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Originally posted by FatherChristmas FatherChristmas wrote:

As a universal rule, everyone likes the Beatles.
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by FatherChristmas FatherChristmas wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Like many here, I have several.......I'd have to pick Earth, Wind & Fire. The first band I really immersed myself into as a kid and they inspired me to look into progressive rock bands.

Honorable Mentions:
Funkadelic/Parliament
Scorpions
Eric Clapton
The Police

The Police... now there's a defining band. I can't think of a late 70s/early 80s band that weren't inspired by them. 
The Police were IMO, one of the most dynamic bands of that era. They were a supergroup almost, all 3 members coming from other groups to form The Police, and from progressive rock bands. Easily one of the greatest bands ever, the songs they wrote are legendary. Considering their short life together, what they did is brilliance.

Well, I agree with you, but according to the now defunct magazine Blender, Sting is the worst lyricist of all time. But that's now defunct, which shows you what people really think. Wink
Nevertheless, I don't think you'd get on with the editor of Blender, because according to the mag, Neil Peart is the second worst lyricist of all time. LOL

I've never heard of Blender, seriously. Wonder why.......
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Anders Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2020 at 07:59
In general there's a lot of non-prog in my music collection (that is, artists that are not on Progarchives).

From the English speaking countries:
Bob Dylan
The Rolling Stones
The Velvet Underground / Lou Reed
Joni Mitchell
Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye
Television
The Clash
The Police
Nirvana
Portishead
Blur
Idles

Plus a lot of music from Denmark and the other Nordic countries, as well as some gems from many other countries.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Dark Elf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2020 at 10:02
The list is long. Here are a few...

Neil Young
Bob Dylan
The Band
The Pogues
Cat Stevens
The Allman Brothers
Any number of Clapton iterations (Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos, etc.)
Van Morrison

I guess these are proto-prog or prog-related....

The Beatles
Zeppelin
Sabbath
The Doors
Bowie
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Logan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2020 at 10:23
To me Cream is something of an omission for Proto-Prog, but I shouldn't get into that again. I made my case many years ago and will accept that the majority of PAers didn't buy my arguments, and don't feel like trying to make the case again even if I could be successful.
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I'd agree with you on Cream
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The Dark Elf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2020 at 10:33
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

To me Cream is something of an omission for Proto-Prog, but I shouldn't get into that again. I made my case many years ago and will accept that the majority of PAers didn't buy my arguments, and don't feel like trying to make the case again even if I could be successful.

I would think an argument could be made for Cream's inclusion. I would say it would be more for their live extended improvisational versions of songs, some stretching to 16-17 minutes. That was quite different for rock in the mid-60s.
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

To me Cream is something of an omission for Proto-Prog, but I shouldn't get into that again. I made my case many years ago and will accept that the majority of PAers didn't buy my arguments, and don't feel like trying to make the case again even if I could be successful.


I would think an argument could be made for Cream's inclusion. I would say it would be more for their live extended improvisational versions of songs, some stretching to 16-17 minutes. That was quite different for rock in the mid-60s.


I think Wheels of Fire a quite progressive album taken as a whole, as well as Disraeli Gears. It's much more than just a bluesy and jam rock kind of band to me, and there's the psychedelic qualities. Furthermore, since Prog relation matters, BAKER GURVITZ ARMY is included in the Heavy Prog category and JACK BRUCE is included in the JRF category. The whimsy too is one of those things that makes me relate Cream to early Prog. Aside from the longer improv version of songs, music like Pressed Rat and Warthog, Anyone for Tennis, Passing the Time which opens in a bluesy fashion show something of the whimsy quite commonly found in Prog (and Proto-Prog). Rather bombastic songs like Tales of Brave Ulysses (off Disreali Gears - 1967) and White Room have something of an early prog pedigree to me too.
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Cream took part in the beginnings of progress from more normal music, I think, and I reckon Cream deserves credit for that. It would have been very interesting to see what they'd have been doing in the 70s, if they'd have carried on until then, and how they'd have reacted to progressive rock.
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Anthrax
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Slayer
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Megadeth
Grateful Dead
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Nick Cave & Bad Seeds
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bob Dylan
R.E.M
The Cars
Leonard Cohen
Tim Buckley
Rolling Stones
Kinks
CCR
U2 

That's excluding the proto/related like Beatles, Moody Blues, Radiohead, Iron Maiden, Queen, The Who, etc.
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Originally posted by TheLionOfPrague TheLionOfPrague wrote:

Nick Cave & Bad Seeds
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bob Dylan
Leonard Cohen
Tim Buckley
Rolling Stones
Kinks
CCR


Beatles, Moody Blues, Iron Maiden, Queen, The Who, etc.
These are my big faves too, well Iron Maiden & Queen not as big as those others. And I think Roy Harper is much bigger than Dylan & Cohen!
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If you mean bigger as in success, I think Dylan would win there.
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A non-prog band that I've been listening to quite a lot in recent times is Foals. I don't know if they've become my favourite non-prog band, but they certainly have impressed me with their music.
 
 
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I gotta go with everything Chris Cornell has done (except Scream). Soundgarden, Temply of the Dog, Audioslave, and much of the solo stuff. I am of the personal opnion that his 1999 solo record Euphoria Morning is something a progressive rock album in and of itself.
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Probably too many for me to name. 
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Originally posted by ssmarcus ssmarcus wrote:

I gotta go with everything Chris Cornell has done (except Scream). Soundgarden, Temply of the Dog, Audioslave, and much of the solo stuff. I am of the personal opnion that his 1999 solo record Euphoria Morning is something a progressive rock album in and of itself.

Plus his brother was a singer in a prog band back in the 90's. I always thought SG had some prog elements at least. Very good band regardless.
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Just one? No can do ... but a few artists (not necessarily 'bands' per se) that are up there include:

The Police, Dire Straits, Big Country, early Gary Numan, Yaz (or Yazoo, depending on where you're from), Kraftwerk (are they in here?), Devo, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Michael Hedges, Christopher Parkening, Julian Bream, John Williams (from Sky but as a solo artist), and Andre Segovia ... but the list is pretty much endless ...

If I had to list every metal, punk, new wave, soul, blues, jazz, fusion, funk, classical, and disco band/artist that I liked, it would fill pages and pages and you would become even more bored reading it than you are right now.

Chances are ... if you say ... "Well, what about bla bla bla?" ... then I'll probably either say something like ... "Oh yeah! You rock!" with my two thumbs up, or "What a bunch of posers!" with my cringe-face.

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If we're traveling a long way from prog, for me it's Tom Waits or Igor Stravinsky.

I'm also among the many here that enjoy Led Zep and Cream. Also a fan of Alice Cooper.
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The Deep Freeze Mice. A band that was rejected by the archives. I consider them to be prog, but for this site they are not.


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Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

There`s quite a few non-prog musicians i listen too here`s a few: 

The Police 
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Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green`s Mac) 
Tracey Chapman 
Sade 
Joss Stone 

add the classical composers too!


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I agree with you about classical. If I'm listening to the radio it's usually classical and I go to as many classical concerts as I see prog/metal/rock bands.
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