flower Kings ... as good as genesis??

I'll give a thumbs up to that NO as well....

The flower kings are the kings of prog..they are fantastic playing together or as a side proyect[just roine played in kaipa,transatlantic,the tangret  and solo artist].By the way the bass player of seru giran was pedro aznar,david lebon was on guitar and vocals.[seru giran is the best prog band for argentina.ok after crusis]

The last two Flower Kings albums are so astonishing and near polar opposites. The Flower Kings have covered more ground than most bands are able, because a group with true talent can sound anyway they want. Take for example the jazz-influenced "Unfold The Future", to the well laid out aspects of "Adam & Eve", and think about how this band could make more mainstream-sounding music, such as the songs off of "The Rainmaker" and "Space Revolver". I feel like The Flower Kings have gone from sounding like UK, to Yes, to maybe Genesis, to just sounding like the Flower Kings with their latest album. If their 2006 album sounds different than everything else they have previously done then they may very well be my new favorite band, as for now I feel the same as Zitro pretty much. I listen to Yes, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd along with The Flower Kings. Talk about four amazing bands....

I`ve had a great deal of respect for The Flower kings for many years, great band   However I think Gabriel Genesis is Brilliant also , Yes in Flower Kings own way they do provide me as much enjoyment I think

I never imagined myself saying this, but I think the Flower kings grown so much on me that I like them more than Yes (my previous #1 band), now I like them as much as Genesis and only Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin are more enjoyable (and barely).

This band has everything I want: Consistency, a discography with no weak albums, very few weak tracks, Beautiful atmospherics that surpasses 70s yes (because of the modern technology), Good epics, a guitarist as complete as Steve Howe who has a neat bluesy vocal style, A great bass player that reminds me of David Lebon (Seru Giran), and some of the best percussion I've heard. The keyboardist is my least favourite member (after the new bass player and the drummers came), but he still manages to sound great most of the time. His album "I AM" is pretty good.

I wish this band would get more recognition. It has the virtuosity of Yes and the beauty of Genesis. I also like the general happy tone of it. It sounds like Progged-up beatles in the first albums.

Sometimes, they amaze me when they get influenced. "The World of Adventures" which is clearly influenced by the beatles sound as good as the beatles best songs. Rumble Twist Fish is clearly influenced by Camel, and it sounds better than anything Camel did.

By the way, in "hummanizmo" (one of my favourite epic from Roine by the way) has 2 things that just blow me away : The church organ riffary + "THIS IS THE NIGHT" and when the epic is about to end ... I hear an awesome wail from Roine. Trust me, it puts the dude from Pain of Salvation to shame.

Anyways, I'll stop rambling.

Flower Kings ---> Prog Kings.

I should edit my reviews as I like them much more as before.