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Poll Question: Which one of these bands classified as "prog-related" is the best?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
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17 [21.52%]
7 [8.86%]
12 [15.19%]
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6 [7.59%]
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1 [1.27%]
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1 [1.27%]
2 [2.53%]
1 [1.27%]
2 [2.53%]
3 [3.80%]
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 05 2017 at 14:48
Sabbath...BOC...Rainbow...Vangelis.
 
This is way too tough. I can't vote. Wacko
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2017 at 21:00
Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by Michael P. Dawson Michael P. Dawson wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Zeppelin, without the faintest hint of a contest.

 
Appropriate way to vote for the plagiarism kings!  Tongue



Seriously....? Just about every Brit blues rock  (and some US ones) borrowed heavily from early black blues men . Zep became huge so they were noticed for doing this. I do agree they should have given credit to those artists for several of the songs they reworked, but they didn't at the time.


There is a big difference between homage/riff borrowing and outright note-for-note, word-for-word theivery. There is only so much you can do with 1/4/5, but they didn't even bother with a thesaurus.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2017 at 21:11
Strangely enough I voted Malmsteen for his impact on heavy metal guitar which took us out of Eddie VH's iron grip and into an era that still echoes loudly today.   No one yet since has had a bigger influence on the style and sound of metal guitar.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2017 at 06:28
Almost half of the bands on the list are among my all-time favourites. Having to choose only one, i went for the mighty BOC (surprise, surpriseLOL!).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2017 at 13:13
yeah, there's about 6 of these that I hold in equally high regard. So I voted for Buckethead because it was BS that he had no votes.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2017 at 00:20
Amazing. Rainbow do not have vote? So much good stuff here. Led Zep. Bowie, BOC, Sabbath and Queen - the start of the list is so good.

Go and play Stargazer...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2017 at 00:21
Oh blast I've already voted. The site's just reminded me. Will someone go and tick Rainbow's circle.

Go play Catch The Rainbow - a concert version...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2017 at 03:58
Since LZ are ahead, I gave another vote for Vangelis.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 09 2017 at 20:32
Originally posted by uduwudu uduwudu wrote:

Oh blast I've already voted. The site's just reminded me. Will someone go and tick Rainbow's circle.

Go play Catch The Rainbow - a concert version...


Oh yeah, Catch the Rainbow live is such a beautiful piece of art.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2017 at 09:35
Lots of great bands there.

I'll go with Styx primarily based on the strength of The Grand Illusion.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2017 at 11:53
1. Black Sabbath (easily)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2017 at 12:49
Just reaffirmed my vote while listening to Lodger earlier on today. What a great and underappreciated gem of an album! I love all tracks with no exception and it only gets better after Red Sails.
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