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Readers Poll: The Best Prog Rock Bands of All Time
Rolling Stone Magazine ^
| 7-21-2011
| Andy Greene
Posted on 07/21/2011 5:35:30 PM PDT by MarkL
Last week, we asked our readers to vote for their favorite progressive rock bands. Looking over the results, it's a real pity that only two of the bands are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Here's hoping that the class of 2012 is entirely prog. (Just imagine the epic jam between Yes, King Crimson and Rush – the stage would buckle under the weight of the countless people that have played in the first two bands.) Anyway, until that magical day happens, click though to see the results of the poll.
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Holy cow! Rolling stone actually recognizes "Prog-Rock" as "legitimate Music!" Of course, they had to toss in a couple of bands that aren't really "prog" just to show that they're still "edgy" (Tool & Mars Volta as "Prog-Rock?").
Not sure I agree with the order, but all in all, it's a pretty good line-up, with a fair number of great prog-rock bands left off... I guess that's always to be expected when you're limited to 10.
Mark
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posted on
07/21/2011 5:35:35 PM PDT
by
MarkL
To: MarkL
Dream Theater, Savatage(aka: Trans Siberian Orchestra), and Queensrÿche would all be at or near the top of my list.
2
posted on
07/21/2011 5:38:52 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: MarkL
I thought
Rolling Stone was a Marxist/Leninist propaganda magazine.
Are you telling me they cover music now...?
3
posted on
07/21/2011 5:40:27 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: KoRn
Click through the list... Dream Theater IS on the list as #10.
Mark
4
posted on
07/21/2011 5:41:23 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: Flycatcher
Are you telling me they cover music now...? Only the most popular or what Jan Wenner considers "edgy." For as long as I can remember, they've dissed anything remotely "progressive," at least as far as music goes... Weird, since the magazine is rabidly "progressive" politically!"
Mark
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posted on
07/21/2011 5:43:49 PM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: MarkL
Frank Zappa makes these bands look like a bunch of kindergartners. Ian Anderson will say it, too.
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posted on
07/21/2011 5:49:57 PM PDT
by
Chunga
("Woo hoo!! Palin/West 2012. Unbeatable!!" - Jim Robinson)
To: MarkL
Jan Wenner is an adulterous gay Marxist.
Why would you ever want to read his vile publication?
7
posted on
07/21/2011 5:50:02 PM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: MarkL
Pink Floyd there is no other Prog Rock group. They started the Prog rock.
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posted on
07/21/2011 5:52:03 PM PDT
by
crazydad
To: MarkL
Tool & Mars Volta as "Prog-Rock?"
Rolling Stoner still proves how lame they are, even decades later. How are they still in business?
Hmm . . . no sign of Uriah Heep, Tangerine Dream, or even Quatermass . . .
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posted on
07/21/2011 5:52:14 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: MarkL
The Jennifer Aniston cover ... oh, different topic.
Anyway, Dream Theater was a favorite band of the radio DJ who died in the Great White club fire in Rhode Island.
Otherwise, Rush and Yes for me.
To: KoRn
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posted on
07/21/2011 5:57:00 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: MarkL
Well, the poll is wrong, King Crimson is #1 of the mainstream prog bands.
Of course, there’s always non-mainstream.....
To: MarkL
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posted on
07/21/2011 6:03:51 PM PDT
by
Krankor
(I pushed my soul in a deep dark hole and then I followed it in.)
To: mylife
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posted on
07/21/2011 6:05:33 PM PDT
by
ozaukeemom
(Is it 2012 yet?)
To: Revolting cat!
In before the 15 minute organ solo!
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posted on
07/21/2011 6:09:45 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
To: MarkL
Yeah, I saw that. Was quite a surprise, given how they were never a household name. I met their guitarist in a bar at a restaurant once. He was one of the coolest musicians I’ve ever met. Their bassist was always one of my idols, musically.
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posted on
07/21/2011 6:10:34 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: MarkL
The only group that I am familiar with on this list is the Pink Floyd. My favorite recording by them is
See Emily Play (1967).
To: KoRn
Spock's Beard (Neal Morse); Kansas; Iona.
Cheers!
18
posted on
07/21/2011 6:21:13 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: KoRn
...oh, and Alan Parsons Project.
Cheers!
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posted on
07/21/2011 6:21:47 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: MarkL
What? No Camel?!
No
Ozric Tentacles?!! And what of the quirky prog stylings of Hatfield And The North?
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posted on
07/21/2011 6:29:14 PM PDT
by
mylife
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