Definitive prog band

you guys, king crimson has the word 'king' in their name for a reason...because they (which means everyone who has played under that name, but particularly the 3rd lineup) were are and will be the kings of prog for much time to come. I'd like to say forever, but then i'd be condemning myself to living in their shadow as an aspiring prog guitarist/bassist/lyricist. The fact is though...they are the definitive prog band. It's settled. King crimson it is!

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schizoid_man77 wrote: I dont consider Tull one of the three definative bands of prog, simply because... they lived on hits. I'm sorry, but it is true. How can you do two amazing albums like taab and a passion play, then come out with the very poppy and catchy three minuete long tunes of skating away and bungle in the jungle on the very non-prog warchild album?

Yes, but if you realised Warchild was a movie soundtrack then you would realise it wasn't really a Tull album. But in saying that, the 7 bonus tracks on the Warchild remaster show  the real Tull of 1974 with typical heavy/folky prog songs such as Paradise steakhouse, Saturation, Sealion 2, Glory row, Quartet, Rainbow blues, March the mad scientist and Warchild waltz. That's enough songs to form another classic prog folk rock album and alot better than the original 10 songs chosen for the album. But there are 3 or 4 pretty cool songs on the original album anyway . While you won't find a band with as many great prog remasters such as TAAB. APP, Heavy horses, Songs from the wood, Roots to branches and A. While Warchild and Stormwatch are the best remasters ever done according to bonus track additions. Tull have plenty of prog songs and plenty of amazing acoustics and heavy songs


Edited by raindance2007 - May 27 2007 at 03:46

King Crimson for having made the first truly progressive album ever and for their constant changes,

Emerson, Lake & Palmer for their extreme experimenting with sounds,

Genesis because they brought a new dimension of music, lyrics and shows for prog,

Gentle Giant for being the most sophisticated band that ever existed,

Yes for their incredible sophisticated music (look at Howe and Wakeman) and for having brought out some of the (in my opinion) best and most essential prog-albums (Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans, Relayer)...

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schizoid_man77 wrote: I dont consider Tull one of the three definative bands of prog, simply because... they lived on hits. I'm sorry, but it is true. How can you do two amazing albums like taab and a passion play, then come out with the very poppy and catchy three minuete long tunes of skating away and bungle in the jungle on the very non-prog warchild album?

"...or alternatively substitute the name of your own favorite band above in place of Yes..."

I agree with Yes as the definitive prog band.  They embody just about every prog cliche -- good and bad -- that there is.  1) They started off as a non-prog band and became prog over time; 2) They were from England; 3) Their best material was great and helped change popular music; 4) They had rotating personnel; 5) The album covers; 6) the mystical lyrics; 6) They got bloated and stale toward the end of the '70s and stopped recording regularly; 7) They went "pop" in the '80s and had a commercial resurgence while alienating most of their old fans; 8) They went back to being somewhat progressive in the second half of the '90s to the present, but it was just a pale imitation of how good they once were; 9) there are legions of people on the internet who have deluded themselves into thinking that #8 isn't true. 

For me it would be DT's Falling Into Infinity album. There's just so much variety and display of musicianship.

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