About your native progressive rock bands

The only Antarctican band to date is The Flying Penguins

This is their NYC "station:
www.myspace.com/flyingpenguinentertainment 

Since they have very few shows it is pretty rare to spot them and here's a gig from their latest your here in the country:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1257244/flying_penguins_on_bbc_documentary/
Wait until the end of the clip for their major performance.

They're awesome, no?




Edited by avestin - February 26 2009 at 09:04

I'm familiar with most of the Finnish bands in the archives, plus some that aren't here. I'm not a patriot/nationalist in the least, but I've always been interested in checking out stuff from my own country. Our library system pretty much carries all of them, so it's not all that troublesome. At least if I find something good, I'll get a chance to see them live (probably).

BTW, My favorite Japanese bands are Natsumen, Machine & the Synergetic Nuts, Salle Gaveau and Envy. Fantastic stuff!


Edited by Jimbo - February 26 2009 at 09:12

micky wrote: oh yes....  that it is   I always wanted to head up that way and see the battlefields at Corinth and Iuka but never made it. Any free time I had was spent in New Orleans in a dress and high-heels...

rosenbach wrote: From the early 80's among the more known prog bands from Mexico were Chac Mool(before their pop side)and Iconoclasta, there were also some more RIO influenced bands like Decibel, Nazca and then Banda Elastica.

Chac Mool and Iconoclasta are great. I (finally) started playing the records in my Chac Mool box set. The second album is amazing! And Iconoclasta never fails to please. Too bad the more avant-garde bands' are quite difficult to track down. I almost won the Decibel box set on eBay once. Almost.

I'm from Venice. We have Le Orme, and less known bands from the past, like Venetian Power and I Cocai. Also Devil Doll is partly from Venice.

Japan got Osamu Kitajima! love his early work.

Edited by Anirml - February 26 2009 at 10:34

Mexico Have:

I'm not that of a native-language Prog or Rock listener, but here are some real gems that should get some more light to the rest of the world:

Spinetta Jade - Bajo Belgrano (excellent Jazz Fusion, in the Funk style of Fusion)
Invisible - Durazno Sangrado (should definitely be a classic Prog album in the top 100, very elaborated jazz rock)
Pescado Rabioso - 2 & Desatormentandonos (not really Prog, but they're a great mix of Prog leanings with blues and hard rock, classic 70's)
Pappo's Blues - Triangulo (classic heavy blues from my country)
Sui Generis and Seru Giran are classic folk/pop bands, though I don't admire them really....
Alejandro Herrera - Minority Report (is, well, very unknown, but he played at my house with top-notch jazz musicians from my country, and he released his first solo album, which is awesome jazz fusion with a lot of funk elements)
Well pretty much Luis Alberto Spinetta's whole catalogue is very worth of checking...

But where my country really shines in the music side, is in jazz and tango.

aprusso wrote: Raff wrote: Well, I'm Italian... Do I need to say more? Anyway, one of the most representative RPI bands hails from my hometown of Rome - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso. At present, I can't remember about any others, but I am sure there are quite a few.   Thus is really one of the few things we italians can be proud of, these days....

So very true...

WalterDigsTunes wrote: cacho wrote: I'm not that of a native-language Prog or Rock listener, but here are some real gems that should get some more light to the rest of the world: Spinetta Jade - Bajo Belgrano (excellent Jazz Fusion, in the Funk style of Fusion) Invisible - Durazno Sangrado (should definitely be a classic Prog album in the top 100, very elaborated jazz rock) Pescado Rabioso - 2 & Desatormentandonos (not really Prog, but they're a great mix of Prog leanings with blues and hard rock, classic 70's) Pappo's Blues - Triangulo (classic heavy blues from my country) Sui Generis and Seru Giran are classic folk/pop bands, though I don't admire them really.... Alejandro Herrera - Minority Report (is, well, very unknown, but he played at my house with top-notch jazz musicians from my country, and he released his first solo album, which is awesome jazz fusion with a lot of funk elements) Well pretty much Luis Alberto Spinetta's whole catalogue is very worth of checking... But where my country really shines in the music side, is in jazz and tango. And La Maquina de Hacer Pajaros. And Crucis (probably #6 on my All-Time Favourite Prog Bands list). I'd say your country shines when it comes to prog