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nahnite

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Posted: September 16 2008 at 11:36

Rush (a given...my fave band of all time)

Opeth

Porcupine Tree

Dream Theater

DragonForce

Leaves' Eyes

Ayreon

Napalm Death

Metallica

Yes

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Posted: September 22 2008 at 18:50

nahnite wrote:

Rush (a given...my fave band of all time)

Opeth

Porcupine Tree

Dream Theater

DragonForce

Leaves' Eyes

Ayreon

Napalm Death

Metallica

Yes

Fantastic choice there! I love Rush, Yes, Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree too.

Ayreon are brilliant - I havent heard '100101101' or whatever - is that as good as The Human Equation?

Edited by AtomicCrimsonRush - September 22 2008 at 18:51

toon h

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Posted: September 24 2008 at 02:28

1. Chicago
2. The Beatles
3. Marillion
4. Elvis Presley
5. The Rolling Stones
6. Pink Floyd
7. Billy Joel
8. Barbra Streisand
9. Yes
10. Leonard Cohen

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Posted: September 26 2008 at 19:21

   I'm gonna get out of usuals = no more Floyd's , Genesis , ELP , or others , and let's make it this way
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Posted: September 30 2008 at 08:01

Marillion
Pink Floyd
Anathema
Yes
Mike Oldfield
Porcupine Tree
Van Der Graaf Generator (and Peter Hammill!)
Pain Of Salvation
Neal Morse
Genesis

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Posted: September 30 2008 at 08:13

1.Pink Floyd
2.Deep Purple
3.Uriah Heep
4.Iron Maiden
5.Yes
6.Genesis
7.Queen
8.Premiata Forneria Marconi
9.Black Sabbath
10.Amorphis

This is my list,for now!It is often changing!
But not about the first place! Wink

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Posted: September 30 2008 at 14:10

1. Symptom (the original UK band, not the later US, Canadian and German bands with same name)

2. Arcade Fire

3. Pink Floyd (early pre-wall Floyd)

4. The Chocolate Watch Band

5. Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

6. Yes

7. Genesis (early with Peter Gabriel on vocals)

8. Man (all their live recordings but particularly during the 70s)

9. Screaming Trees

10. Smashing Pumpkins (Especially their Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness period)

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siko237

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Posted: October 03 2008 at 16:27

1. Porcupine Tree

They are definitely number one, and i don't think that'll ever change....the next 9 aren't in order...

2. Oceansize

3. Opeth

4. Rush

5. Sigur Ros

6. God is an Astronaut

7. Pain of Salvation

8. Chroma Key

9. Anathema

10. Blackfield

These Bands Barely made the cut: No-Man, Riverside, Amplifier, Dredg, Katatonia, A Perfect Circle, Interpol, KoRn, Shadow Gallery...It's always hard to choose just 10!

limeyrob

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Posted: October 05 2008 at 16:43

Top 10 prog at the moment is

Arena

Ayreon

Pendragon

Knight Area

Nightingale

Pendragon

Porcupine Tree

Satellite

Threshold

Devin Townsend

Though I couldn't leave it without mentioning my next 10 - as it was so close

Collage

Royal Hunt

Kayak

The Gathering

Nightwish

Pain of Salvation

Savatage

Genesis - early

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Posted: October 05 2008 at 16:58

TOo hard to put in order...
but

Opeth
Dream Theater
3
Primus
Mindless Self Indulgence
Pink Floyd
Yes
Led Zeppelin
Rush

Thats only nine... its too hard after that.
I can't even say those are my favorites of all time, just of the past few years, haha

If you see this, I failed at being a lurker.

antonyus

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Posted: October 07 2008 at 11:49

1-eloy

2-pink floyd

3-yes

4-van der graaf generator

5-klaus schulze

6-jethro tull

7-grobschnitt

8-genesis

9-camel

10-banco del mutuo soccorso

Jared

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Posted: October 07 2008 at 11:58

1. Dream Theater

2. Threshold

3. Symphony X

4. Therion

5. Pain Of Salvation

6. Vanden Plas

7. Shadow Gallery

8. Circus Maximus

9. Pagan's Mind

10. Arcturus

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Posted: October 07 2008 at 12:48

fandango wrote:

1. Dream Theater

2. Threshold

3. Symphony X

4. Therion

5. Pain Of Salvation

6. Vanden Plas

7. Shadow Gallery

8. Circus Maximus

9. Pagan's Mind

10. Arcturus

Hey, I think you forgot Ayreon! Wink

Jared

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Posted: October 07 2008 at 12:54

King By-Tor wrote:

fandango wrote:

1. Dream Theater

2. Threshold

3. Symphony X

4. Therion

5. Pain Of Salvation

6. Vanden Plas

7. Shadow Gallery

8. Circus Maximus

9. Pagan's Mind

10. Arcturus

Hey, I think you forgot Ayreon! Wink

I think Abba came a little bit higher up the list....

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Posted: October 07 2008 at 12:56

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Posted: October 07 2008 at 17:22

1-King Crimson

2-Pink Floyd

3-Genesis

4-Queen

5-Yes

6-Camel

7-Supertramp

8-AC/DC

9-Arctic Monkeys

10-The Beatles

Abrawang

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Posted: October 09 2008 at 01:15

1 - Beatles

2 - Genesis (Gabriel era)

3 - Dylan

4 - Stones

5 - Yes

6 - The Clash

7 - Pink Floyd

8 - The Who

9 - Tull

10 - (tie) - The Doors, Steely Dan & ELP

7 -

Casting doubt on all I have to say...

progrules

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Posted: October 09 2008 at 03:51

fandango wrote:

1. Dream Theater

2. Threshold

3. Symphony X

4. Therion

5. Pain Of Salvation

6. Vanden Plas

7. Shadow Gallery

8. Circus Maximus

9. Pagan's Mind

10. Arcturus

This very fine list and then being included in the heavy prog team.... I hope you also like Rush, Tiles and Porcupine Tree. There was no room in the prog metal team I presume ?

A day without prog is a wasted day

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Posted: October 09 2008 at 11:19

Queen

Genesis

Steve Hackett

Phil Collins

Iona

Extol

Shadow Gallery

Rich Mullins

Zero Hour

Steve Vai

"Sometimes the afterglow isn't enough and we have to move on." Steve Hackett

jimidom

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Posted: October 09 2008 at 11:29

Top 10 for the moment...

Beatles

Band of Gypsys

Miles Davis Quintet

Pink Floyd

Genesis

Rush

King Crimson

Steely Dan

Yes

Primus

Honorable Mention

Lobo

Percy Faith

Jerry Reed

Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - HST

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