Forum Home Forum Home > Progressive Music Lounges > Prog Recommendations/Featured albums
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Which band should I get into
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedWhich band should I get into
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  12>
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
AtomHeartMother View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: June 18 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 229 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: Which band should I get into
    Posted: July 04 2005 at 21:20
I was just wondering what yalls opinion was of what band I should get every album for, if I were to choose one band to get into.
If there were one and only one band to get every album for then what would it be, I need a new favorite band you know.
Back to Top
Zagnut View Drop Down
Forum Newbie
Forum Newbie
Avatar

Joined: July 04 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 10 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 21:30
Well it's very hard to just pick one band to get into unless you have a favorite style of music.  The progressive rock bands that are a part of this website are similar and very different at the same time.  My favorites include Rush, Yes, Asia, Dream Theater, and probably ELP.  Rush and Dream Theater are more of rock bands but still have that progressive hint in their music.  Yes, Genesis, and ELP are more of what the call art/progressive rock with deeper, more artistic types of music.  I would say Asia is a blend of these styles.  Other people may disagree with me but this may get you started. 
Back to Top
Gaston View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: February 26 2004
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 401 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 21:35
Gentle Giant, from their first album to Interview.


Gaston


It's the same guy. Great minds think alike.
Back to Top
AbsentEnemy View Drop Down
Forum Groupie
Forum Groupie


Joined: April 24 2005
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 76 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 21:43
It depends. What do you currently listen to? Other than Pink Floyd. 
"If the company of tumbleweed is unexpected fun, you're a cactus..."

Back to Top
AtomHeartMother View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: June 18 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 229 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 21:56

i just wanted a new band to replace my current favorite pink floyd and i wanted jsut one band because i want to go from their first cd to thier last just like i did with floyd.

im not looking for the best band but really the best band that i can go from the first cd to the last, which one would be best at that, i dotn really care wich one plays the best or anything, just a band that has a nice "timeline" to go through and experience, and it would be easier to do this with just one band and not many, that way i can really focus on one at a time and not a whole lot.
Back to Top
AtomHeartMother View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: June 18 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 229 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 04 2005 at 21:57

i like jethro tull, yes, mabey genesis im still working on them, and king crimson. those bands i have 1 or 2 cds from and i like the really popular albums from those bands alot

 
Back to Top
con safo View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer


Joined: March 17 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 1230 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2005 at 00:08
I've been getting into the krautrock genre lately, bands like amon duul II, Can, Faust, Neu!

I've also been REALLY digging the band Gnidrolog, check out their album "Lady Lake", It's incredible.


Edited by con safo
Back to Top
NetsNJFan View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer


Joined: April 12 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 3047 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2005 at 00:27
  • Jethro Tull has managed to maintain quality like no other (major/long running) band I've seen, so I'd go with them.  They do blues, elizabethan, folk, hard-rock, full blown prog, and tons of other stuff while maintaining a distinctly Tull sound.

 

  • Gentle Giant, while somewhat inaccesable, is incredibly rewarding.  Imagine Yes without self-gratuitous solos, and much tighter playing and more adventurous instrumentation.  Excellent band, from their debut till Interview (1976).

 
Back to Top
Retrovertigo View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member


Joined: June 17 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 537 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2005 at 01:00
Do Mr. Bungle real quick. 
Back to Top
The Hemulen View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 31 2004
Location: UK
Status: Offline
Points: 5964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2005 at 06:39
Others have beat me to it but I'll back them up:

GENTLE GIANT!

Though you may not want their last two albums that's still 10 albums that all reward a LOT of close attention. They're a brilliant band to get into - casual listening is not enough.
Back to Top
Zargus View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: May 08 2005
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 3491 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2005 at 06:55
ELP They are my new favorite band i have 4 albums love em all, i am yust as you trying at the moment to get in to Genesis, probobly the band i have hade the harest time geting in to ever, dont know why realy, but i am starting to like Foxtrot more and more every time i lisen to it... but ELP on the ather hand i loved right from the start, the first album i bought was BSS and its still my favorit, a complet masterpiece!
Back to Top
The Prognaut View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: April 14 2004
Location: Somewhere Else
Status: Offline
Points: 1492 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 05 2005 at 13:54

I suggest you get hands on Swedish prog... Some great choices:

  • Anekdoten
  • Landberk
  • Anglagard (Imperative!!!)
  • Book of Hours
  • Pär Lindh Project
  • Paatos
  • Sinkadus
  • Morte Macabre
  • Pineforest Crunch
  • Reminder
  • The Flower Kings
  • Pain of Salvation

And of course, some Italian Symph Prog:

  • Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
  • Le Orme
  • Premiata Forneria Marconi
  • Malibran
  • Semiramis
  • Il Balleto di Bronzo
  • Consoerzio de Acqua Potabile
  • Quella Vecchia Locanda
  • Locanda Delle Fate
  • Deus Ex Machina
  • Il Castello di Atlante
  • Goblin

 
break the circle

reset my head

wake the sleepwalker

and i'll wake the dead
Back to Top
Dick Heath View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Jazz-Rock Specialist

Joined: April 19 2004
Location: England
Status: Offline
Points: 12818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2005 at 05:30
Another one of these threads too
Back to Top
Joren View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: February 07 2004
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 6667 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2005 at 05:50

Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Another one of these threads too

hello mr. wiseguy!

This thread is different. This guy wants ONE band

And it should be: GENTLE GIANT
Back to Top
tuxon View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: September 21 2004
Location: plugged-in
Status: Offline
Points: 5502 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2005 at 07:02
Arena
I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT
Back to Top
Progzilla View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: July 05 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 206 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 12 2005 at 07:53
I agree with Dick Heath, these threads really don't result in anything meaningful... Why don't you use the top 100, in your case the psychedelic/space rock top 100 and just choose the first band you're unfamiliar with!


Edited by Progzilla
Currently listening to:
- Andromeda
- Pagan's Mind
- Kamelot
Back to Top
chopper View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Honorary Collaborator

Joined: July 13 2005
Location: Essex, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 20033 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 14 2005 at 10:40

If you're only collecting one band, it's got to be Yes.

 

 
Back to Top
Angelina View Drop Down
Forum Newbie
Forum Newbie
Avatar

Joined: July 05 2005
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 3 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 23 2005 at 21:38
well dont search any longer, go with Marillion

http://marillion.com/

Edited by Angelina
Yes, a girl who likes prog!
Back to Top
Jared View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: May 06 2005
Location: Hereford, UK
Status: Offline
Points: 20414 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 24 2005 at 18:45

[QUOTE=Angelina]well dont search any longer, go with Marillion

http://marillion.com/[/QUOTE]

yeah...maybe you could 'get into Angelina'...
Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
Back to Top
King of Loss View Drop Down
Prog Reviewer
Prog Reviewer
Avatar

Joined: April 21 2005
Location: Boston, MA
Status: Offline
Points: 16913 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 24 2005 at 19:45

Guess what I would say?

If you don't get this, you haven't been paying attention very much!
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  12>

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.547 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.