Three-word band names
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Topic: Three-word band names
Posted By: Kingsnake
Subject: Three-word band names
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 08:33
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I'm purposely not including bandnames with "the", "and", "of", "or", etc. In the case of Alan Parsons Project I omitted the "the", because they are referred to as APP. Also not included are bandnames including names of bandmembers. Bandnames with the word 'band' in it, are also not included. As for the Alan Parsons Project, I decided to include it, because it's rare to use the word 'project', whereas 'band' is used very, very much. Furthermore the bandname is not a sum of bandmembers but uses only one name. Manfred Mann's Earth Band would be included, if it weren't four words. Also I only added prog or prog-related bands, so New Model Army and Creedence Clearwater Revival etc. are not in the list.
All in all, it's not big list. If I forgot some bandnames, please leave it in comments. |
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Posted By: ALotOfBottle
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 09:00
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At this point in time it's Samla Mammas Manna, later today it might very well be Ash Ra Tempel or Moving Gelatine Plates - three amazing bands I love by bits and have a special relationship with. Now that I'm writing, I am not even sure if SMM was the right choice - it changes that often. Love them! ------------- Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 09:52
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damn that is rough... BOC or ELO. Completely different... yet same level of love musically. giving it to ELO.. nostalgia perhaps..but they were the band that hooked me into prog I suppose even if I didn't know or care what it was at the time. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 10:52
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PFM all the way. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 10:58
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ELO over BBT, APP and BJH. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 11:18
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Alan Parsons Project. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 11:52
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Premiata no doubt, by light years
APP has Tales and in lesser level I Robot & Pyramid PFM has at least 4 masterpieces - Storia di un Minuto - Per un Amico - La Isola di Niente - AD 2010 - La Buona Novella Amazing band. ------------- 
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Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 11:59
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PFM APP MGP
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Posted By: HosiannaMantra
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 12:08
| Stuck between PFM, Ash Ra Tempel and Samla Mammas Manna... |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 13:41
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SMM ------------- |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 14:44
| PFM followed by MGP followed by SMM and BJH. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 15:27
Those are my favourites of these too. I went with Ash Ra Tempel which I like an awful lot (though my favourite apt one in Krautrock would be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L-V9xdlQGo" rel="nofollow - Brave New World ). If prepositions in names count, then not on the list: News From Babel and Picchio Dal Pozzo would make my list. Etron Fou Leloublan is another that would make my list. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
ALotOfBottle wrote:Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 19:43
oy Micky. I assume (hope) you are talking about their first 4 albums!
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 19:44
| for me it's a toss up between APP, BJH and BOC, but I'll go with BJH who ruled the 1970s! |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 19:46
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Blue Oyster Cult, which I also think is one of the cooler names on the list. ------------- 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: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 20:07
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voted SMM, Liquid Tension Experiment not far behind ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 21:28
| PFM from this list. |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: September 11 2016 at 21:40
| Blue Oyster Cult |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 01:55
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For many years, it would have been 1 BJH 2 ELO 3 APP 4 PFM with the rest nowhere in sight. But in the last few years a new kid has emerged on the block, making utterly amazing music. BBT gets my vote. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Kingsnake
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 02:01
| I forgot Øresund Space Collective. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 03:52
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PFM out of the ones I know |
Posted By: uduwudu
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 04:40
Blue Oyster Cult. Great name, great albums, great performances, great songs and the most consistent non bluesy guitar solos ever. Ok much could be said for many of the others (APP, ELO, PFM) but BOC are nicely twisted in a way I have liked for a long, long time. Sound good when sober (me) and otherwise (... again...) |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 05:29
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BBT, just a hair ahead of BJH. Although they do swap positions from time to time. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 09:04
| I guess I need to listen to BBT |
Posted By: CosmicVibration
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 13:17
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My initial reaction is PFM.
However, since I don’t see any votes for Liquid Tension Experiment, I cast
my vote for LTE.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 13:44
| from the list, PFM; but in general, my fave is the unjustly obscured "Giger Lenz Marron" -GLM. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 13:46
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BOC for me. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Son.of.Tiresias
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 14:20
On Your Feet or on Your Knees... Here they are, the amazing Blue Öyster Cult ! This must be the first time I almost TOTALLY agree with anyone really. You nailed it, uduwudu. Congrats. In my book Top 3 double live albums of all time. I´d prefer Banco del Mutuo Soccorso in the Italian scene. Barclay James Harvest WITH Stuart Wolstenholme
------------- You may see a smile on Tony Banks´ face but that´s unlikely. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 14:41
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As both PFM and BOC (one of my top 10 bands of all time) are getting a lot of votes, I'll go for the great Gösta Berlings Saga, who put up one of the most amazing shows I've ever witnessed at the last edition of NEARfest in 2012. Looking forward to their new album, which hopefully will be out some time between the end of this year and the beginning of 2017. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 12 2016 at 14:44
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hell yeah I can't wait for that one.. early contender for 2017 album of the year there! In the non-SWilson category that is...  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: September 13 2016 at 09:35
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PFM would get my vote but they are leading by a lot so I will show some love to LTE love those two albums ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: September 13 2016 at 11:11
| P.F.M |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: September 13 2016 at 11:51
| Moving Gelatine Plates followed by PFM followed by Samla Mammaz |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: September 13 2016 at 15:07
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PFM BOC BJH ------------- Shake & bake. |
Posted By: Kespuzzuo
Date Posted: September 13 2016 at 17:13
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TMV ELO LTE AaL C&C [NIИ] (One of my favourite bands of all time. It's industrial rock, but it has progressive rock elements sometimes) |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 14 2016 at 12:33
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MGP ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: September 14 2016 at 12:47
| Alan Parsons with ELO second (I would have picked PFM but they have enough votes already). |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: September 14 2016 at 13:31
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The "American Black Sabbath" for me. ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 17 2016 at 12:54
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Big Big Train. ------------- 
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 05 2018 at 03:07
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PFM! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |