I want some cheesy 80s neo prog bands...
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Topic: I want some cheesy 80s neo prog bands...
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Subject: I want some cheesy 80s neo prog bands...
Date Posted: December 21 2015 at 22:59
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What I mean is Have those sweet melodic guitar solos Those cheesy keyboards that sound really outdated Really pretentious lyrics Has under 200 ratings total Oh and cool album covers I already know of Marillion, IQ, Pallas, Solstice, and... I guess that neo prog band Steven Wilson was in.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 09:17
| Melodic guitar solos? You need Pendragon. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 09:33
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------------- “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: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 10:28
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 10:31
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 10:34
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 10:35
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 17:05
whoo hoo!! sign for me up for some that sh*t man.. sounds great!!!  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
fudgenuts64 wrote:Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 22:01
| Steven Wilson was on a Neo Prog band? |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 22:45
Too many nuts in the fudge...?  ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 23:59
Indeed he was! 1983, sixteen years old. Quality is rather poor though. Also has another tape released in 1985 I haven't heard. Also, as for the other responses. I've heard Pendragon but they have two albums released in the 80s with the prime material being in the 90s and sorta missing the mark for what I'm looking for. Hell, this demo tape is a really good example of what I'm talking about even. Twelfth Night is one I've been meaning to check out for the longest time. I'm aware this kind of prog isn't really anything to preach about, but I find it a guilty pleasure.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 23 2015 at 12:44
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^..Thanks for posting that on Karma...I was not aware of his early work with them. It's not all that bad imo. I do like IQ and a few other neo prog bands......the only one not mentioned that I know of his Arena. You might try their early albums for that 'cheesy sound' or ck out the web page here for neo. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 23 2015 at 16:07
...sounds like everything I've ever recorded! I need to post some of that someday.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 23 2015 at 16:13
*spits wine on monitor* good stuff too.. that explains a GREAT DEAL....  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: December 24 2015 at 19:33
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First of all, nice to know you're not the only weirdo who's into this borderline-pop ugly 80s Neo. I don't mean primes like Marillion or IQ, I'm talking Comedy of Errors, Winter, Aragon, Abel Ganz and early It Bites here! Also much better and less poppy bands (but still bearing this catchiness to them) are Shadowland, Collage, Red Sand, Clepsydra, Quidam, Mindgames, The Watch, La Tupile Noire, Janison Edge, Credo, Fyreworks, etc. Enjoy! |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 24 2015 at 19:46
| Pendragon - The Jewel (but it truly is a wonderful album !!) |
Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: December 24 2015 at 21:38
LOL! I tried my damnedest to get these guys in here: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=99672" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=99672 . The post includes another YouTube version of 'The Joke's On You' without side A track 2,'Tigers In The Rain', but which includes the whole of side A of 'The Last Man To Laugh'. And here is another slightly longer version of that tube which the same guy uploaded just the day before I made my post:  |
Posted By: rdtprog
Date Posted: December 25 2015 at 04:53
First time i see this way of seeing things...  So you want some badly sounding music but with cool covers and melodic guitar solos. Flame Dream comes to mind.------------- Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. Emile M. Cioran |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: December 25 2015 at 08:47
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Very smart topic. I mention you to asked musical elements again:
1 - sweet melodic guitar solos
2 - cheesy keyboards that sound really outdated
3 - Really pretentious lyrics
4 - Has under 200 ratings total
5 - Oh and cool album covers (Cover?!)
I think fudgenuts64 have different mean. I don't write any of great bands name in this thread because I like them . If you "Hate" any of Neo Prog bands or albums , You can write a post in this thread about that!
Now one question : Why Neo Prog? Do you mean : All of these awful specifics "Only" find in Neo Prog sub gen? I think you can find them in Xover easier than Neo Prog.
This thread is not about music IMO. I guess you try to attack to Steven Wilson. Your answer to Dellinger question show it clearly " 1983, sixteen years old. Quality is rather poor though. Also has another tape released in 1985 I haven't heard." What?!!! S.W 16 years old?!!! Quality of tape in 1983?!!! Come on. This isn't good way to attack S.W.
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Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: December 25 2015 at 09:37
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Wilson was also in Pop/Rock band Blazing Apostles (aka Pride of Passion) that at different times also featured Brian Jelliman and Diz Minitt from Marillion. (Minitt co wrote this song) P.S. Wilson is on the far left, the pale guy wearing a barret |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 25 2015 at 09:39
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I recomend Saga, Arena, Enchant, It Bites -------------  
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Posted By: TheH
Date Posted: December 25 2015 at 09:46
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The Mighty Bard (Neil Cockle was Marillions first keyboardist) |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: December 25 2015 at 14:01
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Making sure nobody is getting the wrong idea, I don't find this music bad at all - just obviously a product of it's time. The wording in the original post was to force that point, the tropes of the genre etc. And that Steven Wilson album is fantastic given his age. I'd really like a proper master of it. Wonder if the version online is a poor tape transfer or the masters sound exactly the same.
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Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: December 26 2015 at 19:58
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I recommend you these guys: Ines - Hunting the fox Brasse - Pawn Jadis - More Than Meets The Eye Differences - The Voyage Moria Falls - The Logn Goodbye Pallas - The Sentinel Cyan - For King and Country Abel Ganz - Gratuitous Flash Twelfth Night - Live and let live, Fact & Fiction, Collectors Item |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: December 27 2015 at 03:55
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It Bites! Cheese on toast with great guitar work. One of the few neo bands I really like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-U2NTotygo" rel="nofollow - It Bites - I got you eating out of my hand ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 27 2015 at 19:52
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It may not be everyone's cuppa joe, but the standalone Casino album with Geoff Mann & Clive Nolan is superb! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 27 2015 at 20:01
| The Dutch band CODA. Now this one is pure Blue Stilton............ |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 27 2015 at 20:15
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' The PDO status requires that only cheese produced in the three counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire and made according to a strict code may be called "Stilton"; thus cheese made in the village of Stilton cannot be called "Stilton". ' Ironic. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: December 28 2015 at 00:04
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I searched "cheesy neo-prog' on Google, and this thread was the first thing to show up. Just thought I'd share that bit of info.
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: December 30 2015 at 00:58
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: January 01 2016 at 02:29
| Someone mentioned John Foxx (Ultravox) earlier in this thread. A while back I visited a local JB Hi-Fi store and they must've sad some random 80's compilation disc playing - anyway, this song comes on - 'If I Were A Soldier'........ I'm thinking to myself I recall this song from years ago, and how similar this guy's voice is to Peter Nicholls (from I.Q.). I googled it when I got home (by the lyrics....), and learnt it was John Foxx !! |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 01 2016 at 07:46
while we've had fun with him, and his tastes in music, no one ever said M@X was an idiot... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |