" Big Six " 1980 and forward

Edited by Lewian - December 05 2019 at 06:55

Phideaux is a huge act...sad to be so overlooked (not only here, for what I reckon)

Gerinski wrote: Marillion IQ Dream Theater Spock's Beard/Neal Morse The Flower Kings Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson

A prog website(such as progressive ears) with users that doesn't use this website won't have the ratings on here as a reference on here so they obviously would not agree with the criterion you guys are using. But in my admittedly stubborn opinion these are the bands that should be on there: TFK,SB, OT, PT, IQ and Marillion. For me prog metal would be a separate list. If Opeth do a few more less metal and more prog rockish albums they could easily go on the list too. BBT and Pendragon should also be considered contenders. I won't deny the importance of the bands on the above lists and you guys are doing it very methodical so your lists are probably more definitive but hey we all have our own opinions.  Oh yeah, I forgot Anglagard. They are definitely a contender. It's too bad it can only be six bands. I like Djam Karet too but they are probably even more forgotten than Ozric Tentacles. 

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - December 04 2019 at 18:31

BrufordFreak wrote: If it's about popularity, influence, ratings, and rankings, then I think Nogbad's got the winning list: Marillion Dream Theater Änglagård Porcupine Tree Opeth Riverside P.S. Änglagård may have only three important albums (as opposed to the "one" somebody mentioned), but their members have contributed to some other amazing albums and bands.  P.P.S. If Steven Wilson were connect to or were to replace Porcupine Tree, that would be okay, too.

Neal Morse/Spock's Beard

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: I didn't filter out anyone, what would you like me to filter out? If I filter it to Canterbury, Crossover, Eclectic, Heavy, Neo, Folk, Italian & Symph after '79 then Spocks Beard come in at #42 and The Flower Kings come in at #99! I realize it's cheating but at least TFK make it in. I think if you look at their peers who are under the same category they probably do pretty good. There's a lot of people on  here who think TFK are derivative(same could be said for SB)but they do have more ratings than a lot of newer bands. I think during the 90's and early 2000's they were one of the key bands carrying the torch. I admit I may very well be behind the game so it's quite possible that they aren't currently viewed as important as they once were. Still, I think they are an important band in prog's history and haven't been as forgotten as some other bands. I could say the same for Ozric Tentacles though but there's a lot more people on here who are fans of or even know about TFK than OT.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: I could say the same for Ozric Tentacles though but there's a lot more people on here who are fans of or even know about TFK than OT.

Edited by mathman0806 - December 04 2019 at 14:26

I had mentioned my 3 undisputed as Marillion, Dream Theater, and Porcupine Tree. After seeing many other options, I think the ones that might be considered too are Flower Kings, Spocks Beard, and Anglagard (however, I barely know music from the first two).