Best swiss prog
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Topic: Best swiss prog
Posted By: philippe
Subject: Best swiss prog
Date Posted: December 07 2004 at 11:57
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Despite that the swiss prog scene is very closed to the german Kraut/ prog scene, it would be interesting to know what are your feelings about notorious bands as Brainticket..and less known as Toad... waiting for your answers! ------------- 
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Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: December 07 2004 at 11:59
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Man, there is a Swiss prog scene? Any band called Brainticket however get's my vote ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: December 07 2004 at 12:11
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Brainticket.Cottonwoodhill and Celestial Ocean are excellent albums. Eiliff(Swiss?) come a close second. I also liked Tea (Mark Storace).First two albums produced by Deiter Dierks,but they turned into the awful Krokus.I remember picking up Eiliff's Girlrls (sic) album from a 'cut-out' bin when I was @ 14 and having to hide it from my parents because of the sleeve.(2 hookers at a window.) Pretty tame now. I never liked Toad.A bit too 'boogie/blues-Status Quoish.' ------------- 
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: December 07 2004 at 14:41
Forgive my ignorance Philippe, but I am not qualifed to vote. I couldn't even vote "other", as I couldn't name any others!
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Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: December 07 2004 at 15:24
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Brainticket are excellent, 'Cottonwoodhill' is amazingly psychedelic and chaotic. Dawn Muir's tripped out vocals are quite overwhelming. I love it! 'Psychonaut' is less experimental but still brilliant. Ive yet to hear their album 'Celestial Dream' I have to admit though that ive never heard any of the other bands mentioned.
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: December 07 2004 at 19:53
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the only swiss stuff i iknow is andreas vollenweider ------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: December 07 2004 at 20:00
| Wow, now there's a list of bands I've never heard of... |
Posted By: Emperor
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 07:20
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I also never heard any band from this list. I say more, I now very few about Swiss Prog Scene, except one album of the band named Galaad (don't substitute with British Galahad :)) - I have one (1992, forgot its French name :() album of them, and it's good. I think it's especially for those who love Marillion 83-88, Grey Lady Down, Pendragon, Arena - I mean the band plays "mainstreamish", keyboard-guitar oriented NeoProgressive, but of really good quality, with good taste and sence of beauty, "juicy" keyboard and guitar solos... (Only some harder than the bands I mentioned above). ------------- I Prophesy Disaster... |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 09:00
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Eiliff is Swiss?- I thought as they are listed in a number of krautrock reference books that they were German
But what about Island? http://www.lasercd.com/merchant/lasercd/lasersedge.asp#island - http://www.lasercd.com/merchant/lasercd/lasersedge.asp#islan d I was introduced to their reissued 1977 recording Pictures, as being the album Van Der Graaf would have recorded if they had stayed together - make of that what you will, but IMHO it is a good record. |
Posted By: Proghead
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 09:04
I owned a few Krokodil albums in my youth, but I don´t think I would listen to them today. 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 09:12
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Nice knives, watches and looted Nazi gold, though....
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greenback wrote:
Would it therefore be fair to say, Greenie, that there are some gaping holes in your Swiss collection? 
Posted By: Proghead
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 09:14
I have to say that, Peter you´re a fun guy !!! 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 09:18
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^ Badda-boom! Thank yew, thank yew -- I'm here all year! Try the veal!
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Proghead
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 09:20
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 09:24
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Clepsydra is pretty good. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Proghead
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 09:27
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Yes they are
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 08 2004 at 13:03
Also true about some other types of Swiss cheese............................. |
Posted By: Man Erg
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 01:54
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Philippe Did you mean Ertlif instead of Eiliff? If so,Ertlif's eponymous album is superb. Klaus Schulze influenced,with loads of mellotron and synths. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Mellotron -------------
Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
Posted By: zappa123
Date Posted: December 09 2004 at 04:58
| CHEESE |