About your native progressive rock bands

Finland hold one of my favorite Jazz/Rock Guitarists too.

Edited by tamijo - July 20 2009 at 11:49

In the Syracuse NY area, a band called 805 did quite well in the early 80's. Outside of that, nobody. 

Cynips wrote: tamijo wrote: Finland hold one of my favorite Jazz/Rock Guitarists too. Jukka Tolonen   Seen him many times back in late 70's early 80's in Copenhagen Actually, my dad, who plays the piano, has done a couple of gigs with him when they both lived in Björkfors, Sweden.

Wow nice

In our country I know 2 progrock bands... Eternal Now and Fuseboxx. 

The most known band is off course SBB (a shortcut, translated to english: Find, Destroy and Build).
But I want to mention about the polish band ANAWA, created by Jan Kanty Pawluskiewicz, and Marek Grechuta. This band recorded in 1973 year an album titled the same: ANAWA, but as a singer instead of Grechuta starred Andrzej Zaucha. This album is totally other than the most known piece titled KOROWOD.
"Anawa" album presents many influences from early King Crimson, from the "In a Court Times...", and sad. but real ambitions lyrics (like in KC), singing in Polish.

I am surprised that this album didn't find a place on Archives. I hope that it will be added, because it is very enjoyable part of Polish prog scene and recommended for any King Crimson fan.

Cynips wrote: tamijo wrote: Finland hold one of my favorite Jazz/Rock Guitarists too. Jukka Tolonen   Seen him many times back in late 70's early 80's in Copenhagen Actually, my dad, who plays the piano, has done a couple of gigs with him when they both lived in Björkfors, Sweden.

CPicard wrote: MartyMcFly89 wrote: Anybody familiar with Czech rock bands ?  Anybody wants to talk with me about them ? Bands like Prazsky vyber, Synkopy and for example Framus has a lot to offer. If you have the right ears. Alas, I'm only aware of the Plastic People of the Universe, DG307 and Uz Jsme Doma (moreover, I only know them by the few mp3 each band put on their internet sites). What genre do Prazsky wyber and the other play?

Eclectic Prog
I like Iva Bittova a lot. It's a pity she's not yet on ProgArchives.


What is DG307?

clarke2001 wrote: CPicard wrote: MartyMcFly89 wrote: Anybody familiar with Czech rock bands ?  Anybody wants to talk with me about them ? Bands like Prazsky vyber, Synkopy and for example Framus has a lot to offer. If you have the right ears. Alas, I'm only aware of the Plastic People of the Universe, DG307 and Uz Jsme Doma (moreover, I only know them by the few mp3 each band put on their internet sites). What genre do Prazsky wyber and the other play? Eclectic Prog I like Iva Bittova a lot. It's a pity she's not yet on ProgArchives. What is DG307?

I went to Prague recently and bought some CDs by Aku Aku, BBP, Plastic People of the Universe, Progres 2 and Uz Jsme Doma. My wife got Iva Bittova's Bile Inferno that is just amazing!!

Well, Plastic's (I still wonder if  they took their name from Frank Zappa) were mostly protest band. Their biggest audiences could have been counted in tens of people. But all of them were devoted fans.

Heh, if you have a chance, try to read book by Jan Pelc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Pelc), it's about late 70ties in Czech Republic, in other words - the worst era after 1939-1945 (Hitler's Germany protectariat). It's kinda raw material, full of alcohol, drugs and overwhelming feeling of desperacy, nowhere to run from oppresing. 

Mejla Hlavsa, frontman was awarded, posthumously, with some musical prize (I saw it a long time ago on TV). After 89' he was collaborating on project called Fiction. They released eponymous album. 

Prague's Selection, or if you wish Prazsky Vyber (or, to the extreme - Pražský Výběr, because in my language we write band names with capital first letters, but when concerning songs, there's only first letter capital), so - Yeah, they're eclectit in way that they play various styles. It's prog for sure, but as I can fully understand these lyrics (they're not so hard when you're native), they play psychedelic rock.

For example they're probably most well known song - Prazakum tem je tu hej (Prague peoples are fine here [in Prague]) is about how everyone is lost in Prague. Literally or methaporicaly - you know, feeling of biggest city here in CR is strong. Next song - Hrabě X (Count X) is about weird looking and behaving man with very strange habits, probably vampire - like ("why everyone garlic awaits me?") or song Zubatá (Death) - "yesterday morning came Death, she (in my language Death is her) told me to take my trousers". I know, no rhyme, but zubata-katata (Death-trousers). And then fine rock solo.

But probably most psychedelic creeps gave me "Na vaclavskym Vaclavaku" (Prague's most well known square, something like Wenceslaw's square - you know, this one with statue of man on horse, next to museum), is about boy who is lost in "big" city of Prague. Psychedelic feeling is promiment also due to Vilem Čok vocals, he's quite a furious when singing, capable of high tones. Even their live version after twenty years is still good.

So psych. are mostly lyrics and something from music. This is why they can be for foreigners (more than 99% of you) not so psychedelic. So ECLECTIC is good deal I think. 

And for other things, Iva Bittova, Stromboli (oh how they're good, try to get them if you can) with Bara Basikova (remember our names for woman - when someone has surname Zednik [Mason], his wife will be Zednik+ova, it's some kind of adjacent (addition perhaps) to woman's surname. 99% of surnames are like that. The rest are exceptions of male surnames which ends on vowels). Or BSP - band of few good artist - Balaz (drums), Pavlicek (guitar) and Strihavka (vocals). Michal Pavlicek (Michael if you want) is among our best guitarists and Strihavka's vocal range is undoubtable.

Now I'm listening to Prazsky Vyber's song "Proc jen ja" which is in blues tone. And also English language.

Heh, in 80's they were marked as "disturbing" band and banned for audiences. These bands are the best ;-)

Canada... need I say RUSH