What once was old is new (prog) again

As I reflect on the year 2006 in terms of new progressive music that was released, I'm a bit underwhelmed (as is how I voted in a poll pertaining to this same subject last week). The new Flower Kings, Frost*, and the new Saga stand out; but, when I think if this past year, I think of the old bands that I've discovered through either this site, or a buddy of mine.

Two bands come to mind: Gabriel era Genesis and Camel. I was a bit skeptical with the Gabriel-led Genesis because of all the pageantry involved--I just found it a bit goofy. Hearing everyone going on and on about Foxtrot and Selling England By The Pound, I thought it was time to expand a bit...AND WAS I BLOWN AWAY!!!! I then went out and bought up the rest of Gensis' discography, with the purchase just today of Genesis Live to round out my collection. Just awesome stuff.

And then there's Camel. Quickly becoming one of my favorites. I've bought up remasters of Mirage, Moonmadness, and The Snowgoose. I've also picked up Stationary Traveler, A Nod And A Wink, and Ran Dances. I'm awaiting Breathless, A Live Record, Never Let Go, and received Coming Of Age today (this one has really overtaken me). Simply breathtaking!!

I've also picked up a lot of King Crimson; but, just hasn't latched onto like I have Genesis and Camel.

So, my question is instead of focusing on new bands or music we discovered, are there any older bands that have really made an impact on you this year?

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GoldenSpiral wrote: I had quite the opposite experience this year.  Discovering old prog is what I did in 2005 (though I did my fair share of it this year).Anyway there was a lot of great new prog released in 2006, you just had to know where to look (pretty much anywhere but Neo )

    
You mean scanning this site on an hourly basis isn't a good enough resource?

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Edub, about your sig, Somewhere Ele is delayed until April!

This year was actually the first time in my life I have listened to progressive music. I never really listened to music very seriously until a few friends made me get stoned and watch Pink Floyd: Live in Pompeii. Echoes blew my mind, and afterwards I downloaded it and started getting into Pink Floyd. A bit later a guy I met was raving about Radiohead so I bought OK Computer. A few amazon.com "Listmania" lists later and I had learned what progressive rock was. So, the list of old bands I have gotten into this year is huge:

I only specified Fish era because I haven't listened to any Hogarth era Marillion yet. I'm slowly working my way through their discography, and I'm sure I'll like the Hogarth era just as much as Fish, from what I've heard.

Edited by Heff - December 20 2006 at 00:11

E-Dub wrote: So, my question is instead of focusing on new bands or music we discovered, are there any older bands that have really made an impact on you this year?

I just really started getting into prog a year or two ago, so I've made many awesome discoveries since then. My favorites of 2006 include Jethro Tull and Hogarth-era Marillion, but I also was pleasantly surprised with bands like Magma, PFM, and Le Orme. I've been also getting into Dream Theater, Taal, Ozric Tentacles, Gentle Giant, Adrian Belew, Peter Gabriel, and much more as well but my favorite discovery of this year has to be the Flower Kings. What an amazing band! My favorite bands are probably Rush, The Flower Kings, Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, and Marillion, though I definitely really like bands like ELP, Taal, Tangerine Dream and others nearly as much. The only things that slightly puzzle me (a bit off-topic but related to my TFK discoveries) are all The Flower Kings and Hogarth-era Marillion disapproval there can be sometimes, because both are really mindblowing when you give them the chance! "Paradox Hotel" by the Flower Kings has become one of my favorite releases ever. So I guess I've had a mix of both uncovering newer and older material but I'm definitely satisfied with what I've heard this year, even if it wasn't all released this year.





Edited by MovingPictures7 - December 20 2006 at 05:44

E-Dub wrote: As I reflect on the year 2006 in terms of new progressive music that was released, I'm a bit underwhelmed (as is how I voted in a poll pertaining to this same subject last week). The new Flower Kings, Frost*, and the new Saga stand out; but, when I think if this past year, I think of the old bands that I've discovered through either this site, or a buddy of mine.

So ... how many albums of 2006 did you listen to? Just out of curiosity ...

Thanks to PA I get the opportunity to discover and re-discover some bands that I left aside looking for new music and bands... So this year... Let me remember...

1. I had a serious return to Zeuhl roots 'cos I found on PA an excellent band named ESKATON... wow!! what a trip with 4 Visions... And thanks to a friend I get two Eider Stellaire albums and one by Koenjihyakkei ... So this discovery made me return to listen some amazing albums by Magma, Ruins, Runaway Totem, Potemkine, Univeria Zekt, Weidorje, Bondage Fruit, Happy Family and Dün...

2. Same with Kraut. For some long months I didn't heard nothing about Kraut but I re-discover some Cosmic Jokers, Guru Guru, Dom And Agitation Free... great stuff again and it sounds better while years pass...

3. Throug PA I discover a band named It's A Beautiful Day... Finally I get their first album and it's surprisingly amazing... The year: 1969...

That's the most remarkable... Oh, and of course the returning of Kansas and Los Jaivas to my CD player...

Memoriance

This year I started with Italian prog, with Banco, Locanda and Premiata, so I guess that would be my old discovery.