What is your favorite Progressive Rock Band Ever or at the Moment
Porcupine Tree, King Crimson , and Caravan have been getting a lot of play here.
1/1/2008 1:30:45 PM
The 3 elements of music
Emerson
Lake
Palmer
1/1/2008 1:32:52 PM
Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment
1/1/2008 1:33:47 PM
The Spectrum albums line up which included Billy Cobham on drums, Tommy Bolin on guitar, Jan Hammer on keys and Lee Sklar on bass.
1/1/2008 1:52:43 PM
I'm not sure what progressive means.
(and I'm not trying to be disrespectful in any way)
What does that mean?
Can someone explain that to me?
1/1/2008 3:44:25 PM
First, the obligatory influences:
- Rush
- Yes
- Genesis (early work)
- Dream Theater
- Platypus
Then, the not-as-popular ones:
- King's X
- Liquid Tension / Transatlantic
- Kansas
Would you consider Primus "Alternative" or "Progressive"... or basically both...?
If I had to chose "ONE" right now, I'd have to say RUSH because I am really getting into their new album. I think it's probably their best work since Signals - the stuff through the '80s and '90s was okay, but this album really gets-back to some great writing and riffs.
1/1/2008 4:29:17 PM
Kennium - I have no idea what the "official" definition is... too-lazy to go look it up, but *MY* interpretation is music that may combine odd-time signatures, complex arrangements, epic-length pieces, extremely technical execution of complex parts and/or syncopation... could be any or all of those, I guess.
I really don't know... but I equate bands like Rush, Yes and Dream Theater as progressive (as most do).
1/1/2008 4:34:51 PM
Some call it Art Rock too, don't they?
Progressive as in, not content to stick with the traditional 3 chord rock tradition. Moving forward with experimentation, alternate time signatures, (as was mentioned earlier) "strange" chords, foreign influences, etc.
I still like "Yes"
1/1/2008 4:40:47 PM
Okay. I get it now. Thanks. Those are good explanations.
1/1/2008 4:43:05 PM
Keith Emerson described "Progressive Rock" as ..."music that does progress".
An idea, then building on the idea as much as you can using risk and experimentation.
1/1/2008 5:05:28 PM
while i've always been impressed by most prog rock, i've never been into it in a big way. it can be a good diversion though, some interesting stuff to listen to.
its like the ugly awkard teenager that grew from being a rocker boy, son of a classical mother and a jazz father. I think his cousin might be fusion.
no, thats not it... its too mathematical and not enough passion and magic. :)
1/1/2008 5:42:28 PM
Tool are to me a baby King Crimson. Loved Gentle Giant for years. ELP are just always amazing. The Flower Kings have Yes and Genesis to bring it all into the new millinium. Been "progging" out a lot lately. Pure Reason Revolution are pretty cool if you the "Floydian" type of thing.
1/1/2008 6:39:49 PM
I love prog-rock, and have since the early 70's.
King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, Soft Machine, YES, Genesis, Kansas, Moody Blues, Supertramp, and no doubt more that I'm forgetting. I've always loved intelligent music.
1/1/2008 6:48:10 PM
And of course, by extension from King Crimson, ELP. And at some point Prog-Rock crosses over into Jazz-Rock Fusion, right?
So many unique bands that are so hard to cubby hole...
Again, I've always liked that kind of thing, including Steely Dan and Little Feat, neither of which could be considered "progressive rock" but are certainly "intelligent music" n'est-pas?
1/1/2008 6:52:27 PM
Overall I'd have to say Rush, but in the last year it's been Opeth, before that Porcupine Tree, before that Fates Warning for several years, and before that Dream Theater.
Never really got into Yes for some reason though I think of them as kings of the genre (well maybe that's Crimson), and to be honest the only album I ever loved by DT was I+W.. a lot of their other stuff to me epitomizes what people dislike about prog (chops for their own sake)
A cool little known art rock band nobody may have heard of is called 'Echolyn'. They've played a few gigs in Lowell over the years.
1/1/2008 8:10:29 PM
I love Echolyn, fantastic band. When I think of them I also think of Happy the Man too. Opeth's new "Live at the Roundhouse" is extremely heavy. Can't get enough King Crimson though.
1/2/2008 8:00:37 AM
Jimmy Z: I just got Jen a couple ELP discs for Christmas, she is in synth heaven hehe, anytime you wanna come over and help program some PHAT Moog patches into her new Nord... ;-)
1/2/2008 8:11:28 AM
I'm more a Yes guy (saw them twice in the round back in the day), owned a few of their LPs, etc.
However, ELP's Karn Evil #??? (Welcome back, my friends...) is one of my favorite rock songs of all time, prog or not.
I laugh when I think back to my teen years when we used to try to cover Yes songs, like All Good People, Heart of the Sunrise, Starship Trooper, and so on. Gawd, we musta sounded horrible, but we were too stupid to realize our limitations.
1/2/2008 9:49:41 AM
all of the above have had some effect on me
some more than others
however , the one band that really has had the most impact is one most of you have never heard of
Happy the Man
youtube.com/watch?v=mjx-ntmof...This is not a great video, but there a very few videos from them
They came to the Brewery 2 years ago
a great show
1/2/2008 9:56:53 AM
If Jen really wants to be edumacated......I have some "videos" .........yes videos!
Morganic, the jazz-rock fusion most likely started with Miles Davis' Bitches Brew. Mahavishnu Orchestra definately grabbed the torch after that. So that's around '69-70, when alot of those British prog rock bands were just coming onto the scene. Miles got the idea of "fusion" after seeing Jimi Hendrix.
1/2/2008 10:36:15 AM
King Crimson, Tangerine Dream, Nectar
1/3/2008 4:55:00 PM
"..anytime you wanna come over and help program some PHAT Moog patches into her new Nord"
That almost sounds dirty.
I have been hearing this new "Prog" band called Wolfmother. (at least all the mags call them prog rock) They kick ass.
1/3/2008 6:03:59 PM
Rush, Kansas, Dream Theater, & King's X
1/4/2008 8:16:39 AM
Yes and Kansas... I'm so "old school".
1/4/2008 8:25:56 AM
Queensryche. Always have, always will be my favorite. Operation: Mindcrime, to me, is the definitive prog-rock concept album.
1/4/2008 10:04:38 AM
yeah, OM is probably my favorite album ever.
OM2 isn't bad for that matter!
1/4/2008 12:29:22 PM
I never heard of Gentle Giant until you guys mentioned them - this tune is great! One of the best Wurly sounds I've heard. And the drummers face is hilarious!
youtube.com/watch?v=uwfmfghxa...
1/4/2008 7:14:51 PM
I'm shocked that nobody mentioned Pink Floyd, which is my favorite, although I have a soft spot for Yes, Rush and Asia.
1/5/2008 8:27:09 AM
Is Pink Floyd considered "progressive"? I always thought they were labeled as Psychedelic/Blues.
The best part of Asia is that they were 3 of them were members of the biggest pro-rock bands ever (ELP, Yes, UK,) and wrote radio friendly tunes. With of course the help of keyboardist Geoff Downes (The Buggles) who focused more on the composition and arrangements to make the songs more simplistic. Even though he toured with 21 keyboards lined up from one end of the stage to another, he was simplistic................
1/5/2008 11:30:39 AM
Ooops, way too many pronouns in that first sentence.
1/5/2008 11:31:30 AM
The big four: Yes, ELP, Crimson, Gentle Giant.
In more recent times, The Flower Kings have done some good things.
1/6/2008 2:38:58 AM
OM2's not bad but better when seen live back to back with OM. :) THAT was a great show!
1/7/2008 9:04:06 AM
From ThatGuy: "If I had to chose "ONE" right now, I'd have to say RUSH because I am really getting into their new album. I think it's probably their best work since Signals - the stuff through the '80s and '90s was okay, but this album really gets-back to some great writing and riffs."
Hell yeah. Rush all the way. The new album really is their best in a long time...I put it in the top 3 all time Rush Albums (Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves and Snakes and Arrows - the new one).
I'd also add Kings X here
1/7/2008 9:09:56 AM
Nektar is and will always be one of my all time favs. People forget they used to open for the Mothers of Invention in Europe by Frank Zappa's request. The new Rush is also very good. I will admit it took a little while to absorb. I got the remaster of Genesis "Trick of the Tail" with a dvd for Christmas and it is great. Los Endos is sooooooooooooo coooooooooool...
1/7/2008 10:42:39 AM
The Flower Kings are impressive. Check out their stuff on Youtube......
Yes Ken I remember "Happy The Man". You turned me on to them back in 91 or 92. I still have the tape you gave me!
1/14/2008 3:40:38 AM
Even as I was weened on Yes and ELP, I'd probably have to go with Rush as well for my favorite.
1/14/2008 6:57:34 AM
I liked Yes a lot growing up, and Jethro Tull.
1/14/2008 11:47:27 AM
I just got "Songs from the Tsongas" in the mail,the 35th anniversary Yes concert recorded in Lowell.
1/14/2008 12:51:10 PM
Not sure if it's prog rock, but by the above definitions I suppose they may be.
Coheed and Chambria
1/14/2008 12:54:18 PM
"Songs from the Tsongas" ... that's hilarious ...
I bet there's some earthy landscape picture on the cover and everythings written in "Lord of the Rings" font.
1/14/2008 2:27:23 PM
If you look closely during the Yes Tsongas show during "Rythym of Love" you will see God in the middle when Jon Anderson walks through the crowd. I of course standing next to God un-noticed. It was a great show.
1/14/2008 2:37:01 PM
Don't laugh - but what genre would Queen come under?
1/14/2008 4:19:30 PM
Rythym of love must be on the other disc.I rented it ,so who knows disc 2 should be here by next Jan!
1/14/2008 5:00:39 PM
No one is laughing Kay. That's a logical question.
Because of the classical themes they used, especially on "Night at the Opera" and "Day at the races", I can see why some may call them a progressive rock band. I think Queen is indeed a difficult band to label. Their tunes are so eclectic. Hard rock anthems, to radio friendly pop tunes, to rock-opera opuses, to disco, to synth-pop. No matter what you label Queen as, they are just plain amazing.
1/14/2008 7:48:09 PM
The only modern band that I've heard that I'd call progressive is Tool. Their last two albums however to me reveal a certain limitation to their compositional abilities. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Tool but you can start to here repeating themes in the last two CDs from them, which somewhat turned me off.
When I think progressive rock, I think Yes, Kansas, Jethro Tull, ELP, King Crimson. Dream Theater but by the time they became popular I was past that stage.
1/14/2008 8:02:28 PM
Darxis,
I just checked out that song on the Tsongas DVD. I saw you to the left of Anderson as he was walking through the crowd. I couldn't see God though. It was near the beginning of the song wasn't it?
1/14/2008 10:50:40 PM
oh Crazy Cat Gawd is there. The part where Jon is in the middle of the crowd when he gets up on the step stool/ ramp. Gawd is there for a 1/2 a second. I went to the show with him. The cool thing about that show also was I met all of the band the day before at a Strawberries cd signing which is whole other story. Good times with the Yes guys.
1/15/2008 8:00:51 AM
I wish I was there with you dammit!! Those guys are such a big part of my musical upbringing. I recently wrote to Chris Squire.
It's amazing that they held their 40th anniversary concert here in our backyard. The "Tsongas" arena was made to order for them.
I remember in the early 90s' when Mark Farner played down the street from my house at "Copperfields". So close to home (no pun intended).
Then in the 70s' when The Grateful Dead played at the Billerica Forum. That was a trip and a half!! One and a half hits of brown window pane!!!
I'll look again at the Tsongas DVD and try to "see God"(pun intended).
1/15/2008 4:22:29 PM
I may have dwarfed the great one but things happen. Mark Farner is very cool also. The Dead in Billerica , who knew.
1/15/2008 5:07:26 PM
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