Any progheads here?

[North Wiedna]

Does anyone here seriously like any progressive music? There seems to be a lot of animosity towards it by some people, and I don't see others discussing it to much length.

What's your favorite band? Favorite subgenre? Least favorite subgenre? Favorite album? Do you like classic prog, modern prog, or both?

My favorite band is Gentle Giant, and my favorite subgenre is Eclectic, which includes KC, GG, VDGG, etc...

[Frattastan]

Here I am, though I like mainly 'classic' prog (70s).

My favourite band is Pink Floyd (best song : Echoes). If we don't consider them "prog" my favourite one is King Crimson (In the Court and Red best albums). Other bands I like : ELP, Jethro Tull, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Area. Also some Yes and Genesis (just a couple of albums - like Fragile and Nursery Cryme, but I like them quite a bit).

My favourite subgenres are psychedelic rock (proto-prog, actually. British psychedelia), eclectic (jazz/classical/avantgarde influences) and symphonic prog (not sure if the name 'symphonic' is correct. No orchestra - I hate orchestras - just wonderful Hammond organ solos).
Favourite progressive album ... uhm, I would say 'In the Court of the Crimson King' because it represents the quintessentiality of prog music :
jazz-rock fusion with distorted vocals, symphonic bombast, pretentious apocalyptic ballads, pastoral melodies ...

I also do like "artsy" bands as Procol Harum and The Who (hey, Quadrophenia is my all time favourite album, Pete Townshend is a wonderful lyricist and the rythm section of Entwistle and Moon is simply amazing !

Least favourite subgenre is probably the folksy one, when it's too much "Medieval" in sound and lyrics.

[North Wiedna]

Here I am, though I like mainly 'classic' prog (70s).

My favourite band is Pink Floyd (best song : Echoes). If we don't consider them "prog" my favourite one is King Crimson (In the Court and Red best albums). Other bands I like : ELP, Jethro Tull, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Area. Also some Yes and Genesis (just a couple of albums - like Fragile and Nursery Cryme, but I like them quite a bit).

Yeah, when Yes and Genesis were good, they were good, but they sold out rather easily. Also, I don't like Area much. :/

My favourite subgenres are psychedelic rock (proto-prog, actually. British psychedelia), eclectic (jazz/classical/avantgarde influences) and symphonic prog (not sure if the name 'symphonic' is correct. No orchestra - I hate orchestras - just wonderful Hammond organ solos).

Do you go on ProgArchives, perchance?

I also do like "artsy" bands as Procol Harum and The Who (hey, Quadrophenia is my all time favourite album, Pete Townshend is a wonderful lyricist and the rythm section of Entwistle and Moon is simply amazing !

I agree.

Least favourite subgenre is probably the folksy one, when it's too much "Medieval" in sound and lyrics.

There are only a couple good Prog Folk groups imo, e.g. Jethro Tull during their Folk period and Harmonium. The rest aren't that good.

[The REAL Glasers]

I've tried Progarchives, but I hated the layout and their endorsement of frivolous genres. They also classified The Who as Prog.

[North Wiedna]

endorsement of frivolous genres.

Explain.

[The REAL Glasers]

Hmm, all I can find is Heavy Prog, thought there were a lot more, but I disagree with that. Also, Post-Metal and Post-Rock aren't Progressive genres. If you're going to consider them Prog, then you have to include Post-Hardcore and Post-Punk as Prog genres as well.

[The Rich Port]

I've tried Progarchives, but I hated the layout and their endorsement of frivolous genres. They also classified The Who as Prog.

It kind of is, but it's more hard rock, definitely.

I like prog rock when it's kick-you-in-the-teeth epic and less pretentious cousins of Little River Band.

[The REAL Glasers]

Eh, I don't really see the point in it. Either it's Prog Rock or Prog Metal in my eyes, there's no real in between.

[The Rich Port]

Eh, I don't really see the point in it. Either it's Prog Rock or Prog Metal in my eyes, there's no real in between.

It's also the music genre where peoples start labeling everything.

[North Wiedna]

Eh, I don't really see the point in it. Either it's Prog Rock or Prog Metal in my eyes, there's no real in between.

The problem is that there's no unifying sound between the groups. Birds and Buildings sounds way different than Yes and Van der Graaf Generator.

I've tried Progarchives, but I hated the layout and their endorsement of frivolous genres. They also classified The Who as Prog.

It kind of is, but it's more hard rock, definitely.

I like prog rock when it's kick-you-in-the-teeth epic and less pretentious cousins of Little River Band.

I'm pretty sure any band is more kick-you-in-the-teeth epic than Little River Band.

[Koffiedik]

A (sub)genre called Eclectic? I know it's just a name, but i think it's a silly one.

[North Wiedna]

A (sub)genre called Eclectic? I know it's just a name, but i think it's a silly one.

ec·lec·tic
   /ɪˈklɛktɪk/
–adjective
1.selecting or choosing from various sources.

All of the bands in the genre select from a wide variety of influences.

[The REAL Glasers]

Eh, I don't really see the point in it. Either it's Prog Rock or Prog Metal in my eyes, there's no real in between.

The problem is that there's no unifying sound between the groups. Birds and Buildings sounds way different than Yes and Van der Graaf Generator.

Eh, maybe because I feel the term Progressive is so vague that it doesn't really need its own subgenres apart from Rock and Metal. I don't really consider the regional scenes to be sub genres of their own, but rather different takes on existing styles. Krautrock, however, is a notable exception since it's a really entirely different sound. I have difficulty considering Space Rock a Prog genre was well. It was born out of Prog, but Prog is really the last thing I think of when I hear Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, and Hum.

[Zirconim]

Yeah, I like bands like Tool, Rush, Dream Theater, The Mars Volta, Yes, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and some New Prog like 30 Seconds to Mars, Muse, Coheed and Cambria, and I guess if you can consider Primus prog metal...

[The REAL Glasers]

Muse, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Primus aren't Prog.

[North Wiedna]

Muse, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Primus aren't Prog.

I was waiting for someone else to say it. Thanks.

[Bodegraven]

Muse, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Primus aren't Prog.

I was waiting for someone else to say it. Thanks.

muse is, in my opinion, pop-rock who wannabe prog, a.k.a. pop-prog... Bu I heard a live version of Citizen Erased, and that was leaning to Prog and actually pretty Good

I'm not a real proghead, although I like Yes, Pink Floyd, ELP, Tool, Dream Theater, The Who and King Crimson.
And genres got so vague, that I don't know what my favourite subgenre is because I'm still figuring out what I/You/Music Critics see as prog

[North Wiedna]

muse is, in my opinion, pop-rock who wannabe prog, a.k.a. pop-prog... Bu I heard a live version of Citizen Erased, and that was leaning to Prog and actually pretty Good

There are pop-prog groups, like Supertramp, Electric Light Orchestra, and The Moody Blues. Even if Muse were Prog, they're god awful, so it wouldn't matter.

I'm not a real proghead, although I like Yes, Pink Floyd, ELP, Tool, Dream Theater, The Who and King Crimson.

The Who are art rock.

[Bodegraven]

muse is, in my opinion, pop-rock who wannabe prog, a.k.a. pop-prog... Bu I heard a live version of Citizen Erased, and that was leaning to Prog and actually pretty Good

There are pop-prog groups, like Supertramp, Electric Light Orchestra, and The Moody Blues. Even if Muse were Prog, they're god awful, so it wouldn't matter.

I'm not a real proghead, although I like Yes, Pink Floyd, ELP, Tool, Dream Theater, The Who and King Crimson.

The Who are art rock.

I know, but some see art rock as a sort of prog...
BTW, I'm addicted to Supertramp - School, and I like ELO

[Kushtor]

I have to say Yes is the definitive "prog" band, but my favorite subgenre is "space" rock (Tangerine Dream, Ozric Tentacles, Porcupine Tree, Aum, to name a few favorites). Pink Floyd and Rush certainly deserve to be mentioned, being the oldest and most "mainstream" groups I can think of, respectively.

[North Wiedna]

I have to say Yes is the definitive "prog" band, but my favorite subgenre is "space" rock (Tangerine Dream, Ozric Tentacles, Porcupine Tree, Aum, to name a few favorites). Pink Floyd and Rush certainly deserve to be mentioned, being the oldest and most "mainstream" groups I can think of, respectively.

Yes lost their status as the definitive prog band when they released Tormato. And Rush wasn't a prog group until the mid seventies.

[Kushtor]

I have to say Yes is the definitive "prog" band, but my favorite subgenre is "space" rock (Tangerine Dream, Ozric Tentacles, Porcupine Tree, Aum, to name a few favorites). Pink Floyd and Rush certainly deserve to be mentioned, being the oldest and most "mainstream" groups I can think of, respectively.

Yes lost their status as the definitive prog band when they released Tormato. And Rush wasn't a prog group until the mid seventies.

I mean Pink Floyd is the oldest I can think of, and Rush is the most mainstream I can think of.

[Dododecapod]

I love Prog rock, mostly Pink Floyd and the Alan Parsons Project.

[Bokaya]

What do y'all think of the "new wave" of prog? Coheed and Cambria, Tool, Mastodon, Porcupine Tree and Opeth to name but a few of the awesome new bands that've been emerging recently...


Out of classic prog I like ELP, Caravan, King Crimson and a few others.

[North Wiedna]

What do y'all think of the "new wave" of prog? Coheed and Cambria, Tool, Mastodon, Porcupine Tree and Opeth to name but a few of the awesome new bands that've been emerging recently...

Haken, Il Tempio delle Clessidre, and Stick Men released their debut albums last year, and all were amazing. Haken is a bit like a less-metal more-rock Dream Theater but better, Il Tempio delle Clessidre is an RPI band featuring Lupo Garifi from Museo Rosenbach, and Stick Men is a supergroup of Bernier, Levin, and Mastelotto, featuring two Chapman sticks. Then, of course, there's The Mars Volta and, as you said, PT and Opeth. Tool also fits, but they're a bit different, and I'm not a big fan of the rest. There's a bevy of other stuff I'm missing, but, yeah, the recent years have created some of the best prog music out there.