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that Matrix is some snappy tight sh*t-- just ordered Wizard from '78

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Froggie Beaver was a four-piece band formed in the heartland city of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1971. They dropped an album of convincing progressive rock, "From the Pond," in 1973, and then disappeared from the scene.
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Matrix was a jazz fusion group from Appleton, Wisconsin, formed in 1974. Even though they released three dope albums in the second half of the 70s, i.e., in the heyday of the fusion genre, and although they did get a little shine at the Monterey and Newport Jazz Festivals, the crew didn't blow up like some of the bigger acts.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Surprise - Assault on Merryland (1977) St. Louis, Missouri

Just the first obscurity to pop into my head. I assume we don't need to mention the obvious stuff like Kansas, Styx, etc....

Probably not but somewhere in between the two camps is Pavlov's Dog. I think they are worth mentioning. I assume if you know Surprise you probably know them too.


Definitely heard OF them, but never heard THEM. Will have to check 'em out.
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Unfortunately I can't think of a whole lot (especially not many that weren't already mentioned. Some would be:

Animator (Chicago)
Tiles  (Detroit)
Discipline  (Detroit)
Pavlov's Dog (St. Louis)
The Load  (Ohio)
Von Frickle (IL)
Yezda Urfa (IN)
Starcastle (IL)
Asia (if they count and no not THAT Asia Tongue) (SD)


Not mid west but worth mentioning anyway: 

Glass Hammer (TN)
Salem Hill (also TN)
Crack the Sky (WV)



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Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Fireballet : Night on a bald Mountain
Pye Fyte : Gathering of the Krums

I'm not sure how you got the idea Pye Fyte or Fireballet were from the mid west but they were actually from Massachusetts and New Jersey respectively. Wink


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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Surprise - Assault on Merryland (1977) St. Louis, Missouri

Just the first obscurity to pop into my head. I assume we don't need to mention the obvious stuff like Kansas, Styx, etc....

Probably not but somewhere in between the two camps is Pavlov's Dog. I think they are worth mentioning. I assume if you know Surprise you probably know them too.
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South Dakota's White Wing was one of those bands from the US Heartland that combined hard-rock with British progressive rock elements. They released their sole, self-titled album in 1975.
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I'd love to play with here, but I'm afraid that my knowledge of artists' very exact geographical origins is too limited for this. Embarrassed
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Definitely my favorite of the U.S. classic era prog bands, out of Chicago

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Pat Metheny
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Surprise - Assault on Merryland (1977) St. Louis, Missouri

Just the first obscurity to pop into my head. I assume we don't need to mention the obvious stuff like Kansas, Styx, etc....
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Nebraska, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

Yeah. Get it on.
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