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TULL most on mine 😅

Mine too along with Genesis. Plus, I saw Rush and Kansas live. I would have included Supertramp on the list.

Yes ,rush ,Genesis,Floyd, van der graaf generator, king crimson, brand X, return to forever, supertramp, J/ Tull.

Genesis is not for every one ! Not as accesseble as Floyd or Rush Kansas not a prog band, Krimson Yes Floyd Genesis are the top, Rush also vert good

❤ I GOT TO SEE KANSAS ONCE AND I SAW A RUSH AND YES TWO DIFFERENT SHOWS, THEY SURE DID PACK A LOT OF ENERGY INTO THEIR SHOWS AND THEY WERE TOP-NOTCH❤

Absolutely. And Pink Floyd is not in this league at all. Muzak if you ask me.

Absolutely, in the place of Kansas

Holy.. you're right.

​@@stettan1Pink Floyd would be in the boring prog list 😂

@@stettan1So who is the most famous and groundbreaking prog rock band if it's not Pink Floyd? 🤔

They should be 2 after Genesis, then Pink Floyd

Red does it for me

Discipline is a way better album

It's a wonderful album, but I for one prefer Larks' Tongues in Aspic.

@@БАНДИТСКИЕИСТОРИИ-ы8ж I totally agree

Now you're talking. No. 1 by a mile!

@@marcioaquino5788 Can - Hunters and Collectors No1🎸🎸🎸❤️

GG greatly influenced Kansas

Van De Graaf Generator,10CC,Alan Parsons Project,Eloy,Roxy Music,Moby Blues,Frank Zappa,Supertramp,Electric Light Orchestra,Queen,Tool,Can,Chicago,Caravan,Soft Machine,Steely Dan,Asia,Ayreon,Porcupine Tree,Mike Oldfield,Procol Harum,Goblin!

What about The Nice? 😊

Which bands should be on this list in your opinion?

Rush is by far my favorite

Number 2 after Floyd,even though Rush are the best.

I totally agree

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Do you think any other band should be present in this video?

@@BackingTrackCenter King Crimson

Excellent. When you are 13 years old and know more about another band you can come back and suggest something else.

​@@BackingTrackCenter It's humor

​@@EdFredHernandez humor makes you think, that's not humor, it's some silly joke

Camel is an amazing band with classic albums like "The Snow Goose" and "Moonmadness." They definitely deserve more recognition in the progressive rock scene. This band was mentioned a lot in the comments of this video. What's your favorite Camel album?

Harbour of Tears. Incredible music!!

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I came late in the game to Camel.. Mirage & Nude

​@@BackingTrackCenter Mirage, Flight of the Snowgoose, Moonmadness

Tull probably should have been number one

Tull and Pink Floyd are definitely the top two.

Nah they are a metal band, not prog in the slightest.

🐝 itch please, YES is the best psychedelic/ progressive band ever.

@@Vidar93 Ya ought to listen to more Tull then. Not metal at all.

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I love this. I hate top-ten lists, but you can never go wrong with Floyd.

Pink Floyd = depressing dreck for suicidal teenage boys. Yes= greatest psychedelic progressive band ever.

"ONE of the best bands of all time"? The BEST one ...

@@RadagastBrown420 "Pink Floyd = depressing dreck for suicidal teenage boys". Undoubtedly. That is why for several decades now, hundreds of millions of mature, absolutely mentally healthy people around the world have been adoring PF))

A new list based on the opinions of our subscribers will soon be launched. Van der Graaf Generator and Gentle Giant will take part. I believe you will find it better. Thanks for your comment.

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@@lucianoxx9210 I love Renaissance and have seen them 5 or 6 times, but they are kind like a secret joy.

@@Scottlp2 I like this "secret joy" definition. Explain better what you mean. :)

I have several of their CDs. Annie haslam, killer voice.

It is complicated but it can be partially estimated, of course, it depends on what group of people you ask. "Rateyourmusic" has a considerable user base, like every community has its biases but the most voted prog rock bands in this site are: 1. Pink Floyd 2. King Crimson 3. Genesis 4. Rush 5. Yes 6. Jethro Tull ...etc In terms of absolute popularity, the only thing I know is that Pink Floyd was/IS the most popular choice among die-hard prog rock fans and it's a fact that they were the most successful band among all these.

​@@luisjeremyramossotil5650Only among "THIS LIST!!!" ✌️

Fair point. The merit of posting the list is to get people like us talking about their favourite bands.... Nostalgia is good 😂

Over alle these ones!

Maybe in a next edition of this list. Are there any other bands that you think should be on the list?

@@BackingTrackCenteryou’ll never ever ever please them so maybe just let them bark and not worry about any of them. They’re not putting out lists🤣

@jonathanbirch2022 Justin Hayward: I'm just a singer un a rock'n'roll band. Don't believe him, each of the first ten albums after the first one, is a whole trip full of sophisticated harmonies, flutes, mellotron, great music. Maybe not nasty enough.

Thats a crime

My thoughts exactly. Days of Future Passed...

It will definitely be on the next list that we will release soon. Thanks for your comment.

Now you're talking!! Best band ever. Unparalleled

Amen, Bro.

I don't see it.

Awesome list! Adding Todd Rundgren’s Utopia and Mahavishnu Orchestra gives it a unique and creative touch. Every band here has a unique sound. I dig the selection!

Listen to their first 3 albums from 1974 and 1975. They're definitely progressive. Ignore the hits off of the next 2 and those are also progressive. After that, not so much.

Magnum Opus, Mysteries and Mayhem,, Journey from Mariabronn, Lamplight Symphony, Song for America, The Spider, , The Pinnacle, Recently the Voyage of 8:18 (relatively new album). The Song the River sang (YT their official video), Apercu, Incumudro-Hymn to the Atman. Byzantium are a few. No band on the planet can cover most of their prog work, Magnum Opus is over 8 minutes of insanity and complex time signatures that I don't think even ELP could master. Carry On, Point of Know Return and Dust in the Wind over shadowed most of their work.

Oh i sure do. Complex lyrical themes, musically they were very adventurous with a lot of syncopation going on and odd time signatures. They were very prog.

They’re definitely a prog band, just listen to Carry On Wayward Son!

​@@TechGentlywhat about : " Incomodrum , hymn to the atman " from " Song for America" , this is very very Progressive Rock !!!(

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The police deserved to be on this list

I totally 💯 agree

@@mr.ottoman1371They’re not prog

@@eyvithorgeirsson6028 to each their own 🙏

URIAH HEEP British LEGENDS.

@@mrdemocracy7106 they're probably 11 or 12 on my list

Agree

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Bored to tears

Van der Graaf Generator is an influential band in progressive rock, known for their experimental approach and deep lyrics. They might not be on the current list, but they could be considered in future editions. Do you have a favorite song of theirs?

@@BackingTrackCenter Thanks for the feedback. Too many songs to list for me but I would suggest listening to the albums Godbluff and Still Life for some suggestions.

Rush over YES, who inspired Rush? I think not!!

Progressive rock in its infancy and peak years were all British and European bands, although some good golden Era progressive rock came from South America and other Non-European countries but North America tried but the bands were too uh not progressive rock idk they just didn't like get it right.

Yes got me in to Rush

@@treesloth9 And it was Yes that got Rush to begin to turn away from straightforward rock and roll to a more Progressive Rock feel.

Thanks for your comment. What would be the 10 progressive rock bands that should be part of this list in your opinion? We will reissue it soon, taking into account suggestions from our subscribers, your collaboration will be welcome.

Really Rush shouldn't even be on this list they only put out a couple progressive rock albums in the 70s. Emerson Lake and Palmer where the progressive rock supergroup and they should have been number one instead of behind Rush.

ELOY has a great discography, which album is your favorite?

Eloy is amazing! Silent cries, Ocean, Floating and Colours are my favorite albums.

@@BackingTrackCenter I love Dawn and Power and the Passion. Floating, Inside, Ocean all masterpieces!!!!

​@@BackingTrackCenterCOLOURS! 1980

Which bands should be on this list in your opinion?

PFM and VDGG for sure near the top. But there are also quite a few other Italians that could make the list... Banco del Mutuo Soccorso? Osanna? Area? Le Orme? Museo Rosenbach?

This is not a which band is more or less prog. U can be more prog and not as good as JT for example.

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A fantastic list!

Appreciate it, I love my classic progressive rock.

@@icetrey138 1 ELP 2 Tull 3 Crimson 4 FLoyd 5 Yes

Thanks for your comment. Great list you prepared, we will take it into account in a future edition where we will base ourselves on the opinions of our subscribers.

I wore out my Triumvirat record, but never did I listen to it, and not think of how much they must have listened to ELP.

What about Captain Beyond.

Nice of you to throw a couple of Australian prog groups in there. Rainbow Theater is another good Australian progressive group. There's another Australian group called Airlord but they have an overwhelming amount of keyboards.

Dixie Dregs are great 🤘

But they are not progressive. PF are a genre of their own.

@@nemozack3767 I agree but they are also Prog.

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So flashy sometímes, i prefer Pink Floyd, they had the soul in prog rock. I prefer Genesis above Rush too.

Rush don't even belong on this list they only put out one or two progressive rock albums...

​@@luisjeremyramossotil5650Pink Floyd or not progressive rock my friend they fit absolutely none of the criteria. They were a psychedelic band or some people like to say art rocks but never progressive rock. And as far as that crap they came out with in the later seventies I don't know what to call that😮

Rush was a rock band. There was nothing especially progressive about them.

@@josephgorgol9045 for the most part I agree however they did release three albums in the 70s that were definitely progressive rock and I'm referring to 2112 farewell to Kings and hemispheres. But that's absolutely it. I don't know where people get the idea that they were a progressive rock band. I would imagine it's from some of these youngsters who are too young to remember what the genre was which was early 1970s groups such as e l p yes Genesis King Crimson nectar Rare Bird camel Renaissance etc etc

Ok, that's great. Better than Genesis ??? NFW.

Totally agree

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In future lists we will try to include these legendary bands. Thanks for your comment.

Yeah I was waiting to see the Moody Blues on this list.

We will soon launch a new list based on the opinions of our subscribers, it is very similar to the one you suggested. Thanks for your comment.

how on earth can you put Jethro tull beneath those Genesis and Yes, and worse, how can you put Gentlle giant not only in a list, but ranking 7? this is outrage, blasphemy!

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@@emilianoocampo3552 Thank you.

Thanks for your comment. But what would be the criteria that would disqualify Pink Floyd as a Progressive Rock band, a genre that almost unanimously recognizes as belonging to them. In your opinion, which 10 bands should be on this list? We will make a reissue based on our subscribers and you can contribute.

@@BackingTrackCenter I may be able to make a case that Pink Floyd should be categorized differently, however I could be easily swayed either way. Great band no matter what. If you google top Psychedelic bands you will find Pink Floyd at the top every time. Are they Psychedelic or Prog? Growing up in the late 70's, Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, Jethro Tull, and the little known band, Audience were in my fav rotation. If I were to rank them for me personally without kicking out Floyd for the Prog or not, then Genesis is way out front as I became a life long addict of their music. Then Audience because i return to that album a lot, even now (House on the Hill) and also Lunch became a fav in a smaller way later. Jethro Tull is third for me because I still play their songs a lot and can play them for a general audience as they are always positive and fun. Then Pink Floyd, though I never listen to them anymore -I hate to say it but i think they serve the teenage to early 20 audience better with their anti-establishment dark tunes. YES would be 4th, though I rarely play them. They are a wow instrumental talented band but they don't give me the escapism I get from sitting through a Genesis song. Sometimes they do a little too much noodling away where I get kinda bored, I need a bit of "story" to the music. Back to Pink Floyd...not prog? Which Prog band is trippy? None that I can think of -except Pink Floyd are trippy. On side two of the Lamb, Genesis tried trippy once -i skip that price every time -it just doesn't fit for me and Pink Floyd does that trippy stuff so much better. I have rambled enough. Open to others opinion on this though.

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Eloy is definitely an amazing band that has made significant contributions to progressive rock, especially with albums like "Ocean" and "Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes". They have a unique and atmospheric approach that sets them apart in the progressive rock scene. What's your favorite Eloy song?

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100% Agreed! I don't understand people who either think Rush was not prog or that Rush was only prog for a few years in the late 70's. Even their 80's albums are prog! Just because someone doesn't like synthesizers they automatically call a band, "Not prog." What do people think Tony Banks and Rick Wakeman were playing?

@@ericvonsteuben7533 And Clockwork Angels is definitely a prog album.

@@ericvonsteuben7533 Exactly, some people just can`t accept bands evolving their sound and, ironically, progressing musically.

so conventional. consensual!

Genesis might be up there. Mind you, if you included solo efforts, then Genesis would likely blow all bands out of the water. Steve Hackett alone has 21 solo albums. Never mind band offshoots: Mike and the Mechanics, GTR, Brand X, and then guest spots for Phil with Robert Plant, Tears for Fears, Clapton, Eno.

It's all very personal, but I think the conversation here is about quality, not quantity..?

@marcioaquino5788 Someone asked, "Who had the most albums?"

Here's another question to think about: Who had the most people in their band throughout the band's history? I'd guess either king crimson or yes based on my current knowledge

Great list! It has a nice mix of classic bands and some less common choices. It's interesting to see "Casa das Máquinas" in there. 👍 Thanks for commenting!

@@BackingTrackCenter clássica do prog BR, o álbum Lar de Maravilhas é coisa de outro mundo!

Sensacional! Gosto também de Terreno Baldio do mestre Mozart Mello e de O Terço.

1 Yes. 2 Genesis. 3 King Crimson

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@@BackingTrackCenter thank you

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Oh hell no! Doesn't get better than Pink Floyd!

I agree with you about The Moody Blues.

Great list, these albums are fantastic. We will soon launch a new list, this time based on the opinions of our subscribers, we believe you will like it. Thanks for your comment.

Your list is fantastic. Thanks for your comment.

We will reissue it soon and take your suggestion into account.

@@BackingTrackCenter thank you. And not to take anything away from Kansas-just feel they would be lower on the prog list.✌🏻

Keep Kansas and get rid of Floyd...

GG were way too unaccessible. True that prog can be that way sometimes but those guys belong in some other category all together.

​@@mikelmartyes. It is more than prog rock.I don' t listen programme rock since a long time ago but i listen some GG yet.

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1 - Yes 2 - Yes 3 - Yes 4 - Yes 5 - Yes 6 - Yes 7 - Yes 8 - Yes 9 - Yes 10 - Pink Floyd

11 .. Rush

Shit opinion ​@@LittleJohnaton

They're more prog

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Completely agree...

Why is that? It's just your taste. For me they all great

@@СерафимТоманов They all great, that's for sure. But I think King Crimson are more interesting, more sophisticated and better musicians than Pink Floyd.

Exactly, where are the Generator and the Giant?

Gentle Giant will definitely be on the next list we are preparing based on the opinions of our subscribers. Thanks for your comment.

The list might change in the next edition, so your suggestion might be considered. Who else do you think should be on the list?

I agree that Genesis is an incredible band, what's your favorite album of theirs?

@@BackingTrackCenter Hello! I am almost 63 years old and I have been listening to Genesis since 72, that is, 10 years literally speaking. I can assure you that this band changed my life. If you ask me what was the best period, I think that no one surpassed this band from '72 to '82... and what was the best album, it's very difficult to say, I'm leaning towards Foxtrot since in there is the icing on the cake, which is Supper's Ready. The era of the great Peter was amazing and then Phil's monster as a soloist and drummer devastated everything imaginable... that's how my head flew into the stratosphere! I recommend a great private concert from 1982 called Marquee that you probably already know but just in case I recommend it... look for the version that is recorded in very high fidelity, you just have to look for it on RU-vid and get the one that is Hi-Fi. Not to mention another monumental concert called Chicago Live 78, it is something truly extraordinary, you also have to get the Hi-Fi version. Greetings from Buenos Aires

@@BackingTrackCenter Hello! I am almost 63 years old and I have been listening to Genesis since 72, that is, 10 years literally speaking. I can assure you that this band changed my life. If you ask me what was the best period, I think that no one surpassed this band from '72 to '82... and what was the best album, it's very difficult to say, I'm leaning towards Foxtrot since in there is the icing on the cake, which is Supper's Ready. The era of the great Peter was amazing and then Phil's monster as a soloist and drummer devastated everything imaginable... that's how my head flew into the stratosphere! I recommend a great private concert from 1982 called Marquee that you probably already know but just in case I recommend it... look for the version that is recorded in very high fidelity, you just have to look for it on RU-vid and get the one that is Hi-Fi. Not to mention another monumental concert called Chicago Live 78, it is something truly extraordinary, you also have to get the Hi-Fi version. Greetings from Buenos Aires

¡Qué historia tan increíble! Génesis realmente ha tenido un impacto profundo en la vida de muchas personas a lo largo de los años. Su viaje de los años 70 a los 80 es verdaderamente legendario, con álbumes icónicos como Foxtrot y actuaciones memorables. Veré los conciertos que recomendaste, ¡gracias por la sugerencia! ¡Un abrazo de regreso a Buenos Aires!

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Na genesis

@@haydenbeauchamp3369 x2 too

URIAH HEEP simply the best

Thanks for your comment. What would be the correct order in your opinion? Gentle Giant will be part of our next list for sure.

Thanks for sharing your list! It's great to see Curved Air and Finch included.

@@BackingTrackCenter thank you! I wanted to include Hawkwind but I'm not sure if they are full prog since they have lots of psych and space rock influences. But I suppose the same can be said of Pink Floyd haha

You’re welcome! Hawkwind is indeed a fascinating mix of prog, psych, and space rock, which makes them a bit eclectic. Their experimental approach shares some similarities with Pink Floyd, blending various influences. It’s always interesting to see how these genres intersect!

Hawkwind.

We will soon create a Progressive Metal list, we believe it will be more appropriate to include Dream Theater on it. Thanks for your comment.

Really Jethro Tull is an incredible band!!!