• From: Blagoveshchensk (Russia)
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Topic: Progressive Rock

I'd like to know are there any progressive rock listeners here? Talking about this genre I mean, first of all, the bands from 70s, such as King Crimson, Genesis, ELP, Gentle Giant, Rush, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and many many others. I'm not much fond of a so-called progressive metal as its idea seems to be something like "being complicated for being complicated", but it's just my opinion. I'm interested in what progressive rock bands are listened to and loved in other countries, like the US and european ones. As one of me my friens says, stay progressive!:)

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Re: Progressive Rock

I'm a fan of King Crimson.. Caught them a couple of years ago in concert and thought they were great
Robert Fripp, and Adrien Belew can play some guitar, and they have alot of fun on stage. Their musics not for everyone .
Also been getting into Porcupine Tree . Both are extremely talented bands that have their own cult like
following.
Gotta change it up once in awhile... Variety is the spice of life..
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  • From: Blagoveshchensk (Russia)
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Re: Progressive Rock

JBrules,

And did you listen to Trey Gunn's solo albums? Right now I'm watching his DVD "Untune the Sky" - what a wonderful music it is!

4 Reply by Angela (edited by Angela 2008-08-07 16:17:13)

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Re: Progressive Rock

Hello Allan,

I have a huge vinyl collection of music, not everything I repurchased on CD's, so I use to listen to more prog than now.  However, my 19 year old son, who is home from college for the summer is a huge prog fan.  A couple of years ago, we reconnected our turntable so the kids could explore our albums and this son I mentioned got totally turned on to prog music....he really is into, King Crimson, Yes, Tull, ELP and most recently Renaissance.  Personally, I think Annie Haslam has one of the most angelic voices, just love her and she is very popular in the region of the US I live in (NE), she lives 45 minutes from us and gets some local attention. "Mother Russia" is a killer song, I'm wondering if you like it?  Banco you mentioned, my son showed me a clip, some singing, WOW...he didn't care for Gentle Giant too much.  If you have a list of what is considered Prog, I'd like to see it.  He keeps trying to uncover new bands, I don't think he's partial to Rush.

Two cool things recently, Allan & JB- about a month ago, I was in my kitchen and heard out of nowhere the great song from In the Court of the Crimson King...21st Century Schizoid Man.  I thought someone had pulled into the garage and it was coming from their car, but no one came through the door.  Then it stopped and no one was home but me....I walked around the house questioning my sanity...:lol:  I do Talk To The Wind sometimes, so my status is questionable. big_smile  I later found out, that tune is my 19 year old's current ringtone on his cell phone, which he doesn't take to work since he gets dirty and wet on the job sometimes. 

And, Jethro Tull is appearing in concert tomorrow night and last minute, father and son, wanted to go.  I'm everybody's secretary in my household,;) so I was on it,  I hated to pay scalpers price, I went on line and tickets that were held dropped 3 days before the show, I got them tickets in the 13th row center at face value and added bonus Peter Frampton is also performing.  I can't go, unfortunately...

So, that's my prog story wink  If you are a YES fan let me know, there was a petition to get them in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

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Re: Progressive Rock

Angela wrote:

I was in my kitchen and heard out of nowhere the great song In the Court of the Crimson King...

Just so images of the album cover don't start flashin' before your eyes, Angela, you'll be fine.....

I can still hear my mother yellin' at me to turn it down.....what a great, great song.....

btw, yer son has great taste in music.....as do you.....

You too Allan and JB!!

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Re: Progressive Rock

hey SRV,
Yeah, very scary cover.  A couple of years ago I was behind a pick-up truck on the road.  The back tailgate of the truck was painted with the album cover, no words, I recognized it immediately.  And the ringtone is this, from In the Court...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcdM1xEiQN0

SRV wrote:
Angela wrote:

I was in my kitchen and heard out of nowhere the great song In the Court of the Crimson King...

Just so images of the album cover don't start flashin' before your eyes, Angela, you'll be fine.....

I can still hear my mother yellin' at me to turn it down.....what a great, great song.....

btw, yer son has great taste in music.....as do you.....

You too Allan and JB!!

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7 Reply by Allan_Severin (edited by Allan_Severin 2008-08-07 18:25:36)

  • From: Blagoveshchensk (Russia)
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Re: Progressive Rock

Hello, Angela!

Angela wrote:

If you have a list of what is considered Prog, I'd like to see it.

I think you'll enjoy visiting www.progarchives.com - a really great source about progressive music of all the kinds (art rock, kraut rock, Italian sympho prig, eclectic prog, etc). Here you can find even some of the Russian bands - here's one of my favorite prog groups ever from Kursk, called "Little Tragedies" ("Malen'kie Tragedii" if transcribed from Russian): http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2055, their web site is www.littletragedies.com. I'd be glad if you spend some of your free time getting acquainted with their music. Personally I was trully impressed by this band as they play something like the magnificent ELP trio used to! And if you ask me about my favorite prog groups, here's the short list: Analogy, Andwella, Arti+Mestieri, Asfalto, Biglietto Per L'Inferno, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Camel, Diablo Swing Orchestra (a nice surprise from Sweden), Electric Sandwich, Eloy (to my mind, the best German prog band of all I've heard up to now), ELP, Fish (ex-Marillion), Fruupp, Genesis, Genle Giant (one of my favorite ones), Gravy Train, Hawkwind, Il Balletto di Bronzo (their YS is the pure magic), Jethro Tull (my first prog love:)), Kaipa, King Crimson (of course), Kraan, Little Tragedies, Locanda Delle Fate, Magma (France), Magma (Germany), Marillion (another favorite), My Solid Ground, Osanna, Pentacle, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, Rush, Sasha Sitkovetsy (the guitarist from Soviet art rock band "Autograph", whoes second album was released in the US), Sky, Spock's Beard, Sweet Smoke, Tarantula (70's passionate art rock from Spain), The Hideous Sun Demons, Transatlantic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Trespass, Trey Gunn, Triumvirat. As you see, most of the list is from 70's. And opening some new undiscovered abnds is a great pleasure - luckily, there are thousands of undiscovered prog talents from the past and the present. 
I'll be glad to do anythnig I can for Yes' getting in the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame!

Jane H.,
I also think that calling lots of todays groups "progressive" is a very strange approach. First of all, progressive rock is the music of 70's and, unfortunately, many of today's musicains claiming they play prog have nothing in common with this style.
By the way, all the real prog fans I know are big fans of Joe, too. So your mission has already been accomplished partially:)

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Re: Progressive Rock

Hi Allan,
A big THANKS for all that info!! WOW, you know a lot of bands.  This is the info about YES, it didn't get much response here, but I got the info through a guy on talk-radio in my area who is moving towards getting a spot on cable TV, he substitutes for TV hosts sometimes.  Michael is a big YES fan and has had Jon Anderson on his show.

http://www.jbonamassa.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5267

And sidenote to SRV-I have some of those parental memories as well, but under my own roof, I still crack up about giving child#2 a hard time for listening to what I call "anger music" (like a Rage Against the Machine w/ cursing) and he turns to me and starts singing Hendrix's Hey Joe where you going with that gun in your hand, going down to shoot my ol' lady...pointing out the anger and violence...I had no response except to laugh, he caught me off guard, except I still say Hendrix didn't sound as violent, it was a major case of the blues.  What goes around comes around...

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  • Registered: 2006-04-22
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Re: Progressive Rock

I am a big fan of "prog" music . I still listen to much of the music that I listened to back in the late 70's, bands like Yes, King Crimson,Genesis, Nektar, Camel,ELP, Caravan,Jethro Tull,Pink Floyd,UK,Mahavishnu Orchestra,Barclay James Harvest,Pendragon,Kansas & Ambosia.
There is also music that is not quite what some call "prog" but to me it was progressive, bands like Supertramp, pre- Steve Perry-Journey, Santana,Todd Rundgren,Uriah Heep, Styx , UFO, Tommy Bolin & Triumph.
I am sure that I am missing some but you get the idea.

I also like some of the newer "prog" bands like Porcupine Tree.

There is another very good progressive music site at this link. www.progressiveears.com

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If you like prog then you shoul check out alot of the 70's jazz rock fusion artists.Return To Forever,Jean Luc Ponty,Passport,Billy Cobham, Al DiMeola ,Stanley Clarke,ect you want to talk about musicianship.......

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11 Reply by Angela (edited by Angela 2008-08-15 16:31:25)

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Re: Progressive Rock

About that Tull concert last Friday for those not seeing him on this tour...  Jethro Tull is celebrating their 40th Anniversary, so they played alot of their early material including A New Day Yesterday from Stand Up.  My men said Martin Barre's guitar wasn't loud enough on that song and the song really didn't stand out because of that, but the concert was very good, even though there were lots more songs they wish they did. Highlights were Thick As A Brick (10 minutes), Aqualung was the last song before the encore of Locomotive Breath.

And about Peter Frampton...he was outstanding and quite humorous and did a killer version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."  He gave a prize of a watch to a late comer who was sitting up front and then joked for the audience not to make a habit of coming late to get a prize.  He got this watch in Chianatown in NY and only paid $10. (pronounced the South Park way, if you know what I mean)

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Re: Progressive Rock

I do love Progressive Rock, although it's kind of a misnomer for many bands these days, as they are mining the sounds of the 70's, which kind of goes against the very idea of being progressive. Retro progressive? Kind of an oxymoron.  That being said, this is a fine "progressive" band from L.A., Days Between Stations, who are largely instrumental, and hearken back to the sound of pre 'Dark Side Of The Moon' Pink Floyd.

http://www.myspace.com/daysbetweenstationsband

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Re: Progressive Rock

All the above...Plus Procul Harum (when Robin Trower was shuffled away from him greater basic desires a la Eric Clapton in Cream) and The Moody Blues...Also, Roxy Music and Gong.  I consider some Robert Fripp & Brian Eno stuff fit also.

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14 Reply by crossroads (edited by crossroads 2008-08-15 21:09:01)

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Re: Progressive Rock

Angela wrote:

Hello Allan,

I have a huge vinyl collection of music, not everything I repurchased on CD's, so I use to listen to more prog than now.  However, my 19 year old son, who is home from college for the summer is a huge prog fan.  A couple of years ago, we reconnected our turntable so the kids could explore our albums and this son I mentioned got totally turned on to prog music....he really is into, King Crimson, Yes, Tull, ELP and most recently Renaissance.  Personally, I think Annie Haslam has one of the most angelic voices, just love her and she is very popular in the region of the US I live in (NE), she lives 45 minutes from us and gets some local attention. "Mother Russia" is a killer song, I'm wondering if you like it?  Banco you mentioned, my son showed me a clip, some singing, WOW...he didn't care for Gentle Giant too much.  If you have a list of what is considered Prog, I'd like to see it.  He keeps trying to uncover new bands, I don't think he's partial to Rush.

Two cool things recently, Allan & JB- about a month ago, I was in my kitchen and heard out of nowhere the great song from In the Court of the Crimson King...21st Century Schizoid Man.  I thought someone had pulled into the garage and it was coming from their car, but no one came through the door.  Then it stopped and no one was home but me....I walked around the house questioning my sanity...:lol:  I do Talk To The Wind sometimes, so my status is questionable. big_smile  I later found out, that tune is my 19 year old's current ringtone on his cell phone, which he doesn't take to work since he gets dirty and wet on the job sometimes. 

And, Jethro Tull is appearing in concert tomorrow night and last minute, father and son, wanted to go.  I'm everybody's secretary in my household,;) so I was on it,  I hated to pay scalpers price, I went on line and tickets that were held dropped 3 days before the show, I got them tickets in the 13th row center at face value and added bonus Peter Frampton is also performing.  I can't go, unfortunately...

So, that's my prog story wink  If you are a YES fan let me know, there was a petition to get them in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame.

Angela,

You like Annie Haslam /Rennaisance and Prog Rock - then I have the PERFECT band for you. They are a young , very talented band,called Magenta and their singer , Christina, sings just like Annie.The songs have a Renaissance flavour but are very powerful with lots of lead guitar and keyboards. Check out their website.The Rennaisance connections are a standing joke- so much so that Annie & Christina have sung together several times.We booked this band for a three day ProgFest in the UK and they stole the show.
Yes I like Yes - saw them about three years ago at NEC Birmingham, very pro band. You may know that Rick Wakeman does the Sat AM slot on Planet Rock - his e mail address is on the Planet Rock website.

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Re: Progressive Rock

This is giving me a flashback..man.."Wives of Henry the Eigth", seeing Jon Luc Ponty in a TINY club..made me take lessons...Have you listened to any Frank Zappa? (The Master)...This was the time frame when I liked Little Feat, Marshall Tucker, Leonard Skynard..bands called country rock.I did get into Focus with Mother Focus. BUT, it was not a great era for mainstream American Radio for me..Have fun!   Cathy

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Re: Progressive Rock

Allan_Severin wrote:

I think you'll enjoy visiting www.progarchives.com - a really great source about progressive music of all the kinds (art rock, kraut rock, Italian sympho prig, eclectic prog, etc).

Good Lord I had no idea there were so many sub-genres of prog rock. yikes  There were several bands listed that I really enjoy listening to, such as Pink Floyd, Rush and Dream Theater.  I was surprised to see Traffic listed...I would have never guessed that they'd be considered in the prog catagory.

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Re: Progressive Rock

I have a very soft spot for the prog rock and rock of the seventies. I went through my later teenage years listening to Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Focus, FZ, Tull, Journey (first 2 albums), ELP, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Golden Earring, Santana etc, etc
I can still hear my Mum yelling at us to turn it down...aah happy days smile

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Re: Progressive Rock

Tripsy ,

If you like early Genesis - (up to Duke.) Checkout top tribute act Genesis In The Cage.

These guys play it easily as well as the originals.They've actually been watched by members of Genesis in recent years and were complimented by them. This may be why the last Genesis tour had a lot of earlier material in it.

They tour all of the UK and occasionally abroad for Prog Rock Festvals etc.

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