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CDink
January 1st, 2008, 06:02 PM
Anybody fans of progressive rock? I'm a giant yes fan in particualr
mr.rpg king
January 2nd, 2008, 07:59 PM
The fact that consenus poll shows the favorite band here to be Rush should more than answer your question. Also, I love King Crimson.
CDink
January 2nd, 2008, 10:24 PM
there first album was really good, and 2112 is probably the best album ever(it's up there atleast)
coheed
January 6th, 2008, 12:18 AM
If we count Coheed and Pink Floyd, then yes. :)
Meathos
January 6th, 2008, 12:19 AM
Rush and Dream Theater. Cliched, but for good reason.
Dan
January 6th, 2008, 07:44 AM
Prog rock is one of the two genres that I absolutely love. I'm a huge fan of Pink Floyd, Rush and Yes inparticular, and it's great to see bands like Coheed and Cambria bringing back prog into the music scene.
Kid_A
January 6th, 2008, 11:46 AM
Can someone explain to me a non-dictionary definition of progressive rock? Layman's terms, if you will? It seems a bit strange to put Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush and Coheed & Cambria into the same group... and isn't the Mars Volta considered prog rock? :wha:
Typhon
January 6th, 2008, 12:52 PM
I'm in with Tool and King Crimson as far as progressive goes...
Flip-Hkd
January 6th, 2008, 04:44 PM
Rush and Dream Theater. Cliched, but for good reason.


Dream Theater :worship:
Dan
January 7th, 2008, 02:34 AM
Progressive rock is basically music with a central theme or concept. Other than that, the musicians are usually incredibly skilled at their instruments, leaning towards a virtuoso level, and their music contains strange time signatures and longer than usual lengths.

In other news, I started listening to King Crimson and I love it. Now I need some ELP.
Civil Disobedient
January 7th, 2008, 07:13 AM
There is loads of great Prog, such as early Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator, ELP etc. It's kinda died out now but there's still a fairly large online community devoted to it, on sites such as Prog Archives.

Prog still masquerades in modern bands such as the aforementioned Coheed and Cambria (pop prog), Between The Buried and Me (metal prog) and Opeth (death metal prog).
Dan
January 7th, 2008, 07:50 AM
Seeing as we have a prog thread, I thought I'd pose a question. Which ELP album: Brain Salad Surgery, Tarkus or Emerson, Lake & Palmer?
Flip-Hkd
January 7th, 2008, 10:19 PM
Opeth :bow:
Lord_Bodom_666
January 19th, 2008, 11:19 PM
Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Alice In Chains, TransAtlantic, O.S.I., Neal Morse...... Notice how Mike Portnoy is in all but two of these bands......
mr.rpg king
January 21st, 2008, 11:12 PM
Alice in Chains are not progressive rock. They are grunge and their later stuff was sludge metal and desert rock in the vein of early Soundgarden.
CDink
January 22nd, 2008, 05:56 PM
Seeing as we have a prog thread, I thought I'd pose a question. Which ELP album: Brain Salad Surgery, Tarkus or Emerson, Lake & Palmer?



i personally like emerson lake and palmer, i havn't heard tarkus, but brain sald surgery is suppose to be good.
AllThingsEqual
January 22nd, 2008, 09:27 PM
I love prog, but I really don't understand the Dream Theater worship. They are really just a band who can play technical music. As far as prog goes I am really into old prog like:

Gentle Giant
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Camel
Rush
Yes
Genesis
Pink Floyd, (which are actually much more psychedelic rock)


I am also into much newer prog rock and metal likeL

Porcupine Tree
Opeth
Dream Theater/John Petrucci
Coheed and Cambria
The Mars Volta
Tool
etc.