Which prog band would you join? And why? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

If it was 1972 I would become the tuba player with Gentle Giant on Octopus. Gentle Giant always needed a tuba player.

" First you learn the instrument, then you learn the music, then you forget all that sh*t and just play." Charlie Parker

Hi,

None, really.

I'm into theater and film, and I would want to enhance the whole thing with film and some theatrical things, and I think that the band's members might not like/enjoy that as much ... the one thing for sure, would be that it would make the band "different" and "special" in its own way, and not have to be compared to JT or YES, or ELP ... and while that would likely take it away from PA, in many ways, I don't care ....

You're either into the music itself, or into PA ... and PA is NOT the history of music and what has survived, thus, the desire to do something different is valuable to me ...

As an example, of all the "live" theater I have ever seen, what do I remember the best? THE NATIONAL THEATER OF THE DEAF ... with its incredible ability to show pantomime within a "story" format and incredible intelligence and creativity. I doubt anyone can even imagine its amazing show! The other? THE ETC LAMAMMA GROUP doing "Carmilla" on a set with a large red couch that turned into a hearse, that turned into a bed and had film in one of its windows as the "set" ... and you saw the landscape go by as the actors acted through it ... it was the most amazing thing that even "progressive" music could not do, and had to resort to pyrotechnics to show its creativity, so the fans would think there is something "hot" in this whole thing ... and for the majority of the bands ... it was just a show! And what a massive BS it was, too!

Edited by moshkito - April 13 2021 at 08:34

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Renaissance,for obvious reasons. Leave over " musical differences" and join Curved Air.

I would have enjoyed being a roadie for these chaps!

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lazland wrote:

Interesting question, but to be quite honest, my answer is none of them. The answer is simply because I rather like all of my favourite bands quite enough without my “spoiling” them with my contributions, because, by and large, you would be replacing an extremely accomplished musician who adds so much to that band.

I dabbled with the drums a bit when I was a misbegotten yoof, and I wish I had carried on with that. Ditto the guitar. I took guitar lessons, but haven’t picked one up since I was 18, and I regret that.

Personally speaking, then, if I were able to go back, I would love to have been involved with a band, either as a manager, on the road, doing tax and accountancy. That would be great fun, because it would be a way of being with a band without detracting from them.

Of all the answers, this one, the first one, is my favorite.

But, I did like to jam. We'd get in a room, tune and do mic checks, flip on all the switches, flip open our beers, turn of the lights, and then push "record" and jam for hours.

I think I would have soared as an acid-taking member of some commune band like Amon Düül or Ash Ra Tempel, The Grateful Dead or Phish. As for my instrument: I'll take anything you put in my hands except the drum kit (even the Simmons or Roland Octopads are just beyond me); flute, sax, guitar, bass, ChapmanStick, trumpet, synths, MIDI-anything, Fairlight, Fender Rhodes, pipe organ (please: not the Hammond or Wurlitzer), I'm game!

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Progishness wrote:

haerskar wrote:

If it was 1972 I would become the tuba player with Gentle Giant on Octopus. Gentle Giant always needed a tuba player.

I vaguely remember there was a strange band in the 70's that used something like a French horn (or similar brass instrument), but I'm darned if I can remember their name now.

SOT use tuba instead of bass.

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I'm still racking my brains, I'm pretty sure there was an obscure 1970's band that used a tuba as a main instrument.

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On reflection it may have been a French horn.

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If I could travel back in time and be in the late 60s and early 70s in my late teens and early 20s (I was born 1969) I would love to be part of the wild bunch of either Amon Düül II, Hawkwind or Gong, probably slightly preferring the Düüls (though on second thoughts when thinking of Stacia... Forbidden fruit; I am happily married to Jean, though I am certain she wouldn't mind a threesome with Stacia. Or with Renate). I would play drums and sing.

Edited by BaldFriede - April 15 2021 at 06:57

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BaldFriede wrote:

If I could travel back in time and be in the late 60s and early 70s in my late teens and early 20s (I was born 1969) I would love to be part of the wild bunch of either Amon Düül II, Hawkwind or Gong, probably slightly preferring the Düüls (though on second thoughts when thinking of Stacia... Forbidden fruit; I am happily married to Jean, though I am certain she wouldn't mind a threesome with Stacia. Or with Renate). I would play drums and sing.

I have Stacia on my Twitter - she's a lovely lady, but doesn't tweet very often. Tho I never did get to a Hawkwind gig back in the day when she was their 'dancer'.

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Chloë Grace Moretz as Mindy McCready aka 'Hit Girl' in Kick-Ass 2