a21schizoidman's 60 Prog Bands to listen to before you die

[Gowienczyk]

ill give them a listen

and yeah, i made up my own little way of defining prog rock bands sounds/eras

I think I set it up as:

60s - Pioneering Era
70s - Traditional Era
80s - Regression Era
90s - Revisionist Era
00s - Urban Era

Revisionist History/Categorization is fun!

[a21schizoidman]

I think I set it up as:

60s - Pioneering Era
70s - Traditional Era
80s - Regression Era
90s - Revisionist Era
00s - Urban Era

Revisionist History/Categorization is fun!

i generally go by
66-71/72 - first wave (pioneering, still strong jazz/fusion influence, start of the genre)
73-79 - second wave (perfection of the sound, the high water mark of the genre)
80-89 - third wave (80s sound mixed with prog, neo-prog in its heyday, loss in interest due to punk)
90-now - fourth wave (bringing back the genre, back to late first wave/early second wave type prog)

[Gowienczyk]

i generally go by
66-71/72 - first wave (pioneering, still strong jazz/fusion influence, start of the genre)
73-79 - second wave (perfection of the sound, the high water mark of the genre)
80-89 - third wave (80s sound mixed with prog, neo-prog in its heyday, loss in interest due to punk)
90-now - fourth wave (bringing back the genre, back to late first wave/early second wave type prog)

What? There isn't a whole lot of dominance of revival bands of the 70s sound. Theres more modern hard rock/prog fusion types that I've seen. Ranging from Dredg, Joey Epaprd's 3, etc.

But I guess it depends on what community you know.

[a21schizoidman]

What? There isn't a whole lot of dominance of revival bands of the 70s sound. Theres more modern hard rock/prog fusion types that I've seen. Ranging from Dredg, Joey Epaprd's 3, etc.

But I guess it depends on what community you know.

its not necessarily just revival of the sound, its incorporating the sound into more modern music, not saying that they all are trying to be soft machine of the 00s, but they will make a harder, more upbeat and modern jazz/prog kind of music


also, note: this is only for progressive rock, not any form of prog metal

[Gowienczyk]

its not necessarily just revival of the sound, its incorporating the sound into more modern music, not saying that they all are trying to be soft machine of the 00s, but they will make a harder, more upbeat and modern jazz/prog kind of music


also, note: this is only for progressive rock, not any form of prog metal

Prog Metal that's all wankery sucks anyway. Unless you are Zakk. I like the artistic more creative prog metal groups like Mechanical Poet, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Pain of Salvation, Orphaned Land, Symphony X, Amaseffer, To-Mera, etc.

[Soror_YZBL]

ill give them a listen

and yeah, i made up my own little way of defining prog rock bands sounds/eras

I *LIKE* it. I usually lump the first two generations together, but I suppose it's not fair to compare Rush to Yes. Based on your categorization, would you say the first generation was artsy, the second generation were arena rockers, third gen more pop, and fourth either more psychedelic (for lack of a better term) or closer to metal?.

[a21schizoidman]

I *LIKE* it. I usually lump the first two generations together, but I suppose it's not fair to compare Rush to Yes. Based on your categorization, would you say the first generation was artsy, the second generation were arena rockers, third gen more pop, and fourth either more psychedelic (for lack of a better term) or closer to metal?.

id say the first gen was proto-prog/early prog bands while the genre was being developed (Zappa, Soft Machine, Yes, King Crimson), and the second gen is where the high water mark of genre was at (Camel, Jethro Tull, ELP), and the 3rd would be mostly 80s prog/neo prog with more pop in it (Alan Parsons Project, Marillion, IQ), then the 4th is rebirth of the genre by taking the original sounds and putting modern twists on it to make it their own

its kinda loose, but it helps seperate the genre enough to be able to channel people in the right direction, like you said, you can't compare bands of the Canterbury Scene to say, neo-prog, its just not the same

[Zofo15]

I believe that Geddy Lee's voice single handedly puts Rush in 1st Place.

[a21schizoidman]

I believe that Geddy Lee's voice single handedly puts Rush in 1st Place.

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116832

[Fizzeler]

Nice list the weirdest part is that I have heard all of those groups
Also, very good balance between modern and classic Prog.