Three more bands that..

rushfan4 wrote: Personally, I don't think that you could go wrong with any of these 3 bands.  I am somewhat partial to trios that play hard rock though, so I cast a vote for Dug, Ty and Jerry.  They are also the only one of these three bands i have had the pleasure of seeing live.

Oh that had to have kicked ass. Right on man, King's X forever!

Upbeat Tango Monday wrote: None are GREAT, but I like IQ more than the other two bands.

Well they aren't Genesis or Yes lol, but you gotta admit this is pretty darn good..

Really close between King's X and IQ. I really like King's X's lyrics and that heavy hard rocking sound. IQ as I said in another poll just seems to get better with age as their last three studio albums are arguably my favourite from them. 

Never heard of   'King X' but IQ is one of my favourite bands of all time..  Saga can be a hit and miss with their albums.  Will have to look at how King X sound.

Mellotron Storm wrote: Really close between King's X and IQ. I really like King's X's lyrics and that heavy hard rocking sound. IQ as I said in another poll just seems to get better with age as their last three studio albums are arguably my favourite from them.  Saw King's X open for Porcupine Tree once in Toronto and I think they had the volume up to 11 as it was really loud.

I bet they blew the roof off that building! That would kick so much ass.

noni wrote: Never heard of   'King X' but IQ is one of my favourite bands of all time..  Saga can be a hit and miss with their albums.  Will have to look at how King X sound.

You're from Canada and you didn't vote for Saga??! That's just wrong man, I.. that's just wrong.

YESESIS wrote: Anyway, all kidding aside, King's X is a kick in the ass with those guitars and have a Christian message to a lot of their songs. You really can't go wrong with them.

That's why I would recommend Transatlantic... well, the Christian message (I had the impression you would be interested in spiritual themes already, but if you like particularly Christian stuff, then Neal Morse is the man for you, as well as projects in which he may be involved), not the guitars... for I didn't really check out any King's X to be able to say if there's any similarities (though, at least on "The Whirlwind", there's some nice sounding heavy guitars... though not really reaching the status of metal).

Dellinger wrote: That's why I would recommend Transatlantic... well, the Christian message (I had the impression you would be interested in spiritual themes already, but if you like particularly Christian stuff, then Neal Morse is the man for you, as well as projects in which he may be involved), not the guitars... for I didn't really check out any King's X to be able to say if there's any similarities (though, at least on "The Whirlwind", there's some nice sounding heavy guitars... though not really reaching the status of metal).

Hmm, I'll have to check that out then man. Thanks again.

IQ, perhaps the best 'neo-prog' going right now..............imho Saga and Kings X are a bit too mainstream in their sound for me.... if you are into prog rock.

YESESIS wrote: Yeah, this was admittedly a tough sell(on here) for either of these fantastic bands to win against the more consistently prog sounding IQ.  <font style=": rgb255, 255, 255;"> <font style=": rgb255, 255, 255;">But... I did locate a poll right on this very forum where IQ lost against Fish era Marillion. That made me feel a little better lol. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12374&PN=1 [URL=http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12374&PN=1" rel="nofollow][/URL]

Well, that's not very surprising. Marillion (specially Fish era) are the number one Neo Prog band... the one that first comes to mind when the sub-genre is mentioned. I guess IQ is the second one.