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My five favorite prog bands of all time
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Poll Question: Which band do you like best?
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4 [11.76%]
6 [17.65%]
7 [20.59%]
1 [2.94%]
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    Posted: 16 hours 37 minutes ago at 13:21
Please vote for the one you want. Hopefully voting for one of these bands won't have disastrous consequences.Wink 


I also like ELP, Kansas, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Camel, VDGG, Marillion and Porcupine Tree but those make my top 12 and not top five.


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Yes is my favorite. Genesis and Rush would also be in my top 5.
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I can't choose and i don't like them all equally. Confused
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My choice is Yes based on their entire catalog, though their are a few later albums that don't quite measure up.  For being consistently interesting with true prog adventure, I'd give the title to King Crimson.

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Only King Crimson are in my top 5.

Then Pink Floyd, possibly in my Top 10.

Genesis and Yes possibly in my Top 30.

Rush arent in my Top 50.


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Rush is in my top five.

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It's between King Crimson and Pink Floyd for me as my clear favourites from the list. King Crimson is the one that gets more attention from me these days and gets my vote.
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Top 5

1. Yes
2. Genesis
3. Pink Floyd
4. Rush
5. King Crimson

Top 13

01. Yes 
02. Camel
03. Genesis
04. Pink Floyd
05. Jethro Tull
06. Marillion
07. Porcupine Tree
08. Kansas
09. ELP
10. Rush
11. Van der Graaf Generator
12. King Crimson
13. Gentle Giant



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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Please vote for the one you want. Hopefully voting for one of these bands won't have disastrous consequences.Wink 


I also like ELP, Kansas, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Camel, VDGG, Marillion and Porcupine Tree but those make my top 12 and not top five.


You like a lot of dinosaur prog.

Any modern prog hit the top 13?

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Should have picked other as none of them are my favorite band but I picked King Crimson as they are top 5 followed by Pink Floyd who are top 10. Genesis and Yes would be next but they are more like top 50.

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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Please vote for the one you want. Hopefully voting for one of these bands won't have disastrous consequences.Wink 


I also like ELP, Kansas, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Camel, VDGG, Marillion and Porcupine Tree but those make my top 12 and not top five.


You like a lot of dinosaur prog.

Any modern prog hit the top 13?

You don't consider Porcupine Tree to be modern prog? Compared to the others they are.
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Favorite now? Genesis
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Hard to choose, but from this group I tend to listen to Genesis more than the others, thus voted accordingly. I have a very low albedo and a featureless reddish spectrum.
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Yes
Pink Floyd
Genesis
King Crimson
Rush
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Voted for Floyd, but only very narrowly over Genesis.

I also voted that none are in my top 5, although I’m not sure either are definitely in my top 10.

Rush might be top 20. Yes top 50 maybe? King Crimson I don’t know enough of to say….

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King Crimson might be in my Prog Rock top five, but that would be a crowded top five if I ever tried to make one. Pink Floyd is somwhere up there as well. I love a lot of Genesis too, but I don't love a lot of Genesis as well.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

You don't consider Porcupine Tree to be modern prog? Compared to the others they are.
Their first album was released over 32 years ago. I wouldn't consider that modern prog. I was just being silly. Listen to what you like.

Edited by Grumpyprogfan - 1 hour 15 minutes ago at 04:43
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Genesis  - my "go to" album if stuck on an island is SEBTP.
Followed closely by RRUUSSH, Yes, the Floyds and KC.
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