Fill in the Blank (One Choice Only)
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Topic: Fill in the Blank (One Choice Only)
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Subject: Fill in the Blank (One Choice Only)
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 14:12
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Please fill in the blank with one and only one choice only.
"Thank you, Prog Archives, for introducing me to the music of _________!"
It's a hard choice for me, but I'm going to fill in the blank with Le Orme.
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Posted By: FranMuzak
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 14:22
| NEMO ! |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 14:34
|
OCEANSIZE
or GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR |
Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 14:34
| CAN |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 14:47
Same here. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Prog-jester wrote:Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 14:49
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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum ------------- What? |
Posted By: jikai55
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 14:50
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SGM! ------------- 
I like cheese and I like metal! --Mikael Åkerfeldt |
Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 14:51
| Red Sparowes |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 14:57
The girl who does "My Boobs Are OK"  ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 14:59
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LITTLE ATLAS ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 15:00
 it's so true.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 15:01
| Unexpect |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 15:10
Isn't it funny? A prog-site helps to discover the best post-rock band 
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Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 15:27
| The Mars Volta |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 15:36
| alusa fallax |
Posted By: paloz
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 15:38
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GYBE! Really, thank you ProgArchives!
Thank you, thank you...
(really good topic)
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 15:41
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I'd have a really hard time with just one choice. I've been visiting for over a year and there are several. The latest was Phideaux.
In violation of your question I am adding the following:
Mr. Bungle
Explosions In The Sky
Pure Reason Revolution ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 15:41
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Well I could name tens of bands, but... Genesis. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 15:46
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Though there are of course many bands I discovered here, I'll mention one of the first bands I discovered here, whose album both my wife and I are in love with:
"Thank you, Prog Archives, for introducing me to the music of http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1476 - MALDOROR !"
Their album, http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=6937 - L'Arbre-Cimetière , is fantastic and even better when you understand French. ------------- http://hangingsounds.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - Hanging Sounds http://www.progarchives.com/ProgRockShopping.asp" rel="nofollow - PA Index of prog music vendors |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 15:46
That's cheating!!!!! One choice only!!!!
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Posted By: infandous
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 15:50
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Wow, that's really tough. I've been coming here since 2005 and there have been so many. But FranMuzak mentioned the one that seems to stand out the most, so I'll go with that one..........Nemo! |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 16:03
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There are so many bands that i've got to know through this site.ANEKDOTEN and PORCUPINE TREE would top my list,although the whole Zeuhl genre deserves a mention.Listening to JANNICK TOP right now and it's a killer i tell ya. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 16:17
Italian prog in general 
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 16:40
You're damn right.
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Posted By: russellk
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 16:59
| Opeth. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 17:05
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...the music of the Zeuhl/Avant-Garde/Krautrock/Canterbury realm... Some bands in particular: Magma, Dun, Yezda Urfa, Caravan, Soft Machine, Henry Cow, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, GY!BE, Gong, Can, Kayo Dot...among others. And also, if it were not for PA, I would never have heard of Bass Communion or Steven Wilson's ambient projects (though, more particularly, it is Dan [asimplemistake] who introduced me to them via his myspace top friends. Thanks, PA, all the same) |
Posted By: fuxi
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 17:17
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Discus!!!
Their second album, TOT LICHT, is absolutely astonishing. The best possible prog for the new millenium. |
Posted By: Flucktrot
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 18:00
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Neal Morse ------------- Thank you, God of Rock, for this chance to kick ass |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 18:02
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MAGMA! ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 18:08
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Espiritu ...and a heap of other bands from South America ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 18:09
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Pain of Salvation,
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: angelmk
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 18:18
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well there are many bands that i ve first aquainted with on progarchives but some of them real struck me: ANEKDOTEN MAGMA UEXPECT DZYAN YATHA SIDRA GILA AYREON RIVERSIDE ------------- www.last.fm/user/angelmk 
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 18:21
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There's so many, can't name'em all! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: daSilva
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 18:39
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Mastodon.
I'm not sure they're prog, though.
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 18:50
| Ozric Tentacles |
Posted By: dAJaro
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 18:51
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Progressive Rock!
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/dAJaro/?chartstyle=basic10"> 
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 18:52
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Tool
Wow, I had to get an underground music site to show me a mainstream band ------------- 
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Posted By: sheeves
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 18:57
| King Crimson |
Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 19:19
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Porcupine Tree ------------- 
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Posted By: Camel_APPeal
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 19:30
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Thank you PA for all the good times I've spent since I found you! But in order to name only one in particular it would have to be:
HARMONIUM (!!!)
Clappies to PA: ------------- 
"After all, it's music what we're talking about here, so there's no best or worst; just what you like and what you don't" |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 19:38
Don't be ashamed of that, I wouldn't have heard/discovered 80s Genesis, Styx, any prog metal band or Roxy Music through PA (among others) and I consider all of those mainstream. |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 19:40
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Gentle Giant!
------------- The best you can is good enough... |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 19:50
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 20:42
Why thank you!
...but dont get too content with helping me out, I dont have any GG -------------
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 20:46
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You should get on that. Free Hand, Glass House, or Power and the Glory are all good starting points. Octopus is also good, but I wouldn't consider it excellent, nor a good starting place (however, the song Knots is a prog anthem and should without a doubt be in the possession of EVERY SINGLE PROG FAN IN THE WORLD!) |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 20:54
Actually I'd say Octopus is a good starting point because of it's accessibility, but the other 3 you mentioned win. Yes, my sentence completion is "Gentle Giant" as well. -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:10
You know what else? In the blank space I'd also write "Genesis", because they were discovered by me thanks to PA too. And trust me, after hearing Tull, Focus, King Crimson, even Pink Floyd, I don't think they're mandatory at all ------------- The best you can is good enough... |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:14
Yes, I find Octopus very accessible, but considering 'zoid is now a Magma-nite, I don't think it matters how accessible it is. |
Posted By: P.H.P.
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:15
I disagree, Gentle Giant are a superb band in Symphonic Prog, really impressive, but by no reason they're more important or more essential than Genesis, this band is essential, defining in Prog Rock, wheter you like the factual music or not. |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:18
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Robotobibok. ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:19
I just say that because Gentle Giant are not only the perfect archetype of a prog rock band, but they incorporate nearly every prog subgenre, and they were never subject to humilation such as other prog rock bands, and are, to boot, an excellent group. |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:21
| King Crimson |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:22
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Damn thats so Hard Flower Kings ------------- |
Posted By: P.H.P.
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:23
As Metallica once said: "Sad but True" 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:32
indeeeeeeeeeed ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:35
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Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:36
I saw the power and the glory a little while ago in a CD store, but I didnt know if it was one of their good albums or not. -------------
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:37
------------- <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: P.H.P.
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:40
Well, that's because Gentle Giant is a respected and charismatic band among Prog ricles, with complete and excellent musicians, and they never were really subject of humiliation like you said, because they career was short compared to other Prog Rock bands, and they never explored a more mainstream music sound and left Prog Rock behind, they just stopped instead of doing bad stuff. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 21:49
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True. Although Civilian and Giant for a DAy are supposedly poor (never heard 'em, myself). |
Posted By: Darklord55
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 22:59
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I could name at least 20 since I started visiting last December. I will mention only two. The Flower Kings and Opeth. Thank you Prog Archives. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 23:23
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The whole Italian prog scene (ISP & RPI) -------------  |
Posted By: Yontar
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 23:31
agreed, I found out about them on here and then looked em up on myspace. Great, great band. ------------- basically in a few words, prog metal owns! 
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 23:34
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AFTER CRYING and a bunch of excellent East Europe bands!
BTW, it's one of the most uplifting threads I've seen recently, a beam of light amid so many nihilist threads. Thanks to the starter, a fine idea!!!  ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: September 24 2007 at 23:40
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Is it just for fun???????
------------- The best you can is good enough... |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 01:17
No....it's DEEP SERIOUS.... So don't go fooling around.... this thread may cause your expulsion from PA....   ------------- 
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Posted By: zachfive
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 04:32
| Gong,Camel, Alphataurus, and many more. Thank you all. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 04:38
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SInce i first visited in summer 2005, i've discovered: Eloy, Gong, Ozric Tentacles, VDGG, Yes... the list could go on forever!
Thanks alot PA!
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Posted By: FruMp
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 05:17
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Half the bands I know
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Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 05:22
so true... ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 05:30
What, only one ?  Well, let's see, is it TAPROBAN, SATELLITE, QUIDAM, TEMPUS FUGIT? No, can't make up my mind, so it's just THANK YOU PA!!  ------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 06:47
| Camel. |
Posted By: cacha71
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 06:56
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PHOENIX
Thank YOU! ------------- http://www.last.fm/group/Progressive+Folk |
Posted By: T.Rox
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 07:34
I concur ... Another great band that I had not heard of until PA!
 ------------- "Without prog, life would be a mistake." ...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 09:05
Van der Graaf Generator.  ------------- 
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Posted By: oracus
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 09:44
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Mmm, maybe hundreds of bands... But the most precious one is Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso some years ago :-) ------------- 
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: September 25 2007 at 09:56
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Thank you, Prog Archives, for encouraging me to see the brilliance in the Gabriel era of Genesis. E ------------- 
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Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:15
| Fantasy.Lovely lovely album. |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:32
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Van der Graaf Generator Gentle Giant The Mars Volta Magma Art Zoyd Univers Zéro Can't choose one. If I have to, Van der Graaf Generator. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:34
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Sadly, as much as I enjoy this website I haven't had much luck with the recommendations so far. I tried Opeth but don't like the death growls. Although, I suppose thank you for Damnation, because I do really like this album.
I tried VDGG because they are so highly praised here, but so far, the vocals were too strange for me. (Funny enough, since many people don't like my fave Rush because they don't like Geddy's vocals).
I did recently order albums from Collage and Satellite which I am really liking (although the Polish vocals of Collage don't really work for me since I don't know any Polish, I do like the music). Definitely on their way for a thank you.
I suppose that my biggest thank you to PA goes towards renewing my interest in bands that I had discovered previously but had moved on from: Dream Theater and Porcupine Tree. In addition PA has made me go back and re-listen/listen closer to the albums of the classic prog bands Rush, Yes, Genesis, ELP, and King Crimson. Haven't made it back to JT and Pink Floyd yet, but eventually. ------------- 
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:41
You just did pick one!!!  |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: September 27 2007 at 16:49
| Abba |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 28 2007 at 10:12
Perhaps it was clumsily written. If I had a gun against my head, I would have said VdGG. Otherwise I would say those and maybe a couple of others too.  |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 12:51
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Ash Ra (as well as loads of other Krautrock gems). ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: October 01 2007 at 15:21
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The Mars Volta. Mind you, about 90% of my collection(almost 500 cd's) I discovered here. TMV just became one of my top 2 favorite bands. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |