Best nation at doing Prog Rock

No racism allowed... For me it's gotta be Britain, because unless I'm wrong they did practically invent Prog Rock...

Also, I only did places that i knew had Prog Rock bands, do mention if there are any more major ones ( plus I'm sure everywhere has their fair share of Prog Rock bands).


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New Zealand, Romania, and Portugal over Netherlands, Finland, Belgium etc...

I'm torn between Britain and Canada at the moment. Since Britain is going to get most of the votes naturally, I'll vote for Canada!!!

The United States is most consistent. While the country may not be the best in one particular genre, the country has stood firm to doing every subgenre in progressive rock there is. Except for that Italian stuff, of course. If you want to pick a certain decade and ask which country is the best, for the 1960's/70's I'd most definitely go with Britain. And for today I'd probably vote Sweden. But these two countries are inconsistent.

Germany. Krautrock was the most experimental music of all; only some RIO can perhaps rival it. and nothing is as trippy as Krautrock

I agree with BaldJean, Germany probably made the most music that could be considered Prog, with England, Italy and France trailing.

The Ryan wrote: The United States is most consistent. While the country may not be the best in one particular genre, the country has stood firm to doing every subgenre in progressive rock there is. Except for that Italian stuff, of course. If you want to pick a certain decade and ask which country is the best, for the 1960's/70's I'd most definitely go with Britain. And for today I'd probably vote Sweden. But these two countries are inconsistent.

I'm a bit puzzled by this statement Ryan. Kansas was a good band in the 70's. At the moment there
are a lot of popular prog bands from US:
Spock's Beard, Echolyn, Dream theater, Dredge,Glass Hammer,TMV  to name a few(there are more).
I haven't heard  TMV yet but i like all the others in the order that i've listed them. A vote for US at the moment would certainly not be ridiculous.

But in the 80's and 90's the situation was rather dismal wasn't it? Do you have some examples from these decades?

something in the water, all that talent coming from Britain.

Dirk wrote: The Ryan wrote: The United States is most consistent. While the country may not be the best in one particular genre, the country has stood firm to doing every subgenre in progressive rock there is. Except for that Italian stuff, of course. If you want to pick a certain decade and ask which country is the best, for the 1960's/70's I'd most definitely go with Britain. And for today I'd probably vote Sweden. But these two countries are inconsistent. I'm a bit puzzled by this statement Ryan. Kansas was a good band in the 70's. At the moment there are a lot of popular prog bands from US: Spock's Beard, Echolyn, Dream theater, Dredge,Glass Hammer,TMV  to name a few(there are more). I haven't heard  TMV yet but i like all the others in the order that i've listed them. A vote for US at the moment would certainly not be ridiculous. But in the 80's and 90's the situation was rather dismal wasn't it? Do you have some examples from these decades?

The 80's is a decade I try to stay away from alltogether when it comes to rock (that includes prog). But if you check where prog metal began, it's America. Queensryche and Fates Warning began in the 80's. Personally I'm not really into that type of stuff, but for those who enjoy prog metal I don't know how they could dismiss America. Dream Theater had their debut in 89' as well, who the typical prog-metal band these days rips off of. The 90's includes a few of the bands you mentioned already, most notably Spock's Beard and Echolyn, Echolyn continues even today to create original music.

Other 80's/90's groups: Salem Hill, Symphony X, Kevin Gilbert (The man who was up to auditioning for Genesis), Tool, Frank Zappa in the 80's, and Shadow Gallery. These just came to me off the top of my head, there's much much more to be listened to, especially in the 00's but that's another story.

I hate the 80's so much

Oh yeah, one last thing. The United States gave the world jazz. Where do you think Jazz/Fusion came from? It's just a bunch of British interpretations (they are excellent no doubt), but the sound is/was impossible to create without the southern/midwestern American culture through the 1900's. That may not be "best bands", but the idea is significant nevertheless.

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the French made the best Progressive Fusion in the 70-80's by a long shot, not the English Canterbury scene!

Obviously, Britain.

Italy is almost equal.