Fave Prog Band's Popularity In Your Home Country

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Thought this might be kind of fun and interesting. What is or was the reception for your favorite prog band in the country you are from? How popular are they there? Did they chart, get played on the radio, or tour there? Are they currently a going concern in your home country?

              My favorite band is Triumvirat, and my home is Canada. I have searched long and hard for information on Triumvirat in Canada. They were moderately successful here way back in the seventies, when the band were a recording and touring entity. Triumvirat never had a hit single, but were still sometimes played on the radio in the FM band in the mid seventies here. (though not often) They were popular especially in Quebec, which is not surprising, considering the general popularity of progressive rock there.
                          They rarely toured here, and I have only heard of two concerts, one in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in July of 1975 with Supertramp, and also a concert in Montreal, Quebec, where I heard they played with BTO.
                             When Triumvirat's albums first appeared on CD, in the early 1990s, I believe, they were available in Canada, and then subsequently the 2002 remasters the same thing, so some of us are still listening!

Edited by presdoug - August 03 2014 at 16:30

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	Thought this might be kind of fun and interesting. What is or was the reception for your favorite prog band in the country you are from? How popular are they there? Did they chart, get played on the radio, or tour there? Are they currently a going concern in your home country? My favorite band is Triumvirat, and my home is Canada. I have searched long and hard for information on Triumvirat in Canada. They were moderately successful here way back in the seventies, when the band were a recording and touring entity. Triumvirat never had a hit single, but were still sometimes played on the radio in the FM band in the mid seventies here. (though not often) They were popular especially in Quebec, which is not surprising, considering the general popularity of progressive rock there. They rarely toured here, and I have only heard of two concerts, one in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in July of 1975 with Supertramp, and also a concert in Montreal, Quebec, where I heard they played with BTO. When Triumvirat's albums first appeared on CD, in the early 1990s, I believe, they were available in Canada, and then subsequently the 2002 remasters the same thing, so some of us are still listening! Edited by presdoug - August 03 2014 at 16:30