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Best progressive bands

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Progressive is the god of music. What band is the god of prog?

Rated 10 points - posted 14 years ago by porcupinetheater in category Music.

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1.

Jethro Tull

239 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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King Crimson

238 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Genesis

237 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Yes

235 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Pink Floyd

227 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Rush

226 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Emerson, Lake and Palmer

179 points - added 14 years ago by guest -

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Tool

174 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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The Moody Blues

Invented Symphony Rock with Days Of Future Past.

91 points - added 9 years ago by guest -

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Spirit

79 points - added 13 years ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

Amazingly talented. Jimmy Page stole Stairway To Heaven riff from Taurus.

Added 9 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Dream Theater

71 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Gentle Giant

70 points - added 14 years ago by guest - 1 comment

Comments:

Both clever and enjoyable rock music. Very talented and true.

Added 11 years ago by guest, 1 point

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The Mars Volta

68 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Seventh Wonder

Officially my favorite band. Before you down-rate them if you haven't heard of them, I sincerely encourage you to look up the song The Great Escape, or the entire Mercy Falls album.

61 points - added 13 years ago by porcupinetheater - 1 comment

Comments:

Yeah, I heard them before. Their bass player can shift a bit, I like his style. They are an OK band, but I wouldn't rank them up there with the greats. Not yet, anyway. They still have plenty of room for improvement, and they are relatively young so they still have time.

Added 13 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Radiohead

46 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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The Mothers of Invention

35 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

17.

Marillion

The neo prog kings! Listen to their classic albums: Script for a Jester's Tear, Misplaced Childhood, Clutching At Straws, Brave, This strange Engine, Marbles...

30 points - added 12 years ago by guest -

18.

Porcupine Tree

28 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater - 2 comments

Comments:

Listen to something like The Start of Something Beautiful, Anesthetize, or Arriving Somewhere But Not Here. And don't go in expecting it to be progressive in the Dream Theater sense.

Added 12 years ago by guest, 0 points

I haven't listened to that much of their stuff, but they don't seem progressive in the slightest to me. I would like to hear some of their more progressive work, so I can understand why they are always called a progressive band. Anyone got any recommendations?

Added 13 years ago by guest, 0 points

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Kansas

27 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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Caravan

25 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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Opeth

21 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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King's X

18 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Focus

16 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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Van Der Graaf Generator

16 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Redemption

14 points - added 14 years ago by guest -

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Sieges Even

12 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Ayreon

11 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Supertramp

10 points - added 9 years ago by guest -

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Henry Cow

10 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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Soft Machine

10 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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Pain of Salvation

10 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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The Pineapple Theif

10 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Queensryche

7 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Ozric Tentacles

4 points - added 13 years ago by guest -

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Electric Light Orchaestra

3 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Transatlantic

3 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Mullmuzzler

2 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Spock's Beard

2 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Glass Hammer

2 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Hawkwind

2 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Symphony X

2 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Gordian Knot

2 points - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Iced Earth

1 point - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Vanden Plas

1 point - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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Oceanize

1 point - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -

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The Flower Kings

1 point - added 14 years ago by porcupinetheater -