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Originally Posted by warMen  What are your favorite prog rock bands? Mine are Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Neal Morse, Transatlantic, Spock's Beard, Pain of Salvation, Riverside, and Camel. Anyone have any recommendations as far as this genre goes in addition to the bands I listed?
I'm also a big progressive metal listener. Bands like Circus Maximus (they rule), Opeth, Dream Theater, Shadow Gallery, Amorphis, Ayreon, and sometimes stuff like Canvas Solaris.
Anyone have any similar tastes or even recommendations? There's just so much stuff in the progressive rock and metal genres. There's always these side projects. I can't even count how many side projects Mike Portnoy has done. I just love long, indulgent passages and the song structures that take you on a journey.
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most of the bands that you mention lean towards neo prog. i'd recommend starting with the classics eg. (actually some beatles as it can be argued that their experimentation opened the doors to the movement) king crimson, yes, genesis, jethro tull, pink floyd, emerson lake and palmer, and the fantastic and utterly original gentle giant (see my post in the gg appreciation thread (hey, ck out the thread) here:
http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showp...3&postcount=61 for some more info about the band and their albums as well as a few other choice picks). also check out phil collins terrific side band, brand x - they kick *ss!! for really adventurous stuff try the very dark universe zero and their spin off band, present - bartok meets rock would be the best succinct description of their music. then there are the great italian bands - pfm, banco, le orme, and deus ex machina. of course let's not forget the dixie dregs, mahavishnu orchestra, uk. i could go on and on, but i'll leave that for another post - gotta go watch the everest show!
