All-Time Top 10 Progressive Rock Bands

Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ I'm hoping someone will vote for Hawkwind soon, just to push Henry Cow out of the Top 20, although I've given up on Camel ever making it into the Top 10, which gives me the hump.

Paul, I think that Camel should place ( checks previous posts) 9th in this poll if that is any consolation. May listen to Snow Goose or Mirage later.

Big Sky wrote: Logan wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ I'm hoping someone will vote for Hawkwind soon, just to push Henry Cow out of the Top 20, although I've given up on Camel ever making it into the Top 10, which gives me the hump.   Hey hey, quit that nonsense! More Henry Cow votes needed! Sounds like sour milk. Paul's Henry Cow comment is udder trash. The cream rises to the top, more Cow votes indeed! Logan, I see what you did there. Anyway, if Henry Cow is the answer..... I'm sorry what was the question?

Erm...

Question: What do you get when you cross a Henry and a Cow?
Answer: A Henry Cow.

My dad jokes need some improvement.

TheLionOfPrague wrote: I don't remember if I commented before, but if I didn't:

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - March 20 2025 at 13:15

Top 20 update with BasedProgger's votes added:-

Cambus741 wrote: I’m not familiar with Henry Cow. What album of theirs would you say was their best?

I don't think it has a best, all of the albums have their own merits. To some the earliest Canterburyesque, jazzy sound would work, for another the RIO/Avant Prog of the last. To many it would be Western Culture (1979). Despite loving RIO and chamber Prog, that took considerable time for me to love. Now I love Western Culture. From what I know of your tastes, I might most recommend In Praise of Learning (1975) and the Slapp Happy/ Henry Cow collaboration Desperate Straights as potentially fairly palatable. But I don't think this band would be much to your tastes.

This is the first thing I ever heard of Henry Cow, on university radio back in the late 80s (War).



For my most current of tastes, if I were to choose an album right at this moment by Henry Cow, it would be Unrest, the debut or Western Culture.

I love this, Teenbeat, but I would not expect it to fit the tastes of most mainstream-ish melodic rock or metal music, or alt. prog, listeners:



Edited by Logan - March 20 2025 at 13:13

Some important bands that didn't make the list (imo): Pendragon, PFM, Anglagard, Gong, Focus, Nektar, Kansas, Strawbs, The Flower Kings, Ozric Tentacles, Banco, Eloy, Ange, Amon Duul II and the Moody Blues (just to name a few). I understand you can't have everyone (and this is the opinion of the members of P.A.) but it still surprises me that some of the bands on this top 21 are on here when some of the ones I mentioned didn't make it. 

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - March 21 2025 at 10:48

I just added Anglagard to my list.

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Oh well Paul. I'm just saying that if a newbie were to look at this list he shouldn't neglect most (if not all) of the bands I mentioned. ;)

Edited by Cristi - March 21 2025 at 10:58

Cristi wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Oh well Paul. I'm just saying that if a newbie were to look at this list he shouldn't neglect most (if not all) of the bands I mentioned. ;) With this kind of threads, the most famous and popular bands end up in the lists.  Top 10 is quite predictable.