As a lover of ProgRock, I agree with most of this, though a couple of the bands I’ve never heard of.
And as much as I love ELP, I have to agree on Rush as #1.
Spent many a New Year’s Eve at the annual concert - Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto - Rush, backed up by an equally great band that, sadly, most Americans have never heard of - Max Webster.
Good times.
Ive seen Max Webster
I LOVED Max Webster too. They toured quite a bit with Rush, and they played a concert in NYC with The Outlaws and Foghat!
"Hangover" and "The Party" are two examples of really great songs.
It's been too long since I heard anything by them or Kim Mitchel.
Mark