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The T

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Posted: April 18 2008 at 19:00

As my first post in this thread, let me just say I love Arena, Iq, Marillion, Pallas, Carptree, and like Landmarq, Kinght Area, collage, and a few more....

So I guess my answer to the thread's question is YES

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Posted: April 19 2008 at 04:06

I tried really hard to get into neo-prog, but we just weren't meant to be...

Seeing 30 Seconds to Mars labeled as "neo-prog" on All-Music first got me interested in the genre. I got the album out from the library and loved it. Fast-forward a few years when I find this site and dig through the neo-prog section trying to find something similar and settling with Marillion. But it got to the point where I kept thinking, "You know, Avantgardehead? You already have a much better version of this stuff in Genesis!" Marillion and Magenta have been the only neo-prog bands that I've almost liked. It's definitely not a genre for me.

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Posted: April 20 2008 at 11:34

Squonkman wrote:

clarke2001 wrote:

cacho my friend, you must try some Pavlov's Dog! They're 70s prog band with pop tendencies, sort of a neo-prog prototype. If you will like them, you're ready for selected neo-prog albums.

And if you don't...you can still try.

just a word of warning though----the singer makes Geddy Lee sound like Robert Mitchum. Make sure you secure your crystal ware.

True ! This was a band that I first read about in one of Kerrang's first few issues back in 81. They were one of the bands in a section that covered bands that "metal" connoisseurs might like, in the sense that they were not strictly "metal". Other albums that popped up there were Alice Cooper's Easy Action & Golden Earring's To The Hilt.
Anyways, the review did emphasize the vocals. Great voice, but high pitched. In the not so good old days, the vocal range would be called castrato.
I gave the their albums a listen a year or two ago. Good music, but the singer is distracting.

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Posted: April 20 2008 at 13:23

The T wrote:

As my first post in this thread, let me just say I love Arena, Iq, Marillion, Pallas, Carptree, and like Landmarq, Kinght Area, collage, and a few more....

So I guess my answer to the thread's question is YES

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Posted: April 21 2008 at 12:13

let's get the symantics in order here...how are we defining NEO PROG? does neo mean within the past 5 years? or, is neo the opposite end of the spectrum from classic yes and ELP?

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