Your best Neo-band
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Topic: Your best Neo-band
Posted By: MANTICORE
Subject: Your best Neo-band
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 20:32
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the first works of Pendragon, in special "the world" and Marillion of course -------------  |
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 20:41
Arena 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 21:20
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Arena....with Marillion and Jadis close seconds -------------  |
Posted By: Canga
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 21:42
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The latest IQ (from album Ever to present) and the first Marillion (Fish era), followed close by the latest Arena (from album The Visitor to present) ------------- Canga (Argentina) |
Posted By: steelyhead
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 22:12
| Marillion is the absolut king (fish era) and very close Arena. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 23:23
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1. Marilion, Arena 3. Pendragon, IQ A lot of good stuff out there  ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 23:47
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i do not what is the deal with marillon
i do not find nothing amazing in their music if you want to call them prog. i gave a lot ilstening to most of their record and the flower king also and ai find them super boring and their musci does not go any where, like the real 70's prog rock gigants |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 16 2005 at 23:48
| porcupine tree that it!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: herbie53
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 00:07
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I will not vote in MARILLION, because for me they are not neo-prog. Maybe in the early days, or the first recordings with Fish, but this belongs to the past... The sound of the band today is a hybrid of prog, alternative and pop that is amazing, very superior to any neo-prog band... Then, my vote go to IQ. But I have to say: The best neo-prog album is PALLAS - The Sentinel !!! (If only the others albuns of the band were good as this...) |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 00:29
| If Porcupine Tree is considered neo-prog, they have my vote. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 02:13
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5 neo prog albums I wouldn't want to be without: 1.IQ - Ever 2.Marillion - Seasons End 3.Par Lindh Project - Veni Vidi Vici 4.Magenta - Seven 5.Anglagard - Hybris |
Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 02:17
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1 - IQ; 2 - Arena; 3 - Pendragon.
------------- Still alive... |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 03:03
| Could someone explain to me please what NEO means? |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 03:07
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Pendragon Mostly I like innovative music, and Pendragon is one of the least innovative bands I know. Still, I love their music. Most of it, anyway. Fevourite albums: The Jewel Kowtow The Rest Of Pendragon The Window Of Life The Masquerade Ouverture |
Posted By: JesusBetancourt
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 03:09
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Neo means NEW. Anglagard is the only labled neo-progressive band that I feel is progressive at all, well they are more synfonic rock then neo I guess. Then In that case I wouldnt pick any.
------------- "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" John 7:38 |
Posted By: JesusBetancourt
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 03:11
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If it were a life or death sitiuation Id pick I.Q. I guess. ------------- "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" John 7:38 |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 04:04
I thought that neo means recycled in neo-prog ... ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to: 
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JesusBetancourt wrote:Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 04:14
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Twelfth Night
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Posted By: Under
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 04:30
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The old Marillion albums are great and certainly progressive. |
Posted By: transend
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 04:35
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1. IQ 2. Twelfth night 3. Pallas 4. Pendragon 5. Marillion
Arena suck so bad, I dont know how anyone can listen to them... |
Posted By: JesusBetancourt
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 04:38
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No neo means new although I do find it quite rediculas to use the word "neo" with "proggressive" becouse the two do to a certain extent share the same common meaning. If something is to be labled Progressive, it has to be original, new, and grounbreaking( Funny I never thought about this before) therefore it is quite obvius to see how most groups labled in this forum are not truley progressive but they are new in the sense that they have been around for the last 10+ years......so I soppose that is what Neo must mean in this forum atleast. However, some music can be labled recycled becouse they are more of the same thing which therefor means they are not progressive as in the case of most of these titled "neo progressive" bands( although there are some new bands that are truley proggresive by definition, none of them however are on this forum-except anglaguard wich have a slightly didtinctive sound-or on your playlist).other truly progressive bands that have come in the last 10+ years are Echolyn, Happy family, White Willow, Ozric Tenticles, Fire Merchants, Opeth(to some degree) and a couple more that do not come to mind now. ------------- "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" John 7:38 |
Posted By: JesusBetancourt
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 04:41
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I dont mean that any of the bands on this forum are bad(There pretty good to a degree, and i do enjoy some) but they just do not measur up to the definition. ------------- "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" John 7:38 |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 04:50
I only have Contagion, and it's quite boring. It has nice melodies and everything, but everything they do on this album has been done better by other bands. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 05:05
Marillion... otherwise neo prog is  (enough people have slammed prog metal, RIO, The Mars Votla and/or Radiohead in the last few weeks to bring me to the "sick" emoticon. It's serious stuff  )
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Posted By: JesusBetancourt
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 05:11
------------- "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" John 7:38 |
Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 05:18
I don't think Contagion is a boring stuff. Anyway, try to listen a previous work, "The Visitor".This is the best ARENA album I've heard so far. Arguably the apex of the band. Very complex, good melodies and a lot of Nolan's keyboard. I expecially like the really great opener "A Crack in the Ice", Imo one of the best song of the group. ------------- Still alive... |
Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 05:43
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To me The Flower Kings without doubts, despite all the useless filler they stuff their albums with!
Then come Spock's Beard, and third Marillion ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: JrKASperov
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 05:45
The first neo prog band that makes a cd of the sound of them burning on a pyre.  ------------- Epic. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 05:48
| Flower Kings neo prog? Anglagard neo prog? I don't see it. |
Posted By: DarHobo
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 06:42
| Although I love Marillion, IQ, and Arena, I'd have to say my favorite "neo" prog bands are The Flower Kings and Porcupine Tree. |
Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 06:45
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IQ definitely for me. |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 06:58
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Solstice Fallen and forgotton soldiers of uk prog. I salute you for all of those wonderul Marquee gigs and for being genuinely different from the rest of the crowd even though your debut album was less than masterful.  Twelfth Night A fantastic band and Geoff Mann is much missed. They produced (IMO) one of the best prog live albums of all time in Live & Let Live.  Pallas You created my favourite prog EP with Knightmoves and you remain a fantastic live band to see.  ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 06:58
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1. IQ 2. Marillion 3. Pendragon 4. Twelfth Night 5. Pallas 6. Sylvan 7. Collage 8. Jadis 9. Arena 10. Aragon 11. Clepsydra 12. Abraxas 13. Final Conflict 14. Landberk 15. La Tulipe Noire 16. Quidam 17. Iluvatar 18. Satellite 19. Galahad 20. Galleon accidental order Space regards |
Posted By: Citanul
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 07:15
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I don't have that many neo-prog CDs in my collection, but out of those that I do have: 1) Marillion 2) Arena 3) IQ 4) Mr So & So 5) Pendragon 6) Landmarq 7) Pallas 8) Flamborough Head |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 07:33
| The Flower Kings - I love their epics. About the only neo-prog that does it for me. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 07:53
I think that IQ & Jadis are at the top of the tree... Marillion, Arena, Pallas & Pendragon are in the second rank... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Manunkind
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 16:54
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Discipline Pendragon Sylvan Satellite Quidam ------------- "In war there is no time to teach or learn Zen. Carry a strong stick. Bash your attackers." - Zen Master Ikkyu Sojun |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: June 17 2005 at 18:11
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For now: IQ - "Dark Matter" Jadis - "More than meets the eye" Quidam - "SurREvival" Sylvan - "Artificial Paradise"
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Posted By: Harold Demure
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 11:46
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1. Marillion (1. Script For..., 2. Fugazi)
2. IQ (1. Tales From The Lush Attic, 2. Dark Matter, 3. The Seventh House) 3. Arena (1. Songs From The Lions Cage, 2. The Visitor, 3. Contagion) 4. Satellite (A Street Between Sunrise And Sunset) 5. Pendragon (The Masquerade Overture) These are my best neo-prog bands and albums.  ------------- You can choose a ready guide In some celestial voice If you choose not to decide You still have made a choice |
Posted By: arkitek
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 11:50
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Bands: Pendragon! IQ Solo: Fish |
Posted By: DavidInsabella
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 13:48
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I only like Marillion, and possibly Fish's solo works. ------------- Life seemed to him merely like a gallery of how to be. 
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Posted By: BleedingGum
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 14:16
Quoted from the first page on progarchives: Neo Progressive: The Neo-Progressive subgenre of progressive rock grew out of a movement in the early 1980s by a number of U.K.-based bands that focused on music that was deeper than new wave, both instrumentally and lyrically. The premier band of the genre was Marillion, who went from lengthy club tours to the top of the charts within a few years and dropped from popular favor almost as fast. Neo-Prog bands are generally influenced by early Genesis, Camel, and to a lesser extent, Van der Graf Generator and Pink Floyd. The music holds a much more lush sound than general rock, but lacks the sophistication of truly symphonic progressive bands like Yes or amel. Instrumentally, the bands tend to be characterized by a "noodling" approach that focuses on dynamic solos, and at its best, neo-prog lyrics are deep, insightful, and acerbic. Whether neo-prog is diluted progressive or adventurous pop depends on the point of view of the listener — most progressive rock listeners are likely to find the genre dull and unchallenging, while fans of AOR will find the mix more interesting than most rock bands. Although all of the major bands are still producing albums, the classic era of neo-prog effectively ended when vocalist Fish left Marillion in 1987. Hope this help. ------------- ...this is called....BleedingGum ... ! |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 18 2005 at 14:31
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That makes sense to me ... And explains why Spock's Beard and The Flower Kings are not neo-prog. IMO neo-prog is a thing of the 80s, and didn't manage to create enough momentum to make it to the 90s. Bands like Spock's Beard, Glass Hammer and The Flower Kings revived the 70s symphonic prog rock genre, and I'd prefer that over neo-prog ANY time. But that doesn't mean that I'm right ... maybe at some time I will find what the excitement over IQ, Arena, Pendragon and Marillion is all about. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Edmund Kean
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 07:45
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Errm ... Marillion, Solstice, Dead Flowers, Paradise Lost ... want a list??? ------------- First they invented progressive rock ... then they invented THE SMOKE MACHINE! |
Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 08:11
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1. Marillion 2. Fish 3. Pendragon 4. IQ 5. Clepsydra |
Posted By: Poxx
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 08:31
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No Ozric Tentacles.... interesting. Too good I suppose. |
Posted By: Citanul
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 08:37
Can you give more some information about Paradise Lost? The only Paradise Lost I'm aware of is the metal band, who are definitely not neo-prog. |
Posted By: silvertree
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 09:26
| Collage / Edge / Minimum Vital / Garden Wall |
Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 10:31
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TOOL first and OZRIC TENTACLES second |
Posted By: Citanul
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 10:39
Neither of which are neo-prog by any stretch of the imagination. |
Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 10:48
I dont give a sh*t about labels, this is what i like most! |
Posted By: Citanul
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 10:54
OK, I can accept that. But it doesn't explain why you posted this in a thread about neo-prog bands. |
Posted By: Poxx
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:01
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Actually Ozric Tentacles are neo-prog, they are just purely instrumental. They do lean towards neo-psychedelia mostly though.
That's stupifyingly comical.
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Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:04
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Dream Theater Ayreon Ozric Tentacles |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:09
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Ozric Tentacles are argueable (I think they're Space Rock like Floyd), but DT, Ayreon and Tool are Progressive Metal. And even the more mellow parts are Symphonic Prog Rock, not neo-prog. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Poxx
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:23
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Like all other subgenres and prog in general, there's no absolute definition of what neo-prog is. I don't think OT are like Floyd at all, they are entirely different both in sound and style. Perhaps you just meant that they both could be categorized under space rock. One thing is for sure: Ayreon, Dream Theater and Tool are definitely not in the same category as traditional neo-prog bands like Marillion, IQ and Pendragon. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:27
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Don't worry Goosey they're not Neo Prog. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:37
I can post anywhere i like, that's my problem! |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 12:58
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Ehh, for the most part neo-prog is kinda dull to me. I do like Fish era
Marillion and some Arena I guess. IQ, Pendragon, Iluvator, and Jadis I
tried to like, and don't really dislike, but just didn't get all hot
and bothered over. Just all kinda sound like the same ideas, just
reheated and reserved.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 13:11
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Look guys i grown up with groups like eloy, rush, camel, gong, floyd,
king crimson etc! All these new bands (you want to call them neo-prog)
i dont care what label you put them on sound boring to me,they are bad
copies of the older groups! Now they all sound the same to me except
some very few like OZRIC TENTACLES, TOOL AND PORCUPINE TREE and they
are new prog for me, i dont care if they play progmetal or space rock!
I respect your opinion and you should respect mine! After all the name of the thread is NEO-BANDS AND NOT NEO-PROG!!! |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 13:25
I think the point is that neo-prog does not simply refer to newer prog bands, but is a pigeonhole that defines a specific sound as typified by bands like Marillion, IQ, Arena, etc... Ozric, Tool, and PT are all awesome new prog bands, no question. But none are considered neo-prog. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 13:30
The name of the thread is about new bands and not neo-prog bands! |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 13:48
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[/QUOTE] The name of the thread is about new bands and not neo-prog bands! [/QUOTE] Hmm, seems to me the topic was Your best Neo-band, not your favorite new prog band. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 14:01
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FINALLY SO MY BEST NEO-BANDS ARE TOOL OZRIC TENTACLES Mr Citanul!! |
Posted By: nick63
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 15:02
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Hello, In a random order: Magenta, Galleon, Is Porcupine Tree, RPWL, Riverside and / or Satelite Neo Prog too? ------------- Nick from the lovely South of the Netherlands |
Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 16:02
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The Ozrics are definitely not Neo-Prog - I should know, I played bass for them once
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 16:12
More than half of those are not neo-prog. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: tina
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 16:25
| Arena, Clive Nolan & Oliver Wakeman |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 16:44
| Marillion, afcourse,just listen to Script and Clutching. |
Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 17:10
IQ for me, too!! |
Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 17:33
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IQ for now
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Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 17:37
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Arena, Marillion, Pendragon, Clepsydra IQ would be similarly mentioned if they didn't have the crap drumming. It totally spoils Ever, is it the same on Subterranea? I am seriously thinking of getting it but couldn't cope with it if the drumming was the same. Why do some groups over emphasize the drums? They only got it right for Seventh House and Dark Matter. Currently listening to Satellite, Collage and Carptree |
Posted By: bamba
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 17:42
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Marillion and Arena. ------------- Learning Flute [Amigo de Manticore y Memowakeman] (primo)[IMG]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2187/2437702285_fbb450500d_o.jpg |
Posted By: Fragile
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 18:30
 And the mightily impressive Mostly autumn. |
Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 18:37
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clepsydra ------------- carefulwiththataxe |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 18:39
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http://www.markbredius.com/porcupinetree/ -
http://www.riverside.art.pl/eng/d_outofmyself.html">  http://www.markbredius.com/porcupinetree/ -
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 18:40
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I've got a cream that will cure that.......... |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: June 20 2005 at 18:53
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anything from: IQ Collage Marillion (till Brave) Pendragon Pallas Clepsydra Iluvatar Twelfth Night Jadis Arena Chandelier Steve Hackett (Defector + Spectral Mornings)
But, you guys, how can you forget VIOLET DISTRICT and ARAGON?????????
------------- [HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!> |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 02:30
Paul Cooks drumming is absolutely fine on Ever. |
Posted By: JesusBetancourt
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 02:40
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I agree with your opinion on Ozric Tentecles and Tool( Lateralus only)......I seemed to have missed the "Neo-Band" part, Sorry ------------- "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" John 7:38 |
Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: June 21 2005 at 12:35
NAME OF THE THREAD: YOUR BEST NEO-BAND and not your best neo-prog |
Posted By: Citanul
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 02:46
Considering that neo-prog is an accepted genre of prog, even though it may not say neo-prog, it's pretty clear (at least to most people who have posted on the thread) that a discussion of neo-prog is what was intended. This is also made clear by the first post on the thread which lists two of the better known neo-prog bands, and doesn't attempt to put any other definition to neo. |
Posted By: asturias
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 07:14
IQ |
Posted By: felona
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 09:09
I  IQ 2 ------------- I was never really sure what I was waiting for. When the moment came I was looking away ...... The Church "After Everything Now This" |
Posted By: neo eric
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 09:26
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Always the talking about neo-prog... if its prog or not, oh give me a brake! Of course it is. I think some people should find a description of what prog is (for example on this site, under "prog rock?") ...and then listen to neo-prog and do their own conclusion. I think the makers of this site know what prog is, and they have neo-prog as a genre. And finally, I think its stupid to always talk about different styles and genres, TAKE IT JUST AS MUSIK!!!!!!! MARILLION, PENDRAGON (maybe the greatest band ever, at least THE MASQUERADE OVERTURE speaks for that. I have just ordered the DVD; Live at last.. and more!!) , ARENA, AJALON IQ... I must listen more to neo-prog... I am sure I`ll find some more great bands. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 09:37
| I've never doubted that neo-prog is a style of progressive music, it's just not one I particularly enjoy. Or at all, really. But hey, RIO's not for everyone - doesn't mean it's not prog either! |
Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 09:42
Ok man anything you say, from now on when someone says death metal he means space rock and if he talks about prog metal he means art rock ! It seems that anything for you is neo-prog! |
Posted By: Citanul
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 09:50
And how do you come to that conclusion? The only bands I've described as being neo-prog are those that are generally accepted as being neo-prog. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 10:54
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you are right man!!!! I have been listening to prog rock for the past 21 years and all these neo prog groups are all very boring to me and unspiring. with the exceptions of the band you mentioned Ozric tentacles ( the best of them all) porcupine tree Dream theater ( 90's albums to now) tool ( they are f**king ammazing) and that it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! forget the rest!!!!!!! |
Posted By: felixxx
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 11:22
I love you man  |
Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 11:48
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Well, with all due respect, I don't consider neo to be true prog. I really don't consider (Fish-era) Marillion or IQ neo-prog. I mean, IQ's latest album has a 24-minute epic on it - how can that be neo? For pure neo, I like It Bites, Mr. So & So, ande Blue Shift. And for you neo-fans, I highly recommend you check out some of the symphonic bands of the 90s like Citizen Cain and The Watch. I think you'll leave neo behind. ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 11:48
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Which neo prog band? ------------- 
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Posted By: Forgotten Son
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 14:12
That's a rather elitest statement |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 17:54
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I don't like neo. Sorry. |
Posted By: Storm-Crow
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 19:41
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No way Anglagard is Neo-Prog...Its an original brand of music and deserves recognition as such Just because its more modern and has influences from 70's prog such as camel and yes doesn't make it neo. It melodies in my opinion are superior to many of the most popular 70's prog bands. ------------- Take a salt tablet!!! |
Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 21:00
It's not an elitist statement. Rather, I feel that the neo-prog genre and prog per se are inherently contradictory. Neo-prog is relatively simple in structure and approach, while prog isn't. There's nothing wrong with simplicity. As a huge fan of 60s garage music, both vintage and retro, I have more music tracks in the <3 minutes range in my music library than possibly anyone else on this newsgroup. Certain bands, like IQ, I think are mislabled, and should be called symphonic. Most others - like Hogarth-era Marillion, Pendragon, Grey Lady Down, etc. - should probably be labled art rock. ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: June 22 2005 at 23:22
i disagree completely, I think the neo-prog genre is one of the better labels we have, for the simpler bands that take elements of both pop music and symphonic 70's prog, and seek to blend the two, and revive prog into a modern interesting form. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 00:42
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Well, although I love Marillion, I.Q. and Arena, I must say, agreeing with Flowerchild, that Twelfth Night is my favorite Neo Prog band. Their album, Fact and Fiction is my favorite of all the neo-prog out there, even beating out such great albums as Script for a Jester's Tear, The Seventh House, and Songs from the Lion's Cage. I'm a recent convert to Twelfth Night, having heard Fact and Fiction for the first time about two years ago and since then I've managed to snap up all of the band's releases on cyclops. For anyone who hasn't experienced the songs Creepshow or Human Being, get Fact and Fiction as soon as possible. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: kirklott
Date Posted: June 23 2005 at 20:04
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Then what's the difference between art-rock and neo-prog? ------------- "Progressive rock is the key to the continuance of human evolution." - Charles Darwin |