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micky 
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Joined: October 02 2005
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Points: 46833
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 Posted: November 04 2005 at 10:09 |
 John Gargo wrote:
Without a doubt, Gentle Giant!  |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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RoyalJelly
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 29 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 582
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 06:04 |
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I haven't discovered many bands here that I want to hear,
what I've heard of Dream Theater, Marillon, Spock's Beard, etc.
just strikes me as rehashing of the original progressive rock. I
ordered Guapo based on several eloges in these pages, and
found it rather boring and blown-up. I did find some leads to
discover some good albums by artists I already know, also
through the reviews, and did discover Absolute Zero, who I find
really wild and fresh.
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ZowieZiggy
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 19 2005
Location: Siem Reap
Status: Offline
Points: 311
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 06:37 |
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have discovered the site about 18 months ago. It has really changed my
life (not kidding). Even if some critics are not alays accurate (or at
least does not correspond to my taste, but after all this is democracy
so let's keep on progging) it is a brilliant source of information;
To name the bands I have discovered would be too long to describe (there must be about 500 or so).
Just to mention that I have appreciated bands in the so-called neo-prog
or symphonic style. Some of them souding like early Genesis (Citizen
Cain, Neuschwanstein, Galadriel, The Watch, The Night Watch, Shaun
Gerin, Iluvatar, Rael, Mangal Vallis, and K2. This is pure nostalgia
for me and unlike some venerable reviewers of this site (désolé
Hughes), I have nothing against bands sounding like Genesis mark 1.
They are just good. Period.
A part from that I discovered what is called here neo-prog and my faves
are IQ, Arena, Pendragon. Ones of the discoveries though, were Flower
Kings and Kaipa (and actually most of the Roine Stolt side projects -
although Transatlantic is not really my cup of tea). What a great
composer he is. Cast (Mexican band) was also a marvellous discovery for
me. A few other ones :
Land's End, La Mascherra di Cera, Hostsonaten, Ars Nova, Aether,
Sylvan, Xang, Visible Wind, RPWL, Versailles, Saens, Triana, Ñu,
T3nity, Tempus Fugit, Tako, Sylvan, Riverside, Ricocher, Pulsar, Puppet
Show, Porcupine Tree, Orphan Project, Ken's Novel, Odyssice, No Name,
Museo Rodenbach, Mostly Autumn, Minotaurus, Magenta, Malibran, Locanda
Delle Fate, Like Wendy, Liquid Scarlet, Landmarq, La Torre
Dell'Alchimista, KNIGHT AREA (really a great Dutch band . Saw them live
in September during the prog convention in Verviers, belgium - Spirit
of 66 of course), Jadis, Il Trono Dei Ricordi, Ibio (Spanish band,
incredible), Fruupp, Galleon, Fruitcake (althoug I do not really like
the singer), For Absent Friends, Forgotten Suns (great Portugese band),
Flame dream, Eloy, Doracor, Chance, Caféine, Atoll.
This list is far from being exhaustive.
Thanks to this site, I could finally buy me a stairway to heaven ...
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VanderGraafKommandöh
Prog Reviewer
Joined: July 04 2005
Location: Malaria
Status: Offline
Points: 89372
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Posted: November 05 2005 at 07:22 |
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Van der Graaf Generator (seen them in concert)
Anekdoten
Anglagard
Caravan
Hatfield and The North (seen them in concert)
Soft Machine
King Crimson
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Badabec
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 14 2005
Location: Germany
Status: Offline
Points: 1313
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Posted: November 15 2005 at 12:18 |
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Gentle Giant is the best prog band ever!!!
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horza
Prog Reviewer
Joined: August 31 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 2530
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Posted: November 15 2005 at 12:23 |
Fates Warning,Symphony X,Shadow Gallery,Magic Pie,Pagans Mind,LTE,Ayreon,Vanden Plas,Coheed and Cambria,etc .... so far
oh and after advice I checked out Gentle Giant 
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Originally posted by darkshade:
Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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fishwish
Forum Newbie
Joined: November 13 2005
Location: Turkey
Status: Offline
Points: 24
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Posted: November 15 2005 at 13:06 |
pain of salvation
riverside
ýq
camel
anglagard
collage
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TheProgtologist
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin
Joined: May 23 2005
Location: Baltimore,Md US
Status: Offline
Points: 27802
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Posted: November 15 2005 at 13:17 |
Biggles wrote:
FOCUS!!!
PFM, VdGG, and Caravan are also good. But out of the ones I've discovered from this forum, Focus is my favorite.
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I heard of them but never heard them,and then due to a thread in the Lounge I went out and bought Hamburger Concerto.
What an excellent album
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GPFR
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 05 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 760
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Posted: November 15 2005 at 14:30 |
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Dream Theatre.
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www.myspace.com/hail_peter
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Aerandir
Forum Groupie
Joined: February 21 2004
Location: Greece
Status: Offline
Points: 62
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Posted: November 15 2005 at 14:59 |
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definately Flower Kings!
GREAT band!
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That which doesn't kill you, postpones the inevitable
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Marc Baum
Prog Reviewer
Joined: September 30 2005
Location: Germany
Status: Offline
Points: 259
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Posted: November 15 2005 at 15:19 |
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CAMEL !!!
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"All you need to do is sit back, and acquire the taste." - GENTLE GIANT
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Carlos Perez
Forum Newbie
Joined: November 17 2005
Location: Portugal
Status: Offline
Points: 9
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Posted: November 19 2005 at 03:52 |
The favourite bands that I discovered here are:
- Echolyn, The Mars Volta, Salem Hill, Rush, Marillion, The Gathering, Magenta, Porcupine Tree... and I hope to discover many more!!!!!!!!!!
Edited by Carlos Perez
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To make harmony out of discord requires great skill and I think that you have to understand a bit about music to appreciate that!
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Atkingani
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin
Joined: October 21 2005
Location: Terra Brasilis
Status: Offline
Points: 12288
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Posted: November 19 2005 at 10:46 |
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MAGO DE OZ!
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Guigo
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mortem
Forum Groupie
Joined: October 06 2005
Location: Mexico
Status: Offline
Points: 55
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Posted: November 19 2005 at 11:41 |
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wow.. there's seriously soooo many, so I'll just choose one or two from each letter.. xD
7for4
Attention Deficit
Brand X
Camel
Eloy
Flower Kings
Gentle Giant
Happy Family
IQ
Jethro Tull
Karmakanic & King Crimson
Lalu
Mahavishnu Orchestra
NEU!
Ozric Tentacles
Popol Vuh
Quidam
Riverside
Spock's Beard
The Tangent
Ulver
VDGG
Winds
Yes
Zero Hour
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Christian
Forum Groupie
Joined: August 25 2005
Location: Czech Republic
Status: Offline
Points: 61
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 12:37 |
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GLASS HAMMER
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ANDREW
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 21 2005
Location: Italy
Status: Offline
Points: 3064
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Posted: November 22 2005 at 14:54 |
TRACE
TRITONUS
TRIUMVIRAT
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progadicto
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 19 2005
Location: Chile
Status: Offline
Points: 4316
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 18:58 |
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CARPTREE
ABSOLUTE ZERO
HARMONIUM
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... E N E L B U N K E R...
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genesis24601
Forum Groupie
Joined: November 14 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 57
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 22:26 |
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My whole progessive rock growth has been here. I guess I was looking
for Genesis stuff becuase I got Trick of the Tail and liked it. I also
heard about the Lamb Lies Down on NPR (the website, I would have loved
to hear to actual interview with Peter Gabriel live!). As I searched
for some of the mp3s, I stumbled upon it on it and is now my most
frequently visited site. To give you some names:
Genesis-Peter era
Jethro Tull
Alan Parsons Project- didn't discover it here
Brand X
Yes
King Crimson
Porcupine Tree
the Peter and the Wolf Album by Various Artists-mostly Brand X
I had always listened to Pink Floyd, but this site has really
expanded my musical tastes. I am sure to find more great artists!
Thanks! I believe this site has changed my life!
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"It is impossible to achieve the aim without suffering." - Robert Fripp, from the title track of Exposure
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Mikerinos
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 11 2005
Location: Planet Gong
Status: Offline
Points: 8890
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Posted: November 23 2005 at 22:43 |
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I discovered so many bands here it's hard to chose.
I'll pick a few
Classic Prog: Van der Graaf Generator, Gentle Giant
Newer Prog: Anglagard, Echolyn, The Flower Kings
Prog Metal: Shadow Gallery, Symphony X (PoS would win, but I already knew of them thanks to a friend!)
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Vermonol
Forum Newbie
Joined: November 20 2005
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 1
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Posted: November 27 2005 at 10:37 |
Hi people! This is my first post on this awesome site and I want to take this opportunity to thank the people behind it for putting so much effort in such a f%$&#$ great genre of music. I am incredible happy and thankful for being exposed to some of the music that this site promote, it's been extremely rewarding. I always thought that Yes and Genesis were those cheesy crap 80's bands with lousy songs. It has been my pleasure to be mistaken and corrected. I am in awe of what Yes have done musically. i mean seriously, why aren't there people taking the brave step of creating music like this any more... I'm still just wondering why I didn't turn around and look back to see this stuff before. So yeah! These are the bands that have been changing my perspective on things!!!
King Crimson
Yes
Genesis
Frank Zappa
Really just the basics I guess. But I look forward to getting more! :)
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