Prog 'Supergroups'
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Topic: Prog 'Supergroups'
Posted By: Rick1
Subject: Prog 'Supergroups'
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 02:26
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Definitional wrangling aside, we all love debating the merits - or otherwise - of supergroups. Not a scientific poll, so I am sure you will let me know if your favourite acronym is missing...
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 02:30
How is Journey a supergroup? 
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Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 02:42
Certainly in the 70s they were considered one on the other side of the pond. Anyway, I did write 'definitional wrangling aside...' 
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Posted By: AlanB
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 02:45
| Transatlantic, without a doubt |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 02:48
Maybe they are a supergroup, i just don't understand how/why.
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Rick1 wrote:Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 02:54
| Transatlantic |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 02:54
I didn't want to get into definitional wrangling but the Santana/Steve Miller pedigree seems to qualify them - I recall in the 70s that prog fans were keen on them along with the likes of Kansas, Styx, etc.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 02:56
Yes, their 3 pre-Steve Perry albums had definite progressive qualities
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 02:57
ok
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 03:10
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NH ------------- 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: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 05:03
| National Health |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 06:06
| ELP, UK and Transatlantic. |
Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 07:21
Yes, Yes, agreed. ------------- Oh, for the wings of any bird, other than a battery hen |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 08:05
In the same order for me too.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 08:05
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ELP Formed in 1970 from 3 significant late sixties bands. Keith Emerson - From The Nice came a virtuoso keyboard player well versed in classical and jazz styles as well as a 'rocking' Hammond player. Dubbed the 'Hendrix of the organ' due to his penchant for attacking the organ like it was his enemy. In ELP he found a band that could match his ambition to fully integrate symphonic, jazz and rock together as evidenced on the superb debut album. Greg Lake - From King Crimson came this smooth English vocal talent. Brought up on lead guitar, he became a very technically proficient bass player in prog innovators King Crimson. Not only an excellent musician he was often seen in a white suit helping to woo the few ladies that ventured out to an ELP gig! Carl Palmer - From Atomic Rooster and already well established as one of the finest young talents in the English drumming scene, Palmer could whip up one hell of a storm on stage. A fan of Buddy Rich , he once banged on his hero's hotel room during a tour demanding drumming tips. The two went on to become firm friends.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 08:27
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certainly ELP ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 09:42
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Hatfield And The North over National Health ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 10:10
| Transatlantic |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 11:18
| Could have voted for UK, ELP or Transatlantic but I decided to show Liquid Tension Experiment some love. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 13:28
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1. ELP 2. Transatlantic 3. UK ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 13:44
| Transatlantic |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 14:36
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i suppose definition wise it has to be ELP hands-down My personal preferences are National Health, Hatfield and the North and UK ------------- |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 14:50
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National Health > ELP |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 16:21
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UK ELP |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 17:23
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Transatlantic, GTR, Asia and UK. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 19:21
| UK |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 19:51
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Transatlantic / ELP / Asia Journey is probably my favorite band out of these, but that's more for the AOR than the prog.  ------------- 
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 23:09
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Just my own opinion: I think GTR is one of the worst purchases I've done in my life. Where the total is less than the sum of the parts. It can only be ELP. ------------- 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: b_olariu
Date Posted: October 12 2022 at 23:53
| UK |
Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: October 13 2022 at 04:21
I well remember that video for 'When The Heart Rules The Mind' and then Max Bacon cropped up a year later on a TV talent show...
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: October 13 2022 at 06:10
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Of course ELP. It was the first, the best and very innovative at the time. Their works Emerson Lake & Palmer, Tarkus, Pictures At An Exhibition, Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery and Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends are all absolutelly prog classics.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 13 2022 at 06:16
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tough choice, i could vote for half of these.
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: October 13 2022 at 10:32
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: October 13 2022 at 11:19
I can vouch for this, having lived in the San Francisco bay area at the time. Myself, and many of my friends were developing musicians. Journey was kind of a local band for us, at least at first, and there was a great deal of excitement when they formed. Greg Rollie was the lead vocalist and keyboardist for Santana. Neil Schon also played with Santana. Ansley Dunbar had drummed for Jeff Beck and Frank Zappa giving him the best Prog cred of the entire band. Ross Valory did indeed play bass for Steve Miller. George Tickner was also an experience musician, having played with Frumious Bandersnatch and Faun. Their proginess changed drastically after Steve Perry was brought in to sell more records. 80's hit machine Journey is not Prog, but their first three albums are, and I highly recommend them, especially the first one. BTW - I voted for the original Prog supergroup, ELP. ------------- 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: Cristi
Date Posted: October 13 2022 at 11:24
thanks for explaining.
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: October 13 2022 at 14:50
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UK ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: October 13 2022 at 19:26
| voted Hatfield and the North closely followed by National Health and UK |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: October 13 2022 at 23:42
| I don't know how to vote on this one. I believe the correct answer is ELP, but on the other hand I feel like going with Transatlantic because of The Whirlwind. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 14 2022 at 01:18
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Flying Colours should probably be included in there someone as well even though it means yet another band with Neal Morse and Mike Portnoy in. In my opinion the only prog band worthy of the supergroup moniker aside from ELP is the original line up of UK. Shame that band didn't continue longer. I also like the 3 piece version but they were very much aping the original and best trio (IMO).
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Posted By: Rick1
Date Posted: October 14 2022 at 03:59
| ELP certainly transcend the category given their longevity compared to the others (matched only by, ahem, Journey). Even their closest rivals in this poll, Transatlantic, are really a 'side project'. |
Posted By: rik wilson
Date Posted: October 14 2022 at 15:07
| I 'm with Mellotron Storm on this supergroup assortment ; so. Hatfield and the North, then UK and National Health. The best of the best. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: October 18 2022 at 20:22
think the answer is probably ELP but was compelled to vote GTR as I am twosteves The guitar work is good the rest ? 😳
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 20 2022 at 08:36
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ELP...Hatfield ..Nat Health...UK ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |