Dutch Prog Bands
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Topic: Dutch Prog Bands
Posted By: ANDREW
Subject: Dutch Prog Bands
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 13:27
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These are the best artists from the 70s Dutch Prog rock scene. Which is your favourite band??? |
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 13:29
| Focus then Supersister |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 13:40
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Finally someone recognised Golden Earrings's progressive properties.Most of what they recorded between 1968 and 1977 is prog. Why aren't they in PA???? ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 13:45
Please, no. Not the earing in PA. They are a great band though. And the period you mentioned is their best period, IMHO. |
The Rock wrote:Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 13:45
| Oh, and voted for Supersister. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 13:47
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Good call, Andrew, in my opinion you have presented the crop of the cream of Dutch progrock. I only miss Taurus, a fine band but not top notch. Good to see Pythagoras: I have visited their keyboardplayer Rene De Haan at his home (5 minutes by bike from my home in The Hague) to have a look at his synthesizers and drummer Bob De Jong owned a record shop, I bought their my entire German progrock collection (Jane, Novalis, Grobschnitt, Ramses, Hoelderlin)! My favorite Dutch Seventies progrock albums are Beyond Expression from Finch, Focus Live At The Raonbow, Song Of The Marching Children from Earth & Fire and Trace 1. FORZA HOLANDA!! |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 13:53
FOCUS 
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Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 14:03
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God, that's a hard choice. On balance, I'm going for Solution, but I could have voted happily for Focus, Ekseption, Golden Earring (very close to, but not prog), Trace and Kayak as well. Great nation, the Dutch!! |
Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 14:05
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SUPERSISTER Saw them in 2000 in Paradiso. Brilliant group. ps: it's Golden Earring
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Posted By: Gentle Tull
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 14:34
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FOCUS!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Olias
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 14:35
| Focus and Trace!! |
Posted By: vogre
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 14:41
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Culpeper's Orchard. Out of the list it would be Supersister. |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 14:42
| Golden Earring.Not all their stuff is prog ,but what the hey.Earth & Fire is great too. |
Posted By: Saskia
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 15:31
| I'd say Earth & Fire. Not because they're the best Dutch band, but because they were my intoduction to prog rock. Their single ""Memories" and Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight" were my favorite songs when I was a kid. I had no idea what prog rock was at the time, but I knew I like the E&F sound so when I started buying albums I gravitated to progressive rock. |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 17:41
Thank you, Erik!!! I like all these bands especially TRACE, FOCUS, SUPERSISTER, EKSEPTION and FINCH. |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 17:44
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Culpeper's Orchard are not Dutch,they're Danes. ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: aortic_anuerism
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 18:59
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Focus have to be number one, and Golden Earing were brilliant too, but doubt if they wwere prog. However doesn't make them a bad band. ------------- ..and i knew that she seen me, because she dropped her bikini, the one that i got her, in Rome. |
Posted By: elpprogster
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 19:13
| TRACE for me!! |
Posted By: The Rock
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 19:47
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How many bands can claim that all of their stuff is prog? I find Golden Earring to be as prog if nort proggier than Queen,ELO,Fairport,ect.. They could be in three categories:Proto prog,Art rock or Prog related at least. Their prog era (1968-77) puts them right up there with Argent,Manfred Mann's E.B.,Uriah Heep,Deep Purple,Jethro Tull,Spooky Tooth ect.... Worthy of inclusion IMHO. ------------- What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop" |
Posted By: bertburt
Date Posted: February 03 2006 at 20:06
| Kayak for sure.....Merlin & Niniane are two of the greatest songs I've ever heard....... |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 21:17
That sounds good to me. |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: February 04 2006 at 21:29
| finch glory of the inner force is one of my top 5 albums |
Posted By: Agemo
Date Posted: February 05 2006 at 11:13
| I voted for Finch (but maybe I should have voted for Alquin, since nobody did so far) |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: February 06 2006 at 08:00
| Which is your favourite TRACE album? |
Posted By: Agemo
Date Posted: February 07 2006 at 13:43
| My favourite Trace album is the debut. There are no weak points. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: February 07 2006 at 14:23
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The first Trace album is one of the highlights of Dutch symphonic rock featuring splendid vintage keyboards, from Mellotron and Hammond to church organ and Moog synthesizer, I love the bombastic approach and amazing keyboard runs!
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