Anyone into some Prog? I mean in the real sense of the word, not modern fancy wankery.

If so who and what albums?

Yes - Close to the Edge, Relayer, Topographic Oceans, Fragile
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Camel - Moonmadness, Mirage

are my main ones of win

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I tried to listen to "tales of a topographic ocean" earlier in the week, and it really is bollocks!!!!!

Been having a bit of a prog day, Tull, Rush and some modern stuff like Opeth's Damnation (now playing) and Mars Volta (Amputechture - quality!)

Shitting crikey, I really want to hear that new Mars Volta album. Hopefully Jamie will have it in his car on the way up to Leeds today. De-loused in the Comatorium is very fucking immense indeed.

Khan has been rocking my boat. amazing canterbury scene band, only ever did one album called "Space Shanty" check it out!!


another recent find is Carol Of Harvest. beautiful and dark folk prog rock.

Resilience Records wrote:Khan has been rocking my boat. amazing canterbury scene band, only ever did one album called "Space Shanty" check it out!!


another recent find is Carol Of Harvest. beautiful and dark folk prog rock.

Two great finds that are both very amazing, well done indeed.

I'm listening to that new Mars Volta album and it is a wonderful piece of madness! At the moment though, I've been finding Godspeed You! Black Emperor to be one of the most amazing, original and affecting bands I've heard in my life yet. Takes a while to get used to, but when you take the time to actually sit down and get to grips with it, it really gets under your skin. Intense, dark, emotional and at times very uplifting, listening to them is an experience incomparable to any other band! I now have a couple of their albums, and 'Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven' is certainly my favourite. It really is unbelievable. If anyone hasn't heard of them and likes atmospheric film-like music and boundary-breaking emotional madness, you would do well to invest in this band, they are amazing and like no one else in the world that I have heard!

Just listen to Captain Beefheart. You know he's better than anyone in the world. For good's sake!

She stuck out her tongue and the fun began!

Also been listening to Genesis a fair bit recently. I really like them. But they really need a gap between listening periods. A couple more spins and I'll leave them alone for another month or so.

Rubbish and boring.

MartinC wrote:Rubbish and boring.

That's another way of putting it, I suppose.

I can't really be bothered for Genesis that much. When I first listened to them properly, I really enjoyed some of their stuff, and I still do, but generally I just don't really like their sound that much. It's a bit, well, for want of a better word, gay. But then again, I listen to Kamelot, so who am I to judge.

As for Mr Beefheart, every day I get closer and closer to listening to Trout Mask Replica. I put it on the other night when Jamie was here but I was too drunk to hear what was going on. But in real life I'm still a bit too scared to listen to it. As the days go by, I keep feeling more and more that I'm almost ready for the madness. But not yet. Not yet.

For old stuff, get some Eloy - they're a German band from the early 70's through to the mid 80's.
Also from the UK neo-prog scene, try Twelfth Night, Pallas or IQ.

camel - the snowgoose

Nickligature wrote:camel - the snowgoose

Great album!

jonny_boy34 wrote:As for Mr Beefheart, every day I get closer and closer to listening to Trout Mask Replica. I put it on the other night when Jamie was here but I was too drunk to hear what was going on. But in real life I'm still a bit too scared to listen to it. As the days go by, I keep feeling more and more that I'm almost ready for the madness. But not yet. Not yet.

I love that album. It sounds alien. I first read about it late 80s when it was out of print. It was issued on CD about 1990, but cost over £20 in HMV and I was student at the time, so all I could do was hold the case and read the booklet. I requested it at the library and six months later they stocked it for me. I was blown away by it, still am. Do you like Frank Zappa too?

I find most prog rock tedious and sends me to sleep nearly as boring as AOR.but i do like the progressive metal bands such as Kamelot though. Just look at the line up for Prog power this year, there is some really good bands playing this year. and it is only two weeks away.