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1) Pink Floyd
2) Deep Purple (Mark I & Mark II only)
3) The Beatles
4) Led Zeppelin
5) Santana

Honourable Mentions (bands): ELP, Yes, Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes, Curved Air, Focus

Honourable Mentions (solo artists): Enya, Gloria Estefan, Annie Haslam, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder


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Not sure about 5 favorite bands, but here's top 5 artists.

1. Steven Wilson 

2. Neil Young 

3. Todd Rundgren

4. Mike Oldfield

5. Beck (not the Jeff one)

All of them are very important to me and helped me shape my music taste.
hey and look at this...  they are all great guitarists.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Necrotica Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2022 at 06:21
Originally posted by yogev yogev wrote:

Not sure about 5 favorite bands, but here's top 5 artists.

1. Steven Wilson 

2. Neil Young 

3. Todd Rundgren

4. Mike Oldfield

5. Beck (not the Jeff one)

All of them are very important to me and helped me shape my music taste.
hey and look at this...  they are all great guitarists.

Nice to see some love for Steven Wilson's guitar skills. He's incredibly talented in that regard, especially when it comes to his solo work
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sean Trane Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2022 at 07:15
Thise that did only good albums (but above three)

Out Of Focus
Circus (Swiss)
Noir Désir
Maneige
Mahogany Rush (with Frank Marino)
Nucleus








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Originally posted by Necrotica Necrotica wrote:

Nice to see some love for Steven Wilson's guitar skills. He's incredibly talented in that regard, especially when it comes to his solo work

Yes! I don't see enough people talk about his playing. His solos on The Sky Moves Sideways are beyond amazing; you don't need to play a lot of notes in order to be good.



edit: is that Hange on your avatar??


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For guitrists:
Knut Magne Valle
Blasphemer
Huw Lloyd Langton
Buck Dharma
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Originally posted by yogev yogev wrote:

edit: is that Hange on your avatar??

It is! I'm a huge Attack on Titan fan Smile


Edited by Necrotica - April 13 2022 at 20:49
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I have no idea
They change like the wind!

But 5 as of right now? Alright

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Stevie Wonder
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- Pink Floyd
- King Crimson
- Beatles / Paul McCartney
- Radiohead
- Velvet Underground/Lou Reed

But essentially this is an impossible choice
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Late to the party, but what the heck - at the moment:

1) Henry Cow
2) Van Der Graaf Generator
3) Gentle Giant 
4) King Crimson
5) Peter Hammill
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1. Marillion
2. The Flower Kings
3. Genesis
4. Echolyn
5. Galahad
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It Bites
Ayreon
Dream Theater
Marillion

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Yes
Genesis
XTC
Iron Maiden
Guided By Voices
The Prog Corner
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1. Kate Bush
2. Cardiacs
3. Fairport Convention
4. Lykantropi
5. Silly Sisters

Bubbling under:
Gerry Rafferty
Pentangle
The Unthanks
Uriah Heep
Christy Moore
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I did bands before so a list of solo artists this time

1. Vangelis
2. Mike Oldfield
3. Kate Bush
4. Natasha Khan (Bat for Lashes)
5. Steven Wilson

Top 3 are well out in front of anyone else in my book for creativity and longevity. Natasha Khan has produced 5 masterpeices in my view (3 of those received Mercury prize nominations) so I struggle to understand why she isn't talked about, I'd say 'more often' but actually just at all would be nice! Wilson is almost as good as her!!
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Yes
Rush
Genesis
King Crimson
Pink Floyd
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Antonio Vivaldi
Mike Oldfield
Vangelis
Vlatko Stefanovski
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Bands:

Shadow Gallery
Angra
Dream Theater
Queen
Rush
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Hard to choose for my top spot, but Floyd gets it for longevity, but The Doors were something else.. 1967 to 1971. 

1. Pink Floyd
2. The Doors
3. Chicago (70s)
4. Led Zeppelin
5. The Who

and then a lot of prog.. some international.. less jazz. even less classical.
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At the Moment (according to my Spotify most listened right now)

1) Yes
2) Van Der Graaf Generator
3) Pink Floyd 
4) Eagles
5) The Beatles
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