Been really getting into a lot of the classic prog rock bands: yes, king crimson, gentle giant etc etc and boy what a "genre" I've been missing out on.
I was wondering if anybody had recommendations in this area - either offbeat or in line with the ones above, I especially like the eeriness/psycheldehic feel of tracks like ITCOTKK
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Van der Graaf Generator
How do we feel about Canterbury?
This is good
Ty for this thread
oh fuck, a dabbled in these guys a couple months ago and forgot about them, revisiting now, super cool.
Thanks to the rest too, will check all these out.
One sad thing about this genre is it seems that a lot of the classic bands are past their hey-day a bit, and you while you can still catch them live, it's harder to than it would've been 30 years ago.
On that note, does anybody know of any bands that still have a strong touring presence (bonus points for UK)?
eye-core
Hot (not really) take: Math rock, new wave, progressive metal, post-rock, psychedelic rock and post-metal are all progressive rock.
If you want bands like Yes that like using Tolkien allusions and cool synths, look up Camel and Starcastle. Starcastle is much more similar to Yes, though.
Renaissance and Curved Air are a lot more mystic than pompous, at least for me, and they're also lead by women.
Genesis, if you prefer Bible references to Tolkien.
Mahavishnu Orchestra and Soft Machine are good if you like jazz rock, also try Islands and Lizard by King Crimson if you haven't already.
Can and Neu! if you like progressive rock but either have a distaste for blues or want to listen to very dreamy, futuristic stuff. Same with the United States of America, in a way.
If you want progressive rock with some pop mixed in, then there's Kansas and Styx. A lot of Midwest prog was heavily inspired by pop, even though most times it fell flat. Also check out REO Speedwagon's first album; there's an absolute shit ton of progressive rock that appeared in the Corn Belt back when Yes was popular.
If you like dad rock, listen to Rush.
Definitely. Soft Machine, Egg and Quiet Sun are some of my favorite bands.
Listen to Rush's album "2112". That was what got me into Yes.
I last saw king crimson a couple of months ago in the UK and they’re as good as ever. Immense live presence and a nice eclectic setlist
besides what everyone has been recommending, check out zappa if you want jazz rock that is a little more eclectic, hot rats is a good starting point
I guess what people call progressive rock is bounded by a period in time, 1967-1975 or something, I don't think it can be used as an umbrella term for all those subgenres, even though they are all definitely influenced by it
For unpretentious prog, Camel is an essential. Best listening experience: in a dive bar with a qt artsy girl, drinking beer and smoking like a train.
If your soul is bleak, Porcupine Tree is what you should listen to.
Best listening experience: alone at three o'clock in the morning, not giving a shit anymore about anyone.
For German greatness, Agitation Free's Malesch is one of my favourites. Great summer music, maybe for next year.
Best listening experience: driving towards the seaside in an old BMW with a qt girl next to you.
this, but don't be fooled OP, pic related is the best Camel album by a wide margin
It's a great album, but Lady Fantasy is such a powerful piece of music, I can feel that song in every single part of me, from the epic organ intro to the ending when I can gently hear "I love you...", it's too good.
Only started listening to KC recently and found out they played about 2 minutes from my house in edinburgh a day after I heard about it - felt fucking lame. I guess thankfully so many of these bands are from the UK that it's a pretty good place to be, hope KC do more shows in the next couple of years
Thanks again for these recs, already getting stuck in, this will keep me busy for months.
Selling England By the Pound and Foxtrot are pretty good Genesis albums. I've been listening to Selling England more, though. It's a personal favorite of mine.
I mean, that's at least how I like to classify prog, as rock which attempts to use other sources than blues and country.
Why does PR always have such fucking cool/interesting/weird album art?
I always thought prog and afrobeat should share a fanbase. They have several things in common (instrumental prowess, tracks up to 40 minutes long, some connection to jazz, most popular in the 1970s, etc.) but I've never seen someone mention the two in conjunction the way people mention, say, Krautrock and Prog. You guys should try this out:
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Also for more conventional prog I like Caravan, Soft Machine, Gentle Giant, Van de Graaf Generator (also Peter Hammill solo.)
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For me? It's Kansas.
Why does the Midwest have so many forgotten music scenes? It's weird.
I can't for the life of me get into gentle giant.
are they a pleb filter? do they demand the highest power level? dunno.
Gryphon - red queen to gryphon three \ Midnight Mushrumps (it's probably my favorite band)
Beardfish
Gotic - Escenes
This is a 10/10 honestly
Been loving Henry cow lately. Shoutout to the RIO. Also Canterbury is amazing.
Hatfield and the north, soft machine, egg, picchio dal pozzo, soft Machine, gong, supersister, national health, quiet sun are all god tier.
eyecore you say?
>Gentle Giant
Camel is a great second-tier band as well, if you haven't tried them
Eloy is a must if you like Pink Floyd (and Camel), they are more space rock as well. Ocean is their best album
post good obscure songs lads
Obscure prog masterpiece; England - The Garden Shed [1977]
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This song is one of my favorite prog "epics"
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here op, have some canterbury scene
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picchio dal pozzo - picchio dal pozzo [1976]
Pretty nice so far, can't say I'm a fan of the drumming though. Some interesting melodys, reminds me of Spring a little, I'm a real sucker for mellotrons and keyboard passages
For me, it's Jazz Rock/Fusion, bending more to the Prog side. But Uzva is also symphonic, with a big band configuration, and a strong Canterbury countryside feel. Also, some bands of the genre:
>Bruford solo career: One of a Kind
>Brand X, with Phil Collins himself
>Machine and Synergetic Nuts, and Tri-Offensive, both instrumentals from Japan; the latter has a working link from an old sharethread
>Planeta Imaginario, from Spain
>simply Jean-Luc Ponty
>Mahavishnu Orchestra, the band's two initial formations pre-1975; look for the bootlegs as much as you can, they are pure gold
>Elfonia, a rather obscure Prog/Fusion band with Marcela Bovio on vocals, way before she going through mainstream stuff
Have fun, I love you.
On second thought probably more similar to early Wobbler, I think you'd like this band. Definitely can be overwrought but that's also half the fun of prog sometimes. They changed and polished their sound quite a lot with future releases
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Some good stuff from Quebec. Il Etait Magicien easily makes this a 10/10.
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Kenso is also a really good band. To me, it sounds like if Yasuaki Shimizu tried to do progressive rock instead of jazz fusion.
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Invisible was my first taste of international prog, and it's very spacey while doing its own thing as well.
Billie Ellish.
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Have you heard romantic warrior by return to the Future? I think it's one of the best albums of the genre
Nice, been a fan of that Opus 5 album for awhile, some real highlights on it, will give Kenso a listen.
This isn't a bad one from from the states if you havn't heard it:
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