Three bands that um..

These are just three bands that I've seen mentioned at different times on here and have tried somewhat with each band to get into them. I've listened to a little bit of one album from each and now trying to decide which one I should focus on.

micky wrote: Amon Duul II man....  Marillion?  pfff...   Eloy is good, definitely lightyear ahead of that pansy Neo sh*t.  However ADII are more than merely a good band. Legends with debatable one of the greatest album trilogies of all prog rock.  Not sure which one you started with..  but if you haven't heard Yeti..  do yourself a favor.. preferrably under the influence to get the full effect.

Hmm, now I'm starting to feel some peer pressure not to like Marillion lol. But seriously thanks for your input on this matter and yeah Yeti was the album by them that I was listening to and I was liking it. From Eloy I was listening to some Power and Passion, and also Ocean(which I was getting into). And from Marillion I was listening to Misplaced Childhood and then their Debut album, and really liking both.. So then it occurred to me that I probably should pick one and just focus on them for a while, so I was like "ok, poll time!"

micky wrote: nevermind me....  I have a real problem with Neo.   The music sucks.. but so does a lot of stuff here..   I just bear a gruge against Neo prog in general for being fired by the Neo Team.  In record time... shortest Genre Team stint in the history of the site.  Less than 24 hours... though it might have had something to do with me mentioning I wanted to move all the Neo bands to prog related haha. Yeti rules... but be sure to check out the bookend albums Phallus Dei and Tanz der Lemminge. Their first 3 are fundemental and essential.. and though different.. more mature if you will... the albums they did after those in the early to mid 70's are still quite good. Perhaps lacking a bit of chaos, experimentality and shear WTFery... they are very good 'traditional' progressive rock albums. Check out Wolf City for the best of that group of albums.

It's cool. And judging from your avi you probably can appreciate this.. For me in a lot of ways if it's not classic Genesis, classic Yes, or ELP, then it's not PROG(in the purest sense). I know KC fans will howl and a lot of other people, but that is kind of how I feel about it. But I like a lot of music that isn't prog, so if Marillion is considered some kind of 'prog related' so be it, won't make me like them any less. But again thanks and I will take all of your input here into consideration as well.

Barbu wrote: Marillion - the first 4 studio ones + Recital of the Script, Real to Reel and The Thieving Magpie (live). Essential, man.

Cool, thanks for the suggestions man. These are all things to think about here..

From this ones the only one I know is Marillion, and I have really liked them. Specially the debut and Misplaced Childhood. I haven't heard the other two Fish era albums, but I do have a few live albums and so have heard lots of the songs, so for me those two albums are the best ones, but there's some good songs from the other two as well. From the Hogarth era I have heard less, and in general it seems to me that they didn't achieve the same level of greatness... they just seem to lack energy and passion. However, there are a few songs that I have come to like from it (though I still have to get Brave and Marbles), and did like a lot "Sounds that can't be made". By the way, talking about Marillion, you might want to check out Transatlantic too (the bass player from Marillion is a member of that band)... well, particularly I love "The Whirlwind" from them... the whole album is just amazing. Another side project from Trewavas is the more recent Edison's Children; "The Final Breath Before November" is also a wonderful album.

*face palm*

Think old Mick is really not feeling well right now

Let's try again:


TRANSATLANTIC!

*puts hand on Michael's shoulder*:


It's only music, man.