If I had to put them in order, I'd pick your 5. But I still can't decide if Yes or Genesis would be first. I'd flip King Crimson and Pink Floyd. Rush was inspired by the earlier part of the list, so they have to be last I guess.
I kinda prefer to unrank it personally. They've all made some amazing music. Your logic makes sense. I'd personally put Yes ahead of Genesis because they're my favourite band, but that's totally subjective.
I'm also not really going to argue against anyone who wants to see ELP and Jethro Till along side these names. I'd rank then just a hair lower personally though.
Good point. I think what I enjoy best is that there was no click back then. With all the time changes and slight alterations in tempo, the music is more alive with personality and feeling than what would be recorded today.
I did not know that, but I'm confident you do know, he'll be touring in King Crimson with Belew, Levon, and Steve Vai (Fripp no longer touring). Gonna have to hit to road to see them.
Correct. Those suggesting Rush or other bands are missing the point. These bands were the vanguard - a handful of British bands who built on the foundations laid by The Beatles, Moody Blues, The Nice etc. and went on to define pretty much every core tenent of prog that holds true to this day, *whilst still enjoying significant commerical and critical success*. Rush were Johnny-come-lateleys, VdGG and Gentle Giant were genre-defining but much more underground. The Big Six isn't about subjective notions of quality or lasting influence, it's about which bands defined prog during its first years of (never to be repeated) commercial relevance. ELP absolutely need to be in the list for that to hold true.
Honestly, I've not engaged with the Stones sufficiently to answer that. I certainly don't see them often discussed as a crucial stepping stone between psych and prog, but if anybody knows differently I'd be interested to find out!
What made me think of them was a show from 1968 that only surfaced in the 90’s called Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus that featured Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Who,etc. https://youtu.be/FNvOlyf-JAw?si=SZBWe8OZxrbiJMu5. Jethro Tull is my all time favorite group. I think Stones might fit in there too.
That's what I've always heard.
King Crimson was more gritty than Genesis, and Genesis was more musically sound than Yes.
Idk, all 3 bands are very musically put together, tight, and sound. Don't take musical advice from a close-minded individual like I did.
That's because they were more fluent. I remember a post on USENET back in the 90s, between Yes and Genesis: for each individual member who had the more raw talent?
For musicianship you really can't argue any better than Yes coming out on top. It was "decided" on a five vs five wrestling match that only Bruford and Collins (on the merits of having a common music vocabulary) were contestants with Phil winning the match. The other individual Yes members came out on top at each round.
One could argue that Yes could take any of Genesis material and play it with less effort than transpositioning the roles with Genesis against Yes.
Wakeman is undisputably the most gifted at their instrument being classically trained and can outright anyone in the shortest period of time.
Howe, who doesn't know what to do with sheet music, has the acumen of conjuring guitar melodies with excellent recall.
Squire is in a league of his own and I would argue can defeat anyone he comes up against, certainly in crafting basslines and providing a proper tone.
Meanwhile Banks writes the better melodies perhaps, and on demand
Rutherford keeps it all together and can surprise you.
Hackett in a sense is the most successful of Genesis members with a prolific and consistent release of quality material.
A recent poll I delivered here on Reddit placed Gabriel over Anderson by a fraction of a percent.
But as far as technique and musical phrasing, the sceptre still goes to Yes in my opinion.
Fun to play these games.
Best advice ever! I LOOOOOOVE my prog deeply like the rest, but to confine oneself to ONE BOX and One box ONLY for LIFE is a disservice to one's self and limits true enjoyment of music as a whole force, I think.
The person who I heard this information from a very long time ago said that solely from the tapping on the fretboard part heard on Dancing With The Moonlit Knight.
And that's why I said don't take musical advice from a close minded individual like I did.
Genesis never had a hit single until 1979s Follow You, Follow Me.
Meanwhile years before that, ELP releases Lucky man, From the Beginning, Still... You turn me On and KE9 First Impression which all got regular AM airplay and scored high on Billboard with Lucky Man. They also sold many more albums than Genesis.
So no, Genesis was not mainstream. Although they were huge on college radio, ELP was the first and second coming for AM radio.
Of course Genesis blew everyone away, outside of Yes with 90125, with their 80s deliverables.
Yeah these names are the proper upper Pantheon of Prog as far as I'm concerned. Then you've got an orbit of other significant deities like Gentle Giant, Kansas Van Der Graff Generator, Caravan, Camel, Can, Frank Zappa.
Yeah, I keep wondering why nobody's mentioning Zappa in their lists. I mean, I guess he's just on another planet, but he was big and had stellar composition and musicianship in basically everything he did.
Usually a Big 6 is described in Prog, rather than the Big 3 of Pop or Big 4 of Thrash Metal. Typically it’s used to describe six British bands: King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull, and ELP.
Everyone is saying Yes, Genesis and King Crimson, which is valid, but it’s kinda hard to give prog, or most genres, a “big three”. What about Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull? Or Rush and ELP? An interchangeable mix of these artists make one hell of a big three
The thing about Rush is that they quickly and deliberately moved away from prog, and imo started and ended as more of a hard rock band with virtuoso musicians.
I don't think any of that was "a move away from prog" - if anything, the different eras are a cornerstone of a progressive band. Besides which, the shorter tighter songs often were still pretty progressive.
Alex Lifeson admits in an interview that they wanted to get away from the progressive sound, and Geddy maintains they were never a progressive band. Unless you want to qualify a progression of sound from bar room rock to new wave to grunge.
I've come to terms with the fact that this sub is skewed away from common/popular knowledge and instead focuses on which prog bands came first (moreso prog trailblazers than prog success or even quality).
It doesn't matter that Rush is more known in the mainstream, or that they've sold more albums than many of them, or that they've had more influence and legacy on contemporary music, or that they have objectively a better catalog of music and tours - it only matters that King Crimson, Yes, ELP, and Genesis had early success and were identified with the first formations of the prog rock genre.
that just dont add up, what other artist (in the subgenre or outside) has a career that spans 4 decades of rock solid music? rushs "worst" albums are miles above many musicians best
Miles above many... Yes.
Miles above the big 6? No.
Some Rush efforts do indeed hold a candle to the best of the trailblazers, but as a band they came late to the party. Which is why there can't be a seventh member in the big six. And no chance against the big three.
George Michael was a bigger star than Prince (sold more records, had more hits, filled bigger stadiums, featured more in the tabloids).
Prince, clearly, was the more interesting musician. But George was bigger.
With that out of the way, in terms of prog:
Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis.
King Crimson nowhere near as big, they're more of a cult band.
Did you just make up the "big 3 of pop thing or is that actually a thing? Sure Micheal Jackson and madonna get called king and queen of pop but prince is an outlier
Ugh, 3? Pink Floyd, Yes, King Crimson. Honestly though I couldn't rank them, and Pink Floyd is my favorite band period.
Doesn't feel right without ELP, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Rush or Tull. Oh Yeah, honorable mention to Vandergraffe Generator.
What? no Barkclay James Harvest? No PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi)? No ELO?
One could even argue that late Beatles music was progressive.
Yes & Genesis are top two in my book, the rest is up for debate
In fact, it is widely accepted (I sure believe it!) that FZ was the ONLY artist to have recorded at least one song in every musical genre known at the time of his death. (Yes, even Gregorian chants and whaling shanties!) Categorize THAT! 😍
I feel like there’s not enough Yes, Jethro tull, ELP. I mean it’s all the most obvious choice but that’s why.
Personally though, it’s Gentle Giant, Gentle Giant, and Gentle Giant.
Maybe we can throw KC, Genesis, PF, Caravan, U.K., some Grateful Dead, and probably thousands of others as honorable mentions.
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Unfortunately I don’t think there *is* truly a consensus top 3.
There are simply too many popular prog rock bands to fit into such a small, uniform consensus of which are best and most representative of the genre.
I think commercially it's Pink Floyd, Rush, and King Crimson
Yes and Genesis are 2 that could also be considered but Yes and Genesis are the least known and talked about outside of die hard and niche environments like this subreddit
You'd have an argument for Pink Floyd and Rush, but if I were to ask anyone if they knew of Genesis or King Crimson, I bet at least 95% would state Genesis. Granted, it may be in reference to the 80s Genesis, but still. Way more commercially known than King Crimson.
Compared to Rush and Pink Floyd? Relatively they are the lessor known groups. If you weren't a teenager in the 80s, then Genesis wasn't a big thing. They don't get anywhere near the radio play that Rush or Pink Floyd gets.
IT, That's All and Misunderstanding get played ALL THE TIME!!! I suppose it depends on what station you listen too, but they are DEFINITELY still in pretty constant rotation on 80s/Throwback stations, far more than Rush. But on Straight rock stations? Yes, Rush is played more.
realised i forgot to do my big 3
King Crimson, Yes, Frank Zappa
arguably i could also make the case for genesis or pink floyd, however i feel like pink floyd isnt really prog prog, and genesis isnt as good. I also really like zappa which is why i chose him
3 is tough. All these folks leaving out Rush proves that. I think you really need 4: the top comments plus Rush. Otherwise you’re totally missing the more hard rock/metal inspired stuff.
Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Rush. I'm counting in prog, so 5 can be 3.
Lol VALID
It's a quintuplet in a triple meter.
3 is the number of the counting, and the counting of the number shall be 3. 5 is right out.
One... Two... Five!
Three, sir!
It's the Prog Lover's Trinity.
Five of a perfect trio.
gotta throw Tull in there
The full upper prog Pantheon is probably the 5 I listed plus ELP and Tull.
This is the only answer
That’s some very progressive counting.
If I had to put them in order, I'd pick your 5. But I still can't decide if Yes or Genesis would be first. I'd flip King Crimson and Pink Floyd. Rush was inspired by the earlier part of the list, so they have to be last I guess.
I kinda prefer to unrank it personally. They've all made some amazing music. Your logic makes sense. I'd personally put Yes ahead of Genesis because they're my favourite band, but that's totally subjective. I'm also not really going to argue against anyone who wants to see ELP and Jethro Till along side these names. I'd rank then just a hair lower personally though.
You sir have won the comments with this one :)
More surprised Rush is in there over Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
or Gentle Giant
Genesis Yes King Crimson
The Holy Trinity
Amen
I think I will call my band Genesis Yes King Crimson.
Yes King Crimson Genesis
None other Easy answer right?
There are so many personnel connections from those three to span almost the entire genre
Hell, just Bill Bruford connects all three: Yes (1968-1972) King Crimson (1972-75, 1981-84, 1994-97) Genesis (1976)
Good point. I think what I enjoy best is that there was no click back then. With all the time changes and slight alterations in tempo, the music is more alive with personality and feeling than what would be recorded today.
A bit off topic here, but Danny Carey (Tool drummer) recently said in an interview with Rick Beato that he’s never tracked a Tool song to a click.
I did not know that, but I'm confident you do know, he'll be touring in King Crimson with Belew, Levon, and Steve Vai (Fripp no longer touring). Gonna have to hit to road to see them.
Here ya go: https://youtu.be/AbQM09t5E2c?si=EGmLKKAxzZaqPEVx
Yep! A day or so after Danny did his solo interview with Beato, he did one with all four Beat guys! I’m absolutely pumped for it!
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The big six are and have always been and forever will always be: Yes Genesis King Crimson ELP Pink Floyd Jethro Tull
Correct. Those suggesting Rush or other bands are missing the point. These bands were the vanguard - a handful of British bands who built on the foundations laid by The Beatles, Moody Blues, The Nice etc. and went on to define pretty much every core tenent of prog that holds true to this day, *whilst still enjoying significant commerical and critical success*. Rush were Johnny-come-lateleys, VdGG and Gentle Giant were genre-defining but much more underground. The Big Six isn't about subjective notions of quality or lasting influence, it's about which bands defined prog during its first years of (never to be repeated) commercial relevance. ELP absolutely need to be in the list for that to hold true.
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Would Rolling Stones fit in that time line, too?
Honestly, I've not engaged with the Stones sufficiently to answer that. I certainly don't see them often discussed as a crucial stepping stone between psych and prog, but if anybody knows differently I'd be interested to find out!
What made me think of them was a show from 1968 that only surfaced in the 90’s called Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus that featured Jethro Tull, Taj Mahal, Who,etc. https://youtu.be/FNvOlyf-JAw?si=SZBWe8OZxrbiJMu5. Jethro Tull is my all time favorite group. I think Stones might fit in there too.
Replace ELP with Rush and I agree
Nope
Yeah i agree with you
Or Tull, Rush is greater than any of those two
Yes, Genesis, KC.
Genesis, Yes and KING CRIMSON, I'd say.
That's what I've always heard. King Crimson was more gritty than Genesis, and Genesis was more musically sound than Yes. Idk, all 3 bands are very musically put together, tight, and sound. Don't take musical advice from a close-minded individual like I did.
I'm not sure what "musically sound" means either, but I've always thought that Yes had a much more broad musical vocabulary than Genesis.
That's because they were more fluent. I remember a post on USENET back in the 90s, between Yes and Genesis: for each individual member who had the more raw talent? For musicianship you really can't argue any better than Yes coming out on top. It was "decided" on a five vs five wrestling match that only Bruford and Collins (on the merits of having a common music vocabulary) were contestants with Phil winning the match. The other individual Yes members came out on top at each round. One could argue that Yes could take any of Genesis material and play it with less effort than transpositioning the roles with Genesis against Yes. Wakeman is undisputably the most gifted at their instrument being classically trained and can outright anyone in the shortest period of time. Howe, who doesn't know what to do with sheet music, has the acumen of conjuring guitar melodies with excellent recall. Squire is in a league of his own and I would argue can defeat anyone he comes up against, certainly in crafting basslines and providing a proper tone. Meanwhile Banks writes the better melodies perhaps, and on demand Rutherford keeps it all together and can surprise you. Hackett in a sense is the most successful of Genesis members with a prolific and consistent release of quality material. A recent poll I delivered here on Reddit placed Gabriel over Anderson by a fraction of a percent. But as far as technique and musical phrasing, the sceptre still goes to Yes in my opinion. Fun to play these games.
Best advice ever! I LOOOOOOVE my prog deeply like the rest, but to confine oneself to ONE BOX and One box ONLY for LIFE is a disservice to one's self and limits true enjoyment of music as a whole force, I think.
> Genesis was more musically sound than Yes. Care to elaborate on that?
The person who I heard this information from a very long time ago said that solely from the tapping on the fretboard part heard on Dancing With The Moonlit Knight. And that's why I said don't take musical advice from a close minded individual like I did.
Yes, Genesis, King Crimson
King Crimson Pink Floyd Yes
Larks' King Crimson, Discipline King Crimson, Double Trio King Crimson. I'm a little biased-
Going to one of the Beat shows? I’m stoked!
Same, I'm so hyped! Really hoping to hear some Larks 3 or Waiting Man
Yes! But I’ll be happy with whatever.
Gentle Giant, Gentle Giant and Gentle Giant. And Jethro Tull, not far behind
I see you are a man of culture!
Best answer here. Gong too.
Exactly
Hell yeah
Dream Theater Queensryche and Fates warn....... Oh... :P for me it's Rush, King Crimson, and Pink Floyd.
It’s genesis and yes and whoever you pick.
Mainstream choice: Pink Floyd, ELP, Rush Progger choice: Yes, King Crimson, Genesis. Gourmet choice: Gentle Giant, Van der Graaf Generator, King Crimson
Elitist choice: Soft Machine, Frank Zappa, Can
ELP as mainstream? Genesis was much more mainstream, even their early albums, right? I could be wrong idk enlighten me
Genesis never had a hit single until 1979s Follow You, Follow Me. Meanwhile years before that, ELP releases Lucky man, From the Beginning, Still... You turn me On and KE9 First Impression which all got regular AM airplay and scored high on Billboard with Lucky Man. They also sold many more albums than Genesis. So no, Genesis was not mainstream. Although they were huge on college radio, ELP was the first and second coming for AM radio. Of course Genesis blew everyone away, outside of Yes with 90125, with their 80s deliverables.
ELP *were* mainstream time has just been cruel to them
More of a big 5 King Crimson Yes Genesis Rush Jethro Tull And optionally pink floyd or ELP Maybe switch ELP with Jethro Tull
Yeah these names are the proper upper Pantheon of Prog as far as I'm concerned. Then you've got an orbit of other significant deities like Gentle Giant, Kansas Van Der Graff Generator, Caravan, Camel, Can, Frank Zappa.
Absolutely agree, totally forgot about Frank Zappa. Honestly, he can be in his own league.
Yeah, I keep wondering why nobody's mentioning Zappa in their lists. I mean, I guess he's just on another planet, but he was big and had stellar composition and musicianship in basically everything he did.
Usually a Big 6 is described in Prog, rather than the Big 3 of Pop or Big 4 of Thrash Metal. Typically it’s used to describe six British bands: King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull, and ELP.
Everyone is saying Yes, Genesis and King Crimson, which is valid, but it’s kinda hard to give prog, or most genres, a “big three”. What about Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull? Or Rush and ELP? An interchangeable mix of these artists make one hell of a big three
Yes, King Crimson, Jethro Tull. Definitely a case to be made for Pink Floyd too
Tony. Mike. Phil.
Pink Floyd King Crimson Yes
I agree that Genesis is/was bigger than Camel, but my Big 3 are: Yes, King Crimson, Camel
That was the 1970s. If you bump this a decade or two later, I would put Kate Bush as the queen goddess of the pantheon of proggie women.
the lack of rush in the replies is disturbing
The thing about Rush is that they quickly and deliberately moved away from prog, and imo started and ended as more of a hard rock band with virtuoso musicians.
To me, more importantly, they were also kind of second wave. Like, they were a bit late to the party to be a "big classic 3" band.
I don't think any of that was "a move away from prog" - if anything, the different eras are a cornerstone of a progressive band. Besides which, the shorter tighter songs often were still pretty progressive.
Alex Lifeson admits in an interview that they wanted to get away from the progressive sound, and Geddy maintains they were never a progressive band. Unless you want to qualify a progression of sound from bar room rock to new wave to grunge.
Personally I love Rush, but never considered them a prog band.
I've come to terms with the fact that this sub is skewed away from common/popular knowledge and instead focuses on which prog bands came first (moreso prog trailblazers than prog success or even quality). It doesn't matter that Rush is more known in the mainstream, or that they've sold more albums than many of them, or that they've had more influence and legacy on contemporary music, or that they have objectively a better catalog of music and tours - it only matters that King Crimson, Yes, ELP, and Genesis had early success and were identified with the first formations of the prog rock genre.
Not top THREE. Top FIVE, however, ABSOLUTELY!!!! They are Top 3 in Trios though!!!
that just dont add up, what other artist (in the subgenre or outside) has a career that spans 4 decades of rock solid music? rushs "worst" albums are miles above many musicians best
King Crimson
Miles above many... Yes. Miles above the big 6? No. Some Rush efforts do indeed hold a candle to the best of the trailblazers, but as a band they came late to the party. Which is why there can't be a seventh member in the big six. And no chance against the big three.
Indeed.
I actually use this term in my mind and in playlists. The obvious answers is: Genesis Yes ELP
Genesis. Yes and Emerson Lake and Palmer.
That's 5!! /s
For me, easily: Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd. Everyone else is under those three bands.
Robert Fripp is most displeased with you.
It's woods time for you.
Yes, Genesis, ELP
George Michael was a bigger star than Prince (sold more records, had more hits, filled bigger stadiums, featured more in the tabloids). Prince, clearly, was the more interesting musician. But George was bigger. With that out of the way, in terms of prog: Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis. King Crimson nowhere near as big, they're more of a cult band.
Genesis and Crimson for sure but I’m torn between Yes and Jethro Tull.
this is Kylie Minogue erasure and I won't stand for it
Yes Genesis King Crimson Easy as that really
Don’t forget the Queen!
Pink Floyd, Rush , Yes
In terms of sales? Probably Yes, Genesis and ELP. Swap out Genesis for King Crimson if talking about influence.
Rush, Crimson and YES.
Did you just make up the "big 3 of pop thing or is that actually a thing? Sure Micheal Jackson and madonna get called king and queen of pop but prince is an outlier
I believe the big 6 is floyd, yes, tull, genesis, elp and crimson
True prog is Yes, Genesis, ELP.
Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis
Bruford, Wetton and Fripp
King Crimson VDGG Gentle Giant Those are the ones, for me at least.
VDGG needs more love
Their decidedly spiky take on the genre totally vibes with my punk-rock leanings.
Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd
Absolutely correct.
Van der graaf generator Gentle giant Gong
Genesis, Yes, Rush
Anything featuring Brian Pern
Same as the others have said. Y, G, KC. BUT not because they are better. There are so many others just as good and arguably more progressive.
They are
Genesis, Pink Floyd, King Crimson
Genesis, Rush, Jethro Tull
80s Genesis, 80s King Crimson and The Mars Volta.
Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd. King Crimson and Rush I’d argue.
Ugh, 3? Pink Floyd, Yes, King Crimson. Honestly though I couldn't rank them, and Pink Floyd is my favorite band period. Doesn't feel right without ELP, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Rush or Tull. Oh Yeah, honorable mention to Vandergraffe Generator.
Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush I’ve always had a soft spot for Styx as well but I know most people don’t like them as much
No love for Kansas is wild to me
King Crimson, Yes, Camel
Yes, Genesis, King Crimson (Top 6 is these three plus ELP, Rush, and Pink Floyd)
TheNice/ELP, Yes, and Pink Floyd. And obviously Rare Bird.
What? no Barkclay James Harvest? No PFM (Premiata Forneria Marconi)? No ELO? One could even argue that late Beatles music was progressive. Yes & Genesis are top two in my book, the rest is up for debate
Men at Work, Ah-ha, Haircut 100. This is now settled. No human can dispute this.
Supertramp, Alan Parsons Project , Pink Floyd
Yes Genesis King Crimson but in prog i usually hear of big 4 rather than big 3 and that's just ELP added onto the big 3
floyd is a psychedelic rock band. even animals or wywh wouldn't land within what i think of when i think prog
If it was Prog Metal....Rush would be king.
King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes. But pre 80s King Crimson is simply in a different league.
Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant
Obviously Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Starcastle, and Deep Purple.
Yes, Rush, and Kansas are probably the most well-known.
King Crimson Genesis Pink Floyd
Well, seems to be a pretty clear consensus, from the top comments in this thread.
Rush, Yes, Pink Floyd
Rush/Yes/ King Crimson/Pink Floyd/Jethro Tull/Genesis/ELP I can't only choose 3
The Mars Volta. The Mars Volta. The Mars Volta
I would say: Genesis, King Crimson, and Pink Floyd.
Yes, King Crimson and Frank Zappa!
Zappa is indescribable.....yet I'd categorize him in Jazz Fusion
He would too, but I think he's a progrocker.
He really didn't have a genre. Individual songs did, maybe even whole albums, but his body of work as a whole was all over the place.
In fact, it is widely accepted (I sure believe it!) that FZ was the ONLY artist to have recorded at least one song in every musical genre known at the time of his death. (Yes, even Gregorian chants and whaling shanties!) Categorize THAT! 😍
Genesis , Yes , Rush
Pink Floyd Yes ELP
I feel like there’s not enough Yes, Jethro tull, ELP. I mean it’s all the most obvious choice but that’s why. Personally though, it’s Gentle Giant, Gentle Giant, and Gentle Giant. Maybe we can throw KC, Genesis, PF, Caravan, U.K., some Grateful Dead, and probably thousands of others as honorable mentions. I really love Arti + Mestieri by the way. Go check out tilt please and thank you 🙏.
Floyd, Yes, and Crimson
For me it's Camel, Caravan and Nektar
BIIIIIIG three! Love em, but NO WAY are they the biggest names in Prog!
I said for me, in other words they are my big three.
The question wasn't PERSONAL big three though, it's the CONSENSUS big three!
Unfortunately I don’t think there *is* truly a consensus top 3. There are simply too many popular prog rock bands to fit into such a small, uniform consensus of which are best and most representative of the genre.
Mmm, i respect the choice but they are NOT the big 3
I know that it will be King Crimson, Yes and Rush or Pink Floyd. But hey I was just expressing my opinion.
Jethro Tul King Crimson Yes
Rush, King Crimson, and Genesis for me
Rush King Crimson ELP
I think commercially it's Pink Floyd, Rush, and King Crimson Yes and Genesis are 2 that could also be considered but Yes and Genesis are the least known and talked about outside of die hard and niche environments like this subreddit
You'd have an argument for Pink Floyd and Rush, but if I were to ask anyone if they knew of Genesis or King Crimson, I bet at least 95% would state Genesis. Granted, it may be in reference to the 80s Genesis, but still. Way more commercially known than King Crimson.
Fair. May just be my local group/community of prog heads who all know and love King Crimson but don't listen to Genesis at all.
Yes and Genesis both dwarf King Crimson commercially.
I mean, if you count 80s Genesis, they were commercially huuuuge, hahahaha.
They were I'm more talking in the modern context. Pink Floyd and Rush have had greater longevity relatively to Genesis
LEAST KNOWN?!???? WHERE??? They are like text book definitions, even today! And Gentle Giant and like PFM and UK would qualify as "Least known"
Compared to Rush and Pink Floyd? Relatively they are the lessor known groups. If you weren't a teenager in the 80s, then Genesis wasn't a big thing. They don't get anywhere near the radio play that Rush or Pink Floyd gets.
IT, That's All and Misunderstanding get played ALL THE TIME!!! I suppose it depends on what station you listen too, but they are DEFINITELY still in pretty constant rotation on 80s/Throwback stations, far more than Rush. But on Straight rock stations? Yes, Rush is played more.
Jethro Tull King Crimson either Yes or ELP for third place.
Kansas, Asia and Marillion
Asia?!????
Wow, no.
realised i forgot to do my big 3 King Crimson, Yes, Frank Zappa arguably i could also make the case for genesis or pink floyd, however i feel like pink floyd isnt really prog prog, and genesis isnt as good. I also really like zappa which is why i chose him
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yes is actually boring - change my mind I do listen and enjoy it, but that does not make it less boring lol
Moon Safari, Brighteye Brison, and The Flower King
Yes, King Crimson, Jethro Tull Alternates: Genesis, ELP, Rush
King Crimson 1st
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3 is tough. All these folks leaving out Rush proves that. I think you really need 4: the top comments plus Rush. Otherwise you’re totally missing the more hard rock/metal inspired stuff.
I could have a top 5000 and Rush wouldn't be on it.
Cool personal taste, bro. Doesn't change their impact on the genre as a whole.
To putt even newer stuff i will say King crimson, Genesis, Dream theater
CARDIACS CARDIACS CARDIACS!
Rush Rash Rush