5 Prog Bands for the Rest of your Life?
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Topic: 5 Prog Bands for the Rest of your Life?
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Subject: 5 Prog Bands for the Rest of your Life?
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:28
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Suppose you could only listen to 5 Prog Bands for the rest of your natural born life? What 5 Prog Bands would you choose? Just a few rules: - If choose a band like Genesis or Yes, you can also listen to the members solo albums like Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins, but guest appearances on other artists albums don't count. In other words all Genesis, Peter Gabriel, and Phil Collins albums would count as one band. - If you choose Steven Wilson, you get to listen to all Steven Wilson written projects, such as Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, and Storm Corrosion. But again, you can't include guest appearances. or any album that Steven Wilson mixed but did not write and create. -All bands on Progarchives are eligible for inclusion, except for Proto Prog bands like The Beatles and Prog Related bands like Led Zeppelin. - Jazz Fusion bands like Miles Davis are eligible. Remember you can't listen to any other progressive bands for the rest of your life, except for the 5 bands you choose. Feel free to explain your reasoning.
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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:34
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Seven Impale Necromonkey Motorpsycho Steven Wilson Swans Swans give me Angels of Light as well, and Necromonkey gives me Anglagard. But excepting the volleyball, all are chosen mainly for themselves. And because you've got to be modernistic. -------------  
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Posted By: ScorchedFirth
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:35
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Marillion Riverside Van Der Graaf Generator Genesis Rush You get a good amount of side projects with this selection too, which is nice. ------------- breathing, eating, defecating, screwing, drinking, spewing, sleeping... 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:39
And don't forget the utterly wonderful Gösta Berlings Saga, whose keyboardist and guitarist are also members of Necromonkey! Speaking of what, you MUST come to the NJ Proghouse in October to see Necromonkey. It will be worth every cent. |
Lear'sFool wrote:Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:47
Nice! I'll be sure to work out a way for me to go. -------------
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Posted By: infernalfrog
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 15:51
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Pain Of Salvation: 5 prog masterpieces (Entropia, One Hour By The Concrete Lake, The Perfect Element Part 1, Remedy Lane and "BE"), one good new-metal album (Scarsick) two average hard rock oriented albums (Road Salt 1 and 2) two amazing unplugged albums (12:5 and Falling Home) and my favourite live album (Ending Themes) Pink Floyd: One awesome psychedelic album (Piper) seven five star albums (Atom Hearth Mother, Meddle, DSOTM, WYWH, Animals, The Wall, The Division Bell) the live Ummagumma, Richard's Wet Dream. And the fabulous Endless River. King Crimson: ITCOTCK, Red, Discipline, Lizard, Larks, Islands, a lot of box sets, live albuns and bootlesgs with awesome jams, the projeckts. ELP, thanks to Greg Lake. Van Der Graaf Generator: A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers is probably my fav song, i can't spent the rest of my life without listen to it. And VdGG got H to He, Godbluff, World Record, The Least We Can Do and Still Life. And Hammill solo stuff. Death: Metal madafaka, metal. The Sound Of Perseverance, Symbolic, Human, Leprosy, Individual Thought Patterns and Spiritual Healing. Do i get Cynic by choosing Death?
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Posted By: Kayleur
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:10
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Jesus! How many more of these threads do we need. All variation on the same theme. Crissake. I'm going to start a:"If they were going to colonize Fecking Uranus, what 5 albums would you take?" thread. |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:30
| "...you can also listen to the members solo albums like Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins..." and reaffirm just how preciously better the earlier stuff was. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:33
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Yes Genesis The Flower Kings Neal Morse Gentle Giant I'd really miss Pink Floyd, Rush, ELP, Jethro Tull and King Crimson though!!!
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Posted By: Quirky Turkey
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:36
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Yes Genesis Steven Wilson Devin Townsend Mike Oldfield |
Posted By: Kayleur
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:40
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Funny you mentuion Devin Townsend Project. I got "Cloud..." cd from the public library last week. Masses of vocal-groupings, metal guitar...totally unlistenable. A thick jumble of Nothing. Frankly, I was appalled. |
Posted By: Qrtis
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 16:51
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Opeth Rush Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson Anathema Riverside |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 17:03
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Triumvirat Dzyan Colosseum Passport Wallenstein
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 17:27
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Can Magma Pink Floyd Soft Machine Genesis Assuming i can listen to as much non prog as I want. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 17:50
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Tough one! Need bands with large catalogs for this one. Kate Bush Yesrushorme Genesisgiant BancoOysterCult Floydsabbathtramp ------------- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sQD8uhpWXCw" rel="nofollow - It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood...Road Rage Edition |
Posted By: oznivargas
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 17:53
| Steven Wilson Rush King Crimson Emerson,Lake&Palmer Maynard J Keenan |
Posted By: Cinema
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 17:58
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That is indeed a tough one ... for me it would be: Yes Porcupine Tree King Crimson Riverside Oceansize
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 18:23
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Genesis would then give me everything by Anthony Phillips, Steve Hackett, Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Mike + the Mechanics, Tony Banks, GTR, and Phil Collins. Yes would give me everything by Steve Howe, Jon Anderson (including Jon & Vangelis), Rick Wakeman, Chris Squire (including The Syn), Billy Sherwood, The Mystery, Trevor Rabin, Patrick Moraz (including Refugee), Bill Bruford (including all his work with King Crimson), Alan White, as well as albums by Asia, Flash, Badger, and Glass Hammer. Miles Davis would give me Weather Report and Joe Zawinul, Return to Forever, Herbie Hancock, John Coltrane, John Scofield, John McLaughlin as well as Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Tony Williams. If we can count members in the various bands here, I would also get Al Di Meola, Billy Cobham, Stanley Clark, Airto, Jan Hammer. U.K. would give me all albums by Allan Holdsworth, anything with John Wetton on it (all 20,000 bands he's worked with), Bruford again, Eddie Jobson's wide variety including Roxy Music. If I can link on that I would also get Phil Manzanera, Eno, and Brian Ferry. Fripp would give me King Crimson as well as his collaborations with Eno, solo projects, and Crimson Projekts. If I can link I can get all of Eno again but once should be enough. If I worked harder, I could possibly tighten this up, but that's what I can think of right now. There would be a lot I would miss, but I think I can live with this.  ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 18:51
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ELP Yes Genesis Spock's Beard ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: SkeptiGal
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 19:36
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ELP -Greg Lake's voice, Emerson's amazing keyboards Yes- love the mixture of keyboards, wailing guitar, wandering heavy bass Genesis- great guitar, soaring melodies, wild stories Steven Wilson- love that guitar Moody Blues (''67-''72) - Justin Hayward's vocals and guitar, great melodies and themes |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 19:41
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Easily The Mars Volta. Omar's unending solo career, At the Drive In, De Facto, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Antemasque, Jon Theodore's projects, Free Moral Agents. Honestly i could stop there.  Porcupine Tree - Swilson, Bass Communion, Gavin Harrison&05Ric, Edwin's projects, Wesleys solo career,No Man, etc. Kayo Dot Van der Graaf Generator - Peter and Nik's solo material. Miles Davis - to cheat. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 19:47
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hmmm... Osanna Dungen Yes ADII Can I could go through the rest of life with only those 5!  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 20:24
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King Crimson (plus Fripp, Yes (Bruford), Levin (heaven knows how many he's on), Gunn solo, Wetton (UK), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree)) Khan (Stewart (Hatfield, Egg, National Health), Hillage (Gong & solo) Tangerine Dream (K Schulze solo) Thinking Plague (Mike Johnson (Science Group), (Dave Willey (Hamster Theater), Elaine Di Falco (Combat Astronomy, Yugen, Hughscore), Dave Kerman (Present, 5UU, Aranis, Ahvak, U Totem) Henry Cow (Fred Frith (solo, Art Bears, Cosa Brava), Chris Cutler ( News From Babel, Cassiber))
------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 20:43
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Yes Genesis (Gabriel era only) King Crimson (all eras) ELP Brand X
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Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 20:47
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For me, in no particular order: King Crimson Pink Floyd Frank Zappa Steven Wilson Drum roll please ---- Caravan
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Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 20:56
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VDGG King Crimson Ash Ra Tempel Popol Vuh Tangerine Dream ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 22:47
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Rush Transatlantic Kansas Genesis Jethro Tull  |
Posted By: Komandant Shamal
Date Posted: February 24 2015 at 23:49
| 5 Prog Bands for the Rest of my life are Igra Staklenih Perli, Buldozer, Leb i Sol, Time and Smak. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 00:37
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Magenta Anglagard Ozric Tentacles VDGG/Hammill Khan ........... for the simple reason that these artist's music moves me so much. (It would probably change tomorrow, but I'd be happy with this bunch.......I think....) |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 00:54
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Only 5? Let's see:Pink Floyd Gentle Giant Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree Eloy Los Jaivas ------------- 
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Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 01:05
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King Crimson, Yes, Smak, Time and iamthemorning. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 02:06
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only 5? this is hard Marillion Pink Floyd Camel Threshold Enchant listening to just 5 bands for the rest of my life would be torture, i would end up bored and hating these 5 bands |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 03:23
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Camel IQ Genesis Horslips Mostly Autumn Rush, Pendragon, Marillion, Riverside and Gentle Giant were also in the frame. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 04:02
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Five would be too few, but if I have to choose, I can choose only two because three of these five have native rights to appear on such a list. Pink Floyd Yes Genesis Alquin Deluge Grander ------------- 
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Posted By: LakeGlade12
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 04:47
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Genesis Yes Steven Wilson Kayo Dot Anathema Saying bye to King Crimson will kill me (No 6 on the list if I was allowed it) but KD fill that chaotic, avant-garde, unpredictable gap better. Genesis, Yes and SW are no-brainers to me, they sum up my love for all things Prog perfectly and I can listen to them over and over without tiring (and do great pop as well!). Anathema cover the emotional stuff and beautiful arrangements.
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Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 04:49
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It would be a real tragedy that i had to listen to only 5 bands for the rest of my life, but to play the game i will choose some that have a decent discography : Rush Genesis Flower Kings Porcupine Tree Steven Wilson (he might have at least 10 albums until i die...) ------------- Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. Emile M. Cioran |
Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 04:51
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Pink Floyd and four bands that don't exist yet There's plenty of non-prog music I love, so I'd be ok for music, which is why four of my five are future bands that don't exist. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: God Was A Mellotron
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 05:09
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Magma (giving full access to Offering, Simon Goubert, Vander solo... & the quintessence of Gong's collection, via the Malherbe connection) Miles Davis (Hancock, Zawinul, Corea, Coltrane, Williams, McLaughlin, Holland, DeJohnette et. al.) Frank Zappa (Preston, Beefheart, maybe pre-DSOTM Floyd...) Henry Cow (Frith, Cutler, Hodgkinson, News From Babel, Art Bears, The Work, Greaves, Blegvad, Cooper, Moore, Krause, Slap Happy, maybe Wyatt thanks to the Concerts collaboration) Genesis/Brand X I could perfectly live with all of this, even more so because the (parts) of this list will still be expanding in the future ~ ------------- Welcome to the insects. Let's change the subject ! (https://halcyondazeblog.wordpress.com/ ; https://arthurrainbow67.bandcamp.com/)~ |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 05:52
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Genesis Yes Rush Pink Floyd Jethro Tull ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 06:08
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 06:27
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ELP S Hackett Le Orme Vangelis And the one below my signature (CF), unfortunately just one single album, but a damn hell of a good one! EDIT: in reality this sort of selections live for such a short time considering my life span... -------------  "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 09:03
Not fair...  Pink Floyd Yes (Only to get the Solos) Genesis Rush Jethro Tull I wanted to choose more obscure bands than the big five, but I really couldn't do it. Can I also have clarification that if I choose Yes, get Bruford's solo albums, do I get to have King Crimson based on your second rule? ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 09:10
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In no particular order Jethro Tull Camel Steve Hackett Gentle Giant King Crimson I would miss Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, ELP, and others, but my choice would be these five.
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Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 09:45
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Genesis Marillion Jethro Tull Pink Floyd Nash the Slash hardly original but it is what it is ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 09:46
crap i forgot about Van Der Graaf Generator and Tangerine Dream. This question sucks :P ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 10:02
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I've focused on bands who have not only produced amazing albums but who's whole discography I can easily listen to White Willow (Which would give me Wobbler and In Lingua Mortua from Lars, The Opium Cartel from Jacob, Synkoke from Ellen Andrea Wang, Anglagard from Mattias Olson and anything else he's done.) Pain of Salvation (This gives me access to The Flower Kings, Transatlantic and Meshugga, but I think I'll skip these and go for The Shadow Theory and Dark Suns Grave Human Genuine which had Kristoffer Gildenlow on bass.) Kayo Dot (Lets see, thats maudlin of the Well, solo, Tartar Lamb, Tusk, Secret Chiefs 3 and Vaura from Toby, Balliset from Greg Massi, Time of Orchids from Bodie, and probobly dozens of other avant guard acts from the other band members) Fen (Which gives me To-Mera thanks to their drummer) Van der Graff Generator (Hammill solo, The Tangent and god knows what else.) It was a toss up between VdGG and King Crimson for the last slot. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 10:37
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Hmmm.....tough choices ..again. King Crimson....I love their music and then you get Fripp solo and side projects also and UK, etc Genesis....same here with Gabriel, etc, though I can't say I care that much for the later Genesis/Collins albums Porcupine Tree....like all of their albums and then you get Wilson solo and No -Man etc .. Caravan.....being a big Canterbury fan it gives access to the solo efforts as well as Hatfield, Nat Health, etc.. Jethro Tull....love all of the earlier albums....would miss them if I didn't have them to play...not a lot of peripheral solo things here but ces't la vie. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 10:42
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Rush....Shear brilliance Genesis....Pop, Prog, Symphonic magic, hits everything Dream Theater....My metal fix Steven Wilson....PT and solo would be more than enough, but add in Blackfield as icing Marillion....tons of albums all ranges of styles Between all these must be 100+ albums.....Plenty of music. -------------   
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 10:49
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Sieges Even Porcupine tree Echolyn Gazpacho Kansas
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 11:51
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Yes (ADER!!) Rush Pink Floyd King Crimson Genesis 'nuff said man, 'nuff said!!!
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Posted By: kbusman
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 12:05
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I would find it difficult to choose only five, but one would be Transatlantic, which would give me access to a large selection of prog music from Dream Theater, Marillion, Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, Pain of Salvation to name just the main ones. Yes would be another obvious one - with so many different members over the years who have been involved with other bands I would be able to include a good number of bands and plenty of solo albums giving plenty of variety. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 12:21
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Definitely going for ones with large discographies  Klaus Schulze CAN Pink Floyd Franco Battiato Il Balletto di Bronzo ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 12:28
Large discographies, eh? Tangerine Dream, maybe? ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: Discordia
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 12:43
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Yes Rush Genesis King Crimson Steven Wilson ------------- http://www.discordiamusic.com https://www.facebook.com/discordiamusic https://www.youtube.com/user/DiscordiaFinland |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 13:17
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Genesis (Hackett, gabriel etc (do I have to take Collins too?)) Gong (Hillage, Here and Now, University of Errors, Soft Machine?, Pierre Moerlin's Gong, MotherGong, Tim Blake, Haadouk Trio, System 7, Pip Pyle was in National Health and Hatfield too, and Bill Bruford played for Gong for a while does that mean I can claim King Crimson etc?) Tangerine Dream (Klaus Schultze) Kate Bush Cardiacs ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 13:29
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I forgot that Kavus Torabi is a current member of Gong. So I claim Cardiacs anyway, and Knifeworld etc ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 14:17
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no brainer for me Genesis ( has to be top choice given I get Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett plus those Phil Collins albums will do nicely as coasters)ELP ( so this also gets me The Nice, Atomic Rooster's debut album and the Asia albums with Carl Palmer on if I understand it correct) Tangerine Dream ( so I get Klaus Schulze , Edgar Froese, Johannes Schmoelling as well??!) Mike Oldfield ( on his own will suffice!) Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson (yep a load of stuff) |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 15:17
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"Can I also have clarification that if I choose Yes, get Bruford's solo albums, do I get to have King Crimson based on your second rule?" If you choose Yes you can include Bruford's albums but not KC...
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Posted By: twalsh
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 15:57
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I was wondering if Opeth comes with a Steven Wilson selection...given he produced for them. ------------- More heavy prog, please! |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 20:51
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Steve Hackett Genesis Frank Zappa Jade Warrior Henry Kaiser Oh, if I can subsume Steve Hackett under Genesis, then I can have another open spot for...I'm not sure. Gong? Jethro Tull? Focus? Anglagard? Adrian Belew? One of those most likely. I'd have to think about it some more. Not ready to sign anything just yet. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 21:01
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This is easy for me: Kansas (my favorite band) Yes (my second favorite band) Rush (my third favorite band) Echolyn (my fourth favorite band) Epignosis (well, I have to be able to hear myself, don't I?) ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 21:15
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Jethro Tull (which would include band member solo projects from Martin, Barrie, Glenn Cornick, Dee Palmer and Ian, UK, Black Sabbath, The Nice, Blodwyn Pig, Carmen, Cat Stevens, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention and perhaps another 100 bands or projects) Genesis (for Gabriel, Rutherford and Hackett solo projects -- omit the Phil Collins pap) Yes (the Wakeman solo stuff alone makes it worthwhile) Pink Floyd (together or apart: Gilmour, Waters, Mason, Wright and Barrett) Frank Zappa (albums from his sidemen alone would be great, like Jean Luc Ponty, Aynsley Dunbar and George Duke) ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 21:33
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Pink Floyd. Yes (I would have chosen Rick Wakeman too, but since it's included, well, that's even better). Dream Theater. Mike Oldfield. And since I don't have to choose Rick Wakeman, I have one more slot. I guess it would have to be Genesis (though it might just as well be Jethro Tull, King Crimson, or some Prog Metal band, or perhaps Rhapsody of Fire, in order to get some more medieval sounding music into the mix, or Nightwish). |
Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 21:58
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Couple of years ago a friend of mine let me listen to Epignosis and I thought it was excellent , and that's your band ? wow .. lets just say looking at your influences all the bands you like, I do too .. it makes sense I like your own material and what you are doing .. keep up the great work ! |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: February 25 2015 at 22:10
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TWalsh wrote.....I was wondering if Opeth comes with a Steven Wilson selection...given he produced for them. No Soup for you! Not in this Nazi soup kitchen...(See Seinfeld episode #116) |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 09:55
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Motorpsycho Jethro Tull Gentle Giant King Crimson Jaga Jazzist -------------  
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Posted By: twalsh
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 14:38
Damn, 'cause I really like soup, too. Apparently I can't read instructions well, either. This is tough for me. In no particular order... Steven Wilson for PT and solo work. Dream Theater - I'm learning there is more and better but still consider them solid and good quality. And I'll finally get around to Liquid Tension Experiment.. Riverside - A new favorite and access to Lunatic Soul, whom i haven't heard yet. Pain of Salvation - just because. Yes - because I don't want it all heavy, all the time.
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 14:50
Thank you for the kind words. Yes, I will try! ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 15:00
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Probably... Yes, Rush, Henry Cow, Magma, and Kayo Dot. |
Posted By: progresssaurus
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 15:16
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Focus ELP King Crimson Yes Genesis
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Posted By: calm_sea
Date Posted: February 26 2015 at 18:25
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Genesis Yes Pink Floyd Van der Graaf Generator Caravan |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 27 2015 at 09:01
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Hmm...I wonder how many here would choose the same 5 bands if they were only allowed those bands actual albums and no side or solo or connected projects? ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 27 2015 at 09:20
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Hi,
How sad ... if it were your child in a progressive band ... you would not take an interest!
You can't live in the past like this and maintain a decorum of "progressive" by being so damn regressive and stuck back in time!
WOW!
NONE in the past for me, although I will always remember many things that were special to my heart! But "new" and "alive" is far more important and deserves a chance ... but we can't look at them because we're stuck on the same old pair of shoes and sox!
Bummer! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: MadTrapper
Date Posted: February 27 2015 at 10:27
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In no particular order ToolDream Theater Opeth Pink Floyd Porcupine Tree |
Posted By: Daniele Spadavecchia
Date Posted: March 03 2015 at 22:13
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Le Orme - for when I want to feel sentimental and a little psychedelic PFM - for when I want to feel the lift with a little reminiscence of growing up near Milan Gentle Giant - for a little mind twist Pink Floyd - my soul is still suspended there between Atom Heart Mother, Wish You Were Here and The Dark Side Napoli Centrale - they played early fusion and still make my mind trip |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: March 04 2015 at 00:28
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King Crimson Gentle Giant Steely Dan Pink Floyd Shakti
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: March 04 2015 at 16:44
Good question. I allowed solo projects by the creators, because otherwise we would be cheering for a name of a band, and I wanted to follow the individuals. Thus, you can count solo material and band projects like Red 7, if you chose Genesis as one of your bands. It's kind of like pro and college team sports. The teams roster rolls over continuously...Only the uniforms remain the same... When you break team sports down, everybody is cheering for the hometown laundry.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 05 2015 at 07:04
I did, why anyone would NOT sort have reflects that their choices sucked and needed augmentation. The title did say BANDS.. not Bands and associated/connected acts. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: March 05 2015 at 11:43
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Cant do only five... I just can't! ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: musitron
Date Posted: March 05 2015 at 13:44
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Pink Floyd Porcupine Tree Steven Wilson Genesis Beatles ------------- “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” Dark Side Radio - Best new Prog 2015 mixed with good old stuff. - www.live365.com/stations/young_gun |
Posted By: Matthew _Gill
Date Posted: March 05 2015 at 18:30
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Pink Floyd Genesis Archive Radiohead Camel The big 5. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpOoJ0OTLg0&t" rel="nofollow - Click here to see a mind-blowing Flashlight |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 06 2015 at 00:50
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Here goes : during this week I can list another top-5 : White Willow Magma Anything Hugh Hopper has graced Elephant9 Pink Floyd ..............darn IMPOSSIBLE to settle on only 5. May as well hang myself......... |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: March 06 2015 at 02:06
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King Crimson Peter Gabriel Genesis The Marts Volta Gong ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 06 2015 at 07:41
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Genesis Yes Camel Emerson, Lake & Palmer No... Pink Floyd
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Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: March 06 2015 at 17:19
Nice last second save Moontron3, replacing UK with Pink Floyd!  Since I made the rules to this game, and you chose ELP, you can listen to KC's Court of the Crimson King, but no other KC. You also get any ASIA, Atomic Rooster, and Nice albums where Palmer or Emerson played a large part...  I've only recently explored the Camel catalog, so I don't know the solo projects the members of Camel have spawned...Are the Camel offshoots as fruitful as Pink Floyd and Yes? |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 07 2015 at 04:39
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You get a hell of a lot by choosing UK though when you think about it |
Posted By: God Was A Mellotron
Date Posted: March 14 2015 at 08:35
It wasn't planned, but I certainly felt like it when the list was done Besides, your recent elegy about Daevid Allen is really a pristine hommage to the man and his music... RIP to the many different selves and talents of Gong's eternal oracle ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhn-ix9l7Ko ------------- Welcome to the insects. Let's change the subject ! (https://halcyondazeblog.wordpress.com/ ; https://arthurrainbow67.bandcamp.com/)~ |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: March 14 2015 at 10:23
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Hi, This is a very hard topic to discuss. Almost all of us, when a special friend passes away, we tend to bury it as well, and not want to deal with it for sometime. I have some respect for the Beatles and George and John, but honestly, I can not listen to them at all anymore ... it's depressing! I just tried to listen to Tangerine Dream, and felt so sad, that it looked like to me that the music spoke a completely different language. I just heard some Gong, and ... I don't know why, but all of a sudden it felt a bit empty and sad ... it had the spiritual side, but it felt ... out there ... and out there, sometimes is really hard for any of us to undertake it and enjoy it. Still love the music, but this morning, my only concern was for Shakti and how much she added to the whole thing ... Daevid had glissando, but her voice WAS a glissando ... and we don't give her any credit! it just felt ... empty ... kinda lonely ... and I just want to give her a hug and say ... thank you ... for that spirit is just as important to a man ... as anything else he can come up with! I don't look forward to seeing others I have appreciated leave us, despite all the reasons and ideas and concepts and thoughts and bullpucky ... and I look in the mirror, and the first thing I say ... where is me? I have lost myself! I depend on others' backs to make it through the day! At that point, my answer to you is ... NONE. But I think I would tell you to give me a couple of instruments for me to play ... and that's that! As it is, right now, all the music and love I have for it, is already in my heart. I have not forgotten ANY of it at all, and love all of it ... so choosing a friend? ... I do not have an Alfie, so all I have left would be me ... and I would be happy with an instrument or two! Maybe a taco pizza once in a while, too! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: defectinggrey
Date Posted: March 14 2015 at 10:52
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Kevin Ayres (then allows Gong, Didier Malherbe etc) Bram Stoker Caravan Gnidrolog Jan Dukes de Grey Some of these are bands with very few albums but they are good to listen to repeatedly. Best band ever however is The Pretty Things. |
Posted By: GhostPony750
Date Posted: March 14 2015 at 18:30
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Citizen Cain: I still haven't listened to all their songs yet, but so far all of them are good, every single one. Still my favorite band. Saga: They are still writing, and have evolved through the years. They created their own style! Marillion: Great band, tons of songs. Genesis: A classic, obviously. Supper's Ready is that good. Camel: Freefall \o/ |
Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: March 15 2015 at 01:22
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Genesis, Van der Graaf Generator, Rush, Spock's Beard, Phideaux ------------- Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus |
Posted By: Guy Guden
Date Posted: March 16 2015 at 04:15
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Disclaimer: I have an antipathy for this sort of thing. Lists... One album VS. another, etc. Art and philosophy should not be a team sport. And if it is, than let it be more like female gymnastics; attractive and individual. :)X. That said, ... in the spirit of Fun and Academic Discussion... here are Guido's Cinco de My-O! Experimental: Pink Floyd (not everything) Amon Duul 2 (" ") Can (" ") Mike Oldfield (" ") Ash Ra Tempel/Ashra (" ") Classical/Orchestral: ( likewise dittos ) Debussy Bernard Herrmann Saint-Saens Beethoven Ravel Jazz/Big Band: ( the same ) Basil Kirchin Henry Mancini Johnny Dankworth Edwin Astley Burt Bacharach Some might say ( but not all ), why didn't Franz make the Liszt? But of course,... that's the shortfall of such things. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 16 2015 at 05:29
Well, I wouldn't like to miss Dark Side Of The Moon and Shine On you Crazy Diamond for the rest of my life. It would be a very big loss.
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 16 2015 at 05:34
Well, Bruford's most interesting things were in other bands (I think) so he doesn't count. Jobson's solo albums are good, and Wetton did some great stuff, but the biggest loss for me would be Allen Holdsworth's SynthAxe series of solo albums. But in a thread like this, one has to choose. |
Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: March 16 2015 at 09:47
| Can't chose 5 bands even for the next 5 days...there's an ocean to explore. |
Posted By: Old King Cole
Date Posted: April 01 2015 at 00:47
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Genesis Yes Weather Report ELP King Crimson
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