Art Rock Appreciation

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I love this category of progressive rock. I utterly adore Rush and am getting into the other bands like King Crimson and Van Der Graaf Generator. So discuss how great this is. DO IT.

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progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Topic: Art Rock Appreciation Posted: December 30 2006 at 15:59
	I love this category of progressive rock. I utterly adore Rush and am getting into the other bands like King Crimson and Van Der Graaf Generator. So discuss how great this is. DO IT.

progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: December 30 2006 at 16:04
	To start this discussion I will concentrate mostly on how great of a band Rush is. I mean their albums are amazing! (mostly) I thoroughly enjoy Hemispheres, 2112, and A Farewell To Kings. But I do not enjoy Permenant Waves or Moving Pictures that much.

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	Well... Rush is good, but I think King Crimson is in another league altogether.
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Prog-jester Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 05 2005 Location: Love Beach Status: Offline Points: 5872	Posted: December 30 2006 at 16:08
	I like Art Rock - most of the Russian bands I want submit fall into this category . Crimso is awesome, my second fave band!Also Art Rock category has a load of MODERN PROG bands I adore!!!

progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: December 30 2006 at 16:10
	I haven't heard any modern Art Rock unfortunately, but if I started I would go for Mars Volta. Which album would be best?

Ricochet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301	Posted: December 30 2006 at 16:12
	like I specified in my bio: "art rock, its general features are indeed a keen chord to me; special gods are Van der Graaf and Hammill; King Crimson, Rush, Gentle, Fripp otherwise" Oldfield goes mentioned as well, peculiarly. I listened to dredg as well, but I guess there have already been discussion of it being something else than that. I think Art Rock is a totally prominent style.


progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: December 30 2006 at 16:17
	I really enjoy Rush only because they were the first prog band I listened to. I am getting into King Crimson a lot and have 3 of their albums: In The Court Of The Crimson King (I got it yesterday), Red, and Larks' Tongues in Aspic. I love these 3 albums and are becoming my favorite art rock albums fast.

Minimalist777 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 19 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 293	Posted: December 30 2006 at 16:20
	Rush is of course awesome, as are Gentle Giant, The Mars Volta and VDGG. A lesser known band yet great band is Devil Doll, who have an awesome gothic atmosphere to their music.
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	an utterly fascinating area of prog... all hail Gentle Giant.. the true kings of art rock... seriously though... LOTS of great stuff...
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progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: December 30 2006 at 16:22
	I unfortunately have no Gentle Giant. Which album would be a good album to start with?

Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65266	Posted: December 30 2006 at 16:44
	I suspect someday you'll appreciate Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures, but they are leaner albums than earlier stuff and may take a while to like. Waves is my personal favorite of theirs.

progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: December 30 2006 at 16:45
	Well don't go reading my review of that. Hemispheres is my personal favorite.

Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65266	Posted: December 30 2006 at 16:51
	Oh yeah, Hem was my favorite for years...such a marvelous record. It was the first album I ever bought when I was like eight or something (didn't really understand it but I liked the ideas and artwork).

progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: December 30 2006 at 16:58
	I really like Circumstances on that album. It is a really cool song. What is your favorite King Crimson album?

Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65266	Posted: December 30 2006 at 17:01
	Hmm...difficult but right now I'd have to say Power to Believe, but Larks Tongues and the 'Night Watch' live set are a close second. Love Discipline as well.

progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: December 30 2006 at 17:10
	I need those. I only have The Court Of The Crimson King, Larks' Tongue in Aspic, and Red. But I enjoy these albums so much.

aspinosa Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 16 2006 Location: Brazil Status: Offline Points: 153	Posted: December 30 2006 at 17:21
	I think Gentle Giant is the best in this category, followed by king crimson, VDGG and others, though I used to like Rush when i was a teen, I can´t stand with Geddys voice.

progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: December 30 2006 at 17:22
	Geddy's voice gets better when he is older, imo.

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	progismylife, get MARS VOLTA's first - it's theri best! From GG I'd recommend you Aquaring the Taste or In a Glass House

progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: December 30 2006 at 17:48
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