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Poll Question: Which prog band do you think has the best name?
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3 [2.31%]
28 [21.54%]
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4 [3.08%]
14 [10.77%]
4 [3.08%]
16 [12.31%]
3 [2.31%]
7 [5.38%]
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9 [6.92%]
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 30 2005 at 22:33
It's probably cheap and fanboy-ish to vote for my favourite band, but I'm going with them anyway. That would be Dream Theater. I mean, it's a theater... of dreams! The only thing harder to contemplate is which part of your body to nickname "Pink Floyd".
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Originally posted by floydaholic floydaholic wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

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Camel - great band, great cigarette.

 

You smoke Mikey?!?! For shame!



I've heard it's a great cigarette is what I meant to say.

 

That's better, had me going for a second. I hear DDD is back up on tuesday, have you heard anything similar?



yeah, just like last time it went down.  Having a blast over here though to be honest with you.  I do need to update those lists though, I was planning on doing that this weekend.
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by floydaholic floydaholic wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Originally posted by floydaholic floydaholic wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Camel - great band, great cigarette.

 

You smoke Mikey?!?! For shame!



I've heard it's a great cigarette is what I meant to say.

 

That's better, had me going for a second. I hear DDD is back up on tuesday, have you heard anything similar?



yeah, just like last time it went down.  Having a blast over here though to be honest with you.  I do need to update those lists though, I was planning on doing that this weekend.

 

This place is an ok substitute. Though I am not as keen on some of the lesser known bands mentioned here. I still enjoy the great prog discussion. It is like our little corner of DDD, only expanded. That being said, I still prefer the DDD atmosphere. Go down to the off-topic poll section, people are dissing DDD.
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Camel ciggarettes   I shouldn't say that entirely..I kinda dig the Turkish Silvers, but...Lucky Strike Lights  the best!

Anywho!  Poverty's No Crime, now there's a great band name, hah!  I really like Porcupine Tree for some reason.
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well to be honest, DDD is much more chaotic then this one is. TBH I've tried to get Bassfreak to be a bit more....harsh in cracking down on some of the crap that goes on.  
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There are many great names I like. I agree with Psychotic Waltz mentioned earlier in this thread. Pink floyd and Dream Theater as well. But I have a "soft spot" if you will, for the names of "post rock/experimental" bands - Godspeed You! Black Emperor, A Silver Mount Zion (twice for the same man), Explosions In The Sky. The names aren't cool, but they have a sort of attracting quality to them that makes me want to hear them. Although I have heard responses (which I can understand) that say these are so stupid names that alienate potential listeners. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - I like as well. there are probably more, so i'll check in again when remembering them. Oh, I also love the Italian band names - PFM, Quella Vacchia Locanda, Banco (you know the rest) etc.

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I've always had a hang for obscure names. I tend to like names like Camel, Caraven, Kayak, Kebnekise, Gong and Yes. I voted YES in this poll.

If I coul'd choose freely, my vote would go to EGG. Best bandname ever.
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THE SOFT MACHINE
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Originally posted by Persona Persona wrote:

THE SOFT MACHINE


Tis a good one indeed
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IMO, Opeth got a terrific and unique name!

Plus, their logo is the best!!!

Among that list, i love Dream theater



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Yes is such a simple name, and it describes their positive outlook on life.  Pink Floyd is great too, and the reason I got into Spock's Beard was because I love Mirror, Mirror (my favorite Star Trek episode!).  But the name Jethro Tull does not compare with Ian's Bag O' Blues.  Talk about a great name!

The name Yes can be troublesome, though, because I was once reading a book about rock and roll, and I looked in the index for Yes, and it listed about 20 different page numbers.  Excited, I looked at every page, but, alas, for some reason the index had listed every single instance the word "Yes" appeared at the beginning of a sentence!  It had nothing to do with the band!



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I think The Who have a pretty good name though not a prog band.
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Originally posted by King of Loss King of Loss wrote:

Pain Of Salvation

I would have never guest that!...

 

For me its Jethro Tull...and Pink Floyd is also pretty cool. Genesisi I like, Dream Theater is kinda mushy...but it works
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I like "Spock's Beard" - it is hard to go past that name when you are a Star Trek fan.

Other greats are: King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and some not mentioned in the list - Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Explosions in the Sky, Gravy Train, Uriah Heep, Glass Hammer, Radiohead, Pavlov's Dog, Egg, Gong and Hawkwind - just for starters.

( Some interesting NZ band names: "Tall Dwarfs"; "Look Blue, Go Purple"; "Straitjacket Fits"; "Split Enz" and "Crowded House" - the latter two many of you would have heard their music.)

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Hello, my first post. Why I chose this thread is
anyone's guess.

I always liked the way the words "Emerson, Lake
and Palmer" rolled off the tongue but there's no
imagination in using the last names.

I came so close to voting King Crimson but...

I have to go with Tangerine Dream.

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Originally posted by Persona Persona wrote:

THE SOFT MACHINE

Better than this: "Matching Mole" - which is "machine mole" (Soft Machine in French) with a Brittish accent.

My vote goes to Procol Harum, which was a cat's name, and I love cats!

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Originally posted by M. B. Zapelini M. B. Zapelini wrote:

Originally posted by Persona Persona wrote:

THE SOFT MACHINE

Better than this: "Matching Mole" - which is "machine mole" (Soft Machine in French) with a Brittish accent.

My vote goes to Procol Harum, which was a cat's name, and I love cats!

machine mole is still machime mole with a british  accent!
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Mothers of Invention

It just about sums them up.

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Does anyone know how Spock's Beard got their name?
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