department...)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 06:56
I don't like any of them much. I can listen to some Gong, but Can and Magma do nothing for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 02:45
Originally posted by Todd Todd wrote:

Magma >>> Gong > Can

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 02:38
Option 4 for me; all three are in my top ten bands (besides Amon Düül 2, Embryo, Hawkwind, Van der Graaf Generator, Guru Guru, King Crimson and Popol Vuh). This list may look different on any other day. To qualify for this list the band in question must have produced at least ten albums.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 01:11
Saw Gong and Magma at the same concert. Nearly fell asleep during Gong. Magma was epic and has been every other time I saw them. Can never did anything for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 00:31
Voted for "all equally." I really can't pick. I was gravitating towards Magma at first, but I was reminded of how much I love Can and Gong. These three bands are at the same level for me and choosing one would only be determined by my mood.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 00:20
Three of the greats but its either Magma of Can. As most of you seem to be going for the former - I'll give my vote to the latter. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2017 at 00:11
Magma, certainly, though all three have albums I wouldn't want to do without.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2017 at 23:57
Magma >>> Gong > Can
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 24 2017 at 20:22
Magma. There were the most unique and "out there." I love Can and Gong as well

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