Your 'Big Six' of Prog

It's probably the same for most of us, but my personal Big Six changed over time. And apart from that, there could be eight or nine or ten bands in the Big Six...

In my "formative" years (end 70s, 80s) my Big Six would have been: Yes, Pink Floyd, ELP, Focus, Ange, Eloy (with Marillion, Banco, Grobschnitt and Twelfth Night knocking at the door...).My entry into King Crimson was Discipline and that didn't do it for me, so it wasn't until that 90s that I began to explore their work after hearing a wonderful track on the radio.

Today, my Big Six would be much more difficult to establish, but I guess when sticking to what was all labeled "Symphonic Prog" back then, it would be King Crimson, Yes, Pink Floyd, Ange, Eloy, VdGG.

If/when including acts that were then considered jazz-rock, avant-garde or anything else than prog, I guess it would be King Crimson, Yes, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Art Zoyd and one spot left for the many of those who deserve to be mentioned... (Focus, Marillion, Saga, IQ, Univers Zéro and some other...)

So, all this is rather arbitrary.

The Six I listened to most, growing up (probably):

Genesis (now? often)

Yes (now? often)

Rush (now? sometimes)

Marillion (now? rarely)

Kansas (now? can't remember the last time)

Hawkwind (now? the early stuff mostly)

The Ones I listen to most these Days:

Tangerine Dream

Mike Oldfield

Eloy

Camel

Pink Floyd (still)

VDGG

although, I wonder if there is a reflection on the number of albums I own by them!

ELP

Jethro Tull

Yes

Genesis

Pink Floyd

1. Yes

2. Pink Floyd

3. Emerson, Lake and Palmer

4. Peter Gabriel

5. King Crimson

6. Jethro Tull

Eager to see your list Cristi!