Good non-prog bands
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Topic: Good non-prog bands
Posted By: Dreamer
Subject: Good non-prog bands
Date Posted: May 07 2005 at 13:50
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For the last few month I havent bought anything apart from Progressive cds, but now I am looking for some new classical/psychedelic rock. Bands that I already like are: Bealtes and their solo careers, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Deep purple, The Who. Also Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and sometimes Metallica and Black Sabbath I need to expand my non prog collection and need some advice. Classical rock and Psychedelic rock prefferalby with a prog feel to it, if you know what i mean. Three bands I cant stand are Rolling stones, Nirvana, and Guns and roses. Overrated, please dont mention. Thanks in advance. |
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: May 09 2005 at 03:51
You have to go for Wagner for that one - vast sprawling epics, absolute nonsensical concepts, either love him or hate him... Sounds like prog rock to me 
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Dreamer wrote:Posted By: mirco
Date Posted: May 09 2005 at 10:49
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Try The Doors, and if you are a truly investigative person, try argentinan band Soda Stereo. ------------- Please forgive me for my crappy english! |
Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: May 09 2005 at 22:49
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Three words... PROKOFIEV PIANO SONATAS!!!!!!! Oh yeah, and Shostakovich is worth checking out. Oh, and if you don't have a copy of the original piano version of Pictures at an Exhibition, you need to get one. The orchestrated version is cool too. Rachmanninov had some good material, and Tchichovsky (excuse my spelling) wrote some great symphonies, especially his later ones. These recommendations are all Russian, and any music that came out of Russia during the Romantic period is worth having. ------------- 
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Posted By: Alfredo G.
Date Posted: May 10 2005 at 01:46
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Have you heard much from steve vai? his music definitely has some prog feel to it, and he's one of the most talented guitarists i've ever heard. Try to find "For the love of god" or the jazzy "Tendur Surrendur". Vai definitely did a great thing when he left Whitesnake to go solo!! ------------- "There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who don't" |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: May 10 2005 at 12:06
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sorry for the mistake i meant classical rock, but i will check out the classical composers you told me, since it also interests me. I know some steve Vai songs and was thinking about buying an album, but I started thinking it might be too guitar orientated, and I dont play guitar. What would be a good album to start with? Who are these Soda stereo? I've downloaded a song, but it sounded abit too 80's for me. recomendations are wellcome. |
Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: May 10 2005 at 13:10
| Try Savoy brown: a very good blues rock band or Budgie: A classical trio hard rock band! |
Posted By: Grimm
Date Posted: May 11 2005 at 22:48
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The Jefferson Airplane would be a good choice. The best album for introductory purporses would be "The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane" from 1970. As this album will show you, there is a lot more to the Airplane than Grace Slick and White Rabbit / Somebody To Love. This was a very talented psychedelic band that I was listening to in High School (1987) the same time I was listening to ELP and YES. For more current music, you might also want to check out The Tea Party, from Canada. ------------- Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be or seem to be self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time. |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 11:25
Particle: Launchpad. Why not have some Umphrey's McGee too. Anchor Drops. All good stuff. 
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Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 13:15
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I like Budgie quite alot, thanks for that. I was thinking about Jefferson Airplane, what would be a good studio album, since i dont like buying collections, to start with? Same would apply to the doors, I know some songs, but where should i start with albums?
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 13:24
| Jefferson Airplane: Surrealistic Pillow is the one to get (I think?) |
Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 22:09
Heh heh... Sorry. -------------
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Posted By: Grimm
Date Posted: May 12 2005 at 22:35
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Surrealistic Pillow or Crown Of Creation. I still recommend The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane, though; It's not your ordinary compilation. It's widely considered to be a true - to - life sampling of the bands most important years. The Airplane were the kind of band that had a good, signature sound. Like King Crimson mark III and Gabriel's Genesis, they had a sound that was good by itself. They just sounded good no matter what they were playing. If you go to the offical website http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/index.html - http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/index.html and click on listen, a jukebox will allow you to listen to full songs. ------------- Arguing with anonymous strangers on the internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be or seem to be self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time. |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 10:29
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Steve Via, Boston, Dio, Edgar Winter Group |
Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 15:04
You are welcome! |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 15:11
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Have you heard The Fire Theft - "s/t" or Sunny Day Real Estate - "The Rising Tide"? Both have a classic rock feel to them, but they're recent bands. I can't recommend them enough. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 19:03
No no, it is I who should be sorry. |
Posted By: DallasBryan
Date Posted: May 14 2005 at 22:25
| Hank Williams Jr. and Dwight Yoakam |
Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: May 15 2005 at 22:04
Me too, my first concert was Budgie in 1974 |
Posted By: Jerjo
Date Posted: May 19 2005 at 11:05
| If you want that classic rock sound with a current band, try Gov't Mule. The rockers love them, metal heads love them, jam band nuts love them... |
Posted By: ita_prog_fan
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 03:36
i agree, especially 6th 7th and 8th
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 21 2005 at 17:01
| What about Styx ? (listed as 'Prog' in the archives, but sound not very proggy to me...) |
Posted By: omri
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 16:34
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Well, Jeferson airplane is a wonderful idea & surialistic ... & crown of creation are the right albums. I would recomend 3 other ones : 1. Lou Reed - start with "Sally ca'nt dance" & "Berlin" 2. David Bowie - start with "Space oddity" & "The man who sold the world" 3. Talking heads - their best are "Remain in light" & "Fear of music"
enjoy ! ------------- omri |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 17:38
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Iron Maiden all the way... its quite rpog like, and it rocks. Bruce Dickinson is God... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 19:05
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I can see that you like intelligent rock with some diversity and a heavy touch. So here are some recommendations, following that line: Illinois Speed Press - Same James Gang - Rides Again (with Joe Walsh, a classic band, psychedelic touch, and they rock) Buffalo Spingfield - Again (with Stephen Stills and Neil Young; classic, just a bit psychedelic and Stills gives it a rock feel; underestimated classic) Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two The Allman Brothers Band - Win, Lose Or Draw |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 04:00
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One of the best british bands:
Placebo - Placebo Placebo - Without you I'm nothing |
Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 04:43
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Have you heard much from David Bowie (Space oddity) and Talking heads (Remain in light)?
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Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 04:48
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Modest Moussorgsky, David Bowie, Megadeth, Cream, Lynyrd Skynyrd, etc etc etc ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 10:50
| wow, thanks for all the tips and new bands, I have alot to check out.... |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: May 24 2005 at 22:59
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How about some early Yngwie Malmsteen?Like the Rising Force and Marching Out cds. -------------  |
Posted By: daeve69
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 14:52
Surrealistic Pillow or Crown Of Creation. I still recommend The Worst Of Jefferson Airplane, though; It's not your ordinary compilation. It's widely considered to be a true - to - life sampling of the bands most important years. The Airplane were the kind of band that had a good, signature sound. Like King Crimson mark III and Gabriel's Genesis, they had a sound that was good by itself. They just sounded good no matter what they were playing. If you go to the offical website http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/index.html - http://www.jeffersonairplane.com/index.html and click on listen, a jukebox will allow you to listen to full songs. [/QUOTe If you like Jefferson Airplane, the best has to be After Bathing At Baxters (1967). Surrealist Pillow is a transistional album, nice folk pop tunes with some hints of acid-rock, but Baxters is the real deal. Brilliant raw SF guitar, jamming, Grace Slicks amazing vocals, wow, check it out...also check out "Time Is" by It's a beautiful day (2nd generation SF band)-this is the music that Airplane should have been doing in 1969 instead of country-rock. Other people were doing that better. Bye! |
Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 15:50
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Velvet Underground
Hawkwind Pretty Things Kaleidoscope, both US & Uk 13th Floor Elevators The Byrds |
Posted By: yesman72
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 16:50
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OK I got a question. What in the hell is "classical rock"? Are you all trying to say classic rock? Or is it another name for symphonic rock? What do you mean by classical? does it mean the music has classical infliences? or are you just adding an "al" to classic? Just wanted to know.......
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Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 17:01
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check out: sunny day real estate chamberlain mineral the gloria record the fire theft biffy clyro canyon ...to name but a few! ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 17:03
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Santana, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane,
Doors, Allman Brothers Band, 13th Floor Elevator. The Residents belong
into prog, in my opinion, but are not named in here.
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Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 16:50
I appologise from the bottom of my heart..... |
It was a most horrible mistake Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 17:06
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the doors, the yardbirds, led zeppellin, queen, allman brothers, .. all of those are old bands and "new" bands... radiohead, placebo, primus, kula shaker, soda stereo, lucybell ,etc
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 17:59
| Id definitely suggest Blue Oyster Cult. |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 16:13
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Cream : "Farewell concert" dvd, "BBC sessions" cd, "live I" & "live II" LP's. Napalm Death : whole discography on vinyls. Thats psych! |
Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 07:32
 Yesterday I bought a cd of a 1973 US band called Granicus... Amazing!!!
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Posted By: geezer
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 07:44
Blue Oyster Cult ...rocks! |
Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: June 24 2005 at 08:02
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BOC indeed! A newer unproggy band I somehow can't help liking very much is Queens Of The Stone Age. -------------  |
Posted By: abyssyinfinity
Date Posted: June 25 2005 at 07:11
Also Spiritualized IMHO are great 
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Posted By: basurero de pie
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 16:43
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earth, wind and fire, the supremes, stereolab ------------- por que el sol no es de mitad y la otra mitad de aquella mitad?? |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 23 2005 at 21:26
AC/DC, Metallica, Iron Maiden ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 04:39
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I have seen them live here in Baltimore about 10 times,and just saw them a few weeks ago.Good band ------------- |
Posted By: Shack Man
Date Posted: July 25 2005 at 17:29
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Medeski Martin and Wood |
Posted By: Retroventuremod
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 01:16
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blur!!!!!!!!! If any of you say they are a one hit wonder or that the only song you've heard is Song 2 I will find a way to run you over in a car!!!!  But seriously, check out these albums "Parklife" "blur" and "think tank" (Think tank has a moroccan influence to it, which is kind of cool) ------------- I asked Bobby Dylan I asked the Beatles I asked Timothy Leary But he couldn't help me either They call me the seeker THE WHO! |
Posted By: basurero de pie
Date Posted: July 27 2005 at 22:29
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funkadelic ------------- por que el sol no es de mitad y la otra mitad de aquella mitad?? |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 08:42
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I can't believe no-ones mentioned XTC!! Any Beatles fan should like them. My other fave non-prog bands - U2 and The Jam. |
Posted By: Scratchy
Date Posted: August 06 2005 at 11:19
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I'd recommend these :- Incubus,Mercury Rev,Radiohead,Ben Harper,Jeff Buckley - Grace,Melissa Etheridge -ditto or Lucky,Sarah MacLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy,Tony Childs -Very best of,Tracy Chapman - ditto. Also IDM - Future Sounds of London,Plaid. |
Posted By: Scratchy
Date Posted: August 06 2005 at 11:48
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Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: August 06 2005 at 14:01
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you are quite obviously on drugs. blur are quite appalling - and I'm not comparing them to prog, they are bad in their own right. that whole britpop thing got out of hand and bands in vogue were left to their own devices to write a pack of sh*t that became albums. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: August 06 2005 at 14:02
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: August 07 2005 at 19:08
| Definetely not prog, but T.Rex is some really decent glam rock. Mostly three chord three minute pop songs, with some strings. Try Jefferson Airplanes After Bathing at Baxters, a very pyschedelic album. Also try some Steppenwolf, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, The Doors (soom good instrumentals), and the Who. |