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Poll Question: Which band do you like best?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
15 [15.96%]
17 [18.09%]
18 [19.15%]
9 [9.57%]
22 [23.40%]
1 [1.06%]
2 [2.13%]
1 [1.06%]
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I like all the bands listed in the Poll, but none are in my top 10....

My five favourite prog bands are:

Triumvirat
Giger Lenz Marron
Dzyan
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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

I like all the bands listed in the Poll, but none are in my top 10....

My five favourite prog bands are:

Triumvirat
Giger Lenz Marron
Dzyan
Passport
Dedalus
The only band in the poll in my Top 10 are YES, who are currently at #5, behind Mostly Autumn, Renaissance, Magenta and The Enid, although that's not including "foreign" bands. Smile
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Originally posted by Starshiper Starshiper wrote:

Among the options, I voted Yes.

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Camel made better rounded albums but were a tad 'after the fact' and not as innovative or influential (arguably).
The influence of Camel on neo-prog bands is undeniable. Everybody knows that Marillion, IQ, and Pendragon were heavily influenced by mid-to-late 70s Genesis. However, neo-prog movement was nothing less influenced by the best records of Camel. Marillion, for instance, was nearly as likely to mirror Camel's taste for atmospheric soundscapes punctuated with emotional lyricism on early efforts. Likewise, IQs "The Wake" channels a Camel-like emotional intensity at their most potent. 
Moreover, Camel's guitarist Andy Latimer has been especially important for Pendragon's Nick Barrett; listen to Barrett's fluid guitar, and you'll hear Latimer creeping in there. Nick Barrett used these same tactics—beautiful leads and emotive phrasing—to get listeners to feel something.

I think the key part of my comment is 'not as'. Camel were a great end of classic era prog band so will have been influential for sure. 
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Poor Rush only has 7 points. How is it possible for them to be so low?
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Poor Rush only has 7 points. How is it possible for them to be so low?

As we've said before Mike, 15-18 years ago, they'd have scored higher, but the Rush - 'Ryche - DT brigade aren't here in as large a number now...
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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

I like all the bands listed in the Poll, but none are in my top 10....

My five favourite prog bands are:

Triumvirat
Giger Lenz Marron
Dzyan
Passport
Dedalus
It nice to see your tastes in prog rock evolve. :P I swear not that long ago your top 5 favorite bands were:

Triumvirat
Triumvirat
Triumvirat
Triumvirat
Triumvirat
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Well, if I were to put my top five in order from 1-5 it would probably look like this:

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

I like most (if not all) of the other big names in prog though (yes, that includes Kansas, Marillion, Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree).
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

I like all the bands listed in the Poll, but none are in my top 10....

My five favourite prog bands are:

Triumvirat
Giger Lenz Marron
Dzyan
Passport
Dedalus
It nice to see your tastes in prog rock evolve. :P I swear not that long ago your top 5 favorite bands were:

Triumvirat
Triumvirat
Triumvirat
Triumvirat
Triumvirat
I have been listening to a lot more than Triumvirat for longer than you've been around.Wink I guess I listen to Bruckner's symphonies as much, or even more than Triumvirat.....
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Doug, I was being ironic. :) No offense.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Well, if I were to put my top five in order from 1-5 it would probably look like this:

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


In truth, of these 5, I'd put KC last because I'm not keen on all their discography. I guess I put Genesis top out of nostalgia, but in truth these days, my top 5 bands from the classic era would be interchangeable from week to week:

Yes, Genesis, Floyd, Camel, Eloy (probably)
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

Doug, I was being ironic. :) No offense.
Ok, thanks, no worries....
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Poor Rush only has 7 points. How is it possible for them to be so low?

As we've said before Mike, 15-18 years ago, they'd have scored higher, but the Rush - 'Ryche - DT brigade aren't here in as large a number now...


And yet on a regular rock site or even a reddit prog forum Rush would have way more interest than Yes. Maybe the fans on here are a bit older and so now prefer Yes and the other bands? I hope no one feels as though they outgrew Rush.
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^Negatory... At 65, I prefer Rush more than your other picks and shall never outgrow them.
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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^Negatory... At 65, I prefer Rush more than your other picks and shall never outgrow them.

That's good. Is that because you are more of a fan of heavy prog?
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^No. Rush is the best trio ever! Has nothing to do with 'heavy prog".

Actually, jazz and fusion is my home.
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Well, they were really only heavy for the first third and the last third of their career.
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Re Some of the comments above, there seems to have been a backlash against Rush from the prog fraternity in recent times. They were another of those 'after the fact' bands that seem to gain a lot of praise for creating prog when they actually didn't. Also on youtube some have suggested that Neil Peart is well overrated as a drummer and maybe this plays into that idea as well. I doubt though that there have been too many more influential bands. They are often given (wrongly in my opinion) credit for creating prog metal which I'm guessing is the most popular of prog genres nowadays (the metal fraternity in general dwarfs the prog fraternity). Prog forums like this are becoming ever more niche and you only have to look at the pitiful number of ratings for new albums on the site to gain an understanding of that. Of course there is going to be a sense of protecting the pillars of prog (Yes, Genesis, Floyd, Crimson are that but Rush not) and it almost feels that we are drawing in the wagons as time goes on. 
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My ranking of your top five:
Rush
King Crimson
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Yes

And I love them all by the way.

Edited by Mellotron Storm - November 11 2024 at 22:31
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Pink Floyd, and then Yes, and then... well, I love them all.
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