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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 16 2008 at 11:36
Rush (a given...my fave band of all time)
Opeth
Porcupine Tree
Dream Theater
DragonForce
Leaves' Eyes
Ayreon
Napalm Death
Metallica
Yes
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2008 at 18:50
Originally posted by nahnite nahnite wrote:

Rush (a given...my fave band of all time)
Opeth
Porcupine Tree
Dream Theater
DragonForce
Leaves' Eyes
Ayreon
Napalm Death
Metallica
Yes
 
Fantastic choice there! I love Rush, Yes, Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree too.
 
Ayreon are brilliant - I havent heard '100101101' or whatever - is that as good as The Human Equation?
 
 


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1. Chicago
2. The Beatles
3. Marillion
4. Elvis Presley
5. The Rolling Stones
6. Pink Floyd
7. Billy Joel
8. Barbra Streisand
9. Yes
10. Leonard Cohen
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 26 2008 at 19:21
   I'm  gonna get out of usuals = no more Floyd's , Genesis ,  ELP , or others , and let's make it this way
     --  Porcupine Tree  --  Pendragon  --  Agitation Free  --  Sensation's Fix  --  Soft Machine  --  Caravan  --
     --  New Trolls  --  Kansas  --  Camel  --  VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR  -   Star
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2008 at 08:01
Marillion
Pink Floyd
Anathema
Yes
Mike Oldfield
Porcupine Tree
Van Der Graaf Generator (and Peter Hammill!)
Pain Of Salvation
Neal Morse
Genesis
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 30 2008 at 08:13
1.Pink Floyd
2.Deep Purple
3.Uriah Heep
4.Iron Maiden
5.Yes
6.Genesis
7.Queen
8.Premiata Forneria Marconi
9.Black Sabbath
10.Amorphis

This is my list,for now!It is often changing!
But not about the first place!WinkSmileTongueLOL
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1.   Symptom (the original UK band, not the later US, Canadian and German bands with same name)
2.   Arcade Fire
3.   Pink Floyd (early pre-wall Floyd)
4.   The Chocolate Watch Band
5.   Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
6.   Yes
7.   Genesis (early with Peter Gabriel on vocals)
8.   Man (all their live recordings but particularly during the 70s)
9.   Screaming Trees
10. Smashing Pumpkins (Especially their Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness period)
 
 
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1. Porcupine Tree

They are definitely number one, and i don't think that'll ever change....the next 9 aren't in order...
 
2. Oceansize
3. Opeth
4. Rush
5. Sigur Ros
6. God is an Astronaut
7. Pain of Salvation
8. Chroma Key
9. Anathema
10. Blackfield
 
These Bands Barely made the cut: No-Man, Riverside, Amplifier, Dredg, Katatonia, A Perfect Circle, Interpol, KoRn, Shadow Gallery...It's always hard to choose just 10!
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2008 at 16:43
Top 10 prog at the moment is
 
Arena
Ayreon
Pendragon
Knight Area
Nightingale
Pendragon
Porcupine Tree
Satellite
Threshold
Devin Townsend
 
Though I couldn't leave it without mentioning my next 10 - as it was so close Wink
 
Collage
Royal Hunt
Kayak
The Gathering
Nightwish
IQ
Pain of Salvation
Savatage
Genesis - early
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2008 at 16:58
TOo hard to put in order...
but

Opeth
Dream Theater
3
Primus
Mindless Self Indulgence
Pink Floyd
Yes
Led Zeppelin
Rush

Thats only nine... its too hard after that.
I can't even say those are my favorites of all time, just of the past few years, haha

If you see this, I failed at being a lurker.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2008 at 11:49
1-eloy
2-pink floyd
3-yes
4-van der graaf generator
5-klaus schulze
6-jethro tull
7-grobschnitt
8-genesis
9-camel
10-banco del mutuo soccorso
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2008 at 11:58
1. Dream Theater
2. Threshold
3. Symphony X
4. Therion
5. Pain Of Salvation
6. Vanden Plas
7. Shadow Gallery
8. Circus Maximus
9. Pagan's Mind
10. Arcturus
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2008 at 12:48
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

1. Dream Theater
2. Threshold
3. Symphony X
4. Therion
5. Pain Of Salvation
6. Vanden Plas
7. Shadow Gallery
8. Circus Maximus
9. Pagan's Mind
10. Arcturus
 
Cool
 


Hey, I think you forgot Ayreon! Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2008 at 12:54
Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

1. Dream Theater
2. Threshold
3. Symphony X
4. Therion
5. Pain Of Salvation
6. Vanden Plas
7. Shadow Gallery
8. Circus Maximus
9. Pagan's Mind
10. Arcturus
 
Cool
 


Hey, I think you forgot Ayreon! Wink
 
I think Abba came a little bit higher up the list....Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2008 at 12:56
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2008 at 17:22
1-King Crimson
2-Pink Floyd
3-Genesis
4-Queen
5-Yes
6-Camel
7-Supertramp
8-AC/DC
9-Arctic Monkeys
10-The Beatles
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2008 at 01:15
1 - Beatles
2 - Genesis (Gabriel era)
3 - Dylan
4 - Stones
5 - Yes
6 - The Clash
7 - Pink Floyd
8 - The Who
9 - Tull
10 - (tie) - The Doors, Steely Dan & ELP
7 -
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2008 at 03:51
Originally posted by fandango fandango wrote:

1. Dream Theater
2. Threshold
3. Symphony X
4. Therion
5. Pain Of Salvation
6. Vanden Plas
7. Shadow Gallery
8. Circus Maximus
9. Pagan's Mind
10. Arcturus
 
Cool
 
 
This very fine list and then being included in the heavy prog team.... I hope you also like Rush, Tiles and Porcupine Tree. There was no room in the prog metal team I presume ?
A day without prog is a wasted day
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2008 at 11:19
QueenWinkWink
GenesisStarStar
Steve HackettLOLLOL
Phil Collins
Iona
Extol
Shadow Gallery
Rich Mullins
Zero HourClapClap
Steve Vai
 
"Sometimes the afterglow isn't enough and we have to move on." Steve Hackett
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2008 at 11:29
Top 10 for the moment...
 
Beatles
Band of Gypsys
Miles Davis Quintet
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Rush
King Crimson
Steely Dan
Yes
Primus
 
Honorable Mention
 
Lobo
Percy Faith
Jerry Reed
Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
 
 
 
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