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progressive rock recordings / bands
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Check out the Talkbass Progressive Rock Bassists club for more info, but I play Genesis, Yes, Porcupine strew, UK, Rush, Dream Theater, ELP, Liquid Tension Experiment, Vai, Zappa (Zappa is so eclectic that some of his stuff is definitely proggish although he certainly was not), Frost*, etc. plenty on my channel(link in signature below).
Lots of great stuff to play and listen to, from King Crimson to Riverside - there’s some of bass guitar’s best moments to be had in prog.
Lots of great stuff to play and listen to, from King Crimson to Riverside - there’s some of bass guitar’s best moments to be had in prog.
Hakken for excellent super talented metal with a Gentle Giant influence.
EVERYTHING Steve Wilson related: Porcupine Tree (start with Stupid Dream), his solo albums, and his side project Blackfield. Steven Wilson took everything good from the past, updated it, and made new and interesting stuff. His material is varied from delicate tear-provoking beautiful landscapes to full out metal. He dislike the prog label and when you listen you'll understand why - its all so varied but all so good. He writes, pretty darn good guitar player, good singer, engineers, and produces. And surrounds himself with the best players. He personally remixes all the greatest prog albums from the 70s in 5.1. He is today's 1970s musical genius.
EVERYTHING Steve Wilson related: Porcupine Tree (start with Stupid Dream), his solo albums, and his side project Blackfield. Steven Wilson took everything good from the past, updated it, and made new and interesting stuff. His material is varied from delicate tear-provoking beautiful landscapes to full out metal. He dislike the prog label and when you listen you'll understand why - its all so varied but all so good. He writes, pretty darn good guitar player, good singer, engineers, and produces. And surrounds himself with the best players. He personally remixes all the greatest prog albums from the 70s in 5.1. He is today's 1970s musical genius.
East of the Wall's 'Redaction Artifacts' is an all-time fave. Very compelling bass-work among everything else:
Chris Squire's Fish Out Of Water and Jon Anderson's Olias Of Sunhillow are absolute masterpieces.
Most overall talented Prog band ever. One of the best concerts I've ever seen - 1976 Central Park
I saw them a couple a times in Basel, Switzerland, they seemed to have a peculiar affinity for they returned at least 4 or 5 times: jaw dropping!
Don Caballero is pretty good. If you want a more punk/hardcore version of prog there bands like Nomeansno, Victims family, and Mr. bungle
This is THE Wakeman Strawbs album...I thought that was the only way to like them?
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Doesn’t Rick Wakeman play on those albums? I have a vague recollection of the drummer in my high school band trying to get me into Strawbs just because of their connection with Yes. I also have a less vague recollection of that connection not being strong enough to engage my interest.
Once again, can’t anyone be bothered to read through entire threads? I see bands referenced over and over, and it also means that there’s a lot of info skipped over. Why should anyone contribute if no one gains any knowledge by reading through? Tony in Philly gets a pass, ‘cause I know he read my first post, and I was remiss in posting videos. Now, there are related genres, like “Space Rock”, which of course means Hawkwind, and, to the extreme, this bunch...
...and then the entire “Kraut Rock” rabbit hole(and I’m not talking about Triumvirate, but more Neu!, Can, La Dusseldorf)but you’re not likely to hear a lot of meandering chord progressions or Rococo instrumental passages there. This band was a favorite of mine...
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I already mentioned Steve Hillage, but overlooked an earlier band of his...
and the keyboardist’s previous outfit...
He went on to the Hatfields, National Health, and the Bill Bruford band.
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Try checking out the UK prog metal band, Threshold... great prog, great rock but with great melodies too...
Good call; yeah, pretty under the radar. I used to help a guy who had a prog radio show in the late 70’s when he would bring artists in to town, and one of the events was with Wigwam’s British keyboardist, Jim Pembroke.
Their earlier albums are pretty good, but then they pared down to a duo and put out a series of ‘mind voyage’ albums...
This last suite is killer:
L'Auberge Du Sanglier / A Hunting We Shall Go / Pengola / Backwards / A Hunting We Shall Go (Reprise)
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Civil Surface and The Polite Force are killer albums! I think Egg got a bit overlooked amidst all the other keyboard-led prog trios of the 70s, but I think I'd rather listen to them than Refugee or (especially) ELP.
