Your top 10 Favorite Progressive Rock Bands!!

[a21schizoidman]

You win grand prize of Japanese hamburger.

my friend showed me that article the other day, i'm still trying to figure out how they can do that

[Soror_YZBL]

my friend showed me that article the other day, i'm still trying to figure out how they can do that

I've been doing my damnedest to forget. The only thing good that's come out if it is a decent insult.

[a21schizoidman]

I've been doing my damnedest to forget. The only thing good that's come out if it is a decent insult.

my biggest fear is fast food chains getting used to the idea

[killer_roach]

my biggest fear is fast food chains getting used to the idea

You assume, of course, that they haven't been doing this for years. Would explain a lot, really.

[Soror_YZBL]

You assume, of course, that they haven't been doing this for years. Would explain a lot, really.

it explains burger king perfectly.

[Edwardoo]

1. Rush ( they are simply the best from all of the bands in the world for me )
2. Pink Floyd
3. Led Zeppelin
and that´s all from me, I don´t know Prog Rock bands so much but these 3 I like a Lot

[Runesmith]

I'm more into the "art rock" side of prog than the actual prog side, so purists beware:

1. Roxy Music
2. Electric Light Orchestra
3. The Tubes
4. The Millenium
5. Neu!
6. Laurie Anderson
7. Genesis
8. Steely Dan
9. The Decemberists
10. Grizzly Bear

[killer_roach]

I'm more into the "art rock" side of prog than the actual prog side, so purists beware:

1. Roxy Music
2. Electric Light Orchestra
3. The Tubes
4. The Millenium
5. Neu!
6. Laurie Anderson
7. Genesis
8. Steely Dan
9. The Decemberists
10. Grizzly Bear

Looks like a bunch of crossover prog with some Krautrock, jazz fusion, and prog folk thrown in for good measure. Might not be the usual names, and definitely without much on the symphonic side (although some ELO and early Genesis would classify as such), but it's still in the progressive space.

[Der_Lex]

Hmn, tough one to narrow down. Let's see.

1 Gazpacho
2 Marillion
3 Opeth
4 Pain of Salvation
5 Ayreon
6 Porcupine Tree
7 IQ
8 Stream of Passion
9 Genesis
10 Alan Parsons Project

Also, Soror, it's amazing how with this:

It's hard to stay consistent over 30 years, but yeah, they've had a few stinkers (.com always immediately pops to mind, along with somewhere else, and ick holidays in eden). You'd think that Hogarth was the problem, but then you remember that Brave, afraid of sunlight, Marbles, as well as a sizable chunk of anoraknophobia, this strange engine, and radiation are PERFECT.

Besides, anyone who romanticizes Fish's time with Marillion should do themselves a favor and listen to his spotty post-Marillion discography. It's never as bad as Hogarth's team can go, but it also never reaches the heights that Marillion has reached since he left the band.

Did I mention they're not just my fave prog band, but overall fave band?

you've pretty much literally stated how I feel about Marillion. I still feel bummed out about having to miss this year's EU weekend even though I live about a half hour drive from the venue now.

I don't know if you have yet, but I strongly recommend checking out Gazpacho if you haven't done so. As their name implies, H Marillion has been a big influence on them (and they've opened for the band in Europe on several tours, which is how I discovered them), but they've really developed their own unique sound and with each album they're slowly knocking Marillion off their spot as my favorite band. If you're into concept albums and elaborate soundscapes, they're well worth a listen. Any one of their last three albums (Night, Desert Flight and Missa Atropos) would be a good starting point.

[Boskov]

This is assuming Progressive Rock is a pretty broad term.

Quella Vecchio Locanda
Jethro Tull
Mother's of Invention (you know who)
Van der Graaf Generator
Gentle Giant
Univers Zero
King Crimson
Harmonium
Yezda Urfda
Caravan

I guess they're all 70s prog, huh? I tend to subconsciously separate then from now, I suppose. Kind of a fluid list, and in no real order.