Bands that sound like Gentle Giant, from '90 to 13

Primus have a noticeable modern twist on GG's silly nature

I`d better say I`ve never been a fan of GG. But echolyn/sb bands. music. I always said    GG where not that great. seems I`m wrong about GG.

infocat wrote: This might be reaching a bit, but I was listening to Crush of Night from Izz and it has some wonderful vocal harmonies, not to mention a few guest parts by the one and only Gary Green.

Agree - track 2 'Words And Miracles' blew me away with Gary Green and the great GG arrangement. Great album, but not GG styling overall.

I think 5uu's sounds a bit like GG at times. Especially the track Hunter Gatherer.

Spock's Beard (and some Neal Morse solo) and Echolyn are the obvious choices.

Hi to all of you,
First, i'm new on this forum and my english is not so perfect!
Second, i think this is the only available topic for similar Gentle Giant bands, so there will be a list of bands from the seventies to nowadays and from nearly every countries!
Third, as some many peoples say, this is very difficult to find similar bands to Gentle giant because they are so unique...
Fourth, here is the list:


Canada:

-Maneige (70's)
-Opus 5   (70's)
-Nathan Mahl (80's)
-Sloche (70's)
-Half Past Four (00's)
-Druckfarben (10's)
-Miriodor (80's)


USA:

-Zoldar & Clark (70's)
-Pentwater (70's)
-Hands (70's)
-Mirthrandir (70's)
-Yezda Urfa (70's)
-AUDIOSYNCHROCY (00's)
-Syzygy (00's)
-French tv (80's)
-Frogg Cafe (00's)
-However (80's)
-Thinking Plague (80's)
-Shadowfax (70's)
-Phideaux (00's) only in Snowtorch
-Little atlas (00's)
-A TRIGGERING MYTH (00's)
-Babylon (70's)
-Neal Morse (00's)
-Birds And Buildings (00's)

Brazil:

-Octohpera (00's)
-Cartoon (00's)

Indonesia:

-Discus (00's)
-God Bless (70's)
-Guruh Gipsy (70's)

Italy:

(this country is so particular because nearly all the bands sound like Gentle Giant, from PFM to Banco passing by Arti & Misteri and the likes)

-Mosaic (90's)
-Ske (10's)
-Stereokimono (00s)
-Yugen (00's)

Nex countries a bit later
See you,

Hamadryad sometimes go Gentle Giant.

http://searchmp3.mobi/the-second-round-mp3-hamadryad

There's a 70s South American classic called Terrenio Baldio by the band bearing the same name. I know it's not from the period you are asking for, but if you enjoy the clavinet and whole vibe of Free Hand, my guess is that you're going to enjoy this one as well.

^ Great one. A must for GG aficionados.

For echolyn give as the world a shot.
I think The End Is Beautiful is the only one with much in the way of horns.  But a great album!