What else do we listen to?

Most of my non-prog stuff is the exact opposite end of the spectrum... mid-80's to early 90-'s punk. 3 chords, 2 minutes, verse chorus verse..makes for a wonderful counterpoint, both in terms of composition and mentality (cerebral music vs feral music)

All/Descendents...Mr. T Experience...Black Flag...Dead Kennedeys...Overwhelming Colorfast..Rites of Spring...Dag Nasty...Husker Du...Bad Brains...Crimpshrine...Operation Ivy...Jawbreaker...Naked Raygun..


as well as there being a handfull of bands that I am huge marks for that may or may not be punk, and an argument could be made that they  may or may not be prog related

Faith No More...Sonic Youth...Firehose...Minutemen..Soundgarden...Fugazi...Butthol e Surfers

Metal (black, death ,avant-garde, doom), ambient, some darkwave.  Yeah, that's pretty  much it, kinda closed-minded eh?

Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, Derek Trucks Band, Duster Bennett, Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Tempest, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Mississippi John Hurt, Eddie Lang & Lonnie Johnson, John Coltrane, Juicy Lucy, Peter Green Splinter Group, Gary Moore, Champion Jack Dupree, Memphis Slim, Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Pearl Jam, Cream and Jimi Hendrix.

Plus stuff I plan on buying (because I've heard it in clubs and I like it): Queens of the Stone Age, System Of A Down, Rage Against The Machine, Soundgarden, Audioslave.

Oh and Tool, but they're prog...


Edited by Geck0

Sting, Split Enz and the Beach Boys / Brian Wilson are the only non-prog acts in my favourite artists top 10.

And: I like some albums by artists like (amongst others):

Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel ('60's)

Poco, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Buggles ('70's)

Captain Sensible, Buggles, Jon & Vangelis ('80's)

Bjork, Massive Attack, Hector Zazou, Los Lobos, Donald Fagen ('90's)

Air ('00's)

And I like lots of different classical music pieces

     For people used to the many transitions, variations and
stylistic complexity of progressive, I can only recommend film
music by the great film composers: Nina Rota, Ennio
Morricone, Jerry Goldsmith, Leonard Rosenmann, Alex North.
Especially Morricone uses a lot of pop and rock styles, and is
therefore covered a lot in prog and avant-garde circles. The
music for "Exorcist II" really is in part awesome progressive
rock, I first heard the cover by Snakefinger in the early 80s. This
music kept me sane during the famine years when there was
no progressive worth mentioning, and even the interesting pop
and art-rock of the 80s had totally dried up.

     The other area I can totally recommend is Brasilian music.
While never deliberately complex in structure, it always has a
complex, intricate and fascinating rhythm, and an endless
wealth of masterful songs that are constantly reworked and
covered, and brilliant arrangements and musicianship all
around. Some names to check out are Caetano Veloso, Tom
Zé, Chico Buarque, and of course Antonio Carlos Jobim. Also
the genius composer, guitar & piano virtuoso Egberto Gismonti
(who records on ECM). I can also say that some of the most
interesting fusions of indigenous music rock with heavy rock,
electronic, drum 'n bass, etc. is happening there. The greatest
rock singers I've heard in the past years come from there,
especially the late Cassia Eller, and the young & brilliant
Rebeca Matta.

Soft Rock, Folk, Country, Jazz, British Invasion.  Early 90s Grunge (PJ and ALice in Chains), Psychedelic Rock, 80s pop.  I don't know what I don't listen to, other than rap, hip hop, and punk.  Though I don't mind some of the older rap, the kind you hear on the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto San Andreas.  I can admit to liking that stuff, but not the new stuff.

If you're interested, a list of my musical possessions can be found here.

Edit : I forgot that I listen to some metal, though only in moderation.


Edited by ChadFromCanada

Metal of all kinds...from Iron Maiden to Behemoth. I like some jazz and some classic rock too.

Besides lots of prog (), I thoroughly enjoy:

• Classic rock
• Jazz (any type)
• Classical (the best)
• Churchy music
• Anything else werid I can get my hands on

I enjoy a lot of classic rock from the 60s and 70s, also classical and jazz.

Some of my favourite bands not in the prog genre:

Ten Years After
Blood, Sweat, And Tears
Neil Young
Fairport Convention
The Zombies
Buffalo Springfield
Cream
T. Rex
Joe Walsh
Edgar Winter Group
The Doobie Brothers
Bob Dylan
Zeppelin
Jefferson Airplane
The Grateful Dead
Blue Oyster Cult
CCR
The Guess Who
Donovan
Lighthouse



Some jazz i've been digging lately:

Of course the essentials John Coltrane - A Love Supreme , Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

Also:

Pharoah Sanders - Karma - Fantastic album featuring two tracks including one 32 minute jam " The Creator Has A Master Plan" Absolutely fantastic composition and outstanding performances from all musicians involved, namely Pharoahs amazing saxaphone. Some really beautiful passages aswell as very chaotic and psychedelic passages, one of my favourite Jazz tracks of all time.
Albert Ayler - Spirits Rejoice - one of the leading men in the free jazz movement, he's released alot of quality material. It may not be the nicest on the ears but Ayler is a madman on the sax.

I'm relatively new to the jazz genre but i'm enjoying it alot. I plan on going deep into this genre, but i've got alot of ground to cover..!





Edited by con safo

I listen to 60's, 70's and some 80's classic rock.  List could go on forever, but there I some in that genre that I avoid as well.  That list would be easier for me:
I avoid - Journey, REO Speedwagon, Bob Seger, Phil Collins. 

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