Top 5 Best Prog-Rock Bands

I hate it when people label pink floyd as progressive rock.

the closest they ever got to progressive was maybe their animals album......

 

yes-rush-camel-dream theater-genesis (1969-1975)

 

Pink floyd every time

 

Your comments offend me, and David Gilmour.

They are progressive minimalists(if such a thing exists), as I've said before.

I refuse to discard their genius into the simple genre of Classic Rock.

 

what about led zeppelin and cream??? don't tell me they are not progressive 'cause i won't believe you!!!

 

shit, LED ZEPPELIN AND CREAM are NOT progressive bands!!!! led zep receorded kashmir, the most progressive track in their carrer, but it isn't prog rock band!!

my top 5 :

marillion
pink floyd (later)
genesis
king crimson
camel

 

My favorites:

Yes - The Yes Album, Fragile, Close To The Edge, Tales From Topographic Oceans, Relayer, Going For The One, and . . . Magnification.

Gentle Giant - Octopus, In A Glass House, Free Hand, The Power and The Glory.

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother, Obscured By Clouds, Meddle, Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here.

King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King, In The Wake Of Poseidon, Lark's Tongues In Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, Red, Discipline.

Genesis - Selling England By The Pound, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway.

And many honorable mentions:
Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink.
Hatfield And The North - Hatfield And The North, Rotter's Club.
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die, Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys, Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory
Anglagard - Hybris
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Dead Can Dance - Aion, Into The Labyrinth, Serpent's Egg, Within The Realm
Of A Dying Sun.

 

lol, Magnification.

'tis a decent album... but funny how you've placed it at the end of your list following a "..." from all of their epics and brilliance.

You don't understand the genre... they may be a bit trippy or weird and have a decent amount of innovation and originality to their music... but not at a level which distinguishes them from pure classic rock. Nor do they have the complexity which is usually required to be considered progressive.

That said, Zepp has some semi-prog moments. Cream I'm not so sure, but I know little of their music.

 

I can see this may be lost upon a lot of people already...

The Mars Volta. Unbelieveable.

 

Can't do 5. Can do 4....
-Yes-(Close to the Edge)
-King Crimson-(Larks Tongues in Aspic)
-The Mars Volta-(Amputechture/Frances the Mute)
-Mahavishnu Orchestra-(The Inner Mounting Flame)

 

Pink Floyd weren't prog. They were just Pink Floyd. You cannot label them Prog is like Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, ELP, Camel etc.

 

I like Yes, Porcupine Tree, the Mars Voltra, Dream Theatre, and Camel.

All were mentioned though, yet all rather good bands.

"Lightbulb sun" is a very underrated yet amazing Porcupine Tree album, by the way.

 

Yes, Rush, Mars Volta, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Crimson definately

God bless all

 

There we go, although I prefer For Girl Who Grow Plump In The Night.
As far as the poll goes, Yes.
I wouldn't call Kashmir the most progressive thing Zeppelin ever did, seems like Achilles Last Stand is more like it to me.

 

Led Zeppelin was a great band.Okey the played hard rock but prog rock too.

 

I just got two albums by Gong, Angel's Egg and You. Freakin' brilliant.

I have to agree with whoever it was who said Gong is like King Crimson on ten hits of acid. I can hardly wait to hear more.

 

Jethro Tull are number 1 in my book. But I also love Genesis, pink Floyd n yes!

 

UMPHREY'S MCGEE!!!!!
-Though these guys are considered a jamband - theyre stuff is very progessive and amazing!

- ZAPPA anyone???
- Jethro Tull is my favorite traditioanlly progressive band. They are indeed awesome.
-Floyd! - Shine on You Crazy Diamond is such a great song.
- PHISH - not a progresive band but some of their stuff can be on the progressive side .

 

Out of those four, I think Jethro Tull are by far the best. However, I wouldn't really class them as progressive rock. I mean they certainly had a period where they were very like progressive rock, but so much of their material falls into other categories, including most of their absolute best stuff in the 1970s that I have never felt the label really fit them very well.

Of all bands ever to be labeled as progressive rock, Hawkwind are by far the best.

 

porcupine tree is sick, i dont no that many people that listen to them

supertramp is the ultimate prog rock band

ozric tentacles (i dont know if theyre prog or jam band)