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progbethyname 
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80’s Neo is on another level. Sorry. You can’t f**k with it. It is the best era.
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Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣
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PhideauxFan
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Posted: January 30 2023 at 05:50 |
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When I read Enfer-Magazine (France) (hard-rock/heavy-metal), I saw for the first time the terms; "rock néo-progressif". So I bought the cassette Fugazi by Marillion, but I didn't like it and gave it (with The Wall) to a friend.
I think that I have about 50 CDs of neo-progressive rock from the 80's to nowadays. For me the best periods of this genre are the 80's and the 90's. And if you want great "new" neo-progressive rock, listen to DeeExpus - The King Of Number 33 (UK).
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: January 30 2023 at 05:46 |
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Methinks that since the 80s the atmospheric backgrounds to NeoProg musics have become more lush. It must be in the underlying/domineering use of some effect like reverb or sustain. (My brother was the engineering master of our recordings so I am not as fluent in the lingua sonique.)
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richardh
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Posted: January 30 2023 at 02:02 |
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Would have first heard Marillion - Grendel back in the day. IQ came later. I was never remotely interested in any of the other bands until the 90's and 00's. Arena have punched a sizeable hole in the genre and I recently discovered Collage. Pendragons Love over Fear is a mostly overlooked gem. Starfish and The Moon was one of the songs that got me through lock down so I have particular affection for that album.
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dr wu23
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Posted: January 29 2023 at 15:00 |
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Based on the Neo Prog page here Marillion would be the band I heard first in that style...the first 2 lps.
After that I discovered IQ, Magenta, Pendragon, Arena, Pallas, etc......IQ is my favorite by far these days . The last 4 by them are my favorite neo prog lps.........others are Magenta -7, Arena-Peppers Ghost, Pendragon-Masquerade Overture, ...etc. |
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Posted: January 29 2023 at 12:39 |
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My first neo-prog band was definitely Marillion - Script For A Jester’s Tear followed closely by Pendragon, Twelfth Night, IQ & Pallas and there’s some of the more newer neo-progressive bands.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: January 29 2023 at 12:17 |
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I have a feeling IQ's Tales from the Lush Attic may have been the first Neo Prog album I ever listened to in full, seeing as IQ were the first Neo Prog band featured on my Prog Britannia blog around three years ago.
  1983: Tales from the Lush Attic - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLIV22ZKmLpN4YTA2a2R8ny |
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suitkees
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Posted: January 29 2023 at 12:08 |
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^ Thanks! Wonderful tracks indeed. I only discovered them one or two years after their release, but they were part of my early neo prog explorations. Soon after Script... I bought the 12" with Three Boats... and especially Grendel ! Regarding IQ, it was The Wake that was my entry point; got Tales From the Lush Attic soon afterwards...
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Cristi
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Posted: January 29 2023 at 11:54 |
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early neo-prog 1982
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suitkees
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Posted: January 29 2023 at 11:47 |
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^ My first neo prog album was undoubtedly Marillion's Script For a Jester's Tear (the second or third vinyl I bought, starting my collection), probably in 1984. Discovered Fugazi after that and was even more conquered. Heard Pendragon on the radio, but it is mostly thanks to the Dutch Sym Info magazine (and the local library!) that I got acquainted with bands like Pallas, Twelfth Night, IQ...
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: January 29 2023 at 11:25 |
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I can't remember the first Neo Prog album I ever listened to in full as it's too long ago now. Well, about three years ago anyway. I do remember the first Neo Prog CD I ever bought though, as that was only last year, and it's #26 on PA's Top 250 Neo Prog Albums list.
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suitkees
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Posted: January 29 2023 at 11:16 |
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This thread is inspired by this post by our esteemed Dr Wu and a couple of recent threads and posts. Neo prog seems alive and kicking, but not that much talked about. My personal affinities are much with those original neo prog bands: Marillion, Twelfth Night, Pallas, IQ... It is the period (my adolescence) when I started to consciously listen to music and develop my preferences. I must admit that I'm very much a neo prog fan of the 80s and cannot find that much originality in the more recent outings that are listed in the PA's top 250 of Neo prog bands, including the more recent outings of the bands I mentioned... Nevertheless, there is some awesome music overall to explore in this category, so let's share!
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