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Dick Heath 
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 Topic: Strings-driven ProgRock bandsPosted: April 25 2006 at 17:49 |
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Far Corner (self titled album rleased last year by Cuneiform) - electric cello as lead instrument.
 Caryn Lin : Tolerance For Ambiguity (Alchemy Records) - very interesting violin player  Edited by Dick Heath - April 26 2006 at 12:53 |
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Ty1020
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 17:03 |
You're the third to recommend GYBE, actually  . |
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chamberry
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 16:01 |
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I have to agree with the ones that mentioned A silver mount zion,
Godspeed you! black emperor, Sigur Ros and After crying. I'll add
Univers zero to the list also.
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Abstrakt
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 15:05 |
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Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 07:38 |
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At least "Tammikuinen Tammela" by UZVA has a violin on it.
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pechu prog 730
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 05:20 |
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DID YOU HEAR A BABD CALLED ''THE PLANETS''.REALLY COOL.ALSO KANSAS,IS GOOD TOO |
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IT'S RAINING ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
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oscar
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 02:51 |
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After crying...A wonderful Hungarian band. They uses a lot of strings, and are scolared in classical music
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Life is PROGRESSIVE
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Suki
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Posted: April 25 2006 at 02:44 |
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Ahh... They are emotional indeed. I remember I nearly cried when I first heard 'Storm'.. There is a lot of emotion there, as well as strings.
I second :)
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The Wizard
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 17:27 |
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UK anyone? The increbilbe supergroup with Eddie Jobson providing a wonderful electric violin. Also features Alan Holdsworth, Bill Bruford, and John Wetton. Excellent stuff recomended to all prog heads.
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salmacis
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 15:15 |
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String Driven Thing spring immediately to mind!
 Their album 'The Machine That Cried' is very akin to Curved Air imo, only a bit less keyboard driven.
As for BJH, I'd say only their first album heavily relies upon orchestration, with pretty much every track (bar the below par 'Good Love Child') having some orchestra in there somewhere. 'Once Again', 'BJH and Other Short Stories' and 'Baby James Harvest' have some orchestra on a few tracks too.
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mithrandir
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 14:49 |
 first band that came to mind when I read the title of this thread, |
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chopper
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 14:19 |
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Try "Once Again" by Barclay James Harvest, great use of orchestra. I don't know how much they used on their other albums though.
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Olias
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 13:22 |
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There´s a lot of bands that used strings as a sound sampler on Mellotron...
Too many to mention, but try to catch Sandrose (France) or Spring (UK)
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Rorro
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Posted: April 24 2006 at 04:30 |
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Comus has a nice employment of violin, but mainly this group is guitar driven.
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mrgd
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 23:57 |
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STRING DRIVEN THING mainly for 'The Machine that Cried'--- A+++
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Looking still the same after all these years...
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lightbulb_son
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 17:07 |
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Godspeed, A Silver Mt. Zion, and Sigur Ros are some of my favorite bands and they all make great use of strings.
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When the world is sick
Can't no one be well But I dreamt we were all beautiful and strong 
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Syzygy
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 12:26 |
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On the RIO/Avant prog scene you could try Art Zoyd or Sotos, who both use strings extensively. Fred Frith (Henry Cow/Art Bears/Skelton Crew) is an accomplished violinist as well as guitarist, bassist, pianist etc. and Hopes and Fears by Art Bears and the first Skeleton Crew album both feature quite a lot of strings. |
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 12:13 |
I'm starting to question your thought process if you listen to music for how they look....  It's ok as long as thats not the only reason you listen to them. It's hilarious how on guitar tab sites any mention of Evanescance *not really my cup o tea* turns into a 30 post conversation on how hot she is. Yay sexist america!! |
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Rashikal
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 11:45 |
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The Moody Blues' first album "Days of Future Past" feauturing the london philharmonic or w/e
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listen to Hella |
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MajesterX
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Posted: April 23 2006 at 11:45 |
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra is very strings driven. It's literally a a rock band with an Orchestra.
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