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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Perhaps one of the most derivative Floyd clones of all

ELOY

Clone? No
Influenced? Yes. 


Too close for my liking. Especially albums like Ocean which are basically Floyd sounds revisited

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The Far East family band, particularly the 'Nipponjin (join our mental phase)' album.. and the original Japanese 'the Cave down to the Earth' lp.. i always thought they sounded very Saucerful to Meddle era floyd (though Klaus Schultze's remixes on Nipponjin are a bit odd to my ears..) 
Astra kinda had a bit of a Floydian vibe going.. what happened to them?

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Psychedelic Paul Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 27 2021 at 13:22
Originally posted by Cosmiclawnmower Cosmiclawnmower wrote:

The Far East family band, particularly the 'Nipponjin (join our mental phase)' album.. and the original Japanese 'the Cave down to the Earth' lp.. i always thought they sounded very Saucerful to Meddle era floyd (though Klaus Schultze's remixes on Nipponjin are a bit odd to my ears..) 
Astra kinda had a bit of a Floydian vibe going.. what happened to them?
They're two of my all-time favourite Japanese psych albums. Thumbs Up
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Igra Staklenih Perli (Serbia) - Igra Staklenih Perli (1979)

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Solar Project from Germany, great band and they have a very personal sound with strong pf influences (not a clone band)
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Maybe not representative of the band overall, but the Barclay James Harvest song "Ra" sounds a bit like Floyd.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 28 2021 at 15:17
definitely Eloy (D) - Ocean (1977)
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If you like the early Pink Floyd before they became a cash cow stadium band, then you might like some things by Popol Vuh.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 29 2021 at 02:58
Originally posted by Cboi Sandlin Cboi Sandlin wrote:

Pink Floyd has always been my favourite band. Does anybody know of any bands that are similar to them i could check out?

If I want to find some new albums in a certain subgenre, I look first at the highest rated ones on RYM and PA.
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Check out the CD "In Extremis," by the project/band Days Between Stations.  It was Peter Banks' last recording 

Rick Wakeman is on it as well.  Excellent music!  Channels DSOM Floyd nicely.  

Both versions are double LP with full color gatefold design featuring the gorgeous artwork by Paul Whitehead. The audio was specially mastered for vinyl by Grammy® Award winning engineer Evren Göknar. The packages are being manufactured by Erika Records, the premiere vinyl manufacturer in the United States. 

Besides us – Oscar and Sepand – the album features amazing performances from several notable musicians including-

Peter Banks (YES, Flash)

Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, ABWH)

Colin Moulding (XTC)

Billy Sherwood (YES)

Rick Wakeman (YES)




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For post-psychedelic early Pink Floyd, Astra. For The Wall, a group that uses elements from this album is Queensr’che.
 

Astra - The Weirding
 
 
Queensr’che - Silent Lucidity
 
 

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That Astra album is excellent , maybe a cross between Floyd and Sabbath!
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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

Perhaps one of the most derivative Floyd clones of all

ELOY

Clone? No
Influenced? Yes. 


Too close for my liking. Especially albums like Ocean which are basically Floyd sounds revisited

That's why my favourite Eloy Era is the early 1980s...still Floydian sounding but more symphonic with occasional heaviness - not sure Floyd ever had a riff as monumental as the one in "Child Migration".
Also, Eloy were so popular in Germany that many bands copied them.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote David_D Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2021 at 02:21
Originally posted by siLLy puPPykenethlevine wrote:
"That's why my favourite Eloy Era is the early 1980s...still Floydian sounding but more symphonic with occasional heaviness - not sure Floyd ever had a riff as monumental as the one in "Child Migration".
Also, Eloy were so popular in Germany that many bands copied them."

That sounds fine with me as well, so maybe I need to have a look again at that period because I've had the impression that they got more Pop influenced.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote CrimsonMojito Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 13 2021 at 13:30
Hi there,

If you like bands which are influenced by Pink Floyd, here are two great bands from France that I love Smile





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Bands very similar to Pink Floyd :
- Eloy, certainly.
- Hawkwind, for some records.
More recently :
- Airbag
- Astra 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BrufordFreak Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2021 at 06:11
Originally posted by hergest ridge hergest ridge wrote:

Bands very similar to Pink Floyd :
- Eloy, certainly.
- Hawkwind, for some records.
More recently :
- Airbag (and all solo offshhoots by Bjorn Riis and Asle Tostrup)
- Astra 

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