Progressive Rock...That ROCKS

[SteveHeissner]

Urge Overkill. Sister Havana.

 

[Gully Foyle]

I'm a big UO fan - partied all night with them in Albuquerque NM on the Saturation tour - but not progressive?

 

[eloann]

I very much agree with some of the suggestions. Let's add a few more

 

[zisme]

a lot of great bands in this thread

The Contortionist


The Ocean


and of course, the mighty ISIS (RIP)

 

[Mediocrity Man]

 

[marko57]

Porcupine Tree.. One of my favorites.

 

[Rickengeezer]

Here's the "double trio" version of King Crimson playing Red....my favorite also is the Wetton era, but Levin is of course no slouch and this is a killer version of the Wetton-era classic:

 

[KickingBass]

No one has mentioned Tesseract? Or Skyharbor? Is it that I'm young? Or is that not quite what the OP is looking for?

 

[TemplesOfSyrinx]

Haken.

 

[TemplesOfSyrinx]

or Steven Wilson.

 

[DavetheDude]

Haken.

Long live Haken!

 

[TemplesOfSyrinx]

The Third Ending


They are from Tasmania

 

[Spirit of Ox]

Does Nomeansno count?

 

[Matthew Fisher]

Racer X. Paul Gilbert and Co. are insanely good, and have a sense of humor. I think it's Juan Alderete on bass here. [Correction: Linus of Hollywood! (Thanks, OP)]

 

[BonesawMcgraw13]

And there's really no excuse to have such a weak bass guitar presence on albums where the guitars really aren't that heavy and thick.

I thought they always had some good bass on their albums. It's more present on this album which is more traditional prog rock IMO than any of their others. I feel like the bass is low in the mix on a lot of their stuff but it's there on this album.

 

[capnsandwich]

This band has always done it for me.

 

[afellini]

 

[RichardW]

here's one old school suggestion: Jethro Tull's "Thick as a Brick."
here's something more contemporary: The Decemberists' "Hazards of Love."

 

[TemplesOfSyrinx]

or this....

 

[Mystic Michael]

I'm looking for Prog Rock that rocks hard or at least somewhat hard. Some of the prog bands I like are Yes, Dream Theater, Rush, some ELP, Pink Floyd, Tool.

I listened to a few random tracks from bands on Invalid Link Removed but a lot of it sounded quite light. I'm a big Metal fan but I'm not necessarily looking for anything that has any overt Metal influences.

Basically what I'm looking for are prog bands that combine the energy and hard rock level of Rush's 2112 with the aggression of Tool and the grandness of some Yes & Dream Theater works.

I rather like Porcupine Tree. I have no idea if they're "aggressive" enough for you, but they rock pretty hard as far as I'm concerned. And they sound great:





MM