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Poll Question: Which Non Big Six Prog Band for you?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
17 [11.56%]
7 [4.76%]
24 [16.33%]
5 [3.40%]
4 [2.72%]
7 [4.76%]
21 [14.29%]
7 [4.76%]
33 [22.45%]
1 [0.68%]
11 [7.48%]
4 [2.72%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [0.68%]
5 [3.40%]
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Difficult choice but I always regarded Henry Cow in the second rank although they never troubled the album charts.
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Nice poll indeed!    


Saw the thread's title and came here with 'Maxophone' in my head (till I saw it was a poll).

You know, Rush is an integral part of my 'rockish' personal Big 8 (along with Marillion).

So, out of it, it had to be PFM or Maxophone for me. As PFM is maybe more clearly associated with a sub-genre, RPI, it would have been interesting to vote for Maxophone and its English sung homonym and only LP (though I highly enjoy the Italian version too). Though, in all justice, maybe it would have to be PFM, don't know really. IQ is another one that rounds my head, but I only enjoy and find their first two albums to be Big 6-level.

[EDIT] Sorry, I forgot Gong!.. (I knew I was forgetting one or two) strong contender for my 'Big 9'


So Rush it is.

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While I am a pretty big fan of some of these, especially Camel, GG, VDGG, and the Moody Blues, I voted for Rush. 

Also, I would think from a popularity perspective having Eloy on the list would make more sense than having Grobschnitt even though I like them.
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Van De Graaf Generator> Magma> Le Orme> Renaissance> Caravan>Focus
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VDGG 

Just got tickets for their gig in October. Fingers crossed. 


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Originally posted by Hiram Hiram wrote:

VDGG 

Just got tickets for their gig in October. Fingers crossed. 

Are they still touring? Maybe they'll put out a new album at some point too then.

Also, it's Van Der Graff Generator not Van De. I think maybe they added the r to avoid a lawsuit. Not sure.


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I can not vote in this poll, but if I could pick, I could pick either Camel or Supertramp. With Camel, I love "Lady Fantasy" and the Snow Goose album, and think that Andrew Latimer is a great musician. With Supertramp, I always loved the Logical Song, which made me happy for years on end. The group had other songs I really enjoyed like "Goodbye Stranger", "Breakfast America", and "School", and David Gilmour played guitar on "Brother Where Are You Bound". I have yet to fully explore these bands, but they are going good for me so far, and is excited to see their other content. 
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From the list, Rush.

Kansas would make my non big six list.
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of the "big six" only King Crimson would make it into my personal top 10. the other 9 would be Van der Graaf Generator, Magma, Gong, Hawkwind, the German bands Amon Düül II, Can, Guru Guru and Embryo and The Residents.

my favorite albums of my top 10:

Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Magma - Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kommandöh
Gong - You
Hawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of Time
King Crimson - Lizard
Embryo - Rocksession
Amon Düül II - Tanz der Lemminge
Can - Future Days
Guru Guru - Känguru
The Residents - Eskimo


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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Hiram Hiram wrote:

VDGG 

Just got tickets for their gig in October. Fingers crossed. 

Are they still touring? Maybe they'll put out a new album at some point too then.

They have European tour scheduled: http://www.vandergraafgenerator.co.uk/#gigs

Hopefully they can make it. 
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I love 10 of these bands and really any other day a different band would be number one. Today its GG.
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Maybe I'm A Tramp..


Only ELP out of the "big six" takes part of my own personal "big five" anyway.
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I'm wondering why Kansas, Marillion and Porcupine Tree aren't on the list. 

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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'm wondering why Kansas, Marillion and Porcupine Tree aren't on the list. 
All bands from the list are from the 70's. Kansas is a glaring omission, the others are not from the 70's.
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It's the Vans for me!
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I've always had a soft spot for Renaissance. However if Marillion was there that's the one I would have voted for.
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This is tough!
Basically a toss-up between Caravan, Magma and The Softs. I’m going with the former on this one.
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