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Ampledeed: New prog/Canterbury group.
(This is actually a band that I am in :)) However, we have been told before that double-G influences are evident.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx0v8HS3YOQ

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Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

This might be reaching a bit, but I was listening to Crush of Night from Izz and it has some wonderful vocal harmonies, not to mention a few guest parts by the one and only Gary Green.

Agree - track 2 'Words And Miracles' blew me away with Gary Green and the great GG arrangement. Great album, but not GG styling overall.
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A pure hommage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5Zx-0om5N0
Gilbert did some other GG-influenced stuff as well.
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Points: 9872 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2014 at 09:55
I`d better say I`ve never been a fan of GG. But echolyn/sb bands. music. I always said    GG where not that great. seems I`m wrong about GG.
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Try Miriodor
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Points: 12794 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 16 2014 at 22:37
Primus have a noticeable modern twist on GG's silly nature

Not a direct influence, but I think it's pretty visible.
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Points: 15926 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 16 2014 at 23:52
The occasional Spock's Beard track and even the band Haken can show some strong GG influences in their arrangements.
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Italian band Divae even featured Gary Green! Album called Determinazione  1995

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Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

I`d better say I`ve never been a fan of GG. But echolyn/sb bands. music. I always said    GG where not that great. seems I`m wrong about GG.

If this translates as "I never liked Gentle Giant much,  but I love echolyn despite the huge influence GG has had upon them," I would definitely agree.
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Originally posted by fanprog1981 fanprog1981 wrote:




Canada:

-Maneige (70's)
-Opus 5   (70's)
-Nathan Mahl (80's)
-Sloche (70's)
-Half Past Four (00's)
-Druckfarben (10's)
-Miriodor (80's)


USA:

-Zoldar & Clark (70's)
-Pentwater (70's)
-Hands (70's)
-Mirthrandir (70's)
-Yezda Urfa (70's)
-AUDIOSYNCHROCY (00's)
-Syzygy (00's)
-French tv (80's)
-Frogg Cafe (00's)
-However (80's)
-Thinking Plague (80's)
-Shadowfax (70's)
-Phideaux (00's) only in Snowtorch
-Little atlas (00's)
-A TRIGGERING MYTH (00's)
-Babylon (70's)
-Neal Morse (00's)
-Birds And Buildings (00's)

Brazil:

-Octohpera (00's)
-Cartoon (00's)

Indonesia:

-Discus (00's)
-God Bless (70's)
-Guruh Gipsy (70's)

Italy:

(this country is so particular because nearly all the bands sound like Gentle Giant, from PFM to Banco passing by Arti & Misteri and the likes)

-Mosaic (90's)
-Ske (10's)
-Stereokimono (00s)
-Yugen (00's)


I know all these bands you mention with exception of :Stereokimono and Half Past Four.

None of these bands sound like Gentle Giant (unless by Gentle Giant you SIMPLY mean it sounds complex.)


Well... okay, I seem to recall Octohpera-Bons Amigos DOES, but a bettewr choice from Brazil would be the already mentioned (2 lps ) by T. Baldio.


From Canada there was only one band sounding like GG : the Quebec band,  Etcetera with their sole self-titled lp.
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Points: 24438 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2014 at 13:59
Originally posted by infandous infandous wrote:

Advent "Cantus Firmus"

They have another album, but I've never heard it.  I understand it is also in the Gentle Giant style.


ThisThumbs Up. Great band, and a bunch of very nice guys to boot. Their new album should be out by June 2015.
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Points: 872 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2014 at 14:03
funny thing - I remembered being introduced to Gentle Giant as: a band that sounds like Genesis
(Marillion too)
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Points: 34086 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2014 at 16:45
try out Ritual - The Hemulic Voulentary Band, playfull, and full of GG esque instrumentation.
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There's a touch of Gentle Giant in the band Field Music, I think. 
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Wobbler! Gentle Giant could sue them. Their album "Rites at Dawn" could have been called "Freehand 2" especiially the song "In Orbit" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hans3jni6B8
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I love it! it's like re-discovering GG all over again!
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Originally posted by jedzxor jedzxor wrote:

Wobbler! Gentle Giant could sue them. Their album "Rites at Dawn" could have been called "Freehand 2" especiially the song "In Orbit" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hans3jni6B8
Haha, glad to see someone compare them to GG rather than the usual "Yes clones" comment!
Totally agree, btw.
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There aren't any, some may try Wink
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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I would say 
However
Hands
Happy the Man
which are, curiously, all from the US (a country whose prog music I mostly ignore but am trying to correct it)
Of those,only However is a bit more recent, but coming from the 80s it is still a long time ago, anyway.

Most notably, I would say, because it is a recent band with young but virtuous musicians, is the italian band Promenade (from Genoa) specially its largest track Athletics ... They don't exactly sound like GG, but definetely are of their major influences. Better yet, their compositions are as complex and intrincate (and as well played) as GG, except for the vocals sung in italian and with a lot more italian feel...
I listening to them some one month ago, and I am still impressed... Look for their album Noi al dir di noi.

I would like to know more bands like GG from this century...
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