My Top 5 Countries for Prog
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Topic: My Top 5 Countries for Prog
Posted By: mobby
Subject: My Top 5 Countries for Prog
Date Posted: November 26 2008 at 02:35
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Here is a list of my top 5 countries that have produced excellent prog bands over the years, 1-UK..well they invented the genre and saw it through the hellish 80s..
2-Germany-..with so much output from early on. with excellent bands in most prog sub genres , they deserve my no 2 spot..and then there is Eloy...
3-Sweden..caught the prog fever relatively later , but made up for it with brooding, atmospheric, dark, and totally engrossing music from excellent bands
4-USA-I started with Kansas, but then discovered many other fantastic bands
5-Italy- with dozens of excellent symphonic bands..they know a thing or two about prog..
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: November 26 2008 at 03:21
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Japan Sweden Italy France Tie U.S./UK Those are my favs right now. I'm just beginning to explore some South American stuff. Pretty good but not as prolific. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 07:09
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Though I've sniffed around the prog output from a number of countries, I find that the main output that appeals to me seems to come from the UK, Scandinavia and the USA (in that order).
Prog from Italy of France usually really blows it for me with the foreign lyrics, and lyrics by any Geman Prog bands in English would be a success in any bloopers show.
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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 10:10
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1 UK
2 Germany
3 Italy
4Japan
5 France
6 Argentina
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 10:12
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1. UK
2. Sweden
3. U.S.A.
4. Canada
5. Poland ------------- 
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 10:16
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U.S.
Sweden
Norway
Japan
UK
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 10:33
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My choice is:-
1. UK
2. Sweden
3. Germany
4. USA
5. Canada
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Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 10:37
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1. UK
2. US
3. Sweden
4. Canada
5.Germany ------------- 
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 10:42
Hi progrocker 2244. Our Top 5s are very similar!
Incidentally, I just posted on your DT Eras topic!
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progrocker2244 wrote:Posted By: moe_blunts
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 11:00
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sweden norway france u.k. u.s.a japan/italy have to be in there somewhere. this is hard ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/moe_blunts/?chartstyle=minimalDarkRecent"> 
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 11:07
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1. UK 2. Germany/Sweden 3. U.S.A 4. France? Or something |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 11:41
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I try to be objective. 1. U.K. - needs no comment 2. Germany - the 'cosmic school' is a really original alternative to British proto - and symphonic prog 3. Italy - so many good bands came from that country, giving their own twist to symphonic prog from the early seventies on 4. Sweden - important for more or less contemporary prog 5. Japan - not the most original prog country, but many good prog bands came from that country too |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: December 08 2008 at 03:07
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UK/Italy
USA
Germany
France
Sweden
Spain
Canada
Holland
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Posted By: Grobsch
Date Posted: December 08 2008 at 04:44
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Posted By: acelxpro
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 14:15
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1. UK 2. France 3. Gemany 4. Italy 5. Sweden |
Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 15:17
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1. UK 2. Italy 3. Germany 4. USA 5. Sweden ------------- 
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Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 16:11
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UK
Sweden
Poland
Germany
Netherlands
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 16:43
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Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden Sweden Being an Opeth, Meshuggah, Flower Kings, Thomas Bodin and PoS fan, I don't think I'm too bias. ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: inrainbows
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 16:54
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1. UK / Germany / Italy 2. Sweden 3. France 4. Norway 5. Canada, / U.S.A./ Argentina / Brazil ------------- 
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 18:15
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1. UK
2. Italy
3. Germany
-after these three it becomes a lot less about a country with a wealth of great bands and more about a few great bands being from the same country-
4. Zappa, er I mean US (don't care for the majority of what passes for prog in the US so this is a solely Zappa based rank)
5. Canada (Rush, Harmonium) -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 11 2008 at 18:31
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for the Big Mick... 1. Italy 2. Germany big drop off 3. Sweden 4. UK 5. Spain ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 01:06
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UK
Sweden
Germany
Italy
USA
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Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: December 12 2008 at 01:15
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UK
Italy
Sweden
Germany
Argentina / Brazil / USA
A personal favourite is Australia, of course
  ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: alerxst
Date Posted: December 15 2008 at 13:14
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1. UK (The once and future kings of prog) 2. Sweden (The Flower Kings/Karmakanic/Kaipa people) 3. Italy (Banco, PFM, Le Orme) 4. Canada (Rush and...?) 5. US (Dream Theater, Spock's Beard) |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: December 15 2008 at 17:11
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1. Sweden 2. UK 3. France 4. Switzerland 5. Canada Honorable mentions: Belgium, Germany |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: December 15 2008 at 17:32
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1. UK 2. Germany 3. Italy 4. USA 5. Japan 6. Norway 7. France 8. Netherlands ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: visitor2035
Date Posted: January 07 2009 at 19:21
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I can't believe so many people ahve the USA and Canada in their top 5?
Or that some even have more than 5 in their top 5......what is going on? top 5 UK Germany Italy France Sweden Real powerhouses of prog, not namby pamby metal rock or guff like that, but countries who have given real prog to the world. Long live Europa. |
Posted By: Soul Dreamer
Date Posted: January 07 2009 at 21:21
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Not an easy question: UK and Sweden are both number one. UK wins by massive number of great bands, but Sweden draws level when taking into account that it's much smaller (in number of inhabitants), and has some of the best bands in the world. My list: 1 UK and Sweden 3. Italy 4. USA 5. Poland 6. Germany ------------- To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica) |
Posted By: Anirml
Date Posted: January 07 2009 at 21:23
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Top 5:
1. UK
2. Germany
3. Italy
4. Sweden
5. Japan
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: January 07 2009 at 21:29
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Probably like UK, Belgium, France, Japan, Italy And by that I mean UK in front by a healthy margin |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: January 07 2009 at 21:48
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1. Italy 2. UK 3. The rest |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: January 08 2009 at 21:58
Good listing! I agree!!
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: January 08 2009 at 22:23
If only for Aquarium.
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 08 2009 at 23:21
and what about Svezia?
Mine:
1. UK
2. Italy
3. US
4. Sweden
5. Japan/France/Argentina/Germany ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: January 08 2009 at 23:35
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1. UK 2. US 3. Sweden 4. Italy 5. Germany
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Posted By: progrules
Date Posted: January 12 2009 at 13:26
A tiny bit exaggerated but close to the truth. Oh, and you forgot to mention Karmakanic, Simon Says, Galleon, Anglagard, Moon Safari, Beardfish, Therion, Mind's Eye, Evergrey, Anekdoten. Kaipa, A.C.T., Paatos, Andromeda, Landberk, Samla Mammas Manna, Par Lindh Project and many more.
It's more of a surprise not everybody puts them on no.1. I think it's obvious. Poland and France are ok too besides the evident UK and USA. ------------- A day without prog is a wasted day |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: January 12 2009 at 14:22
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UK
France
Italy
Sweden
The Rest
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Posted By: denzill
Date Posted: January 13 2009 at 12:48
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 13 2009 at 12:57
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1) Germany (seems I am the first one to put Germany there) 2) UK 3) France 4) USA 5) Japan -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: January 18 2009 at 06:58
Haven't listened to much Swedish prog except TFK and Anekdoten, so I can't really compare. Yet. |
Posted By: POSW
Date Posted: January 19 2009 at 18:11
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1. UK 2. US 3. Sweden - Opeth, Anglagard, Pain Of Salvation, Karmakanic, A.C.T., The Flower Kings, Andromeda 4. Germany - Eloy, Sieges Even, Kraftwerk, Triumvirat, Jane 5. Norway - Green Carnation, Conception, Pagan's Mind, Magic Pie, Arcturus Honorable mention - Netherlands - Ayreon, The Gathering, Focus, Kayak ------------- I'm http://www.metal-archives.com/userprofile.php?user=PriestofSadWings - PriestofSadWings at Metal Archives. "Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?" - George Carlin |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: January 30 2009 at 16:23
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1. England
2. The Netherlands
3. Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
4. Poland
5. Wales ------------- What? |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: January 30 2009 at 17:09
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1. UK 2. Italy 3. Spain 4. Hungary 5. Poland Chile is №6, for me LOS JAIVAS mean more than tons of bands from many countries. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: January 30 2009 at 17:12
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1. UK
2. Italy
3. Sweden
4. Netherlands
5. Poland ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: January 30 2009 at 17:23
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Nice thread
1. UK (unsurpassed Seventies Classic Prog along Eighties Marillion, Pallas, Twelfth Night, IQ and
Pendragon))
2. Spain (Prog Andaluz)
3. Italy (especially Le Orme, Museo Rosenbach, Banco and PFM)
4. Japan (especially Gerard, Outer Limits, Pageant , Cosmos Factory, Ars Nova and KBB)
5. Germany (I love Grobschnitt, Neuschwanstein, Jane, Eloy, Ramses, Wallenstein, SFF, etc.)
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: January 30 2009 at 18:21
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#1 UK HUGE JUMP(mainly because I know few bands from the following countries, the jump isn't because of quality) #2 U.S (Zappa and Metheny) #3 Sweden (The Flower Kings) #4 Argentina (almost everything by Spinetta and Crucis) #5 Germany and Poland (Triumvirat and Ashra from GER and Skaldowie from POL) Not including Canada for Rush, because I mainly categorise most Heavy Prog bands with Hard Rock/Heavy Rock, though not neglecting their prog credentials, just don't think the Prog that Heavy Prog bands is much in the style of the rest(not all of course) |
Posted By: fil karada
Date Posted: January 30 2009 at 18:39
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1. UK (I think almost any prog fan would choose UK 1st because it is the country that in my opinion produced the best and more diverse prog bands) 2. Italy (obvious for me, but I dont agree with people that say the Italian Prog is of hte "second wave" of proggers, in that way they are "on par" with the UK for me) 3. Germany (Most of the electronic Prog comes from Germany, so....) 4. Sweden (Based on what I've heard of Samlas and other bands) 5. France (Because of Magma, one of the most creative bands I've heard ever) ------------- 
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Posted By: mkearney_913
Date Posted: January 30 2009 at 18:43
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1) UK 2) Germany 3) Canada 4) Sweden 5) Italy |
Posted By: progrules
Date Posted: January 31 2009 at 09:01
How about Nexus ? I think they are huge !  ------------- A day without prog is a wasted day |
Posted By: Dervisan
Date Posted: February 01 2009 at 15:15
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1) UK 2) scandinavia 3) ıtaly 4)Germany, 5) Turkey (even if nobody knows ) 6) USA,France ------------- Turkish (Anatolian) Progressive Psychedelic Ethnical Rock |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: February 01 2009 at 15:40
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1. UK (of course) 2. Italy 3. Poland 4. Germany 5. I don't know... maybe USA ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: February 01 2009 at 15:41
What about your own country? Any prog from there? ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: February 01 2009 at 15:44
Well, technically England and Wales are not countries. They are parts of a big country called Great Britain you know?  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: fil karada
Date Posted: February 02 2009 at 07:54
From my country I only listen to José Cid's "10.000 anos" and its a good album but I dont think my country is very proggish  -------------
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Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: February 02 2009 at 08:00
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1.UK (Genesis, Yes, VdGG and King Crimson alone would put this at number 1) 2. Sweden (Flower Kings and Beardfish) 3. Italy (PFM, Banco, Le Orme) Not sure what comes next. I suppose I ought to broaden my horizons. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: Gustavo Froes
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 18:30
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Well England is certainly way ahead of everywhere else,but I don't know....Italy,of course,would have to be in the list as well.I noticed many people putting Japan in the list. I'm just asking myself here,about all these marvelous japanese prog wonders. |
Posted By: Gustavo Froes
Date Posted: February 05 2009 at 18:32
| I happen to find German prog mostly a rip off of the brittish bands,mostly.....well there is Kraftwerk,which is not,however,the purest definition of classic prog....a bit of an overlooked land for prog,if you ask me. |