French and Italian Band Question

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http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4554 

Rock Purogure Japonese

Rock Progresiv Andalus

Or so ... ?

tuh, you'll be wanting Rock Progressif Québécois next. (...or should that be roche?)

Oh, no, Chris, I didn't think anything of it! I was more annoyed because I remember a few months back in the Italian Den I had a pretty successful ranting grumble about this very thing, and my thoughts/opinions came together pretty well then, less so this time!

If I knew exactly when it was, I would have scrolled back through the pages of the Den posts and copy/pasted it, but it could be anywhere!

Yeah, what he said, without my rambling nonsense!

Hello Mr King!

The proper Italian stuff has some particular characteristics that define it. Frequent classical and cultural influences, often gothic elements, perhaps wild/reckless/daring experimentation, vocals that properly weave through the music (not merely `vocals sung in Italian') that are as much of a `musical equipment' as the actual instruments are just some of the characteristics.

Despite how popular they are, you won't find a lot of those elements in a band like PFM, despite them being one of the signature Italian bands. They incorporate a lot of English prog influences. Off the top of my head, bands such as Banco, Rockys Filj, etc are much better and specifically unique examples.

You'll notice as well that there's plenty of Italian bands that are NOT specifically RPI. In other words, just because a band is Italian does not default it to RPI. Off the top of my head, recent additions such as Oxhuitza, or bands such as Yleclipse are not labelled as RPI, despite originating from Italy.

Sorry, I hope this helps a little! I'm kind of running a whole heap of quickly formed ideas together!