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Those of you who like pop music or are afraid of different music this might not be for you.

Ok what is progressive rock you might be wondering
(a style of rock music that emerged in the 1970s; associated with attempts to combine rock with jazz and other forms; intended for listening and not dancing)

If you ask a dozen different fans of progressive rock for a definition of "prog", you're going to get a dozen different answers. But most of the definitions boil down to one of two groups.

Definition 1 - defining it as a genre: Some people think of prog-rock as a specific type of music. They either define it by the song structures (songs that are 20 minutes long with multiple movements, songs with lots of counterpoint, etc), or by the instrumentation (songs featuring a mellotron or lots of synthesizers, songs with instruments not usually found in rock like flute, violin, etc). This sort of prog is usually based on classical forms. People who define progressive rock this way tend to prefer the symphonic prog bands from the 70s, and the "neo-prog" bands of the 80s and 90s who play in a similar style.

Definition 2 - defining it as an attitude: Other people think of prog-rock as any music that is only classified as rock-and-roll because it can't be defined otherwise. Anything that pushes the boundries or breaks new ground. Stuff that there's no chance in hell you'd ever hear on the radio. The instrumentation and song structures don't have to fit any pre-conceived categories. These people are usually as open to new bands as they are the experimental older bands.

My personal definition falls somewhere in between. I love many of the bands of the 70s, but not quite as many newer bands playing in the same style . I also like Progressive metal, like dream theatre. ect
And my favorite prog bands are Cressida, Nektar and man

So how about you guys and girls here?

You can add your favoruit bands or just discuss.

The following is a list of Progressive Rock bands for the search engine & diy audio

Please exuse the length of this.

A Piedi Nudi Aardvark Abacus Abel Ganz Abercrombie, John Abiogenesi Abissi Infiniti Abou-Khalil, Rabih Abrahams, Mick Abraxas Abraxis Absalom, Mike Absolute Elsewhere Absolute Zero Abus Dangereux Academia Accademia Accidente A.C.E.M.S. Acezantez Achim Ache Acintya Acqua Fragile Ad Infinitum Ad Vitam Adisos Aditus Advent Aelian Aeoliah Aera Affinity Afflatus After Crying After Dinner After The Fire After The Stranger After The War Agam Agamemnon Agamon Ageness Aghora Agincourt Agitation Free Agnus Agora Agoston Trio Aguaturbia Aguilar, Ildefonso Ahora Mazda Ailana Ain Soph Ainigma Air Airbridge Airey, Don Airlord Airto Akacia Akasha Akineton Retard Akkerman, Jan Akritas Aksak Maboul Aktuala Alamaailman Vasarat Alameda Alarcen, Jean-Pierre Alas Alaska Albatros Albatross Albero Motore Albion Alcatraz Aleacion Alembic Virtual Aleph Alex Algaravia Algebra Alef Algarnas Tradgard Alias Eye Alice Alien Planetscapes All Ice Allen, Daevid Alliance Allesandroni, Allesandro Alluminogeni Allusa Fallax Alma Da Terra Almqvist, Thomas Alpha III Alpha Centauri Alpha Du Centaure Alpha Ralpha Alphataurus Alquimia Alquin Alsur Altair Altais Altmayer, Michel Altona Alto Stratus Altura Alux Nahual Alvaro Ama Amalgam Amarok Amaxis Amazing Blondel Amber Route Ambrosia Ame Son Amenophis Amirkhanian, Charles AMM Amon Duul Amos Key Anabis Anacruza Anal Magic Analogy Anamorphose Ananga Ranga Ancient Future Ancient Veil Ancient Vision Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe Anderson, Don Anderson, Laurie Anderson, Jon Andromeda Andrst, Lubos Anekdoten Ange Angipatch Anglabarn Anglagard Angra Anima Anima Sound Animal Couch Animator Ankh Ann Douar Bras Anna Sjalv Tredje Annalist Annexus Quam Anno Luz Anode Anonima Sound LTD Anonymous Anoxie Ant-Bee Antares Antonius Rex Anubis Anyone's Daughter Aptrea, Coste Aphrodite's Child Apocalypse Apocalypsis Apogee Apologia Lupi Apoteosi Apres La Pluie Apsaras Aqsak Maboul Aquarell Aquarelle Aquelarre Ar Bras, Dan Arachnoid Aragon Arakontis Araujo, Marco Antonio Arbete och Fritid Arc Arcadium Arcane V Arcansiel Archaia Archimedes Badkar Architectural Metaphor Arco Iris Arcturus Ardley, Neil Ardo Dombec Area Arena Argent Ariel Ark Arkadas Arkangel Arktis Arkus Armageddon Arnold, Horacee Arrakeen Ars Nova Arsenal Art Art Bears Art In America Art Moulu Art Rock Circus Art Zoyd Art Zoyd III Artcane Arti E Mestieri Artman, Gilbert ARTSRUNI Arzachel Asfalto Asgard Ash Ra Tempel Ashra Ashquelon Quilt Ashule Asia Asia Minor Aside Beside Aslan Association PC Associaux Associes Assolo di Bongo Asterix Astral Dance Astral Navigations Astralsia Astre Asturias AT Ensemble Ataraxia Atavism Of Twilight Atheist Atila Atkins, Chet Atlantide Atlantis Atlantis Philharmonic Atlas Atmo Atmosphera Atmosphere Atoll Atomic Rooster Atomsko Skloniste Aton's Atria Attacca Attention Deficit Aubrey Small Aucan Audience August Aunt Mary Aunt Sally Auracle Autograph Automatic Fine Tuning Autumn Autumn Tears Avaric Avgerinos, Paul Aviary Aviator Aviolinee Utopia Awaken Axelrod, David Axis Axolotl Ayers, Kevin Ayers Rock Ayreon Azahar Azazello Azigza Azoth Babylon Bacamarte Bach Two Bach Bachdenkel Back Door Backhausen Badarou, Wally Badger baG Bagsby, David Bainbridge, Harvey Bakery Bakmak Balance Balestracci, Franck Il Balletto Di Bronzo Bambibanda E Melodie Banana Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso La Banda Del Lago Banda Elastica Banfi, Giuseppe Bang, Billy Banks, Peter Banks, Tony Banzaï Baptiste, Jules Barbarella A Barca Do Sol Barclay James Harvest Bardens, Peter Il Baricentro Barimar E Capricorn College Bark Psychosis Barnabe, Arrigo Baroccos Barrett, Syd Del Barrio, Eduardo Barrock Jim Bartz Basikova, Bara Bass, Michael Bassman, John Group Basso, Luciano Batish, Ashwin Battiato, Franco Bayon B.B. Blunder Be-Bop Deluxe Bead Game Beaver And Krause Becvar, Bruce Bedford, David Bedful Of Metaphysicians Beggar's Opera Tom Behrens Beia Come Aba Begnagrad Bel Air Belew, Adrian Bell, Teja Bella Band Bellaiche, Alain Bellaphon Ben Benko, Laszlo Bensusan, Pierre Berkley, Michael Thomas Il Berlione Berluc Between Bevis Frond Bhatia, Amin Bi Kyo Ran Bibic, Bratko Bierylo, Michael Big Amongst Sheep Big Big Train The Big Dish Un Biglietto Per L'Inferno Bijelo Dugme Bikini Bilinski, Marek Biomechanoid Birchall, Steve Birdsongs of the Mesozoic Birth Control Bittova, Iva/Pavel Fajt Raoul Bjorkenheim Black Jester Black Page Black Sun Ensemble Black Tape for a Blue Girl Black Widow Blackthorn Blåkulla Blackwater Park Blake, Tim Blast Blegvad, Peter Blezqi Zatsaz Blind Guardian Blind Owl Blocco Mentale Blodwyn Pig Blonde on Blonde Blonski, David W/allasia Bloom Bloque Blossom Toes Blue Chip Orchestra Blue Efekt Blue Gene Tyranny Blue Morning Blue Motion Blumen des Exotischen Eises Bob's Your Monster Bodin, Tomas Bodkin Body Boffo, Jean Pascal Bognermayr and Zuschrader Boiled in Lead Bokaj Retsiem The Bollenberg Experience Bond, Graham Bonfire Booker, Andrew Emmanuel Booz Borden, David Borne Bort, Eduardo Boud Deun Boule, Christian Boyle, Gary Bozzio Levin Stevens Bradford, Scott Braheny, Kevin Brain Forest Brain Laughter Brainbox Brainchild Brainstorm Brainticket Brakaman Bramlaan Brand X Brave New World Bread, Love and Dreams Breant, Francois Bregent Brenner, Vytas/La Ofrenda Brett, Paul Broselmaschine Broughton, Edgar Brown, Pete (and His Battered Ornaments) Browne, Duncan Bruce, Jack Bruford Bruno Porter Bryngelsson, Peter Bubblemath Bubu Buccheri, Francesco Budgie Buldozer Bunn, Roger Buon Vecchio Charlie Burant, Alan Burmer, Richard Burnin' Red Ivanhoe Bush, Kate Byrd, Joe and the Field Hippies Tom Byrne Byzantium Cabesas de Cera Cafe Jacques Cafeine Cahen, Francois Cai Cairns, Maryen Cairo Cajo De Pandora Caldera I Califfi California Guitar Trio California, Randy Calliope Calvert, Robert Camel Campbell, Mont "Dirk" Campo Di Marte Can Canarios, Los Canvas Capability Brown Capitolo Sei Capra, Marcello Capra, Vaccina Lino Capricorn College Capsicum Red Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Captain Beyond Caravan Cardeilhac Cardiacs Carmen Carpathia Project Carpe Diem Carrion, Alfredo Cartoon Cartwright, George Casino Cassiber Cast Castanarc Il Castello di Atlanto Catapilla Catharsis Cathedral Catherine, Philip Catley, Marc and Geoff Mann Catweazle Ceccarelli, Andre Celeste Celluloid Centipede Cervello Chac Mool Chain, Paul Chainsaw Jazz Chakra Chalis Chandelier Changing Images Chaos Code Chapter Three Charisma Chatham, Rhys Cheer Accident Cheiro de Vida Chekalin, Mikhail Chemical Alice Chenevier, Guigou Cherry Five Cherubin Chevalier, Jean-Luc Chilsonia Orchestra Christmas Chrome Chronicle The Churchills Chute Libre Cid, Jose Cinderella Search Cinema Cincinntto Cipher Circle Circus Circus 2000 Cirkel Cirkus Citadel Citizen Cain Citta Frontale City City Boy Clannad Clear Blue Sky Clearlight Clepsydra Cliffhanger Clivage Clockhammer Cluster CMU Cobham, Billy Cobraa Cobweb Strange I Cocai Cocciante, Riccardo Cochrane, Steve Cocteau Twins Coda Codice Codona Coeur Magique Cofradia de la Flor Solar Coincidence Collage Collegium Musicum Color Colorstar Colosseum Colosseum II Columbus Circle Combo FH Comedy of Errors Companyia Compost Comus Confessor El Congreso Connors, Bill Contact Trio Continuum Contraction Controlled Bleeding Conventum Cooper, Lindsay Copeland, Stewart Corea, Chick Elektric Band Cornucopia Coronarias Dan Corte Dei Miracoli Coryell, Larry Cos Coses The Cosmic Jokers Cosmos Factory Coto En Pel Couer Magique Cousins, Dave Covenant Coxhill, Lol Crack Crack the Sky Craft Cranioclast Cravinkel The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Creative Rock Cressida Criollo, Agustin Cro-Magnon Cross Cross, David Crucible Cruciferius Crucis Cry Freedom Cry 3 Crystal Haze Crystal Maze Cuixa Cul De Sac Culpeper's Orchard Culto Sin Nombre Cultural Noise Curlew Current 93 Curved Air Cyan Cybotron Cynic Czar Cziglan, Istvan Czukay, Holger Dagmahr D'Or, Laren Dall'aglio, Gianni Dallio, Patricia Dalmation Car Dalton Dando Shaft Dark Dark
 

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Zoo Zorn, John Zoroaster Zoviet France Zut Un Feu Rouge Zweistein Zyma Zymovi Sad Zzebra ... and that's a whole lotta bands ...
 
Exelent Stuff

I sommetimes find dream theatre a bit too much but 70's prog is
fine.. all depends what mood im in

I also wanted to mention the fact that this type of music takes you somewhere like pink floyd's meddle album..

If you listen to it with your eyes shut your mind can conjure up all kinds of images without being on acid.. he he
Progressive rock is to me the lost world of music that to a musician like myself makes very good listening material.
 
Jesus Christ man. Did you type all of that or cut and paste from somwhere.
I loved Electric Light Orchestra up to (and including) Out of the Blue.
Tons of other cool stuff too, but hard to read

Expecially

Marillion
Fish
Primus
Pink Floyd (of course)
Roger Waters (you forgot)
Wham! (not)
Jon-Luc Ponty
The Police (They were less mainstream than Floyd in the begining)
Weather Report
Chicago (before that whiny *** pu$$y Peter Citera crap)

I'm still adding
 
What is the point of dumping the entire index from Gibraltar in four very loooooooooooooooong posts? There are a few good originals mixed with a ton of imitators and wannabes. With the exception of a select few innovators, most prog bands today copy Genesis, Renaissance, ELP, and others. Not to mention King Crimson and Gentle Giant. Those are by far the most often ripped off.
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and others.
like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. Great stuff and original!

Used to be a fan of progressive rock as well (and played in such a band),
seen Dream theater live 3 times but now it´s just 4 instrument genius for me. Too much theater for my taste.

For me the real start of "progressive rock" was actually the "new wave of british heavy metal" but everybody defines it differently if at all.
Don´t listen to that stuff anymore but miss Iron Maiden in your list.
 
Hello

I love that inaccessible, pretentious (whatever that means, maybe too many notes/chords?), music that you can't dance to. Stuff that you have to listen to. I'd say that's about 80% of what I listen to and jazz-rock fusion. All of my brothers except one (5 out of 6) are musicans and that's what they listen to mostly. Even my sister likes it, especially Jean-Luc Ponty.
A lot of young people think they're listening to "NEW" music but a lot of it was borrowed from that period. It was all about the music back then, well the major labels saw it differently of course. I just don't see much of that excitement today, it mostly sounds all the same to me. Music made for people with short attention spans and memories, hehe. Here today gone next month. Trendy, trendy.
Well that's my rant, and now to put on some ELP, and not that "Love Beach" stuff! :no: :yuck:

Cheers
Wayne
 
cogsncogs said:
Music made for people with short attention spans and memories, hehe.........Wayne

I have a very short attention span and zero memory! But like Pink Floyd, Barclay James Harvest, Yes, Marillion, etc. If someone would like to suggest some of the "better/original" alternatives from the huge list above for my to try, given my taste, that's cool!
Thanks, Mark
 
Originaly posted by MARK25
I have a very short attention span and zero memory! But like Pink Floyd, Barclay James Harvest, Yes, Marillion, etc.

Hi Mark25

Mmmmmaybe, just off the top of my head;
(short attention span, that's a tuffy!)

Happy The Man: "Happy The Man", "Crafty Hands"
Dixie Dregs: "What If", Night Of The Living Dregs"
Brand X: "Xcommunication", "Unorthodox Behavour" (All Phil Collins on drums.), "Product"
Gentle Giant: "Octopus", "The Power And The Glory"
King Crimson: "Red", "In The Court Of The Crimson King"
Steve Hackett: "Voyage Of The Acolyte", "Please Don't Touch" (Kansas' Steve Walsh, vocals and Phil Ehart, drums on the first 3 tracks, Chester Thompson, drums on the rest.)
Triumvirat: "Pompeii"
Starcastle: "Starcastle", "Fountains Of Light" (Yes ripoff.)
Eddie Jobson/Zinc: "The Green Album"
U.K.: "U.K.", "Danger Money"
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: "Brain Salad Surgery", "Emerson, Lake & Palmer", "Tarkus", "Trilogy"
Greenslade: "Spyglass Guest"
Genesis: "Selling England By The Pound"
Jeff Beck: "Blow By Blow", "Guitar Shop"

Jazz-Rock Fusion:

Stanley Clarke: "Stanley Clarke", "School Days"
Mahavishnu Orchestra: "Birds Of Fire", "Inner Mounting Flame"
Billy Cobham: "Spectrum"
Return To Forever: "Romantic Warrior", "No Mystery"
Jean-Luc Ponty: "Cosmic Messenger"
Weather Report: "Heavy Weather"
Passport: "Cross Collateral", "Infinty Machine"

Well this a short list of some of my favs, I hope some of this fits into your listening critque. If not give me a little better description of you tastes! If you haven't already done so, go to Amazon.com and search any one these prog bands and you'll find some band lists and suggestions.

Cheers
Wayne :D
 
thanks for all the feedback guys:D I won't expand anymore Wayne, as most of the other stuff i like is not really prog rock and i don't want to threadjack (any more than i have already!). I find most of the other music i listen to is because it sounds good on my system, (Fleetwood mac or Dire straits live)or to be more sociable, (Air, Moon safari).

The unique attribute that defines some of the music in the above list for me is that it sounds as fresh and exciting as the first time i heard it. Like PF DSOTM, i first heard it about 20 yrs ago, i remember the event well! But if could only listen to that album for the rest of my life, no problem. People who prefer "modern" music (or don't like my type of music) freely admit there is no album that has that effect on them.

It's nice to see people's opinions almost concuring, quite unusual for this forum! good thread Rixsta.
Mark
 
cogsncogs said:

I just don't see much of that excitement today, it mostly sounds all the same to me. Music made for people with short attention spans and memories, hehe. Here today gone next month. Trendy, trendy.

sounds about right to me
But then again with all the cool changes in a progressive rock song you could say were the ones who have short attention span because we get bored to quick if a song is samey.

When i listen to a hip hop or r&B song on the radio i will probably turn it off but it can even sound like the song that was played 3 minuites before and that might be a rock song..
I dont think the people that create new exiting music get a chance in the music biz maybee....
Record companies say ahh let's just make a quick $$$...£££

I play the quitar and sing and i have to admit i quite often start making up a new song and realise it's very similar to a song i heard on the radio that day or on TV.
How do we make up original music when everythings related to what we have already heard ect...

Now i sometimes have this thought say you give a indian or someone from a tribe a guitar who has no experiance of any other music than where he lives. Would he come up with something original ? lol

Mark25 said:


I have a very short attention span and zero memory! But like Pink Floyd, Barclay James Harvest, Yes, Marillion, etc. If someone would like to suggest some of the "better/original" alternatives from the huge list above for my to try, given my taste, that's cool!
Thanks, Mark


As you can tell i realy like nektar
if you want heavy theres the album sounds like this it's pretty good for live in the studio & if you get it on vynal it's probably worth quiet a bit.
also there other albums are prog with keyboards and quite good melodys in the music

Thers a lot out there actualy a amazing amount of matireal to lsten to or find in record shops.. Little gems forgotten greatness.. ha ha

cogsncogs said:

Well this a short list of some of my favs, I hope some of this fits into your listening critque. If not give me a little better description of you tastes! If you haven't already done so, go to Amazon.com and search any one these prog bands and you'll find some band lists and suggestions.

Cheers
Wayne :D

There all not bad at all a lot i still have to listen too
how about steve hillage ?


Mark25 said:
thanks for all the feedback guys:D I won't expand anymore Wayne, as most of the other stuff i like is not really prog rock and i don't want to threadjack (any more than i have already!). I find most of the other music i listen to is because it sounds good on my system, (Fleetwood mac or Dire straits live)or to be more sociable, (Air, Moon safari).

The unique attribute that defines some of the music in the above list for me is that it sounds as fresh and exciting as the first time i heard it. Like PF DSOTM, i first heard it about 20 yrs ago, i remember the event well! But if could only listen to that album for the rest of my life, no problem. People who prefer "modern" music (or don't like my type of music) freely admit there is no album that has that effect on them.

It's nice to see people's opinions almost concuring, quite unusual for this forum! good thread Rixsta.
Mark

cheers man
you are right some of the 70's prog sounds like it was done yesterday as in yesterday the only sound that to me is dated are any old effects used on the rrecording of an album and some keyboard or meletron sounds.. but that don't bother me.

The last album i heard classic rock
deep purple - machine head
sounds so fresh...

Hardly any songs stand the test of time anymore..

If there are any women here how about renaissance ?
im a man but the singer from renaissance i realy like her voice it reminds me of the film "sound of music"
good band
 
Originaly posted by Rixta:
But then again with all the cool changes in a progressive rock song you could say were the ones who have short attention span because we get bored to quick if a song is samey.

You got that right! :cool:

Originaly posted by Rixta:How do we make up original music when everythings related to what we have already heard ect...

A lot of bands did that back then, ELP, Yes, Triumvirat, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and so on. They took parts and pieces, classical works especially as in the case of ELP, Yes, Rick Wakeman, and Fireballet's Night on Bald Mountain for instance. Blues as in the case of Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. I guess you could say it was the way they "artistically interpreted" the pieces, styles with their inner being (in the way the music moved them) and presented it with a fresh perspective and excitement. Of course they borrowed heavily from those that came before them!

As you can tell i realy like nektar

I haven't listened to/heard them in a looong time, but I do remember liking what I heard. As you can tell by my moniker and avitar who my favorite band is! Anyone care to guess?

how about steve hillage ?

Heard of him but don't recall having listened to any of his music, think I'll check him out. There's alot of new stuff out there that I haven't got or experienced yet. YET! Need a little extra cash flow plus I'm old and set in my ways!:geezer:

Thers a lot out there actualy a amazing amount of matireal to lsten to or find in record shops.. Little gems forgotten greatness.. ha ha

Yeah, and I also have a-lot of material right here where I'm sitting that I haven't listened to in a long while, 1200+ CD's.
75% or so paid for, the rest "borrowed" from family members. He He

I dont think the people that create new exiting music get a chance in the music biz maybee....
Record companies say ahh let's just make a quick $$$...£££

Vey sad but true. Man the stuff that could had/heard! :smash:

Cheers
Wayne
 
No-one here thinks Radiohead, Muse, or Coldplay are modern day prog-rockers? intewesting.... :p
I would say progressive rock is any fresh music that's relatively simple in technical nature yet very powerful musically. The best rock music (the PROGRESSIVE kind) is played and sung straight from the soul, much like the blues. Sure there is composition involved (there are rules to making music, or else it aint music) but not it the form of trying to squeeze fifty notes into a frame of five seconds (i.e playing fast) but rather by intuitively painting a complete picture, or an illusion of being taken somewhere in your mind where you don't usually get to visit. I think it's the most free kind of music... and the thing is there is really no way to define it, you can only spot it when it comes up because it's the most unique. And there is usually a fair degree of darkness to progressive rock i think.

I like hendrix and jeff beck too : ) Thank you Mr. Jimi!
 
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