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1. King Crimson
2. Henry Cow
3. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention
4. John Coltrane
5. Joy Division
6. Nick Drake
7. Radiohead
8. Soft Machine
9. Talking Heads
10. Naked City
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Yes
Gentle Giant
Genesis
PFM
Miles Davis
Weather Report
Symphony X
Death
Gorguts
Pestilence

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021
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10. Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree
9. Kate Bush
8. Trans-Siberian Orchestra
7. 311 (not exactly prog but they're childhood faves of mine)
6. Frost*
5. Ayreon
4. Rush
3. Neal Morse/Transatlantic/Spock's Beard (Morse Era)
2. Yes
1. Dream Theater

This is just a rough, "off-the-top-of-my-head" ranking, the order here is definitely subject to change. Certain bands almost made it, such as The Flower Kings, Symphony X, Satellite, Syzygy, and several others (it's really hard to narrow it down to just 10).
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Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

Uzva

Hope you´ve listened also something else from Finland, Uzva is good, but I think here´s greater progbands (specially in the seventies).
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Impossible. Just impossible. I could select 10 favourites from each sub-genre alone. And then some. This question is not so easily answered, especially by me.
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Currently:

Rikard Sjöblom / Gungfly
Big Big Train
Beardfish
Entheogenic
Ott
Younger Brother
Silas Neptune
Queen
Camel
Wobbler

All time:
Barclay James Harvest
Saga
Queen
Eloy
Jethro Tull
Ozric Tentacles
Gentle Giant
Wishbone Ash
Camel
Uzva
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Originally posted by Kepler62 Kepler62 wrote:

OK but I'm warning everyone. I'm a relic from the seventies.
1. Gentle Giant
2. King Crimson
3. The Strawbs
4. Renaissance
5. Mahavishnu Orchestra
6. Amon Duul II
7. Guru Guru
8. Camel
9. Hawkwind
10. Yes

plus all kinds of other crap that no one listens to anymore.



Don't feel so bad.

lol

Alphabetizing.

Genesis
Gentle Giant
Allan Holdsworth
King Crimson
Little Feat
Pink Floyd
Jean-Luc Ponty
Tangerine Dream
Weather Report
Yes

(Beatles, Stones, Zep and a whole host of others)
Perhaps finding the happy medium is harder than we know.
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Pink Floyd
PFM
Caravan
Kevin Ayers
Gong
Camel
Eloy
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Brand X
Ozric Tentacles
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Iron Maiden
Pink Floyd
Judas Priest
Genesis
King Crimson
Gentle Giant
Dream Theater
Opeth
Linkin Park
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Originally posted by Pastmaster Pastmaster wrote:

It often varies, but I guess for me it looks something like this:

Helstar
Soundgarden
Anthrax
Overkill
Pantera
Tool
Rush
Clutch
Judas Priest
Gentle Giant
Primus


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....you are quite right! I was trying to get another 2 selections in my already extended list!
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My top three also although I would consider Steve Hackett a separate entry(same thing with SW).
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^ Good list, your top three are my top three. Several others would also make my list. 
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In no particular order (it started off in some kind of order, but then it got messy as I added some and sadly left out others) - not even 10! Another 21!

Genesis/Steve Hackett
Yes
Rush
Bruce Springsteen
Rory Gallagher
Free
ELP
Jethro Tull
Marillion
Big Big Train
Pink Floyd
Strawbs
Spock's Beard
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Steely Dan
Camel
Magnum
Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson
Renaissance
Led Zeppelin

Edited by Squonk19 - March 21 2018 at 12:33
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I'm sure I have replied to this at least once but here's an updated list.

No order:

Rush
Yes
The Who
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Porcupine Tree
Marillion
Camel
Kansas
VDGG

Honorable mentions:

Gentle Giant
The Flower Kings
Spock's Beard
Marillion
REM
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles
U2
The Moody Blues
ELP




Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - March 21 2018 at 09:38
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Not ranked, just alphabetically and not all Prog:
Anathema
Koos Kombuis (South African Singer/Songwriter not really known outside South Africa)
Galahad
Joe Bonamassa
Phideaux
Pink Floyd
Roxette
Rush
Valiant Swart (South African artist not really known outside South Africa)
Yes
Don't Bore Us, Get To The Chorus
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To qualify as a "favourite artist", an artist needs to have released at least three albums that I have and like. This excludes a lot of excellent artists that for one reasone or another I only have one or two of their albums. After creating a list of qualifying artists, choosing ten from the list proved difficult. The ten I chose from the many I didn't choose was based more on recent preferences.

My favourite artist is:

01. Van der Graaf Generator / Peter Hammill

The remainder of the list is in no particular order:

02. Yes
03. Pink Floyd
04. Mahavishnu Orchestra
05. Hawkwind
06. Black Sabbath
07. Emerson Lake and Palmer
08. The Residents / Snakefinger
09. Magma
10. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

 
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Originally posted by Prog Snob Prog Snob wrote:

As far as classical music goes for me, Mozart is in front and everyone else is waving at him in the rear-view mirror.   

with Bach flying high above waving down at Mozart Wink


Edited by BaldJean - February 27 2018 at 01:38


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Originally posted by Prog Snob Prog Snob wrote:

What are your three favorite Beatles albums?

For me they are 

3) The Beatles (White Album)
2) Abbey Road
1) Revolver 

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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

No order:

Yes
Rush
Genesis
Pink Floyd
King Crimson
Marillion
Porcupine Tree
The Flower Kings
Van der Graaf Generator
Camel

Honorable mentions:

REM
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
The Who
U2
Gentle Giant
Kansas(just missing top ten)
ELP
Moody Blues

It's funny how the core of my list hasn't changed much. I even had REM just now but removed them. They would still be a bubbling under band for me though. Yes, I know I might be the only one on this forum who likes them. I also like the Smiths and the Cure but don't know them well enough to put them on a list. I forgot Kansas this time around too. I also am a big fan of Black Sabbath but didn't squeeze them in this time or even last time for that matter. I guess the bottom line is I still have a lot of music to explore. Don't we all? Wink

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