Best Prog Rock?

[Doctor Intrepid]

I'm feeling both cheeky and sad due to the death of Neil Peart. So I will thow up the poll hoping that Rush will get some sympathy votes. They are my favorite and I do think they are the best.

So, what say you all? Best Prog Rock band of all time?

P.S. if your favorite isn't on the list they didn't make it past the first vote. You may like them, but they are not a contender.

 

[bholder]

The first is still the best.

 

[Michedelic]

What, no Canterbury(Soft Machine/Robert Wyatt/Hugh Hopper, Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Gong/Steve Hillage), Henry Cow, Gentle Giant, Van der Graaf Generator? Not a serious discussion without them.

 

[Doctor Intrepid]

What, no Canterbury(Soft Machine/Robert Wyatt/Hugh Hopper, Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Gong/Steve Hillage), Henry Cow, Gentle Giant, Van der Graaf Generator? Not a serious discussion without them.

Who?

 

[Basshappi]

Doctor, you have homework.

 

[Michedelic]

Who?

Just as I thought.

 

[Doctor Intrepid]

Just as I thought.

We're not talking about personal favorites here. We're talking about the best.

 

[5StringBlues]

No YES, no list.


( Carrots )

 

[Michedelic]

We're not talking about personal favorites here. We're talking about the best.

Doctor, you have homework.

This^
That you didn’t know any band on my list, yet include ELO in your poll, speaks volumes. I would understand that you included Dream
Theater and Tool to not be stuck in just the classic era, but then, where is Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Mars Volta...Spock’s Beard, even? When exactly was this first vote, and who determined it? Wouldn’t it stand to reason that anyone’s ‘best’ be a favorite?

 

[5StringBlues]

This^
That you didn’t know any band on my list, yet include ELO in your poll, speaks volumes. I would understand that you included Dream
Theater and Tool to not be stuck in just the classic era, but then, where is Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Mars Volta...Spock’s Beard, even? When exactly was this first vote, and who determined it? Wouldn’t it stand to reason that anyone’s ‘best’ be a favorite?

^

This.



And ElO is prog and YES isn't?



Alllllllrighty then!

 

[Sid Fang]

If you’re going to include neo-prog, like Tool and Dream Theatre, Porcupine Tree should be up there as well.

 

[charlie monroe]

This^
That you didn’t know any band on my list, yet include ELO in your poll, speaks volumes. I would understand that you included Dream
Theater and Tool to not be stuck in just the classic era, but then, where is Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Mars Volta...Spock’s Beard, even? When exactly was this first vote, and who determined it? Wouldn’t it stand to reason that anyone’s ‘best’ be a favorite?

Didn’t you read the OP?

Just vote Rush and humor him

 

[Doctor Intrepid]

No YES, no list.


( Carrots )

Right! My bad!

 

[Sid Fang]

Who?

No. Much as I love them, The Who were never a prog band.

 

[5StringBlues]

No. Much as I love them, The Who were never a prog band.

Tho they WERE on first.......................

 

[Doctor Intrepid]

I'm trying to add Yes. Totally should be there, but due to limited edit options I cannot add them.

 

[Rib 13]

always worth a post in a Prog thread:

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[5StringBlues]

^ hee hee, nice!

 

[bobba66]

Yes. Yes it is.

 

[Nashrakh]

No. Much as I love them, The Who were never a prog band.

I'm sorry, but I was instantly reminded of this Animaniacs bit: