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^ Indeed Paul, this was my conclusion after many debates at Victoria Centre Bus Station which spilled over to Trevor Dann's Rock Show on Radio Nottingham.
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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

^ Indeed Paul, this was my conclusion after many debates at Victoria Centre Bus Station which spilled over to Trevor Dann's Rock Show on Radio Nottingham.

I remember Trevor Dann and I also recall how Chris Evans and his breakfast crew used to constantly make fun of him on his BBC Radio Two morning show, even though he was effectively Chris Evans' boss. That's probably why he didn't last very long at Radio 2.  Tongue

Trevor Dann also wrote a biography of Nick Drake, titled "Darker Than the Deepest Sea". 


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Originally posted by dwill123 dwill123 wrote:

No order:

Yes
ELP
King Crimson
Genesis
Jethro Tull
Pink Floyd
This is the correct answer. (At least for today.)
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by dwill123 dwill123 wrote:

No order:

Yes
ELP
King Crimson
Genesis
Jethro Tull
Pink Floyd
This is the correct answer. (At least for today.)

I'm amazed the discussion continues... of course these are the Big 6... Sleepy
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Who are/were the next Big 6 ?
VDGG
Gentle Giant
Magma
Mahavishnu
Camel
Caravan
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Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Who are/were the next Big 6 ?

how does it matter? Confused
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Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Who are/were the next Big 6 ?
VDGG
Gentle Giant
Magma
Mahavishnu
Camel
Caravan

Always thought VDGG, GG, Camel & Caravan would be in the next bracket... what about Renaissance?
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Who are/were the next Big 6 ?


how does it matter? Confused


No matter Cristi, just to feed the fire
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

^ But then we open a whole new debate as to whether Rush were 'progressive'... At school, in the late 70s, Rush fans tended to be with the heavy metal/rock crowd and they took the mickey out of us prog-rockers.  I have bitter experience of this.  

I'm a Rush fan, but I wouldn't even include Rush in the Top 100 of Progressive Rock bands, mainly because they've always been a Hard Rock band to me. One of the biggest surprises when I first joined PA was discovering that Rush were included here too. Smile

Indeed essentially Rush were a hard rock band , but they took that sub genre and made something of it. Moving Pictures (the vinyl edition) was my ask for my 60th. It's a beautiful thing.
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^ Indeed, I also witnessed similar claims in the late 70s from Rainbow fans.  I thought Rainbow had a stronger case than Rush.
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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

^ Indeed, I also witnessed similar claims in the late 70s from Rainbow fans.  I thought Rainbow had a stronger case than Rush.

Not sure Rainbow ever gravitated that heavily towards prog barring a few obvious tracks (Gates Of Babylon and Stargazer mainly) . Rush were solidly a prog band from 2112 through to Hemispheres.

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1. Yes
2. Genesis
3. Saga
4. Moody Blues
5. Alan Parsons Project
6. Rush
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any list without King Crimson and Pink Floyd will always seem very odd to me
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by mellotronwave mellotronwave wrote:

Who are/were the next Big 6 ?


how does it matter? Confused




Does anyone really care who’s the top 6! Confused more about what bands are prog lol.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

any list without King Crimson and Pink Floyd will always seem very odd to me

Two absolute iconic bands within progressive rock bands imho
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

any list without King Crimson and Pink Floyd will always seem very odd to me

I think some people are just doing personal lists which is not the same otherwise it should be called a "personal big six list."
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

any list without King Crimson and Pink Floyd will always seem very odd to me

I think some people are just doing personal lists which is not the same otherwise it should be called a "personal big six list."

Even as personal big six, it still needs to make sense, "big" in the original "big 4 of thrash" , meant popular, famous. 
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^ So, Yes with Trevor Rabin then?
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Originally posted by Jaketejas Jaketejas wrote:

^ So, Yes with Trevor Rabin then?

Yes with everyone LOL
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

"big" in the original "big 4 of thrash" , meant popular, famous. 

So, would that include Anvil then? Big smile

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