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Poll Question: Which is your favorite 70’s prog rock band from Italy?
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    Posted: August 06 2005 at 09:23

vote and explain your choice if possible

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PFM.....I have just started listening to Italian prog and they were the first band from that genre that I really liked.I like Banco too.


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I haven't heard too many of these bands, but Banco del Mutuo Soccorso are my faves so far.
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Biglietto per l'Inferno; Jethro Tull meet Led Zeppelin with strange & emphatic voice...
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PFM is great. One of the best Progressive Rock bands ever
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Many essential italian prog bands are missing : le orme, saint-just, celeste, metamorfosi, pierrot lunaire.

Saint-just is a folk italian band I discovered recently and it blew me away. I will refer to their first album, as it's the only one I own. It is indeed far much different from the other italian bands (apart from bands such as celeste or il paese dei balocchi)that are nothing more than ELP meets VDGG clones and tend to sound all alike.

With Saint-Just, I am bamboozled by the impressive female vocals (on par with Kate Bush and the girl who sings in the RIO-oriented band Hardscore). The music is mainly acoustic and lets the vocals shine all along the album. One of the songs is sung in french, BTW.

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Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Many essential italian prog bands are missing : le orme, saint-just, celeste, metamorfosi, pierrot lunaire.


Saint-just is a folk italian band I discovered recently and it blew me away. I will refer to their first album, as it's the only one I own. It is indeed far much different from the other italian bands (apart from bands such as celeste or il paese dei balocchi)that are nothing more than ELP meets VDGG clones and tend to sound all alike.


With Saint-Just, I am bamboozled by the impressive female vocals (on par with Kate Bush and the girl who sings in the RIO-oriented band Hardscore). The music is mainly acoustic and lets the vocals shine all along the album. One of the songs is sung in french, BTW.



Yes, fantastic group, look also for Jenny Sorrenti (the female singer) solo works...
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PFM definately, very emotionally moving in my opinion.
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Points: 3597 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2005 at 04:48
Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Many essential italian prog bands are missing : le orme, saint-just, celeste, metamorfosi, pierrot lunaire.

comme par hasard!!
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Points: 606 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2005 at 09:03
Originally posted by abyssyinfinity abyssyinfinity wrote:

Originally posted by lucas lucas wrote:

Many essential italian prog bands are missing : le orme, saint-just, celeste, metamorfosi, pierrot lunaire.


Saint-just is a folk italian band I discovered recently and it blew me away. I will refer to their first album, as it's the only one I own. It is indeed far much different from the other italian bands (apart from bands such as celeste or il paese dei balocchi)that are nothing more than ELP meets VDGG clones and tend to sound all alike.


With Saint-Just, I am bamboozled by the impressive female vocals (on par with Kate Bush and the girl who sings in the RIO-oriented band Hardscore). The music is mainly acoustic and lets the vocals shine all along the album. One of the songs is sung in french, BTW.



Yes, fantastic group, look also for Jenny Sorrenti (the female singer) solo works...

The 2nd album "La Casa del Lago" is in my opinion even a little better. It might not be as unique as the 1st one, which is of course great as well, but I still prefer it.
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Points: 115 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 07 2005 at 11:22
I gave my vote to others.

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