Vote for your fav non top ten prog bands

My vote goes for Renaissance. And, although I understand there are obvious omissions, why is always Mike Oldfield neglected as a top prog artist?. Even when other prog groups were releasing crap in the 80s, he continued recording quality prog albums (usually with the formula of a prog side A and a pop side B). And although he recorded one of the most popular prog albums ever (Tubular Bells) and one of the best (Ommadawn), even I usually don't give him as an example when other people ask me what prog is about. Is it that a vast number of proggers just don't consider groups that are mainly melodic and never dissonant or agressive or without a liking for certain keyboard sounds? For example, why Van Der Graff is top 10 and Renaissance and Oldfield don't?

PS: That 'keyboard sound' thing reminds me an unrelated complain I have against some modern prog: sometimes they concentrate more on recreating the 'sound' of prog than on compositions that could be at the same level as the classics. A Emersonish sounding keyboard solo doesn't meke a good prog song.

God, this has a strong Neo Prog smell that's making me dizzy, for anyone who cares, this is my list of 10 non top prog' bands:

1. PFM
2. Triumvirat
3. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
4. Pendragon
5. Aphrodite's Child: Could be higher but they only have one prog' album)
6. Le Orme
7. Frágil: You must listen the MP3's I sent of this symphonic Peruvian band.
8. The Nice
9. Glass Hammer
10. Alan Parsons. Again could be higher but only two prog and one prog oriented, even when Tales alone deserves mention.

Don't include Renaissance because I'm sure they are top or at least deserve to be.

Magenta is starting, we don't know where they will reach, I believe they will get very high.

Iván

If it were based on composition alone with gutar and keyboard solos IQ and Pendragon would win my vote. Unfortunately in both cases there is an annoying feature of their music. For IQ it is thier one trick pony singer. It's the same voice style and phrasiology all the way through. It is so noticeable. With Pendragon it is that booming drum sound. The 80's electro pop drum sound that is identical to drum sound on Bonnie Tyler's 'Looking out for a Hero'. The drum sound is made worse by the repetitive simplistic fill. 'The Masquerade Overture' should be a classic album (and probably still is) that would be so much better with say Neil Peart in charge of the sticks.

PFM is a top ten band for me.

I'd have to go with Grobschnitt or Quella Vecchia Locanda