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I'm a relativly young progger. I've grown up on the classics of ELP, Genesis, Tull, Yes and Crimsion. I have spent the last few years listening to these in depth as well as exploring other, less mainstream older prog such as the canterbury scene. However, my biggest regret is that i can't enjoy prog in the flesh as my fav band are now either jeriactric or dead. I haven't really looked at mordern prog yet as i didn't realise that their was much of it. I tried dream theater and never really enjoyed it. I would really apprieciate some other avenues to explore. 

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30761760 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: February 15 2009 Status: Offline Points: 20	Topic: New Prog recommendations Posted: February 16 2009 at 15:14
	Hi I'm a relativly young progger. I've grown up on the classics of ELP, Genesis, Tull, Yes and Crimsion. I have spent the last few years listening to these in depth as well as exploring other, less mainstream older prog such as the canterbury scene. However, my biggest regret is that i can't enjoy prog in the flesh as my fav band are now either jeriactric or dead. I haven't really looked at mordern prog yet as i didn't realise that their was much of it. I tried dream theater and never really enjoyed it. I would really apprieciate some other avenues to explore.
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The Quiet One Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: January 16 2008 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 15745	Posted: February 16 2009 at 15:21
	Here great Modern Prog bands: Porcupine Tree, Flower Kings, The Tangent, Transatlantic, Spock's Beard, Radiohead, many others... From the 70's, I can recomend you Triumvirat if you like ELP, they're softer, less classical based, still with stunning moog and hammond work you should enjoy. Start with Illusions on a Double Dimple. If you haven't yet, check Van Der Graaf Generator, dark, emotional prog, totally unique, then Gentle Giant, quite weird at first listen, still excellent. Also you have to check Frank Zappa, the greatest of the greatests. Start with One Size Fits All or Hot Rats or Over-Nite Sensation, though you may feel too much jazz, maybe, not sure about your tastes. If you like heavy stuff though not up to metal, check the Heavy Prog sub-genre, excellent stuff.

EvilGnome Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 23 2006 Location: AZ Status: Offline Points: 709	Posted: February 16 2009 at 16:55
	There's a lot of good modern prog and more classic prog than you can imagine. I'll second cacho's recommendations of Porcupine Tree (In Absentia is a great start) and Van der Graaf Generator (Still Life is my current favorite of theirs). For the modern bands, I'd recommend: IQ - Dark Matter (2004) Little Atlas - Hollow (2007) Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon (2007) Riverside - Second Life Syndrome (2005) Simon Says - Tardigrade (2008) If you want to dig further into the classic era, here are some great starting points: Eloy - Floating (1974) Harmonium - Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison (1975) Invisible - Durazno sangrando (1975) Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra (1973) Strawbs - From the Witchwood (1971) Trace - Trace (1974) (since you like ELP)

Henry Plainview Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 26 2008 Location: Declined Status: Offline Points: 16715	Posted: February 17 2009 at 02:40
	65daysofstatic--One Time For All Time Sleepytime Gorilla Museum--Of Natural History Afenginn--Akrobakkus Aranis--s/t or Aranis II Also, listen to Henry Cow for oldschool prog.
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sleeper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449	Posted: February 17 2009 at 08:51
	White Willow- Storm Season, Ignis Fatuus Wobbler- Hinterland Anekdoten- Vemod, Nucleus Saens- Escaping from the Hands of God Sensitive to Light- From the Ancient World The Flower Kings- Unfold the Future, Retropolis Transatlantic- SMPTe Spock's Beard- V Porcupine Tree- In Absentia The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium Marillion- Script for a Jesters Tear, Brave, Marbles The Reasoning- Dark Angel IQ- Dark Matter, The Seventh House Guapo- Five Suns, Black Oni, Elixirs The Tangent- The Music that Died Alone, A Place inthe Queue Echolyn- Mei Nemo- Presage Taal- Skymind If you want to know what the Progressive metal genres have to offer, and theres a hell of a lot, let me us know and we can drum up quite a rec list for you.
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30761760 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: February 15 2009 Status: Offline Points: 20	Posted: February 21 2009 at 09:44
	Thanks for the suggestions guys, certainly got enough here to start a whole new albam collection! I'm already a big lover of the strawbs (brave new world is one of my fav albams) and i have gentle giant's live albam 'playing the fool'. In reply to sleeper, the more the merrier. i've got a very open mind and i already enjoy alot of the godfathers of metal. Anyway, i'm off to the record store.
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Negoba Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 24 2008 Location: Big Muddy Status: Offline Points: 5210	Posted: February 21 2009 at 15:36
	Others have hit some great choices including some of the must haves (Spock's Beard V, Riverside's Second Life Syndrome). Plainview is sending you down the avant path so tread carefully....but there are some true gems to be found in avant. My few cents: Modern: Umphrey's Mcgee - Mantis (2009) Frost * - Experiments in Mass Appeal (2008) Lunatic Soul - Lunatic Soul (2008) Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic, Part 1 Metal (warning thar be dragonvoice on the first two of these): Opeth - Watershed (2008) Dark Suns - Grave Human Genuine (2008) Devin Townsend - Terria Indukti - SUSAR ARK - ARK Older stuff that you've probably already heard: Gentle Giant: Octopus Steve Hackett: Voyage of the Acolyte Gryphon: Red Queen to Gryphon Three Be careful who you call jeriactric, some geezers lurk around Edited by Negoba - February 21 2009 at 15:37
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