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Argos

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Posted: January 06 2018 at 16:13

For me it would be Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Genesis and Wishbone Ash.

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Posted: January 06 2018 at 15:22

Genesis
Frank Zappa
Jade Warrior
Focus

A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now)

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Posted: January 06 2018 at 15:18

Dellinger wrote:

OK, only faces... Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel (with his flower costume), Rick Wakeman, and Ian Anderson, I guess. For a fifth one... perhaps Keith Emerson, or Frank Zappa as you have said so much, or Roger Waters.

Hey we have two that are the same, Zappa and Gabriel. Right on.

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Posted: January 05 2018 at 22:11

OK, only faces... Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel (with his flower costume), Rick Wakeman, and Ian Anderson, I guess. For a fifth one... perhaps Keith Emerson, or Frank Zappa as you have said so much, or Roger Waters.

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Posted: January 05 2018 at 17:30

IAN ANDERSON

EDGAR FROESE

KERRY LIVGREN

CHRIS SQUIRE

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YESESIS

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Posted: January 05 2018 at 15:36

I see people are really making this their own now, right on. So, if we're just going with heads then and not whole bands.. hmmm. For now I'll do this.

Frank Zappa(obviously)

Peter Gabriel

I'll get flack for this one but.. my man Phil Collins

From Yes I gotta go with Chris Squire(his bass is just so prominent in a lot of their classic stuff)

Edit: If I added one more(to make 5) it would be Carl Palmer.

Edited by YESESIS - January 05 2018 at 15:40

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Posted: January 05 2018 at 11:43

Faces of some not so well known prog musicians will wonderfully do. They fit the Rushmore concept very, very well !!

Edited by jayem - January 05 2018 at 11:44

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Posted: January 05 2018 at 11:33

YESESIS wrote:

BaldFriede wrote:

Peter Hammill, Robert Fripp, Frank Zappa and Mani Neumeier. There has to be a representative of Krautrock on the monument

I would actually do it the way Deep Purple did and add a 5th head: Christian Vander.

Hey, if you want all 4 of them to be German then, by all means. It's your Mount Rushmore of Prog.

Had the Axis won the war, perhaps they all would be German on Berg Rushmore.

Erm, too soon for such a joke? Maybe in another 70 years.

Ah...

, I just wanted to come up with another list of five heads. So...

Robert Wyatt
Robert Fripp
Tim Smith

And I wanted to add a member of Can, but I couldn't decide which one, so instead I'd just put a can up there, which by seeming coincidence as I just remembered from my Navy days is also a sort of "head".

Edited by Logan - January 05 2018 at 11:34

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Posted: January 05 2018 at 11:04

Van der Graaf Generator, Rush, Genesis, Yes

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Posted: January 02 2018 at 04:53

Classic bands:

Pink Floyd
Rush
Yes
(Last spot is a tough, to be honest, but I guess I'll default to King Crimson for creating what is recognised as the first TRUE prog album)

Modern bands:

Dream Theater
Symphony X
Porcupine Tree
Haken (VERY modern compared to the others, but I honestly believe they are operating in a special place right now)

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Posted: December 30 2017 at 05:02

miamiscot wrote:

Modern Heads:

Steven Wilson

Roine Stolt

Neal Morse

John Petrucci

Yep. I'm fine with this for Modern Mt. Progmore.

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Posted: December 27 2017 at 08:06

Heads only:

Frank Zappa

Robert Fripp

Peter Gabriel

Rick Wakeman

Bands:

Yes

Genesis

King Crimson

Pink Floyd

Modern Heads:

Steven Wilson

Roine Stolt

Neal Morse

John Petrucci

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Posted: December 26 2017 at 17:16

YESESIS wrote:

Dellinger wrote:

OK, if I'm going with my non objective list, and going the Deep Purple way and using 5 artists, then it's my personal top 5 (I couldn't go into a top 6, or 10, or whatever, because then I wouldn't know where to stop): Pink Floyd, Yes, Dream Theater, Rick Wakeman, and Mike Oldfield.

I think I've seen this top 5 list somewhere before lol.
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Posted: December 26 2017 at 16:06

I think I've seen this top 5 list somewhere before lol.

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Posted: December 25 2017 at 20:10

OK, if I'm going with my non objective list, and going the Deep Purple way and using 5 artists, then it's my personal top 5 (I couldn't go into a top 6, or 10, or whatever, because then I wouldn't know where to stop): Pink Floyd, Yes, Dream Theater, Rick Wakeman, and Mike Oldfield.

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Posted: December 25 2017 at 12:18

ATM it would go like this:
60s/70s:
Yes, Kaipa, Todd Rundgren, The Beatles
Modern:
Roine Stolt, Neal Morse, The Tangent, Big Big Train

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Posted: December 25 2017 at 11:55

Glad to see people are really making this their own now and not just all going with the standard Yes, Genesis, ELP, and KC.. and not that there's anything wrong with that if those truly are your 4 favorite prog artists.

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Posted: December 25 2017 at 11:48

Tom Ozric wrote:

.......ha, dopey me......I always thought it had 5 heads (like Deep Purple.......)

If there is a fifth then I'm definitely adding Saga. Been listening to their Silent Knight album today and man is it good. They are so underrated I can't believe it.

Edit: I love and respect the heck out of ELP, as evidenced by my avi. But 4 great albums(truly great I mean) just isn't enough. No matter how great and IMPORTANT those albums may be.. at least for my, personal, Mount Rushmore of Prog.

Edited by YESESIS - December 25 2017 at 11:52

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