MB's 100 Greatest Progressive Rock Artists (lyric, blues, indie, jazz)

lucifer_sam · 04-21-2009, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Yeah Kraftwerk and Neu! became a real issue. In the end I felt there were other categories were they were more suitable, they don't sound all that different from various industrial and synth pop groups which no one in their right mind would call prog.

But it's a tough call and who's to say I won't change my mind in the future?

Tangerine Dream are electronic but they have a very Pink Floyd inspired feel to their work as opposed to the proto-synth pop of Kraftwerk. Amon Duul II and Can are not electronic and are straight up avant prog rock.

I probably do need to add Faust though.

Kraftwerk - yes
Tangerine Dream - yes
Neu! - no

let me explain. what Kraftwerk and TD explored synthesizers and how they could craft melody purely out of a wall of synthetic material, Neu! was largely organic. Rother and Dinger were multi-instrumentalists who got ejected from Kraftwerk because they wanted to explore a different avenue. and their sound was ENORMOUSLY influential, not just on the burgeoning German scene.

i suppose they were pretty short-lived (with a grand total of four studio albums to their name), but their looming influence on the rest of the world (especially bands like Porcupine Tree) was not.

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Originally Posted by Molecules

i was about to say 'i've never heard of that one before' but i am thinking of another group who are worthy candidates for this list, heh. although you know what they say, too much Rother spoils the.. krautrock

haha. i was so excited to find that band until i started listening. it sounds reprehensible tame, more like Deuter and that new-age crap that the torch was passed to than anything else. i was so disappointed by Deluxe.