Gentle Giant

Any fans of this 70's prog band?

Very cool band. I haven't heard a lot from them, but I did have Free Hand at one point and it was awesome. I need to check them out again though.

Yeah, I like 'em a lot. I got the S/T, Free Hand, In A Glass House, The Power And The Glory, Three Friends & Octopus.

I need to give them some more of my time...what I've heard has been really good...I love Prog stuff!

Yes, obviously. I hope you enjoy Three Friends. I'd say Octopus is their best, fairly heavy for them. Another one that I like is Citizen, although that isn't one of their "classics". Citizen is more like Yes-90125 or Nektar-Man In The Moon in that it's got that poppy Asia/Alan Parsons influence, but I like it anyway.

The only one I have so far is Octopus and it's a great record! I've also heard the debut and though not quite as good, still a very interesting album. I'll be exploring more of their stuff in the future.

In a similar vein, I would advise you guys to check out an album called "McDonald & Giles", two ex-members of King Crimson, VERY cool record. Ian McDonald would then leave to join Foreigner.

I dug out an old burn copy of the GENTLE GIANT debut...very cool stuff indeed. I like the vocal arrangements and it was more technical than I remembered it being. Very cool...thanks for reminding me about them, Scott!

Listening to them now...man, you can really hear where SPOCK'S BEARD was influenced by GENTLE GIANT...

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Yes, obviously. I hope you enjoy Three Friends. I'd say Octopus is their best, fairly heavy for them. Another one that I like is Citizen, although that isn't one of their "classics". Citizen is more like Yes-90125 or Nektar-Man In The Moon in that it's got that poppy Asia/Alan Parsons influence, but I like it anyway.

I really like Three Friends. Very progressive. Reminds me of a mixture of ELP, Nektar and Frank Zappa. Should have a review up in my next update. Now I need to get Octopus (use to have this one on vinyl) and Acquiring the Taste.