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What Happened to Prog Rock?!?!
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jive1
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Sadly most prog musicians realized all the chops in the world weren't going to help them get laid, and started playing more chick-friendly music.
Muse and Oceansize have touches of prog... not in a King Crimson or old Genesis way, but it's there. I've seen a bunch of others mentioned here, but I'll throw out a couple more.
Self Evident
Iced Ink
Self Evident
Iced Ink
Ok, Oceansize, for me the most amazing and original band right now, the albums "Eflorescence" and "Frames" are just incredible. Form sweden there are these really amazing bands like Beardfish: they bring back all the 70s era with a new touch, amazing band. Anekdoten from sweden also is an incredible band too, they started in a king crimson style the first 3 records and they have changed to their own amazing style. And last but not least Gosta Berlings Saga, i just found them, and their Detta Har Hant album is just amazing.
Here some links for each one:
Oceansize:
Here some links for each one:
Oceansize:
Sadly most prog musicians realized all the chops in the world weren't going to help them get laid, and started playing more chick-friendly music.
LMAO!
Oh yeah - PFM did stuff easily on a par with Yes, ELP et al, musically speaking (and I'm speaking as a huge fan of those latter two bands, by the way).
"Chocolate Kings" is still one of my all time favourite albums.
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The prog of my youth was Yes, Crimson, Zappa, ELP,Gentle Giant etc. Bands that expanded the boundaries of rock by incorporating Classical, Jazz and complex time signatures. Instruments like Moog and other synths, Mellotrons, strings, and a plethora of percussion to explore uncharted territories. That is pretty much been replaced these days by speed metal as prog.
Bernardo Lanzetti sings on Chocolate Kings.
Now he sings in MANGALA VALLIS, an italian progressive band I play bass with. We are working on our 3rd album.
Frost*
The Flower Kings
Spock's Beard
Transatlantic
Porcupine Tree
and don't forget RUSH is performing the Moving Pictures album this summer.
Prog is still strong.
The Flower Kings
Spock's Beard
Transatlantic
Porcupine Tree
and don't forget RUSH is performing the Moving Pictures album this summer.
Prog is still strong.
KAR
NIV
OOL
KARNIVOOL.
Can't say enough.
Amazing. Saw them monday night here in the MPLS and it couldn't have been a better show.
NIV
OOL
KARNIVOOL.
Can't say enough.
Amazing. Saw them monday night here in the MPLS and it couldn't have been a better show.
Oh god, I love how the video-game/MTV/damn-kids-get-off-my-lawn argument was used here.
As for my opinion on what happened to it: they came to their senses.
Post-ironic Beardcore? Yes!
As for my opinion on what happened to it: they came to their senses.
Prog? No.
Post-ironic Beardcore? Yes!
There are plenty of great prog acts out there I'm a huge prog fan you just got to hunt high and low
or go through Inside Out's artists
or go through Inside Out's artists
Glad to see some Oceansize love! They along with Muse are my favorite band right now. They incorporate off the wall rhythms and beats into thier music in a way that is very effortless and smooth. What distinguishes them from so many other prog bands for me is that thier songs flow unbelievably well despite thier technical angularity, unless its not meant to (sleeping dogs for example). If your at all into music with strange time signatures, give them a try, and even if your not you should at least listen to some of thier more accesable tunes like Catalyst, Meredith, and Music for a Nurse. Theyve been around for over a decade and yet no one has ever heard of them, which to me is extremely sad given thier obvious talent.
Quick overview of each of thier albums
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Effloresce - Psychadelic throughout, with songs varying in degrees of heavyness and lightness (Massive Bearavement is a good example of this). Several instrumental tracks act as interludes within the album, although by themselves they are all beautiful, particularly Unravel. Contains the wonderfully mournfull Long Forgotten. Overall my favorite album as of now.
Everyone into Position - Still retains some psychadelics, but noteably less than Effloresce. More conventional time structures in a few of the songs, shorter track lengths as well, although these songs have perhaps the most intruiging progressions. Perhaps the best album closer ever.
Frames - Waaaay more epic than thier previous works imho. Shortest song is upwards of 6 minutes. Beautifull 10 minute intrumental track that really does well to seperate the 2 different moods of the album (1st half being more spacy and ethereal, last half darker). Another monsterous album closer with The Frame, and one of thier darkest songs yet in Vorhees.
I cant sing my praises of this band enough, you owe it to yourself to check them out.
Quick overview of each of thier albums
:Effloresce - Psychadelic throughout, with songs varying in degrees of heavyness and lightness (Massive Bearavement is a good example of this). Several instrumental tracks act as interludes within the album, although by themselves they are all beautiful, particularly Unravel. Contains the wonderfully mournfull Long Forgotten. Overall my favorite album as of now.
Everyone into Position - Still retains some psychadelics, but noteably less than Effloresce. More conventional time structures in a few of the songs, shorter track lengths as well, although these songs have perhaps the most intruiging progressions. Perhaps the best album closer ever.
Frames - Waaaay more epic than thier previous works imho. Shortest song is upwards of 6 minutes. Beautifull 10 minute intrumental track that really does well to seperate the 2 different moods of the album (1st half being more spacy and ethereal, last half darker). Another monsterous album closer with The Frame, and one of thier darkest songs yet in Vorhees.
I cant sing my praises of this band enough, you owe it to yourself to check them out.
It's a little unrealistic to expect Prog to stay stuck in the past. That's what I'm hearing, from the people who say there are no good new bands (like the old bands). Prog is actually "cool" now (uh, that's what they tell me )
Check out:
Zebulon Pike (heavy)
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Titan (psych/prog/krautrock)
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Zombi (lots of analog keyboards)
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)Check out:
Zebulon Pike (heavy)
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Titan (psych/prog/krautrock)
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Zombi (lots of analog keyboards)
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The prog of my youth was Yes, Crimson, Zappa, ELP,Gentle Giant etc. Bands that expanded the boundaries of rock by incorporating Classical, Jazz and complex time signatures. Instruments like Moog and other synths, Mellotrons, strings, and a plethora of percussion to explore uncharted territories. That is pretty much been replaced these days by speed metal as prog.
You listed 4 of the main bands i grew up on(Yes/Crimson/Zappa/ELP) all amazing, and with the exception of occasional tool albums hard to compete with. There's still a few less speed metal prog metal bands out there, Isis is the first that comes to mind.
