Phish

Junta is a real gem. 

Enough said.

Well your reason is valid. You don't like the way it sounds.

He said that all of their fans were hippies and that they were dead wannabes. That, my friend, is ridiculous...

Woah, that's harsh. One of my friends is a big fan, and he has been to some of their concerts.

His reason for liking them is their awesome chord shapes, progressions, and in general, just their guitar jamming. Not a hippy, a skilled musician who loves their skilled playing.

I agree about Kanas not my thing---Kansas is an American band trying to be prog----Phish is an interesting band more in the Grateful Dead world --but better.

I understand that it doesn't make sense to brand them "prog" and yet they have prog elements such as composed instrumental sections, odd times, virtuosity, non-standard lyrics sometimes extending to the absurd but often suggesting another world (isn't that pretty prog?) - plus there is the whole Gamehenge song-cycle. These prog aspects were definitely a big part of their appeal for me, since I spent my high school years listening to Rush, Yes, ELP, Genesis, etc. Phish were "my" band, I could see them in pretty small places and watch them thrive and grow, and hunting down recordings helped one get deeper into the world they had created/were creating.