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Points: 43514 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 26 2016 at 12:11
^ neo-prog started early 80s with Twelfth Night, Marillion and IQ. That sound. Influences mostly from Genesis and Pink Floyd. Easiest way to put it.
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Originally posted by RoeDent RoeDent wrote:

What even is "neo-prog"? Surely any band that's come since the 70s era can be considered "neo-prog".
Neo-prog is more a specific genre of progressive rock rather than a catch-all term for modern prog. Think groups like Marillion, Pendragon, IQ and Arena. The RYM database describes it as follows;

Neo-Prog is a synthesiser-driven style of Progressive Rock that emerged in the early 1980s in the United Kingdom. Fish-eraMarillion and IQ are considered to be the defining bands of the genre. 

Neo-prog took off in 1983 with bands taking strong influence from the Symphonic Prog sounds of Genesis, Yes and Camel, but replacing the Hammond organ and Mellotron-heavy sounds of symphonic prog with a focus on synthesisers and keyboards. The synthesisers are often the driving force in neo-prog, with the guitar regularly playing high-pitched and atmospheric lines as opposed to the riff-driven tendency of symphonic prog. Genesis' Wind & Wuthering is an influence for the guitars, and is considered by some to be the first neo-prog record. Neo-prog bands also have more Pop-oriented melodies than other forms of progressive rock, while still keeping the complex instrumentation. This saw some significant radio play and fame for some bands, with Marillion charting 11 top 40 singles during the time Fish was their vocalist. 

Although the original scene died in the late '80s with Fish leaving Marillion and Peter Nicholls leaving IQ, the genre continued an underground following with bands like Pendragon, Arena and Galahad at the forefront, and creating some smaller scenes, like the '90s Polish scene of Abraxas, Collage and Quidam. Although Marillion moved further away from neo-prog, IQ continued to make albums in the style, and gained a further cult following after Peter Nicholls returned to the band.
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Points: 1092 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 26 2016 at 17:50
Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

A wonderful by fairly unknown Neo band was Sweden's Twin Age.

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=340

Their first two albums `Month of the Year' and especially the follow-up `Lialim High' are absolutely superb, I'm the proud owner of both CD's. The vocalist was a bit of a chore sometimes, but they were terrific musicians, and I honestly believe that some of their arrangements were easily the equal of I.Q, Marillion, Pendragon, etc.



More Neo fans need to look into them!

Good band
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Mark Kelly plays keyboards with this band:



DeeExpus: King Of Number 33 (UK-2011).
Influences Porcupine Tree/Marillion. Super !!! (18/20)
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=35398
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GJZpJcvxdA
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Originally posted by jayem jayem wrote:

http://www.brassee.com/prog-art-rock.html#monolith

I esp enjoy the song The Show: it has a feel of graceful endurance and I felt it like like Talk Talk invites Holdsworth and as voices, Levin/Belew (yes a voice that recalls so much Belew ! After I'd been amazed at how Piet Roelofsen (also a dutch singer) sounded similar to Peter Gabriel).
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Points: 15242 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 27 2016 at 10:42
In addition to the usual suspects like early Marillion, IQ, Arena, Pendragon and Twelfh Night, I like Anubis a lot
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Originally posted by O666 O666 wrote:

Originally posted by jayem jayem wrote:

http://www.brassee.com/prog-art-rock.html#monolith

I esp enjoy the song The Show: it has a feel of graceful endurance and I felt it like like Talk Talk invites Holdsworth and as voices, Levin/Belew (yes a voice that recalls so much Belew ! After I'd been amazed at how Piet Roelofsen (also a dutch singer) sounded similar to Peter Gabriel).
Hi Jean-Mary
I will send you another Demo very soon. Sorry for lately! I had (have) too many troubles . Keep in touch.Wink

I'll listen carefully to it ! Things ain't well but you keep going, and I owe you the more respect.


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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

       

I totally agree with you.
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Originally posted by Kingsnake Kingsnake wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

       

I totally agree with you.


                            
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From Switzerland, Clepsydra and Shakary:
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Points: 1505 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 28 2016 at 11:29
Some of AISLES (Aisles?) is pretty good. 4:45 AM was free at one point and that's the majority of what I've heard from them. Hawaii I think is okay too judging on it's rating currently. They're sort of like a watered down IQ but I still like them well enough.
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From Italy, Asgard and Aufklarung.
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Points: 43 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2016 at 05:31
Neo Prog is my favourite sub-genre.
 
I can recommend the following as having good quality and consistent output:
 
IQ
Comedy of Errors
Arena
Sylvan
Pendragon
Anubis
Barock Project (not typically neo, but very, very good)
 
The following bands I also like, but I have not heard much so cannot vouch for their consistency:
LIfesigns
Synaesthesia/Kyros  (not listed as Neo any more, but I can't really identify any stylistic difference)
Gandalf's Fist
Drifting Sun
Magenta
 
I consider Steven Wilson's albums Raven and HandCannotErase to be very similar to neo prog and these are quite agreeable.
Also, what I have heard of Phideaux is pretty close too and well worth a try.
 
 
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Originally posted by Rosscoe Rosscoe wrote:

The following bands I also like, but I have not heard much so cannot vouch for their consistency:
LIfesigns
 
Well they've only made 1 studio album so far (another one is in the pipeline) but they are brilliant.
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Like Wendy, with Live At Armageddon for a start... Instrum second half of  "Radioactive Girl" sounds very much like Led Zep's No Quarter (instrum sequence) !
Aragon (at least until mid-90's. Cold strained kitchy 80's-90's sounds perfect for singer's raging falsetto
Tiemko (closer to jazz - fusion, but their own style !)
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Originally posted by jayem jayem wrote:

Like Wendy, with Live At Armageddon for a start... Instrum second half of  "Radioactive Girl" sounds very much like Led Zep's No Quarter (instrum sequence) !
Aragon (at least until mid-90's. Cold strained kitchy 80's-90's sounds perfect for singer's raging falsetto
Tiemko (closer to jazz - fusion, but their own style !)

Like Wendy is awesome, highly recommended
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I never cared for Marillion that much, despite that they're basically "THE" Neo-prog band. I prefer IQ, Pendragon, and Collage. They're all incredible.
One likes to believe in the freedom of music, for glittering prizes and endless compromises shatter the illusion of integrity.
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Maybe you should check out some of these gems by Citizen Cain;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi_aM-13go8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISQ3DUae7ks
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i guess for me it`s Anekdoten, Airbag, maybe Riverside, Pineapple Thief, late Opeth stuff, but all their latest suff is more to sound like mid 70`s classics ))
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