Nico. I was banging my head trying to remember her name. Quite the esoteric crowd here tonight, eh? Musically speaking, that is.
Prog Rock, RIP
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association ...
hope your necks not too sore from the head banging, Marshall : )
Velvet Underground have to be squeezed in the category somehow.
esoteric, indeed ... I'm still amazed there are apparently quite a few other Eno fans on TERB.
No ones actually said it, but Roxy Music were certainly progressive.
special mention for no particular reason to Tom Waits.
*currently chillin to the sounds of Muslimgauze*
hope your necks not too sore from the head banging, Marshall : )
Mahavishnu (sp? ) Orchestra would be considered "progressive", I think ...Marshall Stack said:
Velvet Underground have to be squeezed in the category somehow.
esoteric, indeed ... I'm still amazed there are apparently quite a few other Eno fans on TERB.
No ones actually said it, but Roxy Music were certainly progressive.
special mention for no particular reason to Tom Waits.
*currently chillin to the sounds of Muslimgauze*
i hear Daniel Lanois (producer of some U2 and Dylan albums) is attempting to make his name as a rock star once more...isn't he pushing sixty? But he is Canadian.
Re: association ...
I do not see the connection at all... even when they got indulgent (The Gift?) to me they never got to the point of being overly mannered. Lyrically I think they are set apart too...
Was never much of a fan of prog rock... just never felt it... though I used to love all those old Hipgnosis covers (and triple gatefolds!).
As for today... and musicianship... I find there are so many great players in jazz these days that it is frickin scary...
pool said:
I do not see the connection at all... even when they got indulgent (The Gift?) to me they never got to the point of being overly mannered. Lyrically I think they are set apart too...
Was never much of a fan of prog rock... just never felt it... though I used to love all those old Hipgnosis covers (and triple gatefolds!).
As for today... and musicianship... I find there are so many great players in jazz these days that it is frickin scary...
Damn! A dinosaur rock thread and I can't catch up to the responses. ok, here goes:
Saga: Still around, doing the large Canadian Bar circuit, and touring. Drummer just left, band continues, new album out possibly this year.
Asia. signed for a big deal to launch Geffen's label after his MCA buyout.
Stanley Clarke. Yes, he was the bass player in question.
Saga: Still around, doing the large Canadian Bar circuit, and touring. Drummer just left, band continues, new album out possibly this year.
Asia. signed for a big deal to launch Geffen's label after his MCA buyout.
Stanley Clarke. Yes, he was the bass player in question.
Garrett said:
Ayers / Nico / Velvet Undies ...hehe
I suppose they could be squeezed in as in a sense they are deconstructive progressive in their raw simplicity ... huh ...
captain beefheart ... *cough cough * ... mothers of invention.
Possibly Kraftwerk could be considered among the early pioneers influencing the next stage in progressive rock ...
Didn't industrial / ambient take over from progressive rock in a sense. At least, that's basically the direction my tastes steered in.
I never really connected to the progressive rock thing in it's apparent commonly accepted sense ( Yes, ELP etc ), but King Crimson kept my attention, because they were more experimental.
Hey Pool, did you buy that yellow 'glow-in-the-dark' Kraftwerk promo disc too? And yes, The Mothers need to be mentioned... Although Warren Cuccarullo kind'a drifted with Missing Persons, a lot of guys went through the school of Zappa and on to notoriety.
this is a great thread... i was a big genesis fan since i first heard of them in 73/4 - and damn it, i missed seeing them in concert with gabriel at the lead.
pink floyd, elp, king crimson, yes, roxy music, tull, and so on and so on.
and there were some prog rock artists who did shift into alternative rock, or at least were respected by them - peter gabriel, bowie, brian eno, but these were generally guys who were also at the end of prog rock - and might even be considered glam rock guys!
anyone remember tirumvirate "illusions on a double dimple". i also like an obsure italian outfit all pfm - premiata forneria marcni - anyone ever hear of them (i haven't dug that piece of vinyl out in ages!)
pink floyd, elp, king crimson, yes, roxy music, tull, and so on and so on.
and there were some prog rock artists who did shift into alternative rock, or at least were respected by them - peter gabriel, bowie, brian eno, but these were generally guys who were also at the end of prog rock - and might even be considered glam rock guys!
anyone remember tirumvirate "illusions on a double dimple". i also like an obsure italian outfit all pfm - premiata forneria marcni - anyone ever hear of them (i haven't dug that piece of vinyl out in ages!)
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I didn't cause I'm packing up because 'I'm moving to Montana soon .....gonna be a dental floss tycon' 'Wippee yi oh ki ah'
pool said:
Lol. I was there. maple leaf Gardens Concert Bowl. Backed up by Gentle Giant. Was that the one?
Marshall, it seems we attended the same tour but in different countries - I saw them in Newcastle, England in '76.
The fog on The Tyne is (was) all mine, all mine ...
I don't really know how one can squeeze music which is so widely varied and unique in some way into such specific categories.
I always thought of Alice Cooper, T Rex, slade etc as being more "glam rock" so to speak. Even Roxy Music would fit into that category. I think it was more of an image thing than anything.
I remember in Britain going into Virgin records and there being a 'progressive rock' section, which encompassed almost all rock music of that time - Sabbath, Budgie, Uriah Heap, Man, Focus, Fairport Convention, Hawkwind, Deep Purple etc etc
Whatever Zappa was, he was certainly innovative.
The fog on The Tyne is (was) all mine, all mine ...
I don't really know how one can squeeze music which is so widely varied and unique in some way into such specific categories.
I always thought of Alice Cooper, T Rex, slade etc as being more "glam rock" so to speak. Even Roxy Music would fit into that category. I think it was more of an image thing than anything.
I remember in Britain going into Virgin records and there being a 'progressive rock' section, which encompassed almost all rock music of that time - Sabbath, Budgie, Uriah Heap, Man, Focus, Fairport Convention, Hawkwind, Deep Purple etc etc
Whatever Zappa was, he was certainly innovative.
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