Which country produced the best prog rock?

[pogofish]

wow! turns out they were Scottish

Yes - I've heard the story before. There is I think a Radio Scotland prog on them.

That link brings-up another point of prog - the label. Some folk seem to assign varying percentages of proggieness by who they were signed to & other things.

eg - I remember when Pallas signed to EMI - Their next goal was to get Roger Dean on board for the album cover & they succeeded.

 

[El Jefe]

Which brings-up another point of prog - the label. Some folk seem to assign varying percentages of proggieness by who they were signed to & other things.

Like Wire being on Harvest

 

[pogofish]

Like Wire being on Harvest

Or maybe even Lizzy on Vertigo?

 

[El Jefe]

Or maybe even Lizzy on Vertigo?

Ah, but Vertigo had other rock / metal stuff, so it branched out a lot more.

Best logo ever

 

[pogofish]

True enough, although that does seem to be overlooked by many today.

Fuck - Wire, now there is a band that I've not listened to in a very long time!

 

[El Jefe]

True enough, although that does seem to be overlooked by many today.

Fuck - Wire, now there is a band that I've not listened to in a very long time!

I've been obsessing over The Drill this week. Got a bunch of versions. What a tune.

"dugga dugga dugga"

 

[ViolentPanda]

Greece.

 

[seeformiles]

Greece.

Nearly forgot - Aphrodite's Child (near forgotten Greek Progness!)

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I never knew the contagion had spread so far.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Nearly forgot - Aphrodite's Child (near forgotten Greek Progness!)

"666" FTW!!!

 

[ViolentPanda]

I never knew the contagion had spread so far.

Well why do you think Vangelis got on so well with Jon Anderson, if not because of their joint membership of "The Brotherhood of Prog"?

 

[pogofish]

I never knew the contagion had spread so far.

Some of us were infected in the first flush of youth!

 

[Signal 11]

Canada.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Some of us were infected in the first flush of youth!

I had a nasty dose of Rush when I was young. I've made a fairly complete recovery.

 

[pogofish]

I've been obsessing over The Drill this week. Got a bunch of versions. What a tune.

"dugga dugga dugga"

Most of my Wire listening goes back to before their first hiatus (mid 80s?), then the Gilbert & Lewis stuff - Remember the first reincarnation but was surprised to see somewhere the other week that they are active again!

 

[danny la rouge]

I'd say the question is a bit of an oxymoron..."good" prog?

But if the question is which country is best at producing prog, then, yes, Britain, especially the private school system.

 

[Iam]

I'd say the question is a bit of an oxymoron..."good" prog?

But if the question is which country is best at producing prog, then, yes, Britain, especially the private school system.

 

[nino_savatte]

Greece.

Ah, of course, Aphrodite's Child, the band that gave us Vangelis and Demis Roussos.

 

[Meltingpot]

no, that was Excerpt From A Teenage Opera by Keith West.

Beggars Opera were a German prog outfit

Is that the band who did a humorous song called "Get your dog off me?" I've got it on tape somewhere.