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Which band was the most successful?
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Poll Question: Which band was the most successful?
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30 [44.12%]
6 [8.82%]
10 [14.71%]
13 [19.12%]
5 [7.35%]
4 [5.88%]
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Pink Floyd for sure.
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Interestingly, those who have posted on this thread have generally agreed on KC and Yes, but, despite having the most votes, Pink Floyd has not been mentioned much in the discussion. Which implies most people who voted Pink Floyd (not necessarily you, King of Loss)  only glanced at the options then voted and left, rather than reading the OP thoroughly and then posting - if someone has posted, it probably means they've had a proper look at the OP. Perhaps that's biased of me because I always look at the OP thoroughly before posting, but it would seem the logical thing to do. No offence intended to Pink Floyd voters, I could be very wrong.
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Pink Floyd, Duh.
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Gotta be ELP by the OP's criteria.
Much maligned but loved deeply by their fans, they were a force to be reckoned with. Innovators that were unmatched, and it was ELP all the music all the time.

But to quote Tyrell:
"The light that burns twice as
bright burns half as long.  And
you have burned so very, very
brightly"
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Rush
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My heart wants me too vote for Yes But my brain says
Pink Floyd but below is my own ratings


Yes>Genesis>King Crimson>Floyd> ELP>Rush

Edited by geekfreak - February 26 2021 at 05:38
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Originally posted by FatherChristmas FatherChristmas wrote:

Interestingly, those who have posted on this thread have generally agreed on KC and Yes, but, despite having the most votes, Pink Floyd has not been mentioned much in the discussion. Which implies most people who voted Pink Floyd (not necessarily you, King of Loss)  only glanced at the options then voted and left, rather than reading the OP thoroughly and then posting - if someone has posted, it probably means they've had a proper look at the OP. Perhaps that's biased of me because I always look at the OP thoroughly before posting, but it would seem the logical thing to do. No offence intended to Pink Floyd voters, I could be very wrong.

You would be wrong in my case, though I obviously can’t speak for any other who voted for Floyd.

While, without reading the OP, the answer is clearly Floyd, in my opinion the answer doesn’t change for me, when it comes to influence (ie what the OP asks, as opposed to what the poll migh otherwise imply).

KC is undoubtedly influential, and I can understand why they get the votes, but I don’t think they are anywhere near as influential as Floyd, Genesis or Rush. Krimson is more influential, only if you stay with prog spheres, in my opinion. Because of a more mainstream and commercial appeal, Floyd, Genesis and Rush have been influential both within and outside prog.

Without thinking about it too much, I would say the order of overall influence is along the order of Floyd > Rush > Genesis > Krimson > Yes > ELP (which, just in case you are thinking it, does not at all match my personal order of favourites).
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Where's Tull?

Didn't JT influence Rush or is this article below "fake news"!?
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No doubt it was Floyd.
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