Favorite progressive rock bands?

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In no particular order...

The Enid
Genesis (-> 1976)
Pink Floyd
Yes
Marillion
Camel
Triumvirat (German ELP-style keyboards band)
ELP
Jethro Tull
Rush
Peter Gabriel
Gryphon
Steve Hillage
It Bites
Kino
The Flower Kings (Swedish band)
Kayak (Dutch band)
Ange (French band)
PFM (Italian)
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (Italian)
Osanna (Italian)
Le Orme (Italian)

... and probably zillions of others! :)
 
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Surprised no one has mentioned Triumph (Canadian 3-piece band that were always in Rush's shadow) or Queensryche (proggy metal from Seattle). Both bands rock.
Tried Triumph - bought an LP a few months ago, but simply couldn't get on with it at all.
Ended up trading it in for a fiver.
 

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Apart from the normal suspects..
Atomic Rooster.
PFM.
Genesis.
Yes.... this band with Rick Van Der Linden-
... saw them on OGWT centuries ago and had to wait yonks to buy it... ultimate prog
Trace - Gaillarde.
Love this!!
Can't recall ever hearing of the band (although I probably did!) but I'm on the hunt for this vinyl right now.
eBay here I come... :)
 

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Anyone here know of Seventh Wave?
I saw them on what was probably their only ever tour back in 1974.
Best 17th birthday present that I ever had!
They were a keyboards/synth band fronted by Ken Elliott who had been in psych band Second Hand with Kieran O'Connor but they fell out and the band split. Seventh Wave was his next band and O'Connor came back on board, but it didn't last long, just long enough to produce the classic albums 'Things to Come' (1974) and Psi-Fi (1975) These are two great albums, ones which were very much ignored by the press and critics, but I still cherish them and play them very regularly. Decca/Gull thought that they were on to the new Mike Oldfield when they picked up this band, but it all turned to sh*t when Elliott and the drummer O'Connor fell out (again!) and the band split.
Elliot subsequently went on to carve out a minor solo career with the awful disco-themed album 'Body Music' before moving into jingles and TV stuff. He it was who created the intro music to ITN's News At One fronted by Gordon Honeycomb amongst others.

I really cannot recommend these albums highly enough!

THINGS.jpgPSI.jpg

PS You can read my review of the gig that I saw HERE.
 

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