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BaldFriede View Drop Down

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Joined: June 02 2005
Location: Germany
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Posted: March 02 2008 at 12:38

I have a lot. in random order of appearance:

Van der Graaf Generator / Peter Hammill
Gong
Hawkwind
Embryo
Magma
Amon Düül 2
King Crimson
Can
Ozric Tentacles
The Residents
Guru Guru

I only listed artists with a huge output.

Edited by BaldFriede - March 02 2008 at 12:43

BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.

Fritha

Forum Senior Member

Joined: August 10 2005
Location: Finland
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Points: 471

Posted: March 02 2008 at 10:22

ProgressiveOpinion wrote:

Now looking at my list I think I must have the most bland taste ever

Aww, don't say that, you have everything from heavy to pure prog to eclectic and neo in there. Plus, this is the first time I come across a band called Deadsoul Tribe! Must look them up

The thread may have been done to death on the forum over the years but I also think that it's nice to see so many recently registered members kind of gather in a thread of their own. Welcome to all and sundry, hope you stick around and eventually get to know prog beyond the more well-known bands. The big ones are always worth a listen but there is also great delight in finding the more hidden gems...

Some of my favs:

Porcupine Tree
Yes
Pain Of Salvation
Rush
Genesis
VDGG/Peter Hammill
Can
Caravan + the rest of the Canterbury stuff

I was made to love magic

ProgressiveOpinion View Drop Down

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Joined: February 27 2008
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Points: 17

Posted: March 01 2008 at 20:10

Am I the only one who blanks when someone asks me what my favorite ____ bands are?

Anyway off the top of my head:

old Dream Theater (FII and back)
old Genesis
old Gentle Giant (everything up to Interview)
Yes
Ayreon
Marillion
Fates Warning
Transatlantic
Spock's Beard
Deadsoul Tribe
Communic
IQ

Now looking at my list I think I must have the most bland taste ever

rudderhead View Drop Down

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Joined: December 28 2007
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 16:21

1 Emerson Lake and Palmer

2 Pink Floyd

3 Yes

4 Jethro Tull

5 Eloy

6 Van der Graaf Generator

7 Genesis

8 Le Orme

9 King Crimson

10 Anyones Daughter

All these bands are classic prog bands

if I would include the more heavy metallish prog bands

I would put Rush at one and I may also include bands like:

Kansa, Styx, Magnum, Angel

mpomy

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Joined: January 18 2008
Location: Philadelphia
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Points: 54

Posted: February 29 2008 at 14:39

It keeps changing Confused

At the moment (and in no particular order):

RPWL
SBB
Genesis
Fish
Marillion
Pink Floyd
Bacamarte

SilverEclipse View Drop Down

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Joined: September 19 2007
Location: United States
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Points: 123

Posted: February 29 2008 at 13:20

I'm what you would call a newbie in progressive rock, so my list is going to be rather newb-ish.... but here goes

1) Early Queen (Queen (debut) - A Day At The Races)

2) Coheed & Cambria

3) Pink Floyd

4) Yes

5) Early Genesis (Foxtrot is the only thing I've heard, but I can tell the early stuff is good)

"and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"

the_rider

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Points: 6

Posted: February 29 2008 at 06:43

Pink Floyd

Genesis

Yes

Gentle Giant

King Crimson

unforgivable74 View Drop Down

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Joined: August 17 2006
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: February 22 2008 at 14:07

I've more or less got them in preference order.

1. Marillion
2. Genesis
3. PinkFloyd
4. Sigur Ros
5. Gong
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Steve Hillage
8. Rush
9. Peter Gabriel
10. Yes

At the moment, I probably listening to more Sigur Ros than anything else.

Laughs as I clean my teeth, laughs as I rub at my eyes.

JayDee

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Posted: February 22 2008 at 01:41

Oh I see many newbies on this thread. Hello all, welcome to the friendliest prog forum on the net.

Anyways, I'm really digging these bands as of late:

Battles

dredg

Oceansize

To-Mera

Isis

Cult of Luna and

Mute Math

Cheers and we hope to see more of you guys around here.

Oceansizzle View Drop Down

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Joined: October 15 2007
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Posted: February 21 2008 at 23:32

alright my turn to be a n00b now...

1st gen prog:
Pink Floyd
Camel
Yes
Genesis
Nektar

2nd gen prog:
Oceansize
Dredg
Radiohead
Porcupine Tree
Sigur Ros

Lofcaudio

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Joined: November 04 2005
Location: United States
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Points: 444

Posted: February 21 2008 at 14:08

Neal Morse
Pain of Salvation
Gentle Giant
Ayreon
King Crimson
Spock's Beard
Devin Townsend
Echolyn
Porcupine Tree
Marillion

ES335

Forum Senior Member

Joined: December 10 2007
Location: United States
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Points: 168

Posted: February 21 2008 at 12:18

coleio wrote:

Evans wrote:

Jesus christ, the only thing less original than posting a "favourite prog bands"-thread is whining about it. You only bump it by doing so anyway. It's not that i don't agree, but what are you gonna do about it? Kill him?

Possibly

But being serious, I'm glad it gets bumped that's kind of why I did it, so some admin could possibly see it and start doing something about terrible threads like this.

I've seen lots of threads stickied to the top of sections so one would think if that is what they wanted done with common topics, that is what they would do. But they don't, so, as others have mentioned, they probably want newcomers to feel welcome to revisit these topics.

Bible-thumping heavyweight evangelistic boxing kangaroo

Zargus

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Joined: May 08 2005
Location: Sweden
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Posted: February 21 2008 at 06:56

Another day another top 10 prog band list... lets see what we can come up with today:

Egg

National Health

Hatfield and the north

Soft Machine

Caravan

Camel

Gentle Giant

Amon Duul II

Faust

Van der Graaf Generator + Hammill solo

Thos are the bands i been lisening to the most latly and thus making em my favorites bands for the moment.

Edited by Zargus - February 21 2008 at 07:00

salliboy

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Points: 9

Posted: February 20 2008 at 23:34

ok...here's my ten

Rush

Faust

Cheer-Accident

Yes

Primus

Radiohead

Stereolab

Pixies

Tortoise

Flaming Lips

CryoftheCarrots View Drop Down

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Joined: November 29 2005
Location: Australia
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Points: 674

Posted: February 17 2008 at 18:43

To all you long time zillion post PA snobs ,**** your search function.Who cares.That kind of snobish know it all crap is just unfair to any new members.Let them have their fun. If ya dont want to get involved in a discussion,dont.

Oops forgot my list.Order based on live concerts Ive been to.Most recent to distant.

Porcupine Tree

Dreamtheater

Frank Zappa (and Zappa plays Zappa)

Tool

Muse

Jethro Tull

The Mars Volta

Peter Gabriel

Pink Floyd

Genesis

Roxy Music

+ loads more.

Edited by CryoftheCarrots - February 17 2008 at 18:48

"There is a lot in this world to be tense and intense about"

MJK

Statutory-Mike View Drop Down

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Joined: February 15 2008
Location: Long Island
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Points: 3737

Posted: February 17 2008 at 16:24

fighting sleep wrote:

LEANING ON THE CAPS LOCK KEY, ARE WE!?!?!???!

SHOULDN'T THIS BE IN THE LISTS FORUM!?!????!!!!???

oh, and my favorite prog bands are:

AC/DC

Green Day

and

Hannah Montana

good thread. Very original. You ought to fit in here in no time, progfanatic

that was great...but don't rag on AC/DC, just because they're not prog doesn't mean that they're not good...if you haven't already listen to powerage and I can assure you that you'll get hooked.

Wallium

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Posted: February 17 2008 at 16:19

Wallium wrote:

My God! Rush and Yes make it onto all of these, really!

Here's mine (in no particular order)

Yes
Rush (oops....)
Porcupine Tree
Muse
Pink Floyd
Opeth
Jethro Tull
Return to Forever
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Symphony X

Kinda ish all those, it depends on my mood any given day.

I forgot, add VDGG to my list

Mens sceptrum totus

JROCHA

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Joined: October 18 2007
Location: Oakland, KS
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Points: 1501

Posted: February 17 2008 at 14:33

Rush
TOOL
The Mars Volta
Genesis
Porcupine Tree
Isis
Yes
King Crimson
Van Der Graaf Geneartor
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Return to Forever
Weather Report

burritounit View Drop Down

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Honorary Collaborator

Joined: September 18 2007
Location: Puerto Rico
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Points: 2551

Posted: February 16 2008 at 17:32

Jethro Tull
Opeth
Neils On Impression
Pink Floyd
The Human Abstract
Into Eternity
*shels
Anathema
Asi Somos
Between The Buried And Me
65 Days Of Static

Can't think of another for the moment ,but I think there are more favorite prog bands.

Wallium

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Joined: January 05 2008
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Points: 42

Posted: February 16 2008 at 13:47

My God! Rush and Yes make it onto all of these, really!

Here's mine (in no particular order)

Yes
Rush (oops....)
Porcupine Tree
Muse
Pink Floyd
Opeth
Jethro Tull
Return to Forever
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Symphony X

Kinda ish all those, it depends on my mood any given day.

Mens sceptrum totus