Share your knowledge - food related bands Part 2
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Topic: Share your knowledge - food related bands Part 2
Posted By: rushfan4
Subject: Share your knowledge - food related bands Part 2
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 10:43
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I'm looking to learn about some unfamiliar bands. Hopefully, this is a thread that can keep on giving. I have listed 25 additional bands whose names are at least somewhat food-related. This is the second of two threads that I created regarding this theme. Most sub-genres are covered so there is a little something for everyone to talk about. Most of these bands are rarely discussed within the general threads and rarely show up in polls, but hopefully somebody out there knows things about these bands that they would like to share. Multiple votes are allowed, so feel free to talk about as many bands that you are familiar with. I hope that you all have a hardy appetitie for some (mostly) lesser known prog bands.
Thanks and hopefully have fun and learn something new along with me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 10:56
Are you hungry or stoned or something? 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 10:57
Hungry? Yes. Trying to diet will do that to a person. Stoned? No. Never touch the stuff. -------------
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Slartibartfast wrote:Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 11:04
| Havn't Heard many of those, but Nektar, Orange Peel & Strawbs sounds yummy! |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 11:08
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Love PINEAPPLE THIEF. Oh and THIEVE'S KITCHEN are an excellent band as well. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 11:57
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SOme of these I've been meaning to check out. I know Nektar, Olive Mess, Rational Diet, The Strawbs, Tangerine Dream (less of Secret Oyster, Tartar Lamb). Of those, I think I like Rational Diet the most. I don't have much to say of interest about the band (the reviews are excellent) and I only have the latest album. It ended up being my top pick of 2007 (though I do listen to Wyatt's Comicopera more).
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Posted By: Paper Champion
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 13:15
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Well, from the list only Pineapple Thief is very much to my mind. But actually MOONCAKE (russian post-rock). They MUST be added to PA!  |
Posted By: white_russian
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 13:42
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i only know nektar, pineapple thief, tangerine dream and the strawbs. never heard of the rest...
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 13:58
| I love me some Nektar right about now. |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 16:43
Just Tangerine Dream, The Strawbs and Supper's Ready 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 17:57
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As I supected I would, I did a search on Rational Diet and found a thread from Avestin which brings them to everyone's attention. If there is anybody on this site that has heard everything listed on PA, you might expect the 3 guys who reviewed this band to be amongst them.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=43604&KW=rational+diet&PID=2693354#2693354 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=43604&KW=rational+diet&PID=2693354#2693354 -------------
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 18:08
This lavish musical buffet of nutritional plentitude will undoubtedly cause a visit to National Health  and the immediate ingestion of massive amounts of Eno  Burp away! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 19:25
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^ That sounds like a theme of a different poll that I might have to "cook up". Prog bands with medical issues. Any takers? -------------
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: March 20 2008 at 21:14
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Tortilla Flat are awesome, i highly recommend them!
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 21 2008 at 16:50
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These threads got pushed to the second page way too quickly. Come on folks there are a lot of obscure bands on these threads that can be discussed. Certainly there are more of you out there with knowledge on some of these bands. Besides it took a lot of work for me to go through the archives to come up with the list, I can't let these threads go to that dark and dreary graveyard of threads that quickly. -------------
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: March 21 2008 at 18:07
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Ok, the Strawbs are luscious just like the fruit, Grave New World, Hero & Heroine , Ghosts are a trio of fab albums. As the say in Wimbledon, all that's missing is the cream. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 15:26
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I am familiar with Hero and Heroine, and From the Witchwood. Being a Yes fan, I have always been curious about the Strawbs because of the Rick Wakeman factor. How are their 1st two albums with Rick Wakeman, The Strawbs and Dragonfly? Are they visions of things to come for Wakeman? -------------
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 23:52
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From what I know on this one, Tuna Laguna, a little too stereotypical post rock, but they're brand of Mogwai-esque straight forward P rock is always good. ------------- 
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: March 22 2008 at 23:58
Tuna Laguna were a little snoozy for me, like you said waaayyy too cut and dry post-rock-by-the-book. However, the album is free so it automatically makes it worthwhile to check it out ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: March 23 2008 at 15:27
Strangely, there are only glimpses of the caped one's future brilliance , as the early Strawbs albums were deeply rooted in british folk , very acoustic and Rick was really only a session/side man whose duty was to decorate the proceedings . John Hawken (of Renaissance and Illusion) was the main instigator of a more symphonic sound , especially Hero and Ghosts which is why they are still much revered today . You should get "Ghosts" though, it will please you for sure. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: March 25 2008 at 01:17
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Nektar is pretty sweet (haha). I have two of their albums and enjoy them quite a bit. Vanilla Fudge was great. They were heavy, hot-to-trot bass/drum powering before that Bonham fellow came about. I learned Bass and Drum set partially in thanks to the instructional materials presented by Mr. Appice, and Mr. Bogart. The Strawbs are one of my favorite bands. A Brave New World is an awesome album and should be purchased by all, especially in LP format. The best! I think I have an Orange Peel album. But I haven't listened to it yet. Tangerine Dream is alright in my book. I like some of the 70s albums. Cool stuff. The poll doesn't have any mention of Japanese greats like Food Brain, and Flied Egg. Both were great. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 25 2008 at 11:06
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Here is a link to the original thread that was started by King Volta to suggest Tartar Lamb for the Archives. They are a relatively new addition as well. They are a side project of Toby Driver of Kayo Dot/Maudlin of the Well fame, so they might appeal to fans of these bands, or fans of Toby Driver. There is also a link to their MySpace page on this other thread.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45337&KW=tartar+lamb&PID=2743053#2743053 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=45337&KW=tartar+lamb&PID=2743053#2743053 -------------
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Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: March 25 2008 at 15:24
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I like quite a few bands on this list like Rational Diet, Olive Mess both are brilliant bands (wrote reviews for both) but I'll mention two others in particular:
Thieves' Kitchen have a new album out so it's good to give them a push up
Yolk released a great album in 2006 (?) and I recommend it to all avant/experimental-rockers!
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 26 2008 at 18:32
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Ran across this thread which was quite neglected in its time discussing the band Ultimate Spinach. The band name sounds suspiciously like something that might get Popeye brought in for a congressional hearing. Anyhow, in case any one is interested.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26782&FID=51&PN=1 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=26782&FID=51&PN=1 -------------
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 26 2008 at 20:46
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I think Olive Mess don't really count; the name seems to refer to the colour, not the fruit. The same for Tangerine Dream. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: March 26 2008 at 20:50
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I think in Olive Mess's case, their name is a continuation of the Henry Cow tradition where you shorten some relevant person's name down until it resembles dictionary words. more exactly, Oliver Messiaen. =)
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: March 26 2008 at 20:54
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Have you never dreamt of tangerines or made a mess out of olives? Tangerine dreams can be quite fruitful and olives can stain and thus make quite a mess. It isn't so much about the poll however, it is more about discussing lesser known bands and one interpretation of their name would allow them to fit in to this thread's theme. If and when I decide to do the colors poll they will probably both be included there too. I just won't include all the black and blue bands included in the Bruising poll thread. -------------
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 16:35
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Stoney gives the Tangerine Dream quite the endorsement in this new thread that he created yesterday. There seems to be some big fans of Tangerine Dream. I have 3 albums from them, which means I have barely made a dent in their discography. The albums that I have from them are Architechture in Motion, The Dream Mixes, and Rockoon. I haven't listened to any of them in quite a while and only vaguely remember what they sound like. Are these albums representative of the Tangerine Dream sound or more of a 90's New Age sound versus a proggier earlier sound?
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47672&PN=1 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47672&PN=1 -------------
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Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 17:01
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What about some Italian food? Capsicum Red (it has to do with red chili), Cherry Five, Latte e Miele (milk and honey), Panna Fredda (cold cream)
... and if you get thirsty, there are the Acqua Fragile (fragile water) and Consorzio Acqua Potabile (Drinkable Water Company) ------------- 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 17:11
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Thank you, paolo.beenes. Cherry Five did make the food related prog bands part 1 poll. Unfortunately, my Italian is limited to Ciao and a few other words, so I was not aware of the translations of the other bands that you listed. I suspected that I would miss some in non-English languages. Please feel free to discuss those other bands here in this thread as well, since they definitely meet the specifications that I was looking for. -------------
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Posted By: sean
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 18:24
| can't forget Vanilla Ice, that's just classic there. Very progressive as well. |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 21:01
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'The Pineapple Thief' is good food. I would grossly classify them as a combination of Pink Floyd / Blackfield / Fruit Salad. Always fun at the table and enjoyable to listed to as well. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: April 07 2008 at 21:27
I recently downloaded this album from eMusic:
 The blurb says that it was recorded in 1970 at an undisclosed time and location but that it was shortly after Rick Wakeman joined The Strawbs. I'm listening to it right now for the first time. You can definitely hear some Wakeman piano flourishes. -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: May 05 2008 at 16:11
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going with Pez... one of the nice finds we had added to Xover. Really enjoyed their stuff.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 15:34
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^ I can't help but think of the candy dispensers, and wonder if this band specializes in "Ear Candy".
I picked up another Strawbs album the other day. This one is listed as Strawbs Acoustic, and from what I have read is they played a special concert in front of 100 or 200 people at a Hi-Fi store in Canada called Natural Sound in August of 2004. This isn't the whole band, it is just the 3 guys playing Strawbs songs acoustically. It is a good quality recording.
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Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 15:50
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Tangerine Dream are one of my favorite bands. I have 48 albums at last count. A few of my favorites are, Encore, Force Majeure, Ricochet, Underwater Sunlight, Live Miles, 220V Live, Turn Of The Tides and Tournado. ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 18 2008 at 14:52
I downloaded Twisted from Tea for Two from eMusic.
 The first track, Spanish Night, makes great use of Spanish guitar and Spanish rhythms. The second track, Soundscapes, is an excellent instrumental. The third track, Out in the Sun makes wonderful use of the flute-very Ian Anderson-ish. The 4th track, Last Drink, is a piano-oriented instrumental which channels a little of Piano Man era Billy Joel. The 5th track, Autumn, is all about the acoustic guitar strummed and picked throughout; the vocalist reminds me of someone here, but I can't quite place who. The 6th track, Hold On, is a decent melodic song with focus on the guitar. The 7th track, My Own Way, brings back the piano and guitar and is also a good melodic song. The 8th track, Scar Folk, is an excellent instrumental that brings back the flute and then rocks on. I think this is a song that might fit nicely on a Focus album. On the 9th track, Why?, they pull out the acoustic guitar again and pick and strum their way through a beautiful, but short, instrumental. The last track, Come What May, is the longest song on the album at just over 7 minutes, and it is also one of the best on this album. Again, with the wonderful use of the acoustic guitar, but in addition there is prominent use of the violin (at least I thought it was violin, but it might have been a cello) throughout the song, as well as some female backup vocals.
At the very least, creating this poll made me check out this band that I probably would not have otherwise known, and I was quite pleased with this album. They are listed in crossover prog, which means that they would most likely appeal to those like me with an ear for progressive pop. -------------
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: May 18 2008 at 21:51
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Where's Oysterhead?
I like Nektar the most out of all those. I wish that I could have seen them live in their prime.
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 19 2008 at 08:51
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Since Oysterhead are included in Prog-Related, I decided not to include them in this poll. However, I did include them in one of the Prog Gone Wild Life polls if you would like to provide some information about them. -------------
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: July 08 2008 at 14:34
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Based on some recommendations here and in other threads I have recently "discovered" Nektar. They are really good. It is quite a shame that they have been around so long and I have missed so many years of enjoying them. I have downloaded 5 of their albums from eMusic and just learned from the below thread that they released a new album in 2008. So in case you missed it, here is a thread from Easy Livin regarding their newest album. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47775&PID=2900754#2900754 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=47775&PID=2900754#2900754 -------------
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: July 08 2008 at 14:38
| Too many choices and there are some good classic bands in there ie: The Strawbs and Vanilla Fudge. I went with Nektar over TD. It was hard I like TD. I've seen the classic lineup twice but overall I go with Nektar for the variety of music. TD is great for reading or relaxing to but Nektar has some music that gets me going and in a good mood. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 11:56
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As is my perogative, although they didn't generate as much interest as I had hoped, I do still like to add info to these threads that I created whenever I run across anything new, so bear with me. Clarke2001 posted a new poll today that included the fact that Tuna Laguna had a free album for download from their website. So, if anyone is interested, here is a link to that website and album. http://tunalaguna.com/Home.php - http://tunalaguna.com/Home.php
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 12:39
| It is interesting as much as I like TD that they would beat out Nektar. Nektar is far more varied. I guess if you go for longevity TD would beat out Nektar although IMHO the TD lineup of the 70's is far better than what Froese puts out now and using that as a measure Nektar would be up there with them. |