I have been getting into prog rock and checking out a lot of different stuff recently. I am still new enough to the genre, that I am only exploring the obvious stuff. Have been listening to a lot of Genesis, Rush, Alan Parsons Project, Opeth and Emerson Lake and Palmer.

Anyone else dig the prog?

J

yeah. check out king crimson, specifically, the discipline album. others that are more into king crimson can probably suggest some other albums, but i like that one. i've heard larks tongues in aspic, but i could not get into that album. it wasn't just prog, it was "out there."

I have heard some of "In the Court of the Crimson King". It is on my to-get list. I have really been liking the Peter Gabriel era Genesis, especially Selling England by the Pound. I also like ELO. I think that some of their stuff is pretty much straightforward prog.

J

My favorite genre!

Some not mentioned...some you might not know.

Yes

Porcupine Tree

Van Der Graaf Generator

Spock's Beard

Secret Machines

Triumvirat

Ordo Equitum Solis

Pavlov's Dog

Portishead

John McLaughlin

JEthro Tull

Isis

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention

Flaming Lips

ELO

Dream Theater

Dead Can Dance

Delerium

Pink Floyd

Camel

Boston

Asia

Two bands that haven't been mentioned are The Flower Kings and Dream Theater. The Flower Kings are very heavily influenced by pre-Abacab Genesis.

Another one to check out is Rick Wakeman (on and off keyboardist for Yes) and his solo stuff. Lots of good prog rock material there, especially the early stuff. Plus, he has two recent albums out called Retro and Retro 2 where he uses all of his old synthesizers.

Another person to check out is Steve Hackett, who was the former guitar player from Genesis, especially his first album.

Also, there was a very short-lived group that he and Steve Howe (Yes) formed in the early 1990s called GTR. They only released on album - titled GTR - and it was pretty good, in my estimation.

Another group that you should consider listening to is Kansas, of "Carry On My Wayward Son" fame. Albums like Leftoverture, Point of Know Return, Song for America are a fusion of prog rock, country, and classical music. They are one of my favorites in this area.

Listened o that stuff for years but never heard the term Prog before..

I had heard GTR, and liked them. I guess I never realized that they were prog.

Classic Rock magazine now puts out a sister magazine called Prog. Picked up the latest issue, and it had a disc with it of some newer prog stuff.

Had a new Hawkwind song on it. I didn't even realize that Hawkwind was still around, but they are and they are still good.

J