Rank Your Top Five All-Time Symph Bands

[bob_32_116]

Moody Blues (if they count)

If they count???

I'd say they practically invented the genre.

[PeterG]

Cardiacs
The Sea Nymphs
Spratley's Japs
Mr & Mrs Smith & Mr Drake
Stars in Battledress

No, but seriously,
Camel
Genesis
Gentle Giant
Yes
PFM

Bubbling under
The Nice
Moody Blues
Steve Hackett

[PeterG]

I'd say that symphonic rock's parents were equally The Moody Blues and The Nice.

[WytchCrypt]

Now name your top 5 one-and-done Symph bands...
Epidaurus - Earthly Paradise

Forgot how good that one was...gave it a listen last night. Fantastic synth leads over tons of mellotron...can't understand a single thing she's singing but I love it

[Digital_Man]

If they count???

I'd say they practically invented the genre.

Well, some people consider them proto prog.

[Digital_Man]

I'd say that symphonic rock's parents were equally The Moody Blues and The Nice.

Well no, I think they were symphonic rock bands but whether they were symphonic prog bands(as in the full genre of the seventies of the YES and Genesis variety)is another story. Personally, I think the Nice were maybe the first full symph prog band while the Moodies were more of a symphonic art rock(or proto prog) band but that's just my opinion.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

heh... DOFP actually had a Symphony Orchestra play as segues between the Pop/Rock tunes and perhaps gave The Nice (the first actual Symph band) their idea,... but yeah, The Moody Blues were a pretty ordinary Pop/Rock band aside from that Ochestra segue thing on DOFP

[Rune Blackwings]

Arcturus
Emperor
Renaissance
Nightwish
Moody Blues or The Enid....cannot decide

Also, Sarah Brightman, Tarja Turunen, pretty much anything Arjen Lucassen is involved in...

[Rune Blackwings]

London Symphony Orchestra
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Western Australia Symphony Orchestra

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