Top Ten Prog Bands

[Abraxas]

Time to list your top ten fave prog bands.

Mine in no particular order:

Renaissance
Beggar's Opera
King Crimson
Rush
Umphrey's McGee
The Mars Volta
Colosseum
Nektar
Jethro Tull
The Moody Blues

 

[Slowhand]

In no particular order:

King Crimson
Van Der Graaf Generator
Jade Warrior
Gravy Train
Grobschnitt
Pink Floyd
Soft Machine
Gong
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Yes

 

[recgord27]

Difficult to choose only 10 artists. Also, in no particular order:

Pink Floyd
Genesis
Yes
Dream Theater
Radiohead
Rush
Moody Blues
Camel
Jethro Tull
Marillion

 

[architect]

No order...


Pink Floyd
Rush
Camel
Caravan
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Kraan
Gong
Iceberg
Secret Oyster
Mahavishnu Orchestra

 

[Black Dahlia]

1. King Crimson
2. Yes
3. Porcupine Tree
4. Anathema
5. Renaissance
6. Rush
7. Pink Floyd
8. Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
9. Genesis
10. Sylvan


...starting to take notice of Riverside; mostly for their Porcupine Tree similarities.

 

[LOU/REALM]

Yet again no particular order......

The Mars Volta
Hawkwind
Gong
Rush
Wishbone Ash
BigElf
Be Bop Deluxe
Lone Star
King Crimson
Horslips

....bubbling under....Floyd,Yes,Tull,Starcastle,Marillion [Fish period],Barclay James Harvest etc etc

 

[Hydrazoic Acid]

Ayreon
Pink Floyd
Airbag
King Crimson
The Mars Volta
Pendragon
Porcupine Tree
Blackfield
RPWL
Nosound

 

[therocker696]

Pink Floyd
Can (i hope that 70s german scene counts)
Yes
Camel
King Crimson
Frank Zappa & Mothers of Invention
Traffic
Wishbone Ash
RUSH
Jethro Tull

 

[Sox]

Top ten ? I'll have a go.

Yes
Jethro Tull
Rush
ELP
Pink Floyd
Hawkwind
Focus
Atomic Rooster
Camel
Wishbone Ash

 

[Abraxas]

Can (i hope that 70s german scene counts)

Yep, it counts.