Top Ten most important MODERN prog bands

Ok, I'm tired of all the neglect the modern prog bands are getting in these rescent "top ten" threads!

Edited by schizoid_man77 - August 18 2007 at 01:29

schizoid_man77 wrote: Ok, I'm tired of all the neglect the modern prog bands are getting in these rescent "top ten" threads!   So come on, give some credit where credit is due!   Dream theater (not a big fan of them, but are massively important to the rebirth of symphonic prog)

I really don't see how Dream Theater are important to the history of symphonic prog.  It's the Neo boys that kept sympho alive. 

Dream Theater massively boosted the popularity of prog metal, but had little to do with sympho. 


Edited by rileydog22 - August 18 2007 at 01:38

rileydog22 wrote: schizoid_man77 wrote: Marillion Tool (the only prog band to have more than one radio hit since the seventies, c'mon!)     Actually, Marillion had multiple radio hits in the eighties if I'm not mistaken.  And Marillion are not a modern band; their debut was 1983.

Thats interesting... my Mom nor dad has heard of them.

should you be giving me your top ten most important modern prog bands or something!

rileydog22 wrote: I'm not into the "popular" modern prog bands (mostly prog metal and neo); almost all of the modern bands I listen to are RIO.  None of them, frankly, would rank as "important" to today's scene, so it wouldn't be appropriate to list them.  I will leave the ranking to those who know the popular stuff better, and have their facts straight.

Alright, top ten it is
I will be the first person to actually post ten
but okay fine

1. Tool
2. Dream Theater
3. Porcupine Tree
4. Opeth
5. The Mars Volta
6. Coheed & Cambria
7. Mastodon
8. Riverside
9. dredg
10. Fine, Radiohead, even though I abhor them, I suppose they are important. to snobs at least

Most important today:

Dream Theater
Porcupine Tree
Opeth
Tool
Mars Volta
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (though it's odd for me to say that, and it may not be true)
Pain of Salvation

others?

Though I love Neo, I don't really see it being that important, per se. For the movement, that is.

Though it might be controversial, I'll suggest at the moment Porcupine Tree are the most important prog band. They're garnering incredible attention from press like Classic Rock mag and are getting a tremendously high number of good reviews on this site.


Edited by stonebeard - August 18 2007 at 03:58

stonebeard wrote: Most important today: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum (though it's odd for me to say that, and it may not be true)

I was SO close to putting SGM, but I don't think they're big enough nor have enough influence to be called that important

though they'd probably make it to the "Top Ten Best Newer Prog Groups" list.
I should totally start that thread.

For me the most important modern progrock bands are bands with an innovative and eclectic approach like:

Nemo, Kotobel, Senogul, William Gray and Lost World

schizoid_man77 wrote: Ok, I'm tired of all the neglect the modern prog bands are getting in these rescent "top ten" threads!   So come on, give some credit where credit is due!   Dream theater (not a big fan of them, but are massively important to the rebirth of symphonic prog) Porcupine tree Marillion Tool (the only prog band to have more than one radio hit since the seventies, c'mon!) Opeth (for going where no other prog bands has gone before!)   I only got five, but more will come!

Dream Theater: i agree, they are the most influential one and really great in mucisianship, also they've released most important masterpiece of this decade (Systematic Chaos)

Porcupine Tree: without doubt same league with Dream Theater, they maybe get even one step forward in the emotion and flow of music

Marillion: a masterpiece album in the 80s, 90s and Millenium - what more need to be said? Still my very favourite band in creating emotion that can make you cry

Opeth: Ghost Reveries album alone deserves them a permanent place in prog music ALL TIME top 10 records, simply amazing and very emotional

Rush: with Snakes & Arrows album they've re-created and re-invented their sound and they were always in the frontline developing prog forward

I am sorry to say but bands like Tool or Radiohead just don't do it for me, they are too much mainstream and Tool is nothing but grunge metal in my ears. Most amazing two new bands for me are Opeth and Porcupine Tree.