Favourite artist/band you'd rather like in PA

This is not a Suggest New Bands/ Artists topic.  It is a place for people to mention one favourite of thers that is not in the Prog Archives database, but would have some desire to see included.  Forget about the work of preparing the addition and the toil of making a good case for the artist/ band, and forget about what the teams would say, and any fears of having it shot-down.  This is not about if it could be included or if the addition is even warranted, but please limit to ones that you believe there is a case for (though you don't have to spell out the case).  I don't really want to hear about people's reasons for not wanting particular artists in, nor any acrimony regarding the act not being in the database.   As for reasons why you might like a band or artist in, those are your own.  Whether said artists should be included is not my purpose of this topic, nor is questioning the general premise.

Let's try to make this thread positive and affable.  If you won't say one, then this topic is not meant for you.

For me it's Ennio Morricone.  I now have about 30 albums by him, and he has been my most listened to artist of the last three years, I think.  The more I get of his, the more remarkable I find him.  A big chunk of my collection of his is from the early 70s, but I also love music by him from the 60s to mid 70s, and then various subsequent albums.
I'm listening again to Il Gatto a Nova Code (1970) as I speak (one of my faves of his).  Yesterday I was in more of a La Donna Invisible mood.  I can always think of an album by him that I feel like listening to any given time, and I often get addicted to particular albums of his..  Some days ago I did a mini-marathon of the albums I have of his after taking a little break from his music.

As for why I have had any desire to see any act in PA: I'm not really a reviewer, so it's not the opportunity to review.  I can't say that I have enjoyed writing bios (would often take me considerable hours to do), but having an act in the database can aid discussion, and I find the notion of certain inclusions quite exciting.  I was excited about Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, and Terry Riley being included.  There are many little-known names that I think could quite easily find a place, but these bigger-known more challenging potential inclusions that actually may have some effect on the direction of the site are more interesting to me.

I always thought Mott The Hoople would fit nice in Prog Related. Not my favourite band by any means but I do enjoy their album "The Hoople" a lot.  Oh..also Magazine. Defintely would fit in with PR imo

I would really like to see Type O Negative here. Their style, creativity and originality should definitely be recognized. I have all their albums and I must say they've never released any crap. I wouldn't call them prog per se and nor would they, but still they might appeal to the non traditional and more experimental listener. They have quite an exciting sound with heavy keys and fuzzed guitars and a ridiculous low tone vocalist (which I happen to love). The band mixes a lot of humor in their music and doesn't sound like any other band. Recommended.

Helloween, a reference for all power prog metal bands.

Helmut Koellen for Prog Related. He's my favorite musician, and prog related. Nuff said.

infocat wrote: ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead

That band annoyed the hell out of me when I worked at a record store, because they changed their name to Trail of the Dead, so you had half their albums under A and the other half under T. Don't change the name of your band once you're established!

The one that was even worse than that was when Pink started labeling herself as P!nk and it would not come up in our database if you typed it with an i instead of a !. Stupid.

Pere Ubu

Pekka wrote: sagichim wrote: I would really like to see Type O Negative here. Their style, creativity and originality should definitely be recognized. I have all their albums and I must say they've never released any crap. This one at least? http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/type-o-negative--the-origin-of-the-feces.aspx  You're welcome to review their stuff at MMA, if you wish.

That's right. What a disgusting cover! Actually the album is pretty decent, I have the version without the Black Sabbath cover.

Prog Sothoth wrote: I'd dig seeing Sheila Chandra as indo-prog/raga rock; that prog branch needs more members anyways. She could also be prog-related. Her roots were with an innovative early 80s pop group (Monsoon), but some of her 80s solo stuff was pretty out there, particularly her Quiet and Nada Brahma (which boasts an almost 27 minute song). The 90s brought her into Peter Gabriels RealWorld label where she released three drone-based avant-garde-ish CDs that boast some incredible singing, especially Weaving My Ancestors Voice, which intertwines various vocal & lyrical styles from the East & West (hence the album title). That album also has a couple of her "Speaking In Tongues" pieces which are as insane as they are cool. Her last abum, This Sentence Is True, is really avant garde, Any artist with a song called "Is" should be considered somewhat proggish, and the song "True" is a complete monster.

I'm torn between two artists but I will stick with the one I have most albums by Al Stewart. If nothing else he was born in the same village as a certain Bob Fripp and in the distant past had guitar lessons off him ( he readily admits that none of it stuck though)

Edited by richardh - October 19 2012 at 14:22