10 US psych and proto bands
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Topic: 10 US psych and proto bands
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: 10 US psych and proto bands
Date Posted: November 17 2017 at 20:30
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Which of these US psych/proto bands is your favorite? I left out Janis Joplin/Big Brother & holding company, Jimi Hendrix(and Experience), Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Steve Miller Band and the Grateful Dead because I wanted to focus on ones that aren't as obvious.
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 17 2017 at 21:01
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QMS for Cipollina alone, followed closely by Touch. Cream, High Tide, Band of Gypsys, the Dead . ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: ALotOfBottle
Date Posted: November 18 2017 at 01:38
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Out of these, I like Mothers the best, even if they are far different from the other offerings. From outside the poll, I absolutely love C.A. Quintet's lone release Trip Thru Hell. ------------- Categories strain, crack and sometimes break, under their burden - step out of the space provided. |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: November 18 2017 at 02:38
| Mothers of Invention |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: November 18 2017 at 03:31
| Touch! |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: November 18 2017 at 14:03
| Mothers of Invention takes my vote. Quite excellent list though. |
Posted By: DeadSouls
Date Posted: November 18 2017 at 14:32
| MOI |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: November 18 2017 at 15:09
| In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 18 2017 at 19:04
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The Doors. Love also. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 18 2017 at 21:30
I know very little of this bands, but it was obvious Mothers of Invention (Frank Zappa) would win. Actually, it would have been a closer vote if he had been put next to the more "obvious" choices, and still in this particular forum I believe he would have wond against Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and The Doors (I don't really know the other obvious ones you mentioned, but I understand they were very notable too). |
AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: November 18 2017 at 22:42
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Spirit is one of the most underrated bands in ProgArchives. I did a poll on them and like 5 people voted. For this poll I would like to see Zappa replaced by Capt. Beyond. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: November 19 2017 at 08:28
The thing is though that Captain Beyond's first album is from 72 and this is a poll for sixties bands. They would be better off in another poll.
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Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: November 19 2017 at 09:43
By necessity I vote for the Mothers  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 19 2017 at 11:48
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Mothers ------------- |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: November 19 2017 at 19:27
| I'll go with the fudge...almost hilariously acid-drenched. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: November 20 2017 at 06:53
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Mothers +1 ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: November 20 2017 at 22:58
I guess maybe you were thinking of Captain Beefheart?
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: November 21 2017 at 03:30
| Mama |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 21 2017 at 07:08
no Jefferson Airplane??  From this lest, Spirit, QMS and Vanilla Fudge in that order.... HP Lovecraft might also have been a valid choice for this poll
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: November 21 2017 at 07:29
I used to adore these guys and even today I find their musical chops outrageously brilliant. The singing though  Like dialing The Moodies' more romantic gestures up to 11...and then in full blown harmony uuhhh  Funny how something one used to love now makes you cringe. The music though still is as powerful as the first time I heard it. Those drums man!------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 21 2017 at 07:46
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It's A Beautiful Day. Progressive mixed with flower power. Excellent. And I love that fiddle. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 11:11
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I'm not really sure what flower power is but yes that one song "white bird" is at least proto prog in my mind. Anyway, the Mothers of Invention is the winner by a wide margin with Vanilla Fudge coming in at second with Spirit and Iron Butterfly tied for third. I'm actually a bit surprised their weren't more votes for Love and Spirit.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 20:30
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Spirit for me.....love what they did on the first 4 albums.....but QMS, Love, Mothers...and even Butterfly were great bands. Sadly Touch only did the one LP....would have been interesting to see where they would have gone next on a second LP. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 21:23
Yep, or even the Pop Art Experimental band, the thirteenth floor elevators, Fifty Foot Hose, The United States of America, the Ultimate Spinach and several others. However, you can't remember everyone but I think I did ok considering the results. I didn't include J.A. for the same reason I didn't include the Doors, Janis, Jimi, GD, etc. I wanted bands who were a little bitter lesser known(just like many of the prog polls on here).
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Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: December 02 2017 at 22:37
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Yeah I haven't heard all these bands but I'm a big enough Zappa fan that I went ahead and voted for The Mothers. Hard for me to imagine that any of the other bands are even close to that kind of genius. |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: December 03 2017 at 13:20
I was listening to "The Sky Cried/When I Was a Boy" again, and yeah, the vocals are like a guy on a bad acid trip in which EVERY SINGLE WORD is sung with naked clench-fisted desperation. To me it meshes well with the acid rock workouts, but being in the progressive metal team, I'm pretty much desensitized to histrionic vocals thanks to all of these power/prog metal wailers I've sifted through for evaluation. The Vanilla Fudge guy is like a national treasure compared to some of these operatic air-raid sirens.
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Like dialing The Moodies' more romantic gestures up to 11...and then in full blown harmony uuhhh 
Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: December 03 2017 at 16:37
| QMS for me, natch, JC being a life-long idol. 2nd would be Spirit. The original lineups are 2 of the most electrifying bands that I've ever seen live. Moby Grape were great, and terrific live, but probably the least prog of any of the bands in the poll. Jefferson Airplane is often thought of as being more mainstream because of their 2 hit singles, but After Bathing at Baxters and, to a slightly lesser degree, Crown of Creation are very progressive. I agree with Sean that H.P. Lovecraft would have been a valid choice for the poll, but they wouldn't have changed my vote. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: December 04 2017 at 14:53
| The Mothers. Obviously!!! |
Posted By: Blaqua
Date Posted: December 05 2017 at 10:15
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Fathers of...i mean Mothers... I like Iron butterfly and Love too |