Top 5 favorite artists (regardless of genre) - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I'm sticking with music that I at least consider to be rock-related in its way. These are just the first to spring to mind.

Five favourite bands in PA:

Swans
Art Zoyd
Can
Magma
Tangerine Dream

(bonus: Cardiacs and VdGG)

Five favourite bands not in PA:

Portishead
Mandingo
Stereolab
Pram
Broadcast

(bonus: Air, Boards of Canada, Vanishing Twin)

Five favourite artists included in PA:

Robert Wyatt
Igor Wakhevitch
David Bowie
Herbie Hancock
Miles Davis

(bonus: Klaus Schulze and Peter Hammill)

Five favourite artists not included in PA:

Ennio Morricone
Egisto Macchi
Nick Drake
Janko Nilovic
Buffy Sainte-Marie

(bonus: Julia Holter and Cat Stevens)

1. Frank Zappa/Mothers

2. The Beatles

3. Steely Dan

4. Black Sabbath

5. Slayer

I guess? I tend to think in terms of favorite albums more than artists to be honest.

Pink Floyd
Genesis
Elton John
Tangerine Dream
Yes

1. Genesis
2. Ultravox
3. Pink Floyd
4. Cat Stevens
5. Soundgarden

BaldJean wrote:

in no specific order:

Magma

Van der Graaf Generator/Peter Hammill

Barbara Dennerlein

Hawkwind

Mylène Farmer. for those who don't know her: her live shows and videos are absolutely insane; the videos are often highly erotic (with occasional full nudity), extremely violent or bizarrely surreal; sometimes all three of these.

since probably only very few know Mylène Farmer (though she is an absolute superstar in France) here 3 videos of her. the first is the intro to her 2000 tour which was wittily named "Mylènium Tour". the second is a very personal and emotionally extremely powerful song about the death of her father from that same tour. for those who don't speak French I chose a version with English subtitles; the translation leaves a lot to be desired but is accurate enough to give you an idea what the song is about. the 3rd one is one of her surreal ones with some violence in it too

Thanks so much, Jean, for the introduction to Mylène! I am LOVING her videos--especially of that 2000 concert/tour. Wow, would I have liked to have been there! Looks as powerful as a Cirque du soleil or Adiemus concert/performance! I love the way every single person in the huge audience knows every word of her songs--and sings at the top of their voices along with her! (Like a Anavitória concert!)

Edited by BrufordFreak - February 08 2022 at 13:12

Drew Fisher
https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/

Beethoven
Handel
Symphony X
Bruce Dickinson (solo career)
The Prodigy

Echolyn......dredg.....Consider the Source.....PFM.......Riverside

Top 5 of any music genre? Tough one. As much as rock music in its various forms is my preferred type of music overall, my ultimate two favorite artists are a pair of old-time folk poets from France, George Brassens and Jean Ferrat (likely unknown by non-French-speaking ProgArchives members) followed by Genesis, The Beatles and tied in 5th place, King Crimson and Procol Harum (particularly the earlier phases of these bands).

Cristi wrote:

David_D wrote:

What I don't hope is that the major part of people's 5 most favourite artists should be non-Prog.

so what if it is, non-prog can be a lot of good things such as blues, jazz, rock, metal, classical music and many others.

Okay, I'm not greedy. Progressive Rock has got much more popular the last 20 years, so I can't complain. Smile

quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond

1. Yes

2. Genesis

3. Saga

4. Moody Blues

5. Alan Parsons Project