Fave Prog Band's Popularity In Your Home Country

Thought this might be kind of fun and interesting. What is or was the reception for your favorite prog band in the country you are from? How popular are they there? Did they chart, get played on the radio, or tour there? Are they currently a going concern in your home country?

              My favorite band is Triumvirat, and my home is Canada. I have searched long and hard for information on Triumvirat in Canada. They were moderately successful here way back in the seventies, when the band were a recording and touring entity. Triumvirat never had a hit single, but were still sometimes played on the radio in the FM band in the mid seventies here. (though not often) They were popular especially in Quebec, which is not surprising, considering the general popularity of progressive rock there.
                          They rarely toured here, and I have only heard of two concerts, one in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in July of 1975 with Supertramp, and also a concert in Montreal, Quebec, where I heard they played with BTO.
                             When Triumvirat's albums first appeared on CD, in the early 1990s, I believe, they were available in Canada, and then subsequently the 2002 remasters the same thing, so some of us are still listening!
                    


Edited by presdoug - August 03 2014 at 16:30

Kayo Dot or Talk Talk I s'pose.

Current? Discipline...

You might be interested to know, Doug, that I am currently listening to BTO.

Hi Presdoug!

We don't have any prog in here

Rick Robson wrote: Polymorphia wrote: Polymorphia wrote: Kayo Dot or Talk Talk I s'pose. Whoops, like others I just read the title and not the actual OP. Silly me. Me too, sorry Doug.

Same error but I think my reply still stands.

Changed the title of my thread to "Fave Prog Band's Popularity In Your Home Country", to lessen confusion. Even if your fave prog band is from your home country and enormous there, that still is ok to mention. (i.e. Pink Floyd in England)


Edited by presdoug - August 03 2014 at 16:40

None. I don't like any prog from Brazil.

richardh wrote: Ignoring English prog bands then I will have to talk about Rush. They become incredibly successful in England in the late seventies so were treated with great excitement when they toured here especially around the time of Hemispheres. They did it a time when Punk was all the rage here so they went against the grain. It wasn't until Spirit Of Radio though that they got onto British mainstream radio as I recall. Always help to have 'radio' in the song title I suppose.

No need to ignore English prog bands, Richard, even if your fave is from your country, that's ok.


Edited by presdoug - August 03 2014 at 17:21