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05 Mar 2018, 9:06 pm

My favorite prog rock bands are Genesis, Jethro Tull, and Yes.

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06 Mar 2018, 11:57 am

If I am actually an Aspie, then progressive rock is definitely one of my main "special interests" (obsessions).
I am interested in most subgenres of prog; bands old and new.
Off the top of my head, all-time favorites include:
Genesis (all the way up to 'self-titled,' and there are even songs on Invisible Touch that I like, believe it or not)
King Crimson (all eras)
Yes (all 70's, most 80's stuff)
Rush (all, but Moving Pictures/Signals favorite time)

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06 Mar 2018, 12:40 pm

Another one for Yes and King Crimson.

Everyone should watch on Youtube:

Yes - Starship Trooper - Live in Lugano 2004 (Remastered)
King Crimson - Starless (Live in Takamatsu, Japan 2015)

I think there is a documentary on Sky Arts about Yes this weekend.

Youngsters may think these bands (and others like them) are old men dinosaurs but back in the early 1970's they more or less invented the modern multi-track recording studios that all the modern artists use these days.

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06 Mar 2018, 2:44 pm

I like new prog rock bands, like Devin Townsend Project. He used to play lots of metal before and you can tell when the music starts, but basically he has left the metal days behind as he wanted to change his life around and the music he creates is much happier now, but some songs are still a bit heavy.

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06 Mar 2018, 11:30 pm

I'd have to say that Ween and The Beatles are my favourite progressive rock bands.

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07 Mar 2018, 11:02 am

Yes
Rush
Genesis
Jethro Tull
Pink Floyd
King Crimson
Peter Gabriel

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07 Mar 2018, 11:25 am

Pink Floyd is my favorite followed by Led Zeppelin.

I'll add Black Sabbath, The Who, Jethro Tull, Supertramp and ELO.

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07 Mar 2018, 12:49 pm

My favorite prog rock bands are Jethro Tull, Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, and Kansas.

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07 Mar 2018, 5:51 pm

Pink Floyd
Rush
Opeth
Porcupine Tree

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07 Mar 2018, 7:24 pm

Kate Bush, Jethro Tull, Traffic, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Curved Air, Anna Calvi.

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07 Mar 2018, 7:36 pm

Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Rush.

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08 Mar 2018, 2:13 pm

Haken
Opeth (the new stuff is prog rock)
Major Parkinson
Obiymy Doschu
Leprous
Porcupine Tree

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08 Mar 2018, 6:33 pm

Main ones for me so far are

Rush
Jethro Tull
Opeth
Kansas
Porcupine Tree

Haken is starting to grow one me as well, and I've only recently started listening to their stuff

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29 Mar 2018, 12:56 pm

How broad is your definition of prog and rock?

Univers Zero
Moving Gelatine Plates
Magma
Henry Cow
Jan Dukes De Grey (for the album mice and rats in the loft)
Gong

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29 Mar 2018, 1:37 pm

In no particular order of preference:

Can
Faust
Ruins
Magma
Pneu
Naked City (best version of the Batman theme tune ever!)
The Mars Volta
Gong
Marillion (Fish era)
King Crimson
Trottel
Primus
...all the other ones I can't bring to mind right now!

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31 Mar 2018, 4:28 pm

Genesis (only with Peter though)
Kraan (although they fall more between Prog and Jazz-Rock)
Yes (one song explains it all: The Gates Of Delirium)

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