I'm having this discussion on another forum and would like to how those lists differ from the lists of the inner prog community. If you absolutely had to rank your top five prog bands of all time, what would your list look like?
I'm having this discussion on another forum and would like to how those lists differ from the lists of the inner prog community. If you absolutely had to rank your top five prog bands of all time, what would your list look like?
I'm going to go way out on a limb and put Genesis as my No. 1.
1. Genesis
2. Porcupine Tree
3. The Beach Boys (no correspondence will be entered into)
4. The Moody Blues
5. Yes
Problem with my ranking is that Genesis isn't consistently prog throughout their career and my #1 pick wouldn't be considered prog at all by many people, but here it goes:
1. Zappa
2. Genesis
3. Yes
4. Camel
5. Renaissance
Honorable mention: Hatfield and the North/National Health (they might be higher on my list had they stayed together longer)
Genesis
Jethro Tull
Van Der Graaf/Hammill
Yes
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Grobschnitt
Novalis
Streetmark
SFF
I could put Pekka Pohjola somewhere inbetween, but he isn't a band.
1 Cardiacs
2 VDGG/hammill
3 Gentle Giant
4 Henry Cow
5 Aranis
nrs 1 and 2 are pretty solid, the others tend to vary over time.
Univers Zero
Mike Oldfield
King Crimson
Hatfield and the North
Henry Cow
Ian
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All the usual suspects im afraid.
1) Genesis.
2) Jethro Tull.
3) Camel.
4) Dream Theater.
5) The Flower Kings.
(Bubbling Under
King Crimson/ Yes/ Gentle Giant/Caravan/Rush/Spocks Beard/VDGG/ ELP/Soft Machine/Pink Floyd//
The top 3 is pretty well set in stone,but the next two varies with the bubbling under artistes,and can change often.The top 5 is my list at this time!
1. Cardiacs
2. Jethro Tull
3. Kate Bush
4. Arena
5. Gentle Giant
Hard to pick just 5!
1. Genesis
2. Kate Bush
3. Jethro Tull
4. Yes
5. Transatlantic
(although 5 could easily be Floyd, PT, Camel, Caravan, BBT, Marillion or Rush - it frequently varies)
Genesis
Camel
Yes
Moody Blues
Saga
YES
GENTLE GIANT
GENESIS
KING CRIMSON
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR
PORCUPINE TREE
Yes
King Crimson
Genesis
Gentle Giant
Marillion
Steve Hackett
Jethro Tull
Genesis
Pink Floyd
King Crimson
Strawbs
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
King Crimson
Moody Blues
Procol Harum
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
King Crimson
The Dixie Dregs
Genesis
ELP
Yes
Jethro Tull
(and yes, Indigo Montoya has been looking for me cuz I killed his father)
Yes
Genesis
The Flower Kings
King Crimson
Neal Morse
(with Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Camel, ELP, VDGG, Transatlantic and Kaipa bubbling under the surface.)
(and does XTC count?)
The Prog Corner
Spice Girls
Backstreet Boys
Menudo
N'Sync
New Kids on the Block
If I'm allowed to add a 6th bonus - Hatfield and the North
1- Genesis
2- Yes
3- Jethro Tull
4- ELP
5- Camel
Jethro Tull
Renaissance
Triumvirat
Strawbs
Eloy
Glass Hammer
Crimson
Yes
Genesis
Spock's Beard (Morse era)
Ummmmm... one of those seriously does not belong in that list.Originally Posted by chalkpie
N' Sync.
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1) Crimson
2) Magma
3) Genesis
4) Steve Hackett
5) Nektar
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I assumed solo artists were not allowed, othewise my top 5 might have included Joni Mitchell.
Zappa
Univers Zero
Gentle Giant
King Crimson
National Health
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