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Drifting Sun is fantastic music , just reviewng On the Rebound and its a corker! Smile
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among modern prog bands, which could be called post-progressive rock I recommend:

Steven Wilson (obviously)
The Pineapple Thief
Gazpacho
Il Rumore Bianco
Lazuli
La Coscienza di Zeno
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Originally posted by TheDankCookie TheDankCookie wrote:

Also tell me what your favorite Neo Prog bands are?

  In the past? PENDRAGON (circa 1991 - 2001).

  Currently? Scottish COMEDY OF ERRORS and GRAND TOUR. Polish MILLENIUM. German MORPHELIA. etc.
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Of old: IQ and Marillion.

More recently: no specific favourites. I have heard some good albums by Grand Tour, Magenta, Comedy of Errors and Nine Stones Close in recent years. The most recent album by Nine Stones Close will probably end on top of my 2016 list, but this one has more to do with Heavy Prog than with Neo, unless my ears are mistaken.



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Apart from IQ, I nominate MAGENTA for the award.............
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Twelfth Night
Quidam
Jadis
Sylvan
Mystery
Galahad
Galleon
Solstice
Nemo 
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Before i'm blown out the water, this French band (and this lp in particular) has most of the hallmarks of 'Neo-prog' style before Marillion, IQ, Twelfth Night and Pendragon came on the scene.. it was released in 1978 so not far off. If you like very early Marillion you will probably appreciate this...

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If you love the Neo, Multi-Story's debut East/West is essential listening!
 
 
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My faves...more or less in order...

IQ
Marillion
Twelfth Night
Asgard
Pallas
Niadem's Ghost
Grey Lady Down
Aragon
Pendragon
Arena
The Lens
Jadis
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^Cool, another Niadem's Ghost fan. That's a really underappreciated obscurity.
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

^Cool, another Niadem's Ghost fan. That's a really underappreciated obscurity.


Oh ya, I absolutely love "In Sheltered Winds"!  I think it's really cool to hear Peter Nichols in a band without a keyboardist so his voice is even more out front than usual Wink
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Originally posted by Cosmiclawnmower Cosmiclawnmower wrote:

Image result for mona lisa french band trop tard
Before i'm blown out the water, this French band (and this lp in particular) has most of the hallmarks of 'Neo-prog' style before Marillion, IQ, Twelfth Night and Pendragon came on the scene.. it was released in 1978 so not far off. If you like very early Marillion you will probably appreciate this...


I love Mona Lisa!  I found them through being a huge Ange fan (considered "Symphonic Prog" on PA) but I can hear the Neo style connection you mention as well.  Hopefully some people will give this album a try and if they like it, I'd also highly recommend the 2 excellent Mona Lisa albums previous to this one (Le Petit Violon de Monsieur Gregoire:1975 and Grimaces:1977) though be warned, Mona Lisa is very heavy on the dramatic French vocals which I love, but they may be a bit much for others to take Wink


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^I saw Mona Lisa at ProgFest 2000 in L.A.! They were awesome!
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

^I saw Mona Lisa at ProgFest 2000 in L.A.! They were awesome!


That's good to hear.  Sometimes when these 70's only prog bands reformed a couple decades later the results weren't so good LOL


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the whole Mona Lisa discussion is kinda off topic. 
yes, the origins of neo are in symphonic but nevertheless...
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Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

^I saw Mona Lisa at ProgFest 2000 in L.A.! They were awesome!


That's good to hear.  Sometimes when these 70's only prog bands reformed a couple decades later the results weren't so good LOL

The concert's on DVD, but it doesn't show the band entering through the lobby, tossing flowers (LOL) and serving wine & cheese to the audience in the middle of the set!
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

the whole Mona Lisa discussion is kinda off topic. 
yes, the origins of neo are in symphonic but nevertheless...


True, but if people who wouldn't normally be exposed to the band check them out and like them because of this thread, isn't that a good thing Wink
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Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

the whole Mona Lisa discussion is kinda off topic. 
yes, the origins of neo are in symphonic but nevertheless...


True, but if people who wouldn't normally be exposed to the band check them out and like them because of this thread, isn't that a good thing Wink

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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

The concert's on DVD, but it doesn't show the band entering through the lobby, tossing flowers (LOL) and serving wine & cheese to the audience in the middle of the set!


Wow, I wish I could have seen that...Magnifique LOL
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Ange are great too!.. I was introduced to them in the late 70's.. I felt that the approach they took to the style of music of Genesis and King Crimson in particular, pre-dated the 'Neo' idea in that they were creating their own music by respectfully/ reverentially referencing these (slightly) earlier bands but in a particularly accentuated and stylized way.. which, after all, is all that Marillion, IQ etc were doing a few years later..

I also feel that Eloy's late 70's output (Colours, Planets & Time to Turn) was pre-empting the sound of the new wave of British progressive rock (NWOBPR)

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