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Old 01-06-2007, 00:22
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Genisis, ufo,marrillion. Come on confess - you are a progger!

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Old 01-06-2007, 00:32
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I confess i'm a bit of a progger and often visit this web site.

http://www.progarchives.com/
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Old 01-06-2007, 00:33
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The only true prog rock band RUSH
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Old 01-06-2007, 00:38
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Listened to Going For The One by Yes end to end the other day going to work. Superb. Looking forward to Todd Rundgren tomorrow.
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Old 01-06-2007, 00:39
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The only true prog rock band RUSH
Rush do kick lol
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Old 01-06-2007, 01:57
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Genisis, ufo,marrillion. Come on confess - you are a progger!
Love UFO - got my own 'best-of' permanently in the car multi-changer - wouldn't really call them 'prog' though......

Also gotta admit to a liking of all things 'Rush' - and early Marillion.
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Old 01-06-2007, 03:29
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Are UFO, Marrillion and Rush prog rock?

Listened to Going For The One by Yes end to end the other day going to work. Superb. Looking forward to Todd Rundgren tomorrow.
Which Todd Rundgren?
The best are A Wizard A True Star and Todd
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Old 01-06-2007, 07:01
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Camel! Yes! Moody Blues! And who watched the docu about The Old Gray (Grey?) Whistle Test???
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Old 01-06-2007, 07:36
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YES my fella is I just put up with it lol
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Old 01-06-2007, 08:58
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I have a few on my Zen, permantly; Yes, Rush, King Crimson,Camel.
Depending on how some sites classify their music - Alan Parsons Project, Asia, Wishbone Ash, Barclay James Harvest
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Old 01-06-2007, 09:23
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Hail Rick Wakeman and "Camelot on Ice"!! I only wish you could get it on DVD
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Old 01-06-2007, 09:29
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I have a few on my Zen, permantly; Yes, Rush, King Crimson,Camel.
Depending on how some sites classify their music - Alan Parsons Project, Asia, Wishbone Ash, Barclay James Harvest

I wouldn't have had 'Asia' down as prog either - but loved the first, self-titled album, particularly the track 'Only Time Will Tell'
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Old 01-06-2007, 10:05
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Caravan, Soft Machine and Gentle Giant.
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Old 01-06-2007, 10:28
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Caravan, Soft Machine and Gentle Giant.
Good call on Gentle Giant.
I love their 3 albums In a Glass House, The Power and the Glory and Free Hand. I didn't like some of the earlier or later albums that I've heard bits and pieces of - although the track Interview sounds interesting.

Others I like -
Yes (Yes Album to Relayer) - went to see the Steve Howe Trio a couple of weeks ago, and it was fantastic. They did a jazz version of Mood For a Day, and also played The Solid Time of Change (Close To The Edge), and Siberian Khatru for an encore.

Todd Rundgren - everything up to Initiation (especially that wild Treatise on Cosmic Fire!), and then after that just bits and pieces.

ELP - but only selected bits - I have mixed feelings about them - they've done some great stuff and some crap.

Jethro Tull - mainly up to and including Thick as a Brick.

Genesis - Foxtrot to Lamb Lies Down.

Gong - (prog rock? - I suppose so) - Camembert Electrique & the Radio Gnome trilogy. (Loved the house remix of You as well)

King Crimson

Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts & H to He (don't know any of their other stuff)
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Old 01-06-2007, 10:43
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You think Tull are prog? More like Folk-Rock IMO.
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Old 01-06-2007, 11:00
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I must say that I'm very partial to a bit of Focus.

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Old 01-06-2007, 11:24
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You think Tull are prog? More like Folk-Rock IMO.
Blues-rock for the first couple of albums. Jazz, even.

Nowadays, Dungen have a pretty good take on prog. And I reckon the Flaming Lips are prog in their own addled way.
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Old 01-06-2007, 11:26
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The only true prog rock band RUSH
Here, Here, though I will add in Yes and Cream to this exclusive club.
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Old 01-06-2007, 11:36
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You think Tull are prog? More like Folk-Rock IMO.
Well, just Thick as a Brick and A Passion Play
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Old 01-06-2007, 11:36
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Kings of prog-rock - Focus, my favourite band of all time.
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Old 01-06-2007, 12:00
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Yes are great. It's a shame most people don't get the lyrics and think Jon Anderson makes up lyrics that 'just sound good'. Totally misses the point of Yes all together.

Rush are also great but are becoming more unprogressive with each successive album. Hemispheres was the best, a complete blast
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Old 01-06-2007, 12:14
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Does Mike Oldfield count or is it just prog-lite?
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Old 01-06-2007, 12:17
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Is this some kind of secret men's business then? I've no idea what you're all talking about.
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Old 01-06-2007, 12:24
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You're all sodding stuck in the 70s!

There's plenty of great prog bands that've appeared in the last 15 or so years. Granted, the better ones tend to have a heavier edge than anything from the 70s that puts them more into the prog metal bracket (e.g. Pain Of Salvation), but the likes of Frost*, Spock's Beard, Porcupine Tree deserve a mention.
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Old 01-06-2007, 12:31
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You're all sodding stuck in the 70s!

There's plenty of great prog bands that've appeared in the last 15 or so years. Granted, the better ones tend to have a heavier edge than anything from the 70s that puts them more into the prog metal bracket (e.g. Pain Of Salvation), but the likes of Frost*, Spock's Beard, Porcupine Tree deserve a mention.
Nah I think most prog is utter crap but I do like The bands I mentioned.
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