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Lewian 
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For a long time my personal big 5 have been:
Can - Art Zoyd - King Crimson - Talk Talk - Cardiacs There are many candidates for the sixth spot, but going with what has recently been "hot" here, today I nominate Tangerine Dream. Could also be Swans, Camel, VDGG, Pink Floyd, Amon Düül II, Jethro Tull, Kong, North Sea Radio Orchestra,...
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 16:42 |
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Triumvirat
Giger Lenz Marron (not accepted by PA, but I consider them very worthy) Dzyan Passport Dedalus Quatermass Edited by presdoug - January 24 2024 at 16:42 |
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JD
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 16:40 |
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Personal Big Six (at least for today) ELP Peter Gabriel Spock's Beard Santana Deep Purple Thomas Dolby
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Grumpyprogfan
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 16:12 |
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Frank Zappa
Allan Holdsworth Pat Metheny Mike Keneally Dream Theater Echolyn And.. Rush Edited by Grumpyprogfan - January 24 2024 at 16:45 |
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omphaloskepsis
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 16:06 |
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King Crimson Pink Floyd Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson Jethro Tull Frank Zappa
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Hector Enrique
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 15:56 |
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Top 5: - Pink Floyd - Rush - Yes - Genesis - Tool and 6... - VDGG/ELP/Camel/Riverside Related Prog - Queen |
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 15:55 |
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This is subject to change, as I expect many of you also have a more fluid big six rather than a solid big six. But at this moment in time, these are mine, no particular order:
Genesis Present Koenjihyakkei Spock's Beard King Crimson Eloy I almost want to replace Eloy with ni, but maybe not just yet. Their Fol Naïs album from this year is probably, at least to me, one of the very best releases of the 21st century, rivalling Far Corner's Risk and All Traps on Earth's A Drop of Light. The moon is really a rolled up ball of underwear.
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 15:26 |
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Henry Cow
Univers Zero King Crimson Pink Floyd Hatfield and the North Cardiacs VDGG Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - January 24 2024 at 15:27 |
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 15:18 |
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1. Marillion 2. Echolyn 3. Genesis 4. Pain of Salvation 5. The Flower Kings 6. Gentle Giant
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 15:13 |
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Ayreon It Bites Dream Theater Marillion Devin Townsend From the acknowledged “Big Six”, Genesis and Floyd would be closest to breaking into my personal six…. |
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 15:00 |
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I choose the ones that introduced me to listening to prog, the ones I listened to most in the early days and still listen to with pleasure (not necessarily the ones I now consider the best: I discovered later others that I now consider better or at least I like better).
1) Marillion 2) Van der Graaf Generator 3) Gentle Giant 4) King Crimson 5) Caravan 6) Jethro Tull I listened to Pink floyd from early on (when I was 15), along with Marillion, but I didn't consider them prog, as is the case with many in Italy. Perhaps Van der Graaf and King Crimson are still today my absolute favorites.
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 14:59 |
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Pink Floyd
Neal Morse (Band) Devin Townsend Steven Wilson / PT Frank Zappa Mr. Bungle EDIT: Of course there's more ... these were the six that I thought of first. But here's an alternative six that I would rank equally high: Dream Theater Opeth Between The Buried And Me Haken Ayreon Magma EDIT: And there's more still. All on the same level, highly influential and on constant rotation: Symphony X Transatlantic VdGG Big Big Train King Crimson Pain of Salvation Edited by MikeEnRegalia - January 24 2024 at 15:05 |
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 14:31 |
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For me, the more bands/artists I know, the more difficult it is to establish a big six or just about any single digit "big" or "greatest" list. B) So not so long ago, I gave up on it. I can only say who's always been and is my all time favorite band. And it is The Flower Kings. That hasn't changed. So I guess that's it. Here's my "big one".
1. The Flower Kings. |
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 14:30 |
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1. Mostly Autumn
2. Renaissance 3. YES 4. Camel 5. Pink Floyd 6. The Moody Blues
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 14:21 |
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1) Rush 2) Yes 3) Emerson Lake & Palmer 4) Dream Theater (led to Transatlantic) 5) Transatlantic (led to Spock's Beard, Marillion, The Flower Kings and all of their associated spin off and solo bands) 6) Big Big Train
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 14:03 |
That is correct!
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Floydoid
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Posted: January 24 2024 at 14:02 |
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No not another debate about the so called 'big six' of prog, a topic that's raised its head many times over the years on these forums, but rather your personal 'big six', i.e. the six prog acts you enjoy the most / have inspired you the most over the years.
Here's my personal list: 1) Pink Floyd 2) Yes 3) Emerson Lake & Palmer 4) Curved Air 5) Renaissance 6) Focus |
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