"Other" prog band, part 2

Very close between the first three listed here. I could have voted for any of them!

Marillion

proggy wrote: No Offense: I would not put Gentle Giant in with that Group. ELP shold not be in this poll.

ELP are definitely one of the mega-Prog groups... both influential and had huge mainstream success.

I seem to remember that the "big seven" classic Prog groups according to this site were King Crimson, ELP, Yes, Genesis, VdGG, Gentle Giant, and Pink Floyd.  Or was Rush in it?  I would think possibly not as they (as in the band members) were not British and it was not one of the original Prog bands.

I would have thought GG not nearly as "big" as Jethro Tull (same goes for VdGG).  That they are very popular amongst many Progheads here, and considered one of the best by many, is by-the-by.  I had never heard of them before getting back into Prog, so discovering the band was revelatory (my favourite of those big Prog bands and one of my favourite over-all).  Not that well known outside of Prog circles (at least not in my part of the world from my experience).

Under the definition of Prog rock at this site, it cites the, "the major acts that defined the genre in the 1970s [as] Yes, Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Rush and King Crimson..."

If one takes a somewhat revisionist attitude towards Prog, then my favourite band (with many albums) is probably MAGMA.  But Zeuhl (along with a great deal of music from other categories here such as RIO) were more like parallel to Prog movements making progressive music.

So, I might offer, for instance, Focus, PFM, Banco..., Le Orme and Gryphon as other possibilities.  Then there's (sticking with classic bands) the Canterbury scene music such as Soft Machine, Hatfield,,,, and Caravan etc. etc. And then there's...

Suffice to say, there are so many great bands from so many categories.  Most of my favourite bands and albums happen to be less mainstream in prog circles, but relatively obscure artists would not be appropriate for this topic even if one personally finds them more satisfying, or better, than most of the big names.

And I may not care for it, but Kansas is worthy of note.

I'm surprised at how few votes "other" has.  I suppose that I consider Zappa the most important of those listed.

I'll vote for MAGMA as it's a very important band to discover when going on a  Prog Archives musical journey, and has opened up many ears to off the well-beaten path progressive music.

Camel.

Others: CARAVAN - 1 vote

Rush. I started with Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres (my first two prog albums). A tremendous band

Camel for me all the way: Nimrodel - best.....song......ever!

NEKTAR

At the risk of dating myself, in my day, ELP was considered one of the big ones. They were certainly one of the more visible bands on the scene and seemed to have a lot of followers, myself included. Funny thing is though, I grew tired of them quite quickly. I guess I'm not surprised they are not viewed with as much reverence as they once were.

Zappa, no question.