Prog Rock Thread

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

absolutely 100%, those sessions from 'In A Silent Way' and 'Bitches Brew' ignited a massive firestorm of creativity, both the new and established alumni who were involved put out amazing records in the decade to come. Anyone here into prog who hasn't checked out those records and also the output of Tony Williams Lifetime, Mahavishnu, Return to Forever, Weather Report, Herbie's Mwandishi band, et al, definitely needs to do so asap, that whole world and what lead up to it is a revolution in itself.

Of course we also can't forget the names who were doing crazy stuff and didn't blow up in the same way.........

here here. agree completely.

Lasercd.com is having a great $3 sale on Progrock Records releases. Lots of excellent albums on that list.

Such a great Saga tune! Those early albums had GREAT covers as well!

That Saga is gorgeous stuff. I'm gonna look into that.

Chewie, I've been curious for a long time now; what is the artwork in your avatar from? I dig it.

I've been meaning to dig into the Saga discography for a while now.

corplhicks wrote:

That Saga is gorgeous stuff. I'm gonna look into that.

Chewie, I've been curious for a long time now; what is the artwork in your avatar from? I dig it.

Its the inside sleeve from an easy listening album.

chewie wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

That Saga is gorgeous stuff. I'm gonna look into that.

Chewie, I've been curious for a long time now; what is the artwork in your avatar from? I dig it.

Its the inside sleeve from an easy listening album.

And like that I'm scouring the internet for this record.

corplhicks wrote:

chewie wrote:

corplhicks wrote:

That Saga is gorgeous stuff. I'm gonna look into that.

Chewie, I've been curious for a long time now; what is the artwork in your avatar from? I dig it.

Its the inside sleeve from an easy listening album.

And like that I'm scouring the internet for this record.

I found it at Dimple Books/Records on Arden for about $1. All the Stereo Action albums have really cool inner sleeve artwork. Here's a couple of others I have:



Sorry about the hijack!
I'll put it back on track with another early Saga tune.

lol Not you're fault bud; I'm the one who was curious. But thanks for the info; I'm gonna seek these out.

new on InsideOut - Knifeworld - The Unraveling:

exact33 wrote:

Diggin' on that!   

Have you heard these guys, Alex?





Took this album with me on my two-week vacation and was reminded of how awesome it is. Easily one of the best albums Sensory has released.

Eyesore wrote:

Have you heard these guys, Alex?





Took this album with me on my two-week vacation and was reminded of how awesome it is. Easily one of the best albums Sensory has released.

i have not but i like that. I will have to get it on my next order from ken.

While it's impossible to really tell anything from that clip, with new Threshold, Flying Colors and now Enchant - September's looking like a pretty good month prog-wise.

I tried hard to "like" bands like Yes and Genesis , but I don´t know ... what´s "wrong" ... can´t get into Yes ... neither Genesis ... I don´t know, I think I should give them another chance ... someone told me that "Camel" is "typically" prog rock ... then I checked it ... COULD NOT GET INTO IT ... so boring mellow self indulgent stuff that almost made me fall asleep ... I´m starting to think that Prog Rock is not for me (altough I do like some of what is called Prog Metal ) ...

I was listening to some King Crimson (gotta check out some more) and some ELP (Tarkus) ... "listeneable" stuff , but it doesn´t get my blood "pumping" ... Its OK , but I must confess I prefer my Metal much more than this ...

It's not for everybody, if you like it check out more, if you don't like it then stick to what you do like.

Headbanger Man wrote:

I was listening to some King Crimson (gotta check out some more) and some ELP (Tarkus) ... "listeneable" stuff , but it doesn´t get my blood "pumping" ... Its OK , but I must confess I prefer my Metal much more than this ...

Prog rock isn't metal, if that's what you are looking for you are barking up the wrong tree.

Boris2008 wrote:

Headbanger Man wrote:

I was listening to some King Crimson (gotta check out some more) and some ELP (Tarkus) ... "listeneable" stuff , but it doesn´t get my blood "pumping" ... Its OK , but I must confess I prefer my Metal much more than this ...

Prog rock isn't metal, if that's what you are looking for you are barking up the wrong tree.

Not just the wrong tree, he's in the wrong forest.   

Headbanger Man wrote:

I tried hard to "like" bands like Yes and Genesis , but I don´t know ... what´s "wrong" ... can´t get into Yes ... neither Genesis ... I don´t know, I think I should give them another chance ... someone told me that "Camel" is "typically" prog rock ... then I checked it ... COULD NOT GET INTO IT ... so boring mellow self indulgent stuff that almost made me fall asleep ... I´m starting to think that Prog Rock is not for me (altough I do like some of what is called Prog Metal ) ...

I'm not sure what you mean by "typically prog rock". If you're referring to a band that is representative of the genre in general then there's no such band as the term "progressive rock" covers a wide range of styles from gentle acoustic stuff to extreme metal.

It is true that Camel are on the mellow side, which sounds like it's not the sort of thing you're into. How do you feel about Rush? They might be more to your tastes, especially their earlier albums.

Rush is cool, altough I m no "expert" about ther material ...

Headbanger Man wrote:

I tried hard to "like" bands like Yes and Genesis , but I don´t know ... what´s "wrong" ... can´t get into Yes ... neither Genesis ... I don´t know, I think I should give them another chance ... someone told me that "Camel" is "typically" prog rock ... then I checked it ... COULD NOT GET INTO IT ... so boring mellow self indulgent stuff that almost made me fall asleep ... I´m starting to think that Prog Rock is not for me (altough I do like some of what is called Prog Metal ) ...

The real beef with getting into prog is that liking an album by a band is no guarantee that you'll like everything they put out. It's like being a Lou Reed fan in that way.

If your main point of reference coming in is metal and harsher metal at that, you'll do much better seeking out more "accessible" and "heavy" prog. I'd strongly recommend Thrak or The Power to Believe by King Crimson. If that doesn't do it for you, might be fairer to say that what they do just isn't your bag.

Genesis and Yes... Eh, they're acquired tastes. And, in both cases, even among the fanbase, there are debates about "when they stopped sounding like themselves."

Btw, that Agusa track is AMAZING!