prog in scotland
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Topic: prog in scotland
Posted By: paradigm
Subject: prog in scotland
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 12:25
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is ther any good bands from scotland and is there any good concerts happenning in the next year ------------- 
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Posted By: OldFatherThames
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 13:27
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Fish is from Scoltland and so is Pallas, but I really don't like this band. For non-prog, check Belle and Sebastian, from Scotland. I love them. |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: January 30 2006 at 14:04
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Posted By: Norm Cash
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 11:55
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Paradigm Keep your eye on events at the Renfrew Ferry and the Carling Academy (both in Glasgow, both have websites). These are the venues where you are most likely to see bands which are featured on this site (with the exception of the big guys, of course). Recent gigs at these venues have included Porcupine Tree, Hatfield And The North, and Steve Hackett.
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Posted By: daghrastubfari
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 12:20
| MOGWAI!!! |
Posted By: Construkction
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 12:34
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Scotland and Ireland have GREAT traditional celtic music! - Great
melodies, and an instrument that only few people can play in that
style, the fiddle. I love when it gets incorporated in prog. |
Posted By: Politician
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 14:52
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STONE THE CROWS played a fantastic mixture of heavy blues and
progressive rock. "Ode To John Law" (1970) is possibly my favourite album of all time. |
Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 15:12
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No really great prog bands, lots of great Celtic ones. Wolfstone, Runrig and Capercaillie are the best but there are many other good ones. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 15:28
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Must give a hand to Stone The Crows; as Politician says, they were a mix of blues rock and prog rock; if ever the genre 'progressive blues' makes it here, they'd be amongst the first bands I'd encourage to be added. Beggar's Opera made one great album for me- 'Waters Of Change'- but the others don't really approach that to these ears...
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: February 01 2006 at 23:20
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Primal Scream!!!! (non-prog) |
Posted By: Black Mog
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 00:21
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MOGWAÏ !! Its not prog rock.. but WOW !!! ------------- 2 Rights make 1 Wrong 
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Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 04:33
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On one of my visits to Scotland (Edinburgh hogmony street party) I wandered around some of those chessy tourist shops with lots of kilts, Haggis, Bagpipes, etc in. Well whilst in there, they were playing some interesting sounding what I suppose you would call Celtic-Fusion. My best description would be progressive/fusion with Bagpipes, Flute, Tin-whistle, melodeon, Fiddle, etc. Anyway I had a look at the CD's thought, mmm, I'll get one of these before I leave, then after all the festivities were over promptly forgot  BTW, one of these 'types' of bands actually played live on one of the street stages the night prior to new years eve. Anyone know the sort of music I am talking about? Any bands people know of? Did I get so drunk that new years eve that the whole thing is a dream?  ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 04:35
prog is any artist in Scotland that uses electric bagpipes 
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Posted By: Softmonster
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 05:08
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Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 17:56
I am just getting into Pallas. The Cross and the Crucible is excellent if you like melodic symph prog. I think Scottish prog is linked to the sounds of the bagpipes because a lot of what I have heard, including Fish, has long sweeping notes and not too many twiddly bits. I like it.!!
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 18:38
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Pallas and Mogwai are great
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 18:44
Progressive Music Scotland artists/bands
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Posted By: skarabrae
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 21:04
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Maybe I missed something here ...
No mention of Jethro Tull? Ian Anderson? Tull is prog, and he's Scottish ... ------------- We who explore, willfully depart absolute reality for a time. |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 12:02
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not quite progressive rock, but maybe progressive
folk.....Stealers Wheel was an exceptional band and billed as the Scottish C,S& N. If you like them you'll find a best of Stealers Wheel quite a discovery. Stuck in the Middle is not the only good song they ever made......classic band!
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Posted By: ridingonacamel
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 14:15
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Scotland has also NAZARETH (NON PROG) not bad |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 14:29
Superbly unfunny  ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
BaldJean wrote:Posted By: horza
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 14:38
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Without Scotland there would have been no Marillion or Jethro Tull.Pallas are also Scottish.
Scotland isn't some backwater hicktown where we eat haggis and wear kilts
Opeth played here recently,as did the following (to name a few); Carl Palmer,VDGG,Porcupine Tree,Coheed and Cambria,Mastodon,Rush etc etc etc We invented the Television and the Telephone and without the Scot's we prob would'nt even have PC's. Rant over. SCOTLAND THE BRAVE !!!!!!! ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 15:32
Oh and David Gilmour is playing Glasgow soon - is that prog enough?  ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: spacecraft
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 18:30
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Tarmac, pneumatic tyres, penicillin (in a roundabout crazy way).....blah blah. You're right Horza, Scotland has given the world lots of things, but surely now all us Scots must apologise for Middle of the Road doin Chirpy Chirpy Cheap Cheap.
ps.....def not prog, but the Marmalade were a brill Scots band, and original keys man Junior Campbell also wrote and performed the theme to Thomas the Tank Engine. ------------- To Him as the Supreme King and Judge we commit our cause, casting our cares upon Him and firmly trusting that He will inspire us with courage and bring our enemies to nought. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 18:50
And we have Deep friied Mars bars, deep fried pizza and many other delicasies from the land of the haggis. But worse than all this, The Bay City Rollers!!! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: spacecraft
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 18:59
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At least the Rollers could mime their instruments.
Pedantic time.....haggis is (probably) not a Scottish dish, the bagpipes were more Arabic, we made the rules for golf, so didn't really invent the game (hope England are listening...making rules doesn't mean you invented the game...Football). Most things regarded asa Scotish probably aren't...but by christ we were/are brilliant engineers and pioneers. ------------- To Him as the Supreme King and Judge we commit our cause, casting our cares upon Him and firmly trusting that He will inspire us with courage and bring our enemies to nought. |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 19:25
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Marillion's ex frontman Fish is from Scottland.So is a band called Cirkus that released a few albums in the 70's.I'm not sure about the spelling though. ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: spacecraft
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 19:34
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What about The Incredible String Band? ------------- To Him as the Supreme King and Judge we commit our cause, casting our cares upon Him and firmly trusting that He will inspire us with courage and bring our enemies to nought. |
Posted By: horza
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 20:35
WE dont all scoff deep fried mars bars boyo ------------- Originally posted by darkshade: Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot. |
Posted By: Mellovision
Date Posted: February 05 2006 at 03:50
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Most definitely Scottish! Great Band! Another Scottish folk rock band not mentioned is Caedmon On the early 70’s heavy prog side of things you have both Bodkin & Tear Gas, both from Scotland. Oh, and Donovan
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Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: February 05 2006 at 04:26
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PALLAS
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: February 05 2006 at 04:40
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Scotland is oficially the fattest country in Europe! So I bet a lot of Scots love that melted chocolate/batter combo. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: 27-11
Date Posted: February 12 2006 at 17:05
| In answer to Krusty's question, try http://www.salsaceltica.com - www.salsaceltica.com . Certainly not prog, but could be the sort of the thing your talking about. |
Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: February 13 2006 at 04:30
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^Ooo, Thanks for that, I'll check it out. ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: hawkbrock
Date Posted: February 13 2006 at 05:07
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I'm Scottish, and I must say if there was any Prog here I missed it.... ach weel... My bad The Killer Pylons (shameless plug...) is sort of Proggy... not gigged yet, but good musicians. ------------- 
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