Progressive Rock

[Soul Reaper]

Ozric Tentacles are very spacey. Kinda reminicent of Pink Floyd.

Cool website, though.

[nosuchluck]

u should see their live shows.... EVERYONE is stoned - the band, the crowd...u can get high just by watching it....

[Shaun Ponsonby]

On the Pongmaster's Ball DVD, everytime the flute guy (he keeps changing his name, so I don't quite know what to call him) rolls up a spliff, the camera pulls away quickly. It's funny. Flute man smokes them through his flute and everything.

[nosuchluck]

i think he calls himself 'Jumping John' on that dvd.
the extras on that dvd are hilarious.

[secrets]

'Eternal Wheel' is a double CD best of compilation which is a good place to start with the Ozrics.

[Soul Reaper]

Have you heard this guitar solo from one of Dream Theater's songs 'As I Am'?


As I Am

[nosuchluck]

the Petrucci solo? i didnt like it...
the last 2 Dream Theater albums (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Train of Thought) have failed to impress me.

[Soul Reaper]

What do think of this new prog band, The Mars Volta?

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
Frank Zappa wasn't really prog. I don't think you could possibly catagorise Zappa.

Whenever I look at prog websites, Frank Zappa is put under prog rock or fusion. Although, I wouldn't be able to categorise him.

[pepper]

ISNT DEF LEPPARD KINDA PROGRESSIVE ROCK?

[secrets]

Originally posted by pepper
ISNT DEF LEPPARD KINDA PROGRESSIVE ROCK?

No they are what's known as Regressive Rock.

[secrets]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
Have you heard this guitar solo from one of Dream Theater's songs 'As I Am'?


As I Am

Nice!

[Soul Reaper]

This is a Mars Volta song called Eriatarka, it's pretty good.

Eriatarka

[jojo2371]

what about early genisis with gabriel???

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Again, I wouldn't really call the Mars Volta prog, I'd call them indie or alternative.

You want real new-prog, check out Glass Hammer.

[Soul Reaper]

has anyone mentioned Magma yet?

They had a completely unique sound, it was called 'Zehul', which actually means celestial. Magma even had their own language called Kobaian.

[Jano]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
has anyone mentioned Magma yet?

They had a completely unique sound, it was called 'Zehul', which actually means celestial. Magma even had their own language called Kobaian.

Yeah! i'm impress that someone know Magma that's cool.Christian Vander the drummer is the best!
But nobody mention Manfred mann or barclay james harvest,thoses band were very cool !

[Panamark]

Originally posted by Mr Badguy
I love all of that stuff, particularly Rush, Yes and (Fish era) Marillion.

However, one of my favourite Prog albums, and a largely forgotten one, is Jeff Wayne`s "War of the worlds".

Anyone else got it?

You`d never get away with an album like that now.

It`s amazing that you could ever make an album like that back then and it would actually chart.

What the fuck is wrong with music fans these days?

The are totally closed to something that radical.

Got it !

The chances of anything coming form Mars are a million to one !
But still they come !




How about Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield ?

[Soul Reaper]

Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
Again, I wouldn't really call the Mars Volta prog, I'd call them indie or alternative.

Well they call themselves prog and they are listed as prog. But who cares?

Glass Hammer, eh? I'll check them out.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

My favourite prog verse ever;

"Welcome back my friends
To the show that never ends
We're so glad you could attend
Come Inside, come inside..."

-Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Karn Evil 9 1st impression part 2


Everyone know 'Your Move' by Yes (part a of All Good People). Who would have thought that you could sing so passionately and with so much feeling about chess. Most beautiful piece of music.

[Soul Reaper]

Are you a Genesis fan, Shaun?

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Genesis are Ok. I like Steve Hackett/ Peter Gabriel (fuck Phil Collins).

Supper's Ready I like with the 9/8 time signature in the middle.

[Soul Reaper]

What about Jethro Tull?

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Again, I don't mind them, but they could never be rated alongside Yes or Emerson, Lake and Palmer or Pink Floyd etc.

[Last_Child]

Can you guys recommend some stuff?

Not DT, I have a couple o' Cd's and they are awesome.

[Soul Reaper]

I would recommend Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

[nosuchluck]

Rush - 2112

[Soul Reaper]

Rush - Moving Pictures
ELP - Brain Salad Surgery

[paulk1]

Here's some bands to check out :

Neal Morse
Spocks Beard
Transatlantic
Ajalon
Randy George
Karmakanic
Kino
Angra
Porcupine Tree
Liquid Tension Experiment
Vanden PLas
ProtoKaw
OSI
Blackfield
The Flower KIngs
Salem Hill

and there are tons more out there.

[Soul Reaper]

Check out Ozric Tentacles, last_child.

[secrets]

Originally posted by Soul Reaper
Check out Ozric Tentacles, last_child.

Hey, hey I'm converting eveyone to the Ozrics.

It must be a subliminal thing.

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Transatlantic-Bridge Across Forever
Rush-In Rio (excellent 3 cd live album)
Salem Hill-Not Everything's Gold
Spock's Beard-Snow
Neal Morse-One
Liquid Tension Experiment-LTE2
Yes-The Yes Album
Pink Floyd-P.U.L.S.E. (they do all of 'DSOTM' on that!! You wouldn't think it was live)
Spock's Beard-Kindness Of Strangers
ELP-Works Volume 1
Yes-Fragile
Yes-Close To The Edge
Shadow Gallery-Legacy
Symphony X-Divine Wings of Tragedy
ELP-Tarkus
Rush-2112
Flower Kings-Flower Power
Genesis-Lamb Lies Down On Broadway


And I would say 'Dark Side Of The Moon', but I think everybody has it anyway.

[rustoffa]

KANSAS are probably underrated.

Do 10CC and HAWKWIND count?

:confused:

[Soul Reaper]

Pink Floyd - The Wall.

I'm sure most people have a Pink Floyd album anyway.

[Last_Child]

Ozric Tentacles...I'll see if i find can find some stuff with them.

Liquid Tension Experiment are great...That was the band with the two from Dream T. Right?(Jordan Rudess & Mike Portnoy)

[paulk1]

Kansas probrably hasn't been the same since Kerry Livgren left, but he has since formed his original band Protokaw. As far as Neal Morse's ONE cd, yeah great cd, and they happen to be great friends of mine. I have just finished recording drum tracks for Randy George who also played bass on the ONE cd, besides myself, some other guest's to be included are: Neal Morse, Kerry Livgren, Phil Keaggy, David Beegle, David Ragsdale. The cd should hopefully be due out sometime this summer. Please check it out.

[nosuchluck]

Originally posted by Last_Child
Ozric Tentacles...I'll see if i find can find some stuff with them.

Liquid Tension Experiment are great...That was the band with the two from Dream T. Right?(Jordan Rudess & Mike Portnoy)

and John Petrucci (Dream Theater)
the bassist is Tony Levin.

[nosuchluck]

Originally posted by paulk1
Kansas probrably hasn't been the same since Kerry Livgren left, but he has since formed his original band Protokaw. As far as Neal Morse's ONE cd, yeah great cd, and they happen to be great friends of mine. I have just finished recording drum tracks for Randy George who also played bass on the ONE cd, besides myself, some other guest's to be included are: Neal Morse, Kerry Livgren, Phil Keaggy, David Beegle, David Ragsdale. The cd should hopefully be due out sometime this summer. Please check it out.

wow! thats awesome!

[secrets]

Anyone heard of a band called Riverside? Heard one track thought it was pretty good sort of Marillion/Dream Theater vibe you can check them out here:

http://www.progarchives.com/Progress...p?band_id=1287

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Soul Reaper asked who had heard of The Mars Volta, to which I replied "I wouldn't call them Prog". I appear to have gotten The Mars Volta mixed up with another band. And yes, they are Progressive Rock. I apologise for my misunderstanding.

So, to conclude, The Mars Volta ARE a Prog Band and they are OK.