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Poll Question: What country has produced the best prog acts?
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44 [47.31%]
7 [7.53%]
14 [15.05%]
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4 [4.30%]
1 [1.08%]
0 [0.00%]
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23 [24.73%]
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I still go with Germany all the way.
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I agree with Peter.  However, even though Britain has the highest number of prog bands, I voted for Italy, since, like Avis, it tries harder...

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Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Virgil Donati, Planet X's mastermind, is actually an Australian.


well, they're based in the US anyway, and 3/4ths of them use to be Americans!
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NOT SURE WHY YOU PUT MY COUNTRY ON THE LIST SCOTT ,AUSTRALIA IS NOT NOTED FOR ITS ABUNDANCE OF PROG BANDS.......SADLY

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Scandanavia (although not a country*) would be a close second to Britain for Flower Kings,Par Lindh,Anglagard etc.

*Officially that is

BTW Did anyone else avoid this thread at first because they thought it was about some terrible hybrid of Country music and prog??! .
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Why not Bahrain with Osiris?
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I think it depends on the taste.

UK has the higher percentage of early bands and all of the Big 5 are from England, is by far the country that has more prog' bands.

Italy has a special meaning, they embraced the symphonic prog but adding the classical Italian sound and their unique personality.

USA is one of the countries that mixed with better results prog and hard rock, bands as Kansas or Pavlov's Dog have harder edge but keeping intact the prog essence.

Germany: Home of Triumvirat, and the country where Kraut Rock was born

Netherlands: Their unique style created around a very solid guitar work is extremely beautiful, with bands as Focus, Supersister, Finch, Earth & Fire, etc.

I could go on and mention many more countries like Sweeden, Israel, France, Argentina, etc. but the point is that no country has the best prog, UK has the biggest number of bands but nobody can assure they have the best bands.

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Originally posted by bityear bityear wrote:

SWEDEN!!  

Planet X and Spastic are US, mind you!

Virgil Donati, Planet X's mastermind, is actually an Australian.
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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I must admit I don't care about the country a prog band comes from. Music has no boundary, and you have good prog in (almost) every country on earth.  
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1. Sweden
2. GB
3. Germany
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SWEDEN!!

didn't see Sweden in the list, though - bummer!

maybe there's more UK bands, but there should be more good progressive bands per capita in Sweden, at least nowadays. My vote will therefore have to go to the UK.

but, Planet X and Spastic are US, mind you!
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Germany without any doubts
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Germany hands down.
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Altough the monsters (Genesis, Yes, ELP, KC and PF) are from UK, and was in UK where prog rock began, I think that the most beautiful, refined, elegant and original music came from Italy.  
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I'm a "don't care" on this one, there are many fine bands from the all the countries listed, and a good number have members from various countries. As long as the music's good, I don't care where it originated!
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Italy,of course!
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Must be Great Britain, because is the country where almost all the prog-rock started, and almost ALL descent rock music since de 60's... however, Germany, France and Italy specially has produced and promoted very nice and impresive bands... let's see whta happen next

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Britain, I think
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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 21 2004 at 12:19

Britain, historically and now -- many, many prog heavyweights!Clap

Italy a very respectable 2nd.Smile

(Then Germany, then USA.)



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Points: 4888 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 21 2004 at 11:46

 

Yes, so far, I gree with all that my fellow members have said. Not only did they pave the way for other countries' bands did (under the patterns of their own peculiar idiosincracy, of course) in terms of basic symph prog standards, but also the UK gave birth to some other avant-garde stuff that called itself ultra- or more-progressive (Henry Cow, for example). But this is just a poll, not a judgement on national values on music, right? I stil prefer Mona Lisa's 'Le Petit Violon' to ELP's 'Love Beach'... and Mezquita's 'recuerdos de mi Tierra' to Genesis' Abacab...

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