Here's some examples(I'll list the band first then the other genre that is not prog second:
Strawbs-folk
Genesis-pop
Jethro Tull- folk-heavy metal
Porcupine Tree-metal
Dream Theater- metal
Soft Machine- jazz
Who else?
Here's some examples(I'll list the band first then the other genre that is not prog second:
Strawbs-folk
Genesis-pop
Jethro Tull- folk-heavy metal
Porcupine Tree-metal
Dream Theater- metal
Soft Machine- jazz
Who else?
Do not suffer through the game of chance that plays....always doors to lock away your dreams (To Be Over)
I know at least 4 people who listen to nothing but singer/songwriter stuff like Mayer, Mraz etc.
The only exception is Hogarth M, which they love???
I've even played them Gazpacho & nope.
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Nektar was a band on the periphery of prog that seemed to have a legion of non-prog fans. Ask the NEARFest guys about that!
Anyone's Daughter
Heinz Rudolf Kunze a German singer/songwriter (or something else) admits liking them. Actually Matthias Ulmer plays keyboards in his band.
Rush. They have a pretty big fan base because of their hard rock background, plus their prog background.
Ozric Tentacles attracts some of the jam band crowd
I would go as far as to say that most of the fans of 'prog' bands are not even prog fans. Is everyone who goes to a Rush concert a prog fan, or just a Rush fan?
I'm sure there are lots of Umphrey's McGee fans who aren't into any other prog. But more of them MIGHT BE if UM had played at...never mind...
I'd say most of the big prog bands have plenty of fans who aren't necessarily prog rock fans. I was talking to somebody at a Yes concert a few years ago about progressive rock and he didn't know what the hell I was talking about.
My Deadhead second cousins listen to a lot of Ozric Tentacles. It was all my doing, I played them for their dad, who's my cousin and my age. He said his kids would love them and he burned some of my stuff for them. Now they're hooked.
Normally all they listen to is The Dead and Phish.
High Vibration Go On - R.I.P. Chris Squire
^^ yaaaa, the weed groove seems to transfer well to the Ozrics :P
I'm sure most Yes fans don't even know the band abandoned Jon when he was ill, let alone that Yes is prog.
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