Your top 10 Favorite Progressive Rock Bands!!

[Onslaught_fei]

Opeth. My favorite prog band. New single, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxAM-...eature=related

Came out yesterday.

[xtreme3600]

none of those are even close to prog. rock dude

well talking about not rock is the dlc so far, i only dl some songs but most suck

[darthrick10]

i admit i don't listen to a lot of prgressive rock but i really like Rush, Queensrÿche and Tool

[JukeBoxHero]

none of those are even close to prog. rock dude

xtreme3600:Correct, Guns n Roses and Van Halen are glam metal if I'm not mistaken. Velvet Revolver is hard rock, Rage Against The Machine is rap metal I suppose.

Perhaps my genre tagging is pointless(might do more harm than good) but in terms of the sub-genre, every group on that list(most guitar hero 3 songs are nowhere near progressive rock) is not progressive rock. I think you accidently click the thread mindlessly and submited your post without checking to make sure your in the right topic.

[WingsOfSteel]

1. Kansas (Song for America and Masque are the best)
2. Rush
3. Proto-Kaw
4. Pink Floyd (they're definitely Prog, listen to Animals ffs)
5. Yes
6. Coheed & Cambria
7. Starcastle
8. Asia
9. Jethro Tull
10. Dream Theater

[darthluigi7]

xtreme3600:Correct, Guns n Roses and Van Halen are glam metal if I'm not mistaken. Velvet Revolver is hard rock, Rage Against The Machine is rap metal I suppose.

Perhaps my genre tagging is pointless(might do more harm than good) but in terms of the sub-genre, every group on that list(most guitar hero 3 songs are nowhere near progressive rock) is not progressive rock. I think you accidently click the thread mindlessly and submited your post without checking to make sure your in the right topic.

Impulse by An Endless Sporadic is pretty prog in my estimation...

[JukeBoxHero]

Impulse by An Endless Sporadic is pretty prog in my estimation...

Hmm, perhaps I should stick to my rules of not generalizing a certain game, band, or song. I was just trying to say that the groups he listed just weren't exactly anywhere near being in the genre. I think I'll keep my trap shut next time.

[WingsOfSteel]

Impulse by An Endless Sporadic is pretty prog in my estimation...

Not really, it's pretty much techno.

[darthluigi7]

Techno??? That song is a bunch of things... and can possibly be fit into a few genres... but techno??? I don't know how to respond to that... That song is definitely progressive... It's the most progressive song that's been in guitar hero/rock band besides yyz. There is no denying that it fulfills the "Progressive rock (often shortened to "prog rock" or "prog", also called "art rock"[1]) is a form of rock music that evolved in the late-1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility."[1]

Progressive rock bands pushed "rock's technical and compositional boundaries"[1] by going beyond the standard rock or popular verse-chorus based song structures. Additionally, the arrangements often incorporate elements drawn from classical, jazz, and avant-garde music. Instrumental songs are more common, and songs with lyrics are sometimes conceptual, abstract, or based in fantasy. Progressive rock bands sometimes used "concept albums that made unified statements, usually telling an epic story or tackling a grand overarching theme".[1]" yea... it's from wikipedia... but... that really sounds like Impulse by An Endless Sporadic to me... Anyway... This is one of my favorite concert videoshttp://video.google.com/videoplay?do...LawYSlAg&hl=en

[OldClownie]

Beefheart
The Mothers
Soft Machine
Amon Duul II
Yes
Genesis

Do Brian Eno's first few solo albums count? I'm kinda running out of bands here.

Lightning Bolt or This Heat, if they count. The "prog" genre gets a little blurry, for me, toward the edges.

I guess I'll add in Pink Floyd's first album, although I'm not a major fan their full catalog.