Which prog band would you join? And why?

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   Ive never been a good enough musician (though probably could have been if i'd stuck at it..) and frankly i prefer listening to other's music rather than creating it (probably laziness and lack of creative vision as well as lack of skill) The first job i did when i left school was work at a local venue when bands played there and i just so wanted to be a roadie attached to a band.. i took my first tentative steps by joining an agency and very rapidly discovered i was a home-loving country mouse and not a globe trotting, hard living, rock n rolling roadie at all!

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Cosmiclawnmower Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 09 2010 Location: West Country,UK Status: Offline Points: 3841	Post Options Post Reply Quote Cosmiclawnmower Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: April 11 2021 at 12:48
	Ive never been a good enough musician (though probably could have been if i'd stuck at it..) and frankly i prefer listening to other's music rather than creating it (probably laziness and lack of creative vision as well as lack of skill) The first job i did when i left school was work at a local venue when bands played there and i just so wanted to be a roadie attached to a band.. i took my first tentative steps by joining an agency and very rapidly discovered i was a home-loving country mouse and not a globe trotting, hard living, rock n rolling roadie at all!


SteveG Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 11 2014 Location: Kyiv In Spirit Status: Offline Points: 20617	Post Options Post Reply Quote SteveG Report Post Thanks(2) Quote Reply Posted: April 11 2021 at 11:55
	I would have liked to join the Beatles but Lennon and McCartney would have been jealous of finally having a good songwriter in the group. Edited by SteveG - April 11 2021 at 11:58
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	I would say Jethro Tull, but Ian Anderson is such a D-bag I wouldn't last for more than a couple albums. Fairport Convention, then. Maybe fill in on tours for Pink Floyd like Snowy White. You know, casual stuff. Edited by The Dark Elf - April 11 2021 at 11:37
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	It's an interesting question. Having no training in playing an instrument but occasionally using them to make weird noises, I tend to use software more to get what I want. So I don't think any band in the past would be interested in me. On the other hand, if I could travel back in time and magically know how to play an instrument, I think I'd pick Thinking Plague. I would play anything they'd put in front of me. It would just be an honor and I wouldn't try to change the direction they took. One individual in which I'd like to change their direction would be Scott Walker. I'd try to convince him to drop the cover songs and the flirting with country music from the 1970-1974 period and dive into the avant-garde in 1970. But, who am I to mess with a legend? Maybe he needed to take that path in order to give us the treasures that came out from 1984 onward?
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Manuel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 13481	Post Options Post Reply Quote Manuel Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: April 11 2021 at 07:24
	I would love to play for the Martin Barre Band. Those guys are having so much fun playing their music, is hard to resists the temptation. Unfortunately, I'm not that good of a bass or guitar player to make the cut.

Grumpyprogfan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 09 2019 Location: Kansas City Status: Offline Points: 12215	Post Options Post Reply Quote Grumpyprogfan Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: April 11 2021 at 05:59
	Assuming I could play as well as the musician and not destroy any band chemistry. I would be Bill Bruford from 1971 to 2001. Not change anything, but just be a part of the superb albums/bands he has played in. Yes, KC, Chris Squire, Bruford, U.K., Genesis, National Health, Earthworks. And I would like to visit the future in 500 years and be the bass player of a stellar prog band, yet unknown. Edited by Grumpyprogfan - April 12 2021 at 16:19

Progishness Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 10 2020 Location: Planet Rhubarb Status: Offline Points: 2565	Post Options Post Reply Quote Progishness Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: April 11 2021 at 05:52
	I have absolutely zero musical talent and never learned to play anything, but I always dreamed of being the bass player in a symphonic prog band. even less 'talent' than The Shaggs, but that's a whole other debate. Edited by Progishness - April 11 2021 at 05:54
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JD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 07 2009 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18446	Post Options Post Reply Quote JD Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: April 11 2021 at 05:41
	^That's so funny. Not funny HaHa, but funny strange. As I was reading the original post I was thinking the exact same thing. But I'd want to be the band manager for sure. Like the mighty Laz I'm a nit quite drummer. Unlike Laz I didn't take guitar lessons. I took accordion lessons, for a very brief while when I was around 12yrs old. Damn that thing was heavy. I quickly moved onto the trumpet at 13, much easier to carry to lessons at the local high school. But as I got into music more I didn't hear much trumpet in the bands I was loving and there was no way I was dragging a piano or organ to lessons and back . I actually asked my music teacher if I could do drums or piano, but there was no piano or drums in the band, Mostly just wind instruments as my failing memory recalls. So my answer is easy...I'd love to have been ELP's manager. For all the right reasons. Edited by JD - April 11 2021 at 05:42
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lazland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 28 2008 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 13767	Post Options Post Reply Quote lazland Report Post Thanks(2) Quote Reply Posted: April 11 2021 at 04:45
	Interesting question, but to be quite honest, my answer is none of them. The answer is simply because I rather like all of my favourite bands quite enough without my “spoiling” them with my contributions, because, by and large, you would be replacing an extremely accomplished musician who adds so much to that band. I dabbled with the drums a bit when I was a misbegotten yoof, and I wish I had carried on with that. Ditto the guitar. I took guitar lessons, but haven’t picked one up since I was 18, and I regret that. Personally speaking, then, if I were able to go back, I would love to have been involved with a band, either as a manager, on the road, doing tax and accountancy. That would be great fun, because it would be a way of being with a band without detracting from them.
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	Let's suppose that you have a time machine for some weird reason, and you are capable of going back in time... you could travel back to yesterday to finish some chores, you could travel back ten years ago, or you could end up in 1960-something and become a raging pothead... possibilities are innumerable. But the plot we are looking for is the following: You travel back in time in order to join any prog band and you can take any of the band duties: vocals, keys, bass, whatever you feel like. So, which prog band would you go back and join? And why? What instrument would you play, and would you change the direction that this band was going to? I think this thread will spawn some very interesting answers; I will need more time to give an answer myself.