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    Posted: February 26 2008 at 21:03
Please I need more prog bands, having very few:(without counting related or proto)
                                         
                                             Influences not being prog:
Pink Floyd                                  Almost all 70's hard rock.
King Crimson                                Few 80's new wave and pop
Yes                                         Few grunge and alt. music.
Genesis(dislike it)                         Some funk/disco/R&B
ELP                                         Few jazz fusion
Flower Kings (getting to know it)           Almost all 60's 70's classic
Kansas                                       rock...
Uriah Heep
Gentle Giant
Toto (not really prog I think)
Supertramp
Jethro Tull
VDGG (really dislike it)
Dire Straits (Lover Over Gold of course, from prog)
perhaps some others, but not too much more...

As you can see these are my tastes and I have been doing some other threads to know more bands but this is official for any band...of course with consideration of my tastes. No metal please..

ENGLISH LYRICS PLEASE!

Edited by cacho - February 26 2008 at 21:18
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Well, I could suggest some easy-to-like prog, but... no ;P

if you're looking for interesting bands rather than ones in the same vein as you know, try:
Gnidrolog
Hatfield and the North
Magma

otherwise try PFM
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sorry but what is PFM...
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Premiata Forneria Marconi, most visible italian symphonic band. =) I don't know if they're RPI or not because they remained outside of a lot of the political stuff...

if you don't like italian lyrics then I have no further suggestions ;P
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ohh but I need english stuff
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Hmmm...well why would you want to limit your tastes to just English bands? Sure most of the popular ones come from England, but there are a ton of great and memorable bands from Germany, France, Italy, USA and so on and so forth. Try not to limit your tastes to geography/languages, you'll never know what you might find appealing from outside those boundariesSmile
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No metal? No languages?
 
How about instrumental stuff?
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Originally posted by laplace laplace wrote:

Well, I could suggest some easy-to-like prog, but... no ;P

if you're looking for interesting bands rather than ones in the same vein as you know, try:
Gnidrolog
Hatfield and the North
Magma



Those are three amazing suggestions. But cacho, having an English only policy is extremely bad! Übertisk.
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Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

ohh but I need english stuff
 
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Do a search for erik neuteboom, and look at his threads. Then do a search for Avestin, and look at his threads.
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You have finances left after reading an avestin post???Shocked
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"ENGLISH LYRICS PLEASE!"

Hey Cacho!  Fight the english-only impulse.  I understand, I know its hard to get past initially, but you're too young to limit your options like that.  There's a whole world of great stuff and if you break down that wall, which you can, you will be so happy you did someday.  The first few albums might pain you, but stick with it and force yourself if you have to.  I promise you, you can learn to appreciate non-english music, and even love it eventually. 

Good luck.  Smile
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Points: 11682 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2008 at 22:40
Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

ohh but I need english stuff

PFM made a few English albums. Try Photos of Ghosts.


Edited by moreitsythanyou - February 26 2008 at 22:41
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Caravan,
Porcupine Tree
Ozric Tentacles - no vox though
etc.
Just read thru the A-Z lists on the front page.Really there are too many to list and everyone has there own favourites.
 
 
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Try these bands:
England/Garden Shed
Flash...all three albums
Empire
Starcastle(I do not think they are prog)
Captain Beyond(self titled album only)
Peter Banks(Solo albums)
Todd Rundgren's Utopia(first album)
Utopia/Ra(only album)
Attila(good psych prog from Billy Joel no less...sounds funny that Joel could be mentioned here)
Argent(the last three albums)
Focus
Allan Holdsworth
There are plenty of English language prog bands and most are listed here in PA, but like everyone else has said before me do not limit yourself to the bands that use English only as the lyrics.  If you limit yourself to just the English language you will be missing out on being progressive.
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Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:


ENGLISH LYRICS PLEASE!


Dude.


Or, as Finnforest said:


Hey Cacho! Fight the english-only impulse. I understand, I know its hard to get past initially, but you're too young to limit your options like that. There's a whole world of great stuff and if you break down that wall, which you can, you will be so happy you did someday. The first few albums might pain you, but stick with it and force yourself if you have to. I promise you, you can learn to appreciate non-english music, and even love it eventually.

Good luck.


Some recs from me:

Amon Duul II
Gnidrolog
Czes³aw Niemen
Raw Material
Gargantua
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Points: 24439 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 27 2008 at 04:51
Originally posted by laplace laplace wrote:

Premiata Forneria Marconi, most visible italian symphonic band. =) I don't know if they're RPI or not because they remained outside of a lot of the political stuff...

if you don't like italian lyrics then I have no further suggestions ;P
 
What's the political stuff got to do with it?Confused I'm afraid there must have been some misunderstanding as to the nature of RPI... It was first of all a MUSICAL movement  - the politics of the period are an important background factor, but most of the bands that belong to it have no political bias whatsoever (Area being one of the most notable exceptions).
 
BTW, PFM recorded at least two albums in English (notably Photos of Ghosts, with lyrics by Pete Sinfield), but 'real' RPI fans usually don't like them.
 
As for my own suggestions, I'll stick to one name: CARAVANHeart...
 
Edit: already suggested... Since you are a DP fan, you MUST try Atomic Rooster, and most of the Seventies bands included in the Heavy Prog subgenre. I'd also recommend The Mars Volta, but they can be a bit of an acquired taste.... I love them, but others hate them. You could do much worse than get De-Loused in the Comatorium, though.


Edited by Ghost Rider - February 27 2008 at 04:54
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