The Prog Rock Thread

[Never_Scurred]

Does Brand X count?

[charlie chong]

prog jazz so they definitely fit in some way
phil collins doing the fusion drums
i remember the lps having some nice symphonic parts as well tho.

[d3vak]

On more modern stuff:

Porcupine Tree
Opeth
Dream Theater
Riverside
etc...

On contemporary stuff:

Tesseract
Intronaut
Skyharbor
Scale The Summit
etc...

On the recent (maybe not that recent) stuff, PLEASE GIVE THIS A TRY (It's a short EP) instrumental but so expressive and emotive:

Plini - "SWEET NOTHINGS" - FULL EP

[Moniker]

Oh yeah! Early Roxy Music, which is halfway b/w prog and pop (which makes it especially awesome), and his role in Bowie's Berlin/Thin White Duke Trilogy. His solo stuff is also great but tends towards the ambient/electronica. Another Green World and Ambient 1: Music for Airports are personal faves.

tbh I never felt compelled to give Roxy a try, gotta fix it some day.

Eno was only on board for the first 2 albums; IIRC Brian Ferry & Eno didn't exactly get along. The first album (self-titled) is definitely the one to go for. Ferry definitely kept lessons from Eno in mind for later albums, although it tends more towards the pop side. To my personal shame, I only really listen to their first and their Best Of. Some really fantastic synth pop in later albums. Avalon, in particular.

[charlie chong]

on the eno tip you may enjoy the prog lp by quiet sun which he was a member of
someone's made a nice playlist of it on you tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t9xsvs ... 5u&index=1

also this russian lp is cool space opera prog
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75a_WyQtX3c

[CMoon]

Eno was only on board for the first 2 albums; IIRC Brian Ferry & Eno didn't exactly get along. The first album (self-titled) is definitely the one to go for. Ferry definitely kept lessons from Eno in mind for later albums, although it tends more towards the pop side. To my personal shame, I only really listen to their first and their Best Of. Some really fantastic synth pop in later albums. Avalon, in particular.

I think the first three are all about at the same high watermark, even if Eno isn't on Stranded. For Your Pleasure is a bit uneven (mostly due to the horrible Bogus Man track), but at its heights it is the best Roxy ever recorded.

[szycag]

I can't let this thread sink off the front page without mentioning the mighty CARDIACS.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 9367CE04F8

That's probably their most prog influenced album, but all of their music has very complex parts and non-traditional transitions. I fell in love with this band pretty hard a couple years ago now and I haven't stopped listening since.

They are just as much influenced by Yes or Genesis or Gentle Giant as they are Devo and Zappa. They used to get called "pronk" (as in punk + prog) until people realized that word is ridiculous. They aren't punk since they are extremely conscious of composition, they aren't prog because there aren't any parts like winding solos or anything where your mind has time to wander off. It's all direct to the head psychedelic music that would be pop if it could just sit still for a moment. A big influence on Mr. Bungle.

Absolutely insane videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRZ2Xw_o6FY Tarred and Feathered
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_jhBoM0_As To Go Off and Things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DbJX92TDhA Is This the Life?

It's hard being a fan of this band in the states because few people even know who they are in England. That's why I like to share them with people and see what kind of reactions I get. Sometimes this band keeps me up at night. They kind of made me work backwards to find I like some prog like Van der Graaf Generator and stuff, and finally listening to other Genesis like Selling England by the Pound, but really I just keep coming back to them and all the stuff Tim Smith has ever had his hand in. He suffered a massive stroke in 2008 at a My Bloody Valentine show and only recently have physical re-releases of their stuff started to trickle out of their web shop. I only heard of them after I found a Max Tundra cover on his soundcloud, that was put on a CD made to help with his hospital costs. It might be too crazy for most people, but so are Cave games so maybe a few of you would give them a shot.

Also if you didn't like some of those clips, their biggest album is the 2CD Sing to God, which sounds like Zappa plus grindy metal. I don't know how much of their stuff could get categorized with prog proper, but all the posts I ever see of them on Reddit are in the prog rock section.

[system11]

How have I not noticed this thread before?

Huge Genesis fan. However I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that actually the Gabriel years get a little patchy in the end. I love Trespass and Nursery Cryme for example but Lamb and Selling England just never really worked for me as much. In my opinion their best work was actually just post-Gabriel, when they were still the Genesis people were familiar with.

A Trick Of The Tail is my favourite album of all time. It's a matured Genesis without the later excesses of Gabriel, it's a fantastic journey, funny, touching and melancholy. It starts with one of Phil's best drumming efforts (just listen to the timing) while also firmly establishing him as a capable vocalist. It ends with one of their best instrumental tracks. Just make sure you get the original Charisma CD (or FLACs of that), it's the best mastering.

I own every best mastering of all their albums. And all the remasters, and many of the other masterings.

Of course after Trick comes Wind And Wuthering, another brilliant album and somewhat overlooked. As a kid All In A Mouse's Night used to scare the hell out of me in the middle. Teeth and claws to match! After that things started to go downhill.

And Then There Were Three - much weaker but still has good moments.
Duke - same again, some good instrumentals and a few good tracks.
Abacab - weak, with a very annoying track in the middle (Who Dunnit?)
Genesis - only a few nods to prog here but this one is actually better than Abacab by being more listenable and having the superb Home By The Sea pair of tracks. The actual song content is pretty good too if you skip past the cheesy Illegal Alien (which is still catchy and enjoyable anyway).
Invisible Touch - actually has some good moments while being almost universally derided by Genesis fans. It's a good pop record, kind of rubs salt in the wound I suppose.
We Can't Dance - it's a pop-rock album. I liked it overall, the final track (Fading Lights) seemed like a goodbye to their older fans.

It's a shame they're never taken seriously by ... a lot of people. Phil's solo AOR style work really didn't help the reputation either even though it was solid enough if you like that sort of thing. People forget he was one of the best drummers to ever pick up sticks, and part of a band who didn't just make Invisible Touch.

[Moniker]

How have I not noticed this thread before?

Huge Genesis fan. However I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that actually the Gabriel years get a little patchy in the end. I love Trespass and Nursery Cryme for example but Lamb and Selling England just never really worked for me as much. In my opinion their best work was actually just post-Gabriel, when they were still the Genesis people were familiar with.

A Trick Of The Tail is my favourite album of all time.

Will have to give this album a try, but how can you get better than Selling England's "Moonlit Knight," "I Know What I Like," and "Aisle of Plenty?" The latter gives me chills whenever I think of it: "Still alone in Old Soho. See the Deadly Nightshade grow..." Sig-worthy.

And The Lamb's "Counting Out Time," and "The Carpet Crawlers," and "The Chamber of 32 Doors."

Gushing most moistly.

Edit: Shamed to realize that Peter Gabriel actually featured on 6 albums, rather than the latter three. Trilogy indeed. Ah well, the latter three (especially two) will be with me forever. In any case, Steve Hackett invented fret tapping. As much as I respect Eddie Van Halen, the honor belongs to Genesis.

[Eaglet]

Video title is misleading but it illustrates the point.
Some say Paganini was first.

[szycag]

Dance on a Volcano... mind blown