Favorite Progressive Rock Band :)

Trollheart · 05-16-2012, 06:00 AM

Mind if I ask what age you are? Whether you're into or know of prog rock you MUST have heard of Genesis, at least in passing! There are lots of bands whose music I'm not into, but even as a confirmed not-liker (I won't say hater, as there's little I truly hate) of jazz, I still know OF the greats, the same with punk or ska or whatever. Just cos you're not into a genre doesn't mean it can't pass you by and have a near-miss, scraping off some paint as it goes by.

But if you're serious, and you enjoyed early Genesis, then you need to check out Marillion's first four albums, as well as their lead singer Fish's solo stuff. Try also Rush, Pendragon and Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard and Gazpacho, not forgetting Peter Gabriel's solo work (early at any rate) and if you can get hold of a band called Twelfth Night's "Fact and fiction" I'd say you'd enjoy that.

As a quick list then, these, not necessarily in any order:
MARILLION
Script for a jester's tear
Fugazi
Misplaced childhood
Clutching at straws

FISH
Vigil in a wilderness of mirrors
Internal exile
Sunsets on empire
Raingods with zippos

RUSH
Caress of steel
2112
A farewell to kings
Hemispheres

PENDRAGON
The world
The window of life
The masquerade overture
Believe
Pure
Kowtow
Passion

GAZPACHO
Missa Atropos
March of ghosts

PETER GABRIEL
First four albums, all called Peter Gabriel (1977/78/80/82)
So
Us

SPOCK'S BEARD
V
The kindness of strangers
Day for night
X
Octane

PORCUPINE TREE
Fear of a blank planet
In absentia
Coma divine
Stars die
The incident
The sky moves sideways
and many more

STEVEN WILSON (Porcupine Tree)
Grace for drowning

TWELFTH NIGHT
Fact and fiction

Loads more, but that will give you some sort of grounding in some of the best prog rock out there. Anyone else, feel free to add or comment.

05-16-2012, 06:00 AM	#13 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,971	Mind if I ask what age you are? Whether you're into or know of prog rock you MUST have heard of Genesis, at least in passing! There are lots of bands whose music I'm not into, but even as a confirmed not-liker (I won't say hater, as there's little I truly hate) of jazz, I still know OF the greats, the same with punk or ska or whatever. Just cos you're not into a genre doesn't mean it can't pass you by and have a near-miss, scraping off some paint as it goes by. But if you're serious, and you enjoyed early Genesis, then you need to check out Marillion's first four albums, as well as their lead singer Fish's solo stuff. Try also Rush, Pendragon and Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard and Gazpacho, not forgetting Peter Gabriel's solo work (early at any rate) and if you can get hold of a band called Twelfth Night's "Fact and fiction" I'd say you'd enjoy that. As a quick list then, these, not necessarily in any order: MARILLION Script for a jester's tear Fugazi Misplaced childhood Clutching at straws FISH Vigil in a wilderness of mirrors Internal exile Sunsets on empire Raingods with zippos RUSH Caress of steel 2112 A farewell to kings Hemispheres PENDRAGON The world The window of life The masquerade overture Believe Pure Kowtow Passion GAZPACHO Missa Atropos March of ghosts PETER GABRIEL First four albums, all called Peter Gabriel (1977/78/80/82) So Us SPOCK'S BEARD V The kindness of strangers Day for night X Octane PORCUPINE TREE Fear of a blank planet In absentia Coma divine Stars die The incident The sky moves sideways and many more STEVEN WILSON (Porcupine Tree) Grace for drowning TWELFTH NIGHT Fact and fiction Loads more, but that will give you some sort of grounding in some of the best prog rock out there. Anyone else, feel free to add or comment. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018