# Prog Rock **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349 "2012-01-28T19:50:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/1 "2012-01-28T19:50:40Z")
Who here likes prog? I really like Yes, ELP, Gentle Giant, and Transatlantic. “[http://www.youtube.com/v/TWC2I9TNuco?version=3&hl=en\_US](http://www.youtube.com/v/TWC2I9TNuco?version=3&hl=en_US)” ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/2 "2012-01-29T01:33:35Z")
Eh, I like hard rock more. Progressive rock is more… easy listening music? ---
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/3 "2012-01-29T20:46:41Z")
> [@WildCat23](#): > > Eh, I like hard rock more. Progressive rock is more… easy listening music? No. “[http://www.youtube.com/v/1P1RE5v\_8FU?version=3&hl=en\_US&rel=0](http://www.youtube.com/v/1P1RE5v_8FU?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0)” ---
**Author:** ![pickle24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickle24/32/483_2.png) [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/4 "2012-02-01T01:49:37Z")
Love proggressive music, from the thrashing of Dream Theater to the sparkling harmonics of Yes. Prog and instrumental are hands down my favorite music genres. Kansas, Rush, Pink Floyd, Genesis (before they went pop), Dream Theater, Yes, Liquid Tension Experiment, all amazing bands. ---
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/5 "2012-02-01T02:14:37Z")
> [@M²](#): > > Love proggressive music, from the thrashing of Dream Theater to the sparkling harmonics of Yes. Prog and instrumental are hands down my favorite music genres. Kansas, Rush, Pink Floyd, Genesis (before they went pop), Dream Theater, Yes, Liquid Tension Experiment, all amazing bands. All legit groups. Also, that is one INSANE guitar in your avvy. ---
**Author:** ![Saskabilly\_Psychosis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/saskabilly_psychosis/32/560_2.png) [@Saskabilly\_Psychosis](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Saskabilly_Psychosis)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/6 "2012-02-03T03:59:19Z")
I find almost 100% of prog (excluding rush) to be pretentious garbage. That’s just me. IMHO music shouldn’t just be about showing off , and that’s the feeling I get when I see or hear most progressive rock. I saw Dream Theater open for Iron Maiden, and it was just solo after solo… crap ---
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/7 "2012-02-03T04:10:59Z")
> [@Saskabilly\_Psychosis](#): > > I find almost 100% of prog (excluding rush) to be pretentious garbage. That’s just me. IMHO music shouldn’t just be about showing off , and that’s the feeling I get when I see or hear most progressive rock. > > I saw Dream Theater open for Iron Maiden, and it was just solo after solo… crap I am a musician, and from gathering what you have said in other threads, you are as well. From my point of view, I enjoy listening to prog because of the same reason you hate it, well, not exactly, but I enjoy it because they did not care what others thought about it. They simply made the music the way they wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![PlasticWhip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/plasticwhip/32/896_2.png) [@PlasticWhip](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/PlasticWhip)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/8 "2012-02-03T21:15:23Z")
> [@Saskabilly\_Psychosis](#): > > I find almost 100% of prog (excluding rush) to be pretentious garbage. That’s just me. IMHO music shouldn’t just be about showing off , and that’s the feeling I get when I see or hear most progressive rock. > > I saw Dream Theater open for Iron Maiden, and it was just solo after solo… crap Rush is amazing… I don’t like listening to showing off. I do however like guitar, drum, organ, bass solos, you name it. ---
**Author:** ![Chainsawctopus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chainsawctopus/32/796_2.png) [@Chainsawctopus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chainsawctopus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/9 "2012-02-05T11:01:03Z")
This thread looks familiar… Yes is my favorite band ever ever ever. And I love just about everything prog, new and old. Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant, The Moody Blues, Gong, Frank Zappa, Soft Machine, ELP, Pink Floyd, Rush, Queensryche, Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, Transatlantic, Tool, The Mars Volta, Coheed and Cambria… I’m gonna stop listing there because if I keep going I might list something that someone might not consider “progressive” and then there would be a debate over semantics. That’s what happened on the other forum. I don’t want to have that debate because it’s boring and kinda pointless. What would be cool is to see someone recommend prog bands that I didn’t list above. I want more! ---
**Author:** ![pickle24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickle24/32/483_2.png) [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/10 "2012-02-05T22:28:42Z")
> [@Saskabilly\_Psychosis](#): > > I find almost 100% of prog (excluding rush) to be pretentious garbage. That’s just me. IMHO music shouldn’t just be about showing off , and that’s the feeling I get when I see or hear most progressive rock. > > I saw Dream Theater open for Iron Maiden, and it was just solo after solo… crap Malarky. Just because they actually have some complexity to their songs hardly means they are showing off. Most of this pop music these days is terrible because all it is a singer, with maybe one instrument in the backround, singing the same dang thing over and over. Solos, btw, have nothing to do with showing off, personally, I prefer instrumental music over everything else because lyrics just seem to be an excuse for people to repeat the same thing over and over. Sure, a certain amount of stage presence is involved, but all bands need that. @Chainsawctopus You might try Symphony X, haven’t listened to a whole lot of their songs, but they seem pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Chainsawctopus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chainsawctopus/32/796_2.png) [@Chainsawctopus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chainsawctopus)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/11 "2012-02-05T23:19:34Z")
@Chainsawctopus You might try Symphony X, haven’t listened to a whole lot of their songs, but they seem pretty good. [/quote] I have heard some Symphony X. They’re alright. I don’t like them as much as other things, but you know, it’s alright. ---
**Author:** ![pickle24](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/pickle24/32/483_2.png) [@pickle24](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/pickle24)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/12 "2012-02-06T01:58:13Z")
> [@Chainsawctopus](#): > > @Chainsawctopus > You might try Symphony X, haven’t listened to a whole lot of their songs, but they seem pretty good. I have heard some Symphony X. They’re alright. I don’t like them as much as other things, but you know, it’s alright. [/quote] Yah, just trying to brainstorm some possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/13 "2012-02-06T15:28:09Z")
Spock’s Beard? Neal Morse (If you are a Christian like me, then you will love this guy.) ---
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2012, 11:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/14 "2012-02-06T23:09:41Z")
HOW COULD I FORGET GLASS HAMMER!?!?! [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFPZjDpzXmU) ---
**Author:** ![stephosh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/stephosh/32/770_2.png) [@stephosh](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stephosh)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/15 "2012-02-07T01:03:50Z")
[http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9356/yoyoarchtraveler.jpg](http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9356/yoyoarchtraveler.jpg) Just picked up a couple of these. The Mars Volta, Yes and Rush are my favs! ---
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/16 "2012-02-07T01:58:45Z")
I actually discovered Glass Hammer earlier today, can’t believe I had never heard of them. I am now a huge fan. ;D ---
**Author:** ![Chainsawctopus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chainsawctopus/32/796_2.png) [@Chainsawctopus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chainsawctopus)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/17 "2012-02-07T02:47:44Z")
Glass Hammer is pretty good, thanks for the recommendation Puffpwn! I have a Mars Volta yoyo, too! It’s a very cool piece of band merchandise. ---
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/18 "2012-02-08T20:52:33Z")
[www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFa7IjeArXg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFa7IjeArXg) EPIC MONOLOGUE :o ---
**Author:** ![Chainsawctopus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/chainsawctopus/32/796_2.png) [@Chainsawctopus](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Chainsawctopus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/19 "2012-02-09T02:55:02Z")
That rules. I’ll have to get into them more sometime. ---
**Author:** ![Puffpwn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/puffpwn/32/978_2.png) [@Puffpwn](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Puffpwn)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349/20 "2012-02-11T19:09:13Z")
[www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-G2WZ1Skvs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-G2WZ1Skvs) New song. [Next page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/prog-rock/34349.md?page=2)