favorite Italian prog band

Come to think of it, recently I bought an album by a relatively new Italian band, named Areknames. Not bad at all, VDGG inspired (vocals remind me of Hammill), but still very Italian sounding.

James Lee wrote: greenback wrote: James Lee wrote: other: Locanda della Fate Hey! Must be good! How does it sounds like? Is it a recent band? What is their best record? are you joking with me? I have a hard time telling sometimes, especially online. if you're not, and really haven't heard them yet, I believe there is a sample on the band's page: http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=213 ...if you ask the resident proglords nicely maybe they'll even let you download a whole CD ("Forse le lucciole non si amano più", their only 'classic' album IMAO) Classic 70s Italian prog, not as experimental as some, but full of warm melodies and my favorite prog vocals of all time.

Wonderful album, by Locanda Delle Fate. One of my favourite Italian albums.

PFM is my favourite Italian band. They got both the technique and the soul. I only like the 1st period though (Storia Di Un Minuto, and especially Per Un Amico and L'Isola Di Niente )

After the UK Seventies prog, the Italian progrock scene is my favorite one. My #1 band is Le Orme: varied and bombastic keyboards, melancholical vocals and warm acoustic guitars, an unique combination of emotion and technique! Felona e sorona is my favorite album.

Along the other masters (Banco, PFM), I like New Trolls (Searching for a land is great), Cherry Five (great Yes-inspired band with lots of Moogs), Men Of Lake (wonderful romantic atmosphere), Museo Rosenbach (Mellotron!), Standarte (Cursus and invocations is loaded with Hammond, Moog and Mellotron), Sensitiva Immagine (the Italian version of Selling..  from Genesis). I need a few more pages to express my love for the Italian prog .. FORZA ITALIA!!

Wheres Quella Veccia Locanda?

 

 Ill go with Banco in this poll, but theres a lot of italian bands i love.. (Locana Delle Fate, Maxophone, Museo Rosenbach, Metamorfosi, Delirium, Reale Academia Di Musica, Ill Rovescio della Medaglia) 

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Even though I'm italian I've always prefered british prog and actually don't know very well italian prog scene, anyway "Le Orme" have something which gives me the same emotion of english bands: I said emotions because in a more "celebral" compairing there's no match

BANCO, BANCO, BANCO, BANCO, BANCO

Le Orme are great and my favourite italian band, within Premiata Forneria Marconi!

 ...On my to-buy-list!

These two bands are only the top of the iceberg of the italian scene...

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ivan_2068 wrote: Darwin is the best album ever released by an Italian band, so I voted for Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (Even when the poll names the English version of the band simply called Banco, which has a very inferior quality than the Italian original versions). Le Orme is a close second especially for Felona e Sorona. Iván

I must say I agree.

Nothing that PFM does gets tho the level of Darwin or Io Sono Nato Libero.

I also think that Locanda must be on  the list.

I'M ITALIAN BUT I DON'T LISTEN TO ITALIAN PROG. I JUST HAVE "LE ORME - COLLAGE"