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Anthony H. 
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 13:09 |
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Many people associate prog with musical virtuosity. However, many bands who perform rather simple compositions still manage to be one hundred percent progressive. Porcupine Tree is one of the best examples of this. What other simple prog artists can you think of?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 13:22 |
Pink Floyd is an obviiuos answer.
Maybe VDGG too?
Supertramp?
Edited by Snow Dog - July 28 2010 at 13:25
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The Quiet One
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 13:27 |
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 13:32 |
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richardh
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 14:09 |
Muse keep it short and sweet but still manage to make music with a strong progressive feel at times (but not all the time!)
Good examples of such tracks are Sunburn or Take A Bow.
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 14:28 |
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A lot of Neo: Jadis, Quidam, Iluvatar... even Marillion, Pendragon, IQ or Arena are technically less complex than many of the classics.
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 14:47 |
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Hawkwind.
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lazland
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 14:57 |
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Definitely Supertramp, one of my favourite bands. Latter Radiohead stripped down an awful amount of earlier virtuosity, with mixed results, in my opinion.
I don't understand the references to Marillion, who I think are incredibly complex in their music, certainly in the Hogarth era.
I would also add Rush to the list. Incredible musicians, all of them, but since Moving Pictures, I wouldn't describe their music as overtly complex.
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BaldJean
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 16:01 |
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VdGG is very complex and not simple at all. Hawkwind is quite simple
Edited by BaldJean - July 28 2010 at 16:01
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 16:09 |
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 16:52 |
Camel i would say fit this, they are complicated at times but more often stick too melody more than complexity
Iron Maiden i would say are simple yet progressive at times even though they are not a prog band per se
early Caravan particularly If I Could Do It... is definitely a simple yet very progressive album
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CinemaZebra
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 17:01 |
 Snow Dog wrote:
Maybe VDGG too? |
Yes, A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers is extremely simple. 
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Anthony H.
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 17:05 |
CinemaZebra wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
Maybe VDGG too? |
Yes, A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers is extremely simple.
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 Yeah, VDGG definitely are not a simple band.
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 17:53 |
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 17:56 |
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 19:31 |
depends on what you meant by simple I'd say this 
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 19:33 |
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Oh, I get it sarcasm. My apologies for my lack of sense of humor.
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 22:51 |
I would not call Porcupine Tree 100% progressive...
I think a lot of Krautrock is simple because of the mind-numbing repetition, but maybe I'm not looking at it the right way. I think a lot of modern symph is also relatively simple most of the time because of their deep love of AOR.
Edited by Henry Plainview - July 28 2010 at 22:56
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 23:20 |
Drone Metal band Earth?
They're listeed on the site, and for good reason...
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Posted: July 28 2010 at 23:27 |
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