Prog Rock
Posted by: floid on 21 July 2006
Hi
Does anybody like Prog Rock on this forum also some of the old classic rock stuff like Maiden.Sabbath.Zeppelin Rainbow Deep purple If so what albums
Does anybody like Prog Rock on this forum also some of the old classic rock stuff like Maiden.Sabbath.Zeppelin Rainbow Deep purple If so what albums
Posted on: 30 July 2006 by Guido Fawkes
Almost an alphabet of prog from my youth - I have no records by bands beginning with X or Z (I don't think the Zombies were a prog band). I would recommend any of these to those who like prog.
Posted on: 02 August 2006 by MichaelC
Good call earlier for Caravan.
Genres blur, prog rock takes me into the psychedelic & canterbury scene. And by the same token into the rock/heavy metal scenes. What's the difference between rock and heavy metal? I have no idea.
We could add Gong, Daevid Allen, Here & Now, National Health etc etc
Genres blur, prog rock takes me into the psychedelic & canterbury scene. And by the same token into the rock/heavy metal scenes. What's the difference between rock and heavy metal? I have no idea.
We could add Gong, Daevid Allen, Here & Now, National Health etc etc
Posted on: 05 August 2006 by talltony
I can contribute on classic rock as opposed to prog rock.
Rainbow: the best are Rainbow Rising, Long Live Rock and Roll, and Down to Earth.
Deep Purple the albums to get from the classic era are In Rock and Machine Head, also Made In Japan. More recently I enjoy Slaves And Masters from about 1990.
Black Sabbath: All the Ozzy stuff (but do not spend money on Technical Ecstacy). Start with any of the albums. Heaven And Hell and Mob rules from the Dio era are excellent but a bit different.
Iron Maiden: I like the first three albums the best as notwithstanding the comment above the band driffted in to progish territory after that IMO. Iron Maiden (the first album) still sounds fresh but naive. Number Of The Beast is a laugh. Funny thing though I like them less than I used to.
Zeppelin: anything. The comment above about Moby dick is not based on the studio version but on the live version on Song Remains The Same. A better live album is 2003 How The West Was Won.
The Holy Trinity of classic rock is Sabbath,Zeppelin and AC/DC. All the AC/DC is great, but start with Highway to Hell and Back In Black or High Voltage.
I don't like true prog rock much but enjoy early Rush: 2112 is great as is Farewell To Kings. It all went wrong in the 80s.
Also don't ignore Judas Priest. Unleashed In The East is good as is Killing Machine and British Steel.
For a less well known classic try Montrose by Montrose.
At present I am enjoying Harder Faster by April Wine.
Unlike those above I admit that I still love all this stuff. Try to get the albums on LP if you can.
Tony
Rainbow: the best are Rainbow Rising, Long Live Rock and Roll, and Down to Earth.
Deep Purple the albums to get from the classic era are In Rock and Machine Head, also Made In Japan. More recently I enjoy Slaves And Masters from about 1990.
Black Sabbath: All the Ozzy stuff (but do not spend money on Technical Ecstacy). Start with any of the albums. Heaven And Hell and Mob rules from the Dio era are excellent but a bit different.
Iron Maiden: I like the first three albums the best as notwithstanding the comment above the band driffted in to progish territory after that IMO. Iron Maiden (the first album) still sounds fresh but naive. Number Of The Beast is a laugh. Funny thing though I like them less than I used to.
Zeppelin: anything. The comment above about Moby dick is not based on the studio version but on the live version on Song Remains The Same. A better live album is 2003 How The West Was Won.
The Holy Trinity of classic rock is Sabbath,Zeppelin and AC/DC. All the AC/DC is great, but start with Highway to Hell and Back In Black or High Voltage.
I don't like true prog rock much but enjoy early Rush: 2112 is great as is Farewell To Kings. It all went wrong in the 80s.
Also don't ignore Judas Priest. Unleashed In The East is good as is Killing Machine and British Steel.
For a less well known classic try Montrose by Montrose.
At present I am enjoying Harder Faster by April Wine.
Unlike those above I admit that I still love all this stuff. Try to get the albums on LP if you can.
Tony
Posted on: 06 August 2006 by Mabelode, King of Swords
Proggers
Have a listen to Rick Wakeman's latest CD "Retro". Quite good in a traditional prog sort of way, with some of the genuinely flashy, exhilirating and powerful playing the young Rick used to dish out in his drinking days. He uses his old instruments exclusively on this album such as the Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer and the venerable Mellotron. Plenty of bombast as well as electronic bleeps, frequency sweeps and buzzing noises.
Steve
PS Wakeman and Yes haters: nothing for you here, you'll hate this one too.
Have a listen to Rick Wakeman's latest CD "Retro". Quite good in a traditional prog sort of way, with some of the genuinely flashy, exhilirating and powerful playing the young Rick used to dish out in his drinking days. He uses his old instruments exclusively on this album such as the Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer and the venerable Mellotron. Plenty of bombast as well as electronic bleeps, frequency sweeps and buzzing noises.
Steve
PS Wakeman and Yes haters: nothing for you here, you'll hate this one too.
Posted on: 06 August 2006 by JWM
If you're interested in the truly progressive aspect of prog, get onto ROTF's wonderful new thread Psych/Pro/Folk Thread...
Marvellous!
James
Marvellous!
James