Favourite Prog Bands - Your Top 10

[Ash]

only one listing with Tinyfish? tsk tsk  

[MarkOneMusic]

I can't rank them some days I like some better than others...

But based on recent listening alone

My traditional prog trinity still get a lot of play
Yes
ELP
Genesis

And on playlist rotation at the moment
Frost*
Touchstone
Mars Hollow
The Reasoning
Transatlantic
Neal Morse

But getting a fair bit of play
Steve Hackett
Circa
Tinyfish
Billy Sherwood (Great last solo album, and also a really nice bloke)
Spock's Beard
Dream Theater
Knight Area
Iona

Honourable mentions to things I've played recently
Alan Parsons
Pink Floyd
Trevor Rabin
Cairo
Renaissance

[mr_john]

Right. So I'm leaving Frost* off too as that's a given and all that good stuff.

In no particular order:

Pink Floyd
Genesis
Porcupine Tree
Marillion
Transatlantic
Tool
Anethema
Big Big Train
The Flower Kings
Dream Theater

[Nev]

Here's my attempt.  This could vary on a daily basis (I'm so fickle  :? ).  In no particular order

Frost*
Tinyfish
Matt Stevens
UK / Eddie Jobson
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Yes
Jethro Tull
The Aristocrats
Spock's Beard

Others high on the playlists include
Steve Hackett
Frank Zappa
Kotebel
The Enid
Hawkwind
ELP
Rick Wakeman

... and so on, and so on....

[D S]

I'm pretty traditional ...  8-)

Rush
Genesis
Pink Floyd
Yes
Marillion
Frost*
It Bites
IQ
Porcupine Tree
Spock's Beard

And seeing as others have expanded their list beyond a strict Top 10, my next 10!  8-) (in no particular order):-

Transatlantic
Dream Theater
Touchstone
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Camel
Threshold
Magenta
Enchant
Big Big Train

And then it's onto Pallas, Twelfth Night, Kansas, Steve Hackett, Neal Morse, Dee Expus, etc, etc.  And with a special award to Tinyfish for being Tinyfish!

[Nev]

King Crimson

How could I forget the mighty Crim - My top ten just became a top 11  

[Mordwin]

only one listing with Tinyfish? tsk tsk  

Oh, they are in there alright... only have TBRS, but damn fine it is too, and if anyone here doesn't have a copy, shame!

[Castalike]

1. Obviously Frost*
2. Porcupine Tree
3. Dream Theater
4. RPWL
5. Transatlantic
6. Pure Reason Revolution
7. Anathema
8. Tool
9. Coheed and Cambria
10. Flying Colours

It is so hard to rank them all!

[Villuccikeys]

I had a hard time with this list, actually. I think of my interests as being prog-influenced or experimental in nature, but I realized that I don't listen to many straight-up prog bands.

1. Frost*
2. Kevin Gilbert (Solo stuff, Toy Matinee, and Giraffe)
3. Cardiacs
4. Genesis
5. Pink Floyd
6. Porcupine Tree
7. Frank Zappa
8. Dream Theater
9. Rain for a Day
10. Pain of Salvation


Some not-so-prog or mildly proggy stuff that are worthy of mention...

1. Thomas Newman
2. Imogen Heap
3. Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears
4. Jellyfish
5. Silverchair
6. Devin Townsend
7. ELO
8. Toto
9. Steve Vai
10. Mika

[lyn]

so hard to choose, but here is a list for today...

hawkwind
fruupp
porcupine tree
steve hillage
yes (early yes)
rush (early rush)
apocalyptica
jeff buckley
twelfth night
trans-siberian orchestra