best prog band ever?

micky wrote: best prog band ever hahhahah... hmmm.......   ahhh.... MAGMA hahhahhaha

Genesis by far... but where are non english band?

YES 

disastercasper wrote: Why does Genesis have to beat Yes every time? Yes is the best!

Maybe because its an opinion!




You dare put Marillion on the poll and not GG?
No Dream Theater, no VDGG?

How do you live with yourself.


Edited by cowbell1 - August 01 2006 at 12:08

I do find it strange including Marillion and not Gentle Giant and Van der Graaf Generator.  You said you wished to leave out the obscure bands, but neither GG nor VdGG are obscure at this site... In fact, I believe they've always had albums ranked higher in the top 100 list than Marillion.  GG and VdGG are not that well-known outside of prog circles, but I don't know that Marillion is either (I'd never heard of Marillion before coming to this site).

Some others that I really like that I would have included are Focus, Gryphon, Premiata Forneria Marconi, and I certianly would include Frank Zappa (hardly obscure).

Actually, I would have used the top 100 list as a basis for a "favourite band" poll and would have included an "other" option, but that's just me.  Or I would have done it by subgenre or period... Neo-prog Marillion is a misfit as it now stands, and begs the inclusion of other non-70's bands of different subgenres like Dream Theater.  And I'd include Anglagard in the list as a more modern symph rock band.

Anyway, with the exception of Marillion, a good list of major names... I am surprised you omitted Zappa, Gentle Giant, VdGG, and even Focus,  as they are pretty big prog names.  Camel, though I like them, are also not one of the biggest names in prog.  Though they are popular here.

My choice as a favourite solely would be Gentle Giant if it were an option... Otherwise it's a tie between ELP, Yes, and Genesis, though I love Rush.

Hmmm... "Best prog"... Most prog ... Quintessential prog ... I have to chuck out Genesis as I don't think it as jazzy as ELP or Yes and the bands that sound the most proggy to me have strong jazz leanings (interesting rythyms and more). SO ELP vs. Yes...  Gotta have a certain bombasity, erm bombasticness  too.... So ELP?

Yep, though I don't consider ELP to be the best, ELP is the quintessential prog band... So I vote for ELP, especially due to Emerson's immense pomposity... Erm, I mean progacity.  But Yes comes close...  A major prog factor for me is the noodle quotient, and Yes were great noodlers (not a fan of noodling though).  The most prog is not the best for me then...  Still, yeah, I go for Gentle Giant and Focus.

Hamburger Concerto... best rock album... period.

Why the heck did you allow multiple votes?


Edited by Logan - August 01 2006 at 13:04

THE HUGELY PROPORTIONED CREATURE OF HONOURABLE AND QUIET DISPOSITION= ?
                    GENTLE GIANT!

I guess I had to state the bleeding obvious . [A feeble attempt at quirky humour for which to every other viewer of this thread I most sincerely apologise . I'll do my level best to ensure it does not happen again]!

Presto Ballet!! .. at the moment:)