dweller and arcam, have you heard the Steven Wilson remasters of Gentle Giant’s "Octopus" and "The Power and The Glory" on Blu-Ray? They are excellent.
Just the ones that come to mind because I recently ripped them to JRiver:
1. Sanguine Hum
2. Out of Focus
3. Amenophis
4. Andy Jackson
5. Haken
6. William Orbit
7. Opeth
8. Timothy Pure
9. Embryo
10. Ashra / Ash Ra Temple
11. Bo Hansson
12. Marillion
13. Ozric Tentacles
14. Eloy
15.Anekdoten
16. Agitation Free
17. Lucifer Was
18. Osta Love
19. Camel
20. Caravan
21. Barclay James Harvest
22. Mythos
23. Riverside
24. Unknown Hinson
25. Hedvig Mollestad Trio
26. Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson
27. Tangerine Dream (not so obscure but not really mainstream)
28. 801 / Phil Manzanera
29. Steve Hackett
30. Jade Warrior
31. Pure Reason Revolution
32. Blues Pills
33. Horslips
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Thanks Arcam. It's a rather eclectic mix. It's almost a curse loving so many types of music. Anekdoten is a Crimson type band where Unknown Hinson is a little country and comedic. Sanguine Hum is a lot like Haken.
Andy Jackson is probably best known for his role as Pink Floyd engineer and co-producer. The music is similar.
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Bdp, Wild Turkey is a good one as well Klaatu and Can added by others. And Box of Frogs as well.
There's a few on the list that are great but I wouldn't consider obscure though.
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rklune, I have all 14 Jade Warrior albums. I’m a big fan.
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Arcam, I have Moxy, Pallas, Jet,
Spock's Beard,
Roadmaster, Porcupne Tree, Spock's Beard,
Triumvirat, an
Richie Kotzen.
I have heard
Gary Hoey,
Monster Magnet,
Screamin Cheetah Wheelies,
The Good Rats,
Vinnie Moore,
Velvet Revolver and
Vandenberg.
I have heard of most of the others.
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Arcam, I have two Starcastles and Max Webster. My son used to like Meat Puppets.
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I actually saw Monty in Chattanooga at the Riverbend Festival a few years ago. I also have a DVD by him.
Arcam I have some Montrose but no Gamma. I’ll check some of the others.
I just got Flied Egg, Blues Pills, Pure Reason "Hammer And Anvil" Amenophis "Time" Tortoise "Standards" and a few more mainstream items.
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Danvignau, I love Eloy's music. I have everything they did including their new stuff. I'm a big Krautrock fan.
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Arcam, yes the same as PT.
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Acam, Steven Wilson has been very prolific in his remixing activities. He has remixed in surround the first 5 or so King Crimsons, Jethro Tull through "Too Old To Rock "n" Roll" (he actually made "Aqualung sound good) the first 3 ELP albums "The Power and The Glory" and "Octopus" by Gentle Giant and more. He wants to do much more including ABBA. All while still making his own fine recordings.
Whart, I am a fan of Opeth, their new one "Pale Communion" is good. They have finally done away with the "Cookie Monster" vocals due to voice damage concerns.
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Ozric is on my list. Saw them live. Great show.
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I have some Flower Kings and I saw them live in Chapel Hill NC.
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Arcam, Here’s when and where I saw The Flower Kings: ProgDay 1998 • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th Crucible (USA) / Boud Deun (USA) / Soundscape (USA) /
Brett Kull (USA) / Alaska (USA) / Cast (Mexico) • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th A Piedi Nudi (Italy) / Discipline (USA) /
Pär Lindh Project (Sweden) / The Flower Kings (Sweden) http://www.progday.net/ProgDay-Overview1995-2000.html |
It’s been a while but I would give them 4.5 stars. We met the band before the show and they were all very pleasant but the two main guys, Roine Stolt and the other guitarist were pretty stuck on themselves.
The highlight to me was meeting the members of Gongzilla. Who are ex members of Gong. They all seemed like wonderful people and very nice. They were playing in town Saturday night but we couldn’t go see them because it rained a lot and forced Progday to move indoors and run way late.
One year we met George Underwood who did album covers for many artists including David Bowie and Gentle Giant. He had lot’s of stories and I bought some of his art. He was very gracious. I wish I could have spent more time talking to him.
Haven’t been to Progday in many years but it was fun.
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RPWL is a new find for me although they've been around ten years or more. They started out as a Pink Floyd tribute band doing some of the more obscure stuff and also performed their own material. Now they do mostly their own songs but the singer still sounds like D. Gilmour and are very reminiscent of P.F.
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Great! Thanks. I see you are a fan of Budgie too. So am I. "Never Turn Your Back On A Friend" is great. Metallica does some of their songs. You have good taste in music.
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You need the real versions, at least the best ones. I have them all on CD. The new acoustic version of "Parents" from the Never Turn Your Back album is great.
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Believe me, I know arcam. At least get the "Never Turn Your Back" remaster.
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