Your Local Prog Scene

I live in Chennai, India.

The only band that I can recall being anything close to prog in my city is the Celtic group Homeland. I already knew there wasn't much of a scene here since "prog" is basically a foreign word in the high school

cstack3 wrote: leechburton wrote: I live in Iran and as you may know, (unfortunately) our political/religious system is not so open, so most music scenes/genres in my country (specially Rock) are illegal so they remains underground and so obscured. Some of them are either got arrested or went abroad! Nevertheless, we (musicians) are trying to make their path through this political/religious hell.  Anyway, here's some of the Iranian Prog. bands/musicians I know: Farzad Golpayegani Agah Bahari Oriental Silence Arborgate ...and Chegali, my fully single-handed Psychedelic music project. Under influenced of Ozric Tentacles and Klaus Schulze! Wow!!  Thank you for your post, that is fascinating!!  We all wish you and your countrymen and women the very best!!   You have friends here, come back often!!

I'm a little worried, now.  He hasn't posted (to this thread) since he mentioned his music is illegal in his country!

leechburton wrote: I live in Iran and as you may know, (unfortunately) our political/religious system is not so open, so most music scenes/genres in my country (specially Rock) are illegal so they remains underground and so obscured. Some of them are either got arrested or went abroad! Nevertheless, we (musicians) are trying to make their path through this political/religious hell.  Anyway, here's some of the Iranian Prog. bands/musicians I know: Farzad Golpayegani Agah Bahari Oriental Silence Arborgate ...and Chegali, my fully single-handed Psychedelic music project. Under influenced of Ozric Tentacles and Klaus Schulze!

Berlin/Brandenburg in Germany, where I live, is a complete prog wasteland.
When Riverside played here (in Berlin, the biggest and the capital city of Germany), they played in front of maybe 50 people (good for me, as I felt being on a private concert just for me...)
Most prog acts usually avoid this area. The scene here is all about hip hop and electronica.

So I have to agree with Tapfret:

Tapfret wrote: I *am* my local prog scene.

In South Jersey there is nothing but Southern Rock, Alternative, Classic Rock, Rap, Hip Hop, and Metal. All the Progressive Rock musicians I used to know moved to the places mentioned in this thread so far or sold their soul to play the music mention in my first sentence. My friend Chuck Minuto recorded 2 albums in the early 80's. The first one "Mercury" included vocals. The second "Neptune" was an album of all mellotron. He went under the name of CELLULOID. He has been in a mental institution for years. He was connected with the progressive rock and electronic scene during the late 70's and early 80's when I traveled the road. He is the only progressive musician I have contact with apart from the occasional phone calls from musicians in N.Y. and further to the western U.S. The Prog scene in South Jersey died in the late 80's. Baltimore is a different story. Wayside Music and the American Rio bands, progressive bands like Happy the Man and The Muffins were the first introduction of the Balitmore prog scene for me. To my knowledge, Baltimore still has a prog scene...although I no longer perform with bands in Baltimore and haven't for decades.

There's a decent amount of prog-esque music around here.. My friends are in a psychedelic progressive rock band in the tool / meshuggah vain but less heavy and more trippy. Lots of metal, lots of math / post rock bands..

...lets see, Prince George, British Coloumbia, Canada.... ACDC Cover bands, there is literally 10

spacface wrote: Wish there was a scene here.  Most of my friends give me funny looks when I talk about music.  There's been a few good shows around the area and in Detroit over the years, but there really isn't a "scene."

I agree. The original music scene in Detroit is mostly Punk and Metal.