25 other bands. Choose a least/less liked by you

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Voted for The Mars Volta (least liked) instead of Magenta (most liked).

There is something to appreciate (at least some songs or entire albums) in most of these and some that I enjoy very much. I hesitate here to vote for either The Flower Kings or Transatlantic: two of the most exquisite "prog by numbers" bands that exist, in my opinion. I'll give it to TFK...

Quite a few in here that I tried and didn't click with; I think most of these were the first wave of 'prog dissilusionment' that pushed me towards the more 'out there' bands in your other lists. In particular, I tried but didn't get far with Eloy, Dream Theatre, ELP, Ozric, Kansas. 

Mahavishnu without a doubt. Off the scale amazing playing that goes nowhere, drowning in a sea of dazzling pyrotechnics. That said I could easily have voted for Transatlantic, probably the least interesting so called 'supergroup' in the history of music. Prog by numbers.

richardh wrote: I'm not pulling any punches because some of my favourite bands (Rush, Eloy and BBT especially) are picking up votes.

^ Yes, but at least you tell us, so we know the intent behind your vote. We have to guess about others.

^I don't see much difference between PA and other music discussion websites. Most have top ten, best of, and favorite polls. I agree that polls becomes routine but nothing can change that.

I remember your thread that asked to pick favorite songs from a certain period of time. It was very interesting, and yet there was hardly any participation. It was an attempt to discuss music and I enjoyed it.

PA is still the best prog music site in my eyes. Most forum posters are more comfortable casting a vote for a favorite than discussion.

I guess I would likely go to PE if this forum stopped existing. Ultimately I like to get recommendations and that is better when there are comments that go with lists. I post my lists more for my own purposes so that I can keep my brain in some sort of order. I actually have started creating lists just in my brain and going over them constantly. For instance a top ten keyboard player list and a top ten Pink Floyd songs and things like that. I may just be going slightly insane admittedly 

Nearly all these bands get my adrenaline rolling. 

My favourites here are early Jethro Tull, a few Ozric Tentacles albums (not past early 90s), i enjoy various Rush (and was once a huge fan of Hemispheres), I like ELP's debut, MO's Visions of the Emerald Beyond, and liked music off Mars Volta's Frances the Mute, Bedlam, and Amputechture. I had bought a CD of De-Loused in the Comatorium in 2004 or 2005 and really disliked it. Oh, and I like various Big Big Train. .

The bands here I had the biggest issues with were...
Spock's Beard: I bought Snow on CD in 2004 or 2005 having seen it recommended to fans of Gentle Giant, and heartily disliked it.
Transatlantic: I bought SMPTe, or maybe it was Bridge Across Forever?, at the same time as Spock's beard and heartily disliked it.
The Flower Kings: I think it was Space Revolver that I bought base dona recommendation, and not for me.
Porcupine Tree: I also bought In absentia at the same time and really disliked it.

By the way, I was not being careful with money then as I was doing very well financially. I gave all those albums to a friend anyway, and hopefully he liked them.

People have pointed me, or I have pointed myself, towards music that I like of most of these subsequently (I do like to challenge myself and try more if It seems I may appeal and others make suggestions, which is a reason why I like sharing what we are into and not into -- impressions can change if one is willing to try and open-eared -- one needs the time and inclination). Usually if a band has a fairly diverse output over the years that are not just of styles anathema to me then I can find something to like. I do like to give them a fair shot and not judge too quickly based on too limited material and over too limited a time. On one day something might click and not on another.

I'll go with Transatlantic as I have tried multiple albums, and while it had its moments, I have not wanted to return to the band. Doesn't mean it won't, but if I do it likely will be because someone asks me to or because of a topic I am interested in exploring or because they make an album with Robert Wyatt, Magma, Portishead, Anna von Hausswolff, Lingua Ignota, Art Zoyd, Weyes Blood, Boards of Canada, black midi, Swans.... Morse with Lingua Ignota, that would be something.