Your 'Big Six' of Prog

No not another debate about the so called 'big six' of prog, a topic that's raised its head many times over the years on these forums, but rather your personal 'big six', i.e. the six prog acts you enjoy the most / have inspired you the most over the years.

Here's my personal list:

1) Pink Floyd

2) Yes

3) Emerson Lake & Palmer

4) Curved Air

5) Renaissance

6) Focus

For me, the more bands/artists I know, the more difficult it is to establish a big six or just about any single digit "big" or "greatest" list. B) So not so long ago, I gave up on it. I can only say who's always been and is my all time favorite band. And it is The Flower Kings. That hasn't changed. So I guess that's it. Here's my "big one".

1. The Flower Kings.

I choose the ones that introduced me to listening to prog, the ones I listened to most in the early days and still listen to with pleasure (not necessarily the ones I now consider the best: I discovered later others that I now consider better or at least I like better).

This is subject to change, as I expect many of you also have a more fluid big six rather than a solid big six. But at this moment in time, these are mine, no particular order:

YES

For  a long time my personal big 5 have been:

Edited by Lewian - January 24 2024 at 16:46

Rush
Marillion
Yes
King Crimson
Porcupine Tree
Pink Floyd