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softandwet 
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 Topic: Gentle Giant-like band?Posted: September 06 2020 at 02:50 |
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I know Echolyn and their GG's influences well but I'd like to know more bands inspired by them, dot you knwo some?
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Posted: September 06 2020 at 02:53 |
Quebecois band Et Cetera. They only had one album released in 76 and it's a killer. Very GG.
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Posted: September 06 2020 at 02:53 |
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GG not (good) enough for you, you need imitators?
They even influenced Spock's Beard. Even Haken who were (jokingly) nick-named Djentle Djiant.
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Posted: September 06 2020 at 05:14 |
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Spock’s beard have been the closest I’ve heard. And do a fantastic job of it too.
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Posted: September 06 2020 at 05:22 |
The fact that my brain never came up with this is unsettling to me, lmao
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Posted: September 06 2020 at 07:01 |
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Posted: September 06 2020 at 09:02 |
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New Jersey band ADVENT did two credible albums in the 21st Century, 2006's Cantus Firmus and 2015's The Silent Sentinel. Not quite as complex or compact as GG, but definitely in that ballpark.
(I don't think these uploads will work, so just search for yourself on YouTube. All songs of both albums are available there.) Also, MOON SAFARI's Blomljud contains a lot of "GG-Lite"-like music--especially the vocals.
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Posted: September 06 2020 at 11:58 |
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Yezda Urfa is often like Gentle Giant on steroids (with Yes-like voice and atmosphere). Agreed with SB and especially Echolyn.
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Posted: September 06 2020 at 12:00 |
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Et Cetera and Yezda Urfa are the closest ones among their contemporaries, it seems. Sure, early Yes and King Crimson and perhaps VdGG sometimes played a few notes/chords/patterns/melodies in the GG style. I remember once listening to Tarkus I've noticed a few seconds of music from Octopus (the latter was recorded later, so it's rather the other way round).
In 1979 the Soviet folk rock band Pesniary created this song, obviously influenced by Gentle Giant. But it was one song. It was not their usual style. Edited by Woon Deadn - September 06 2020 at 12:00 |
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Posted: September 07 2020 at 02:16 |
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For GG-worship in its purest form, including a couple of covers, the first stop is Oaksenham's Conquest of the Pacific:
There are lots of other influences in there too (feel the Kansas!) but GG is the dominant one. A very good, classy production but highly derivative. Edited by Mascodagama - September 07 2020 at 02:16 |
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Posted: September 07 2020 at 03:50 |
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I don't really agree about Spock's Beard. Yes, Thoughts I and II are GG-like. But I don't hear GG elements in their music as prevalent as Genesis, Yes, or even Rush elements. Same with Haken. A few spots here and there.
Yezda Urfa, on the other hand, IS kind of like GG on crack. Some Yes-isms, but mostly in sound rather than composition. The bassist has that Squire tone, and the singer reminds me or Trevor Horn. It kind of sounds like if Drama-era Yes got even better at playing and decided to listen to every GG album and go write a bunch of wacked out tunes. The newer group Bubblemath reminds me of Yezda Urfa, and, by extension GG (with some Zappa thrown in).
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Posted: September 07 2020 at 08:38 |
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I seem to remember this topic coming up before... Check out the Swedish band Ritual, and in particular their latest album The Hemulic Voluntary Band.
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Posted: September 07 2020 at 09:23 |
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I'll second Advent. For me personally they sound too much like GG. Still a good band though and I have met some of the members.
Ritual I like a lot and are a bit underrated these days. However, I don't remember hearing much GG in their music. I used to think parts sounded like a cross between the Flower Kings and Comus. :P They also remind me of Moon Safari at times.
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I hear a Gentle Giant influence on a number of the great 1970s Quebecois groups--Sloche, Maneige and Maelstrom especially
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Posted: September 10 2020 at 02:32 |
Absolutely amazing band, forgot to mention them. Their singer/guitarist has been also singing with new version of Kaipa. Besides Hemulic Voluntary Band, I highly recommend debut and Think Like a Mountain. Gentle Giant meets folkish side of Led Zeppelin meets melodic side of Yes, with a great dose of humor. Although it has been 12 years since last album, they have been composing material for a new album, hopefully it will see a light of the world one day.
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Posted: September 11 2020 at 10:02 |
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Posted: September 11 2020 at 10:10 |
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What about Happy the Man to my ears they incorporate some Gentle Giant elements, ala School Boys (Three Friends album, and earlier albums, the Shulman borthers era)
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