Imagine a band called 'NO'. And they are the warm up band for YES. The announcer says, "Everybody give it up for NO! And the crowed replies Yessss! The announcer gets frustrated and says NO! . But the crowd replies Yesssss! Eventually the band, NO, doesn't get to come on stage. Sadly enough, the band 'NO' never makes it into the big times.
yes (Fragile) and Genesis (Foxtrot) are the best albumes ever. Have you listened to the swedish group "Samla mammas Manna"? The album no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Familjesprickor&action=edit&redlink=1 Best ever!!!!!
alltheworldsastage I think most of the fanbase would prefer to forget the last 3 turds. Blackwater Park alone should have landed them in the top ~5 of this list.
twistedplums They have not done a prog metal list, or at least not a video. Regardless of their choices (which are chosen by the sheep who vote for this crap), they stated it's both rock and metal. So, the best of BOTH genres should be chosen. Opeth is THE best progressive metal band. That is not arguable.
Good stuff! I need to listen to more Rush. Here's my top ten list: 1. Everybody 2. Has 3. Their 4. Own 5. Opinion. 6. There 7. Is 8. No 9. Best 10. Artist. Enjoy the music.
No way! artist should be number 1! All seriousness, yea everyone had their own opinion, I'm a huge Coheed fan, to be honest I'm surprise they even know who Coheed is.
@@javierllerena5756 Actually, Tull was my favorite band for several years... Until I discovered King Crimson. So I respectfully disagree. [I've still seen Tull more than any other group, and in two countries -- USA 4 times, & twice in Israel.]
autoduck .. that's a good idea.... but who would be on it? You should do a mock up, give us an example of what you are thinking of... would this list be confined to just prog rock? Or will there be a variety of different kinds of music?
Look, Coheed and Cambria are a cool band, but there's no way they deserve to be in the top 10 ahead of Porcupine Tree, Marillion, Gentle Giant, and many others.
Don't worry my friend. Marillion is still on of the best progressive rock band of all time. If Coheed is there, it's because Gentle and many others was there!
Definitely, what would prog rock be without ELP! They set the highest of standards in prog rock. Greg lake is probably the best rock singer and seemed like the best best rock guitarist of his time. And for Keith Emerson, he was definitely the greatest rock pianist ever and a titan compared to everyone else.
No disrespect to Coheed & Cambria but putting them in Top 10 and giving Frank Zappa just an honorably mention?... are you serious? Oh and Mars Volta, Primus and Mike Patton with his various projects definitely deserve at least a mention in this list
Overall the list seems to have some bands that could be classified as metal while leaving out some noteworthy prog rock bands. Their criteria i'm not so sure about.
Tecnically Tool is prog metal too. Idk, I would give their spot to Camel and PFM and create a whole new list for prog metal(and give the top spot to Opeth, of course :) )
@@blazinlion1025 I'm off and on. When I see someone comment on PT or some of Steven's work then I let them know, but I never really talk to anybody outside of the internet about it since most people don't know about them
It's not a list without Camel and Marillion. Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal are different genres. Yes, Genesis, Rush, Camel, Jethro Tull, King Crimson.. these are prog rock bands.
Ahanda bir türk, koskoca jethro tull 10. Olmuş, aptal watchmojo prog rock ve metal arasındaki farkı bile bilmiyor... Tool, dream theater falan koymuşlar listeye xd. Camel konusunda haklısın ama marillionun girebileceğini sanmıyorum, vdgg yok lan vdgg şaka gibi resmen. Yes 5. ise bu listeyi direkt çöpe at, yesin tek takibi genesis olabilir, bu ikili zirvededir, aksini az çok bu işten anlayan kimse kabul etmez
There's one great progressive band from Poland "Riverside". They should be in this list. Album "Second life syndrome " is a masterpiece. My # 1 is Pink Floyd 2 King Crimson 3 Yes
The following bands should have been included: - Supertramp - Camel - Marillion - Opeth I agree with Pink Floyd being no. 1, also I think King Crimson should be in a higher position.
Standards and taste are subjective. To make my point; As far as song writing and compositional structures skills go, Haken are a better band than Dream Theater.
Also, Marillion are considered the forefathers of Neo-Prog as a genre. The best of that scene, in my extremely bias opinion, is the band, Frost*. Literally, my favorite band. Easily.
Frank Zappa is more experimental than progressive, but if you're going to include him in the talk as an honorable mention, you should have just made him #1
My top 10 1- Yes 2- Genesis 3- Rush 4- King Crimson 5- Emerson, Lake and Palmer 6- Jenthro Tull 7- Dream Theater 8- Tool 9- Camel 10- Van der Graaf Generator
Personally my list would be: 1. Yes 2. Rush 3. King Crimson 4. Genesis 5. Pink Floyd 6. Van Der Graaf Generator 7. Opeth 8. Porcupine Tree/Steven WIlson's Solo stuff 9. Jethro Tull 10. Dream Theater 11. Gentle Giant 12. Camel 13. Tool 14. Between the Buried and me 15. Riverside
This is My Favorite Genre Of Music I Love Prog Rock/Metal. This is My list. 10) Porcupine Three 9) Camel 8) Tool 7) Jethro Tull 6) Dream Theater 5) Yes 4) King Crimson 3) Pink Floyd 2) Génesis 1) Rush Honorable Mentions: Pain Of Salvation Gong Gentle Giant Supertramp Queensryche.
You know what made me question them? In their top ten heavy metal solos, Through the Fire and the Flames was an honorable mention. I've learned not to trust WatchMojo with music.
My Top 15 Prog Rock Bands Of All Time #15 The Moody Blues #14 Frank Zappa #13 Procol Harum #12 Tool #11 Primus #10 Electric Light Orchestra #9 Kansas #8 Emerson, Lake, & Palmer #7 Jethro Tull #6 King Crimson #5 Yes #4 Genesis #3 Dream Theater #2 Rush #1 Pink Floyd
It's all personal preference. I like Primus - just have become a huge fan of Steven Wilson. Grew up loving typical art rock/prog - ELP, Yes, Genesis. Not sure I've ever liked anyone as much as Steven Wilson.
Top four in any order: Yes, ELP, Tull, Floyd, then King Crimson, Genesis, etc. Yes, I'm an old guy in my late 60's, so I saw 'em all in concert. But I can understand how Tool and others are favorites of people younger than me. I've never been able to acquire what I know is near-universal love for Geddy Lee. Everyone to their own taste, of course.
My first musical hero as a teenager ... poor guy, believing his life is worthless because of his poor, injured hands and tendons. I really felt for him.
Opeth tries to copy all the seventies band and yet people think they are giants. Opeth should keep doing one thing at a time, trying to play prog and death at the same time doesn't work for them anymore with their mild approach. If they stick to prog rock which most people do not know what it is then the band will certainly release something close to Selling England by the Pound or Starless.
I've 100% respect for other bands listed here. They are full of legends but compared to Dream Theatre, nah they will be like as students.. Even insanely better musical and technical bands like Symphony X and Opeth are students in front of DT..
@@calebdickerson2003 Only influential? I say they are Pioneer.. Even I think I didn't miss any album of Pink Floyd since 80's.. Even heard most KC albums.. But sorry no one couldn't be the same level of DT's techniques and music.. Not even close.. Now I can't disrespect one's test as you said pleasant, but what I've said isn't any fanboy's words but musical terms which are facts..
I'm from Seattle and it's so annoying when people just think of grunge and Jimi. I mean there's so much other stuff from here. Queensryche, Melvins and even softer stuff like Ben Gibbard's projects and Rilo Kiley
@@mrsequera2772 I know that, but I gave them an Honorable Mention because, like the others, they are not the type of band you would normally hear on a Top 40 radio station.
Not only do they deserve a mention but they happen to be the greatest most epic legendary unique innovative genius obscenely criminally underrated band ever.
Me too, when Pink Floyd came on my brain went ECHOES YES! LIVE IN POMPEII MUCH YES! I think the album version is alright, but I am used to the LiP version and that one is just soooo much better!
Googol 257 in fact there's nothing about syd barret, ummagumma, atom heart mother or a saucerful of secrets, just echoes which is the most famous suite, beatiful but not as progressive as all the other suite imo, if you haven't heard yet there's the alpha version, return of the sons of nothing, that's more interesting about the part performed by Richard Wright ;-)
The first three albums are amazing but I think their two newest albums(it's a double album really) are great for new listeners. Check out Sentry The Defiant, that baritone guitar the use is dope!
they basically showed the only songs by them which aren't progressive (except for Elephant talk) ...I think they done it beacuse if people heard songs like "Starless" "Epitaph" or "Construkction of light" there'll be more complaining why they are not #1 (and rightly so) ...
+DX7036 What pisses me even more is that they didn't even MENTION Cream. Their "Wheels Of Fire" album is as early prog as it can get. Do you imagine bands like Rush and Yes even existing without the influence of Cream?! WatchMojo's guys must be either retarded or really uninformed. I hope it's the first option, because it's somehow easier to handle.
well I dont really think them as being "prog" but they certainly are more complex than those "Coheed and Cambria" (who I didnt know until now), and they also don't include Focus , Camel , Gentle Giant , Kansas and lots more...again they only pick up the most popular one , but the fact is we're talking about prog music and popularity has nothing to do with it , is just about the music
DX7036 Cream are an early example of really professional jazz/blues/pop musicians coming together and making something new, heavy, original and unique. I'm not even discussing their musicianship. Ginger Baker - one of the first drummers to have a second bass drum. Cream were taking music loudness to a completely different level: it's one thing when you play a musically complex composition with a standard (of the time) rock equipment, it's a completely different experience when you attack the audience with a million Watts of sound, produced by (the newly emerged) Marshalls. And Jack Bruce's compositions were really complex, multilayered, filled with irregular rhytms.... Cream may be perceived as "just that 60s hippie band", but they are more prog than some of the bands on this list.
DX7036 And you're right about ommited bands. I would add such bands as Egg, Faust, Tangerine Dream, lots of the so-called "Krautrock" movement... This is just a list, compiled by people, who really don't know music that well.
It's not a terrible list overall, but indeed to not have Gentle Giant on it, even as an honorable mention, while you have Tool and other BS on it is just criminal. GG may not have been "popular" as stated as criteria up front, but they were the definition of prog, and the most talented band I've ever seen.
@@garycitro1674 I agree with your comment. Gentle Giant had quite an impact on me in the seventies.They played the academy of music on 14th street.I seen them on the king biscuit flower hour and they just blew me away.Great band.sad they were not that popular in New York,I still have all of there albums on vinyl.I am addicted to the band.They are definitely the definition of progressive rock,the most talented band ever.
@@montygreen6228 Hey Monty, I saw them at the academy as well! I lived on Long Island and whenever they toured I'd see them in the city and also at the Calderone Concert Hall in Hempstead. Towards the end, the band fizzled trying to get that big hit single. A few of the members still do conventions and stuff, really nice guys and you can look that up on their homepage.
My top 20 Prog Bands are: 1. Dream Theater/Opeth 2. Dream Theater/Opeth 3. Rush 4. Tool 5. Pink Floyd 6. Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson 7. King Crimson 8. Mars Volta 9. Yes 10. Jethro Tull 11. Between the Buried and Me 12. Van Der Graaf Generator 13. Emerson Lake and Palmer 14. Queensryche 15. Edge of Sanity 16. Ne Obliviscaris 17. Camel 18. Gentle Giant 19. Supertramp 20. Cynic
They need to make 2 lists. Prog rock and prog metal. If they did, bands like Alan Parsons Project, Camel, Gentle Giant, and Frank Zappa would have been on there
Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull, ELP, and Pink Floyd are English. Rush are Canadian. So obviously Obi Wan needs to put down the light saber and study up a bit before posting. Sadly, the US really didn't have any major entries in the original flowering of Prog. We had psychedelia of course, which has various similarities, but it's not the same. Some things that, say, The Doors did were very close to progressive rock. Zappa, who was mentioned here, I don't consider progressive rock either. He was sort of his own complete universe really. For a brief period there Styx was almost a serious prog rock band, though closer to pop-prog. Ultimately, most of the later US bands that some would call prog are not in my opinion, they are more metal than prog. Tool I'll give a pass, though they are extremely heavy most of the time as well.
King Crimson should be at top 2. Why have you shown only their late period, not classic like starless, epitaph and larks tongues in aspic. And you must be crazy if you think that dream theater is better than king crimson and yes. And wtf is Coheed and Cambria, where is Camel, Van der Graaf Generator, Pain of Salvation, Porcupine Tree, Opeth and others?
+Руслан Япаров In The Court Of The Crimson King was one of the first progressive rock albums and it's an excellent one too! King Crimson were one of the first progressive rockers! Why are they only at number 6? Also, where's Supertramp?
I totally agree that Frank Zappa should be on here, that is if I overlook one thing (That clearly Watchmojo doesn't know the definition of. A band is a collective of people! In some Watchmojo lists, they clearly don't know the definition of a band. I facepalm so hard sometimes. Also, I don't really like Dream Theatre. Finally, I don't see how you can put Emerson, Lake and Palmer only two spots behind King Crimson (who should at least be in the top 3). Emerson, Lake and Palmer wouldn't exist without King Crimson!
Pink Floyd was my first introduction to prog rock, then Yes, then Genesis, then King Crimson, then Rush. I later "discovered" Camel. These are my top 6 prog rock bands of all time
With the amount of descriptive words Mojo threw at Tool it would seem that no one at Mojo really cares for Tool. With the amount of thought Mojo gave all the other great bands it seems very minuscule in comparison. When I commented on the Top 10 Rage Against the Machine songs regarding if Mojo would make a Top Ten Tool songs they said it was in the works. That was quite a while ago. Edit, not saying I'm not happy that Tool even made this list. Just seriously don't think spot 9 should have been their spot.
Tyler Durica Yes! they are a little bit more relevant since they still put out records, books, and comics more often. I miss Tool though but I want them to take their time so that the next album is a masterpiece.
Yeah! I hate it when people still categorize Metal as a subgenre of Rock only because it's played with the same instruments - but it sounds totally different!
My Top 10 Progressive Rock Bands 1. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso 2. King Crimson 3. Univers Zero 4. Genesis 5. Gentle Giant 6. Rush 7. Van der Graaf Generator 8. Jethro Tull 9. Yes 10. Le Orme ... or PFM
Abid Hassan I think you're saying that simply because they fall on the progressive metal side of the spectrum. You're forgetting bands such as Rush,Genesis,Yes,King Crimson and Pink Floyd.
Did ya'll completely forget about Muse or what? I don't know that they'd deserve like 1 or 2, but Muse deserves atleast like 6 or 7. Better than some of these that I've never even heard of.
I.Might.Be.Drew Admittedly, I don't fully know the meaning of space rock but it just fits with their style on Origin of Symmetry and Black Holes & Revelations.
frissonic / Jon and Vangelis created some beautiful music together. Didn’t want to be redundant, so I didn’t list them separately, but their music was definitely unique.
They rank Rush at #2 and don't even play any of their actual progressive rock songs (ex.: Xanadu, 2112, Cygnus X-1)... Good job, WatchMojo. I'm sorry, I like Pink Floyd (they're one of the greatest prog rock bands), but Rush trump them by a long shot because Rush culminated the best elements of progressive bands into one awesome sound; not to mention Roger Waters is a shit bassist. He's only good for holding the pocket down. Geddy Lee, however, is a melodic bassist who doesn't overplay his part. He does that while singing, switching off on keyboards, and playing bass pedals at the same time. David Gilmour and Alex Lifeson are on an equal playing field of guitar greatness. And Neil Peart is Neil Peart. There's just no questioning his stance and impact on the art of drumming. Nick Mason can hold his own on the drums as a progressive rock drummer, but Neil just overshadows most any drummer. Period. Yes should've been higher because Yes revolutionized so much more than just progressive rock. They revolutionized the art of playing instruments and even live shows (you can thank them for coming up with the concept of in-the-round concerts with the revolving stage). I also appreciate WM giving a nod to Jethro Tull, but even they should've been higher than #10. Listen to Thick As A Brick and A Passion Play and tell me they were not musical geniuses. This list has the right bands, but in the wrong order.
Try spelling ignorant correctly first before you criticize others for their taste in music, you illiterate dipshit. Rush is touted as the most influential rock band behind The Beatles and Cream. Pink Floyd influenced Rush, but Rush went further than Roger Waters' egotistical ass ever could. Why do you think the other members gave up on Pink Floyd? Because Roger Waters was an asshole, a shit composer, and an even shittier bassist. Geddy can play circles around him on Rush's easiest songs.
RushFanatic87 Roger waters a shitty bassist? I know that Geddy Lee is better hands down. But calling Roger Waters a shitty bassist is being an idiot, for fuck sake he wrote The Dark side of The moon ALL. He got heavy basslines, he is a multi-instrumental guy. he was perfect for Pink Floyd and.... He is The best Pink Floyd member. Of course Roger was an asshole, so Paul McCartney, but it doesnt make him a bad bassist.
Paul McCartney could play circles around Roger Waters as well. Roger Waters is only good for rhythm and staying in the pocket. I picked out "Money" on bass when I was nine for Christ's sake. Roger Waters is not as good as people think he is. And no, he didn't write ALL of Dark Side. That was a group effort to create that album. David Gilmour was by far the best member of Pink Floyd because he's actually a multi-instrumentalist. He played lead/rhythm/slide guitar, bass, harmonica, keyboards, synthesizers, mandolin, drums, and a plethora of other things. Ooh, Roger can bang on a gong and cymbals for "A Saucerful of Secrets." Whoop-de-frickity-doo! Nick Mason does more on percussion with odd time signatures than Roger could ever hope to do. Roger can't write a guitar solo to save his life. Rick Wright gave Pink Floyd that psychedelic vibe with his keyboards. Did Roger do that? I think not. Also, ask any of your favorite bands about their influences and they would happen to disagree with you. Rush has been cited by a majority of modern rock acts, as well as classic rock acts, as a huge influence. You're just denying it because you're a douche who can't stand that they exist and have probably done more to contribute to the history of hard and progressive rock than your favorite band could ever hope to (and they continue to make meaningful music to this day).
no marillion, no gong, no meshuggah, no camel, no gentle giant, no wigwam, no spocks beard. and i'm not disappointed - they really aren't biggest prog bands and i bet hardly anyone can say "gentle giant was my first prog band." i don't think dream theater is better than yes - but it took me into prog and thats why it's most legendary band on this list for me
NakkisPekkis panic attack got me into dream theater, dream theater got me in to Prog, Prog got me into Spock's beard and Neal Morse, Morse remains my favorite artist of all, cause his stuff is very proggy but he knows how to retain enough melody to make things memorable. Yes and Genesis are amazing, there are other Prog bands that are criminally underrated, bands like Brighteye Brison, and Unitopia are pretty awesome.
+Erwin Woodedge Because no one outside of prog rock fans has heard of them. This list may as well be called, "Top 10 Most Recognized Progressive Rock Bands".
Yeah, and I wait 12 minutes and 57 seconds to see King Crimson at number 6, Tool at number 9, and neither Primus(if you count them) nor Ayreon even get the honorable mention! What is this, some sort of false advertisement?!
Not to mention the fact they put dream theater above king crimson. Fuck that, Id be surprised if someone listened to both of their works and told me dream theater was better. And of course they put the most popular prog rock band at #1, I got mad respect for pink Floyd but still it's just an uninteresting choice
+Paul Blart The same thing with Rush IMO. They are a great band and I like them, but they weren't as inportant as other bands for prog rock. Personaly I would say the 4 bigest bands for prog rock were King Crimson, Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd. I don't really like Pink Floyd, and I see the others more influencial but you know...
I might've swapped Rush and Pink Floyd but I'm just glad Rush made it to #2. With almost 50 years of doing what they do, it only makes sense for them to be up there.
And before someone says so, I'm not hating on Floyd. I just prefer higher energy in my music which makes me put Rush slightly above Floyd. That and being canadian, Rush popped up on the radio here more than Floyd so my opinion is heavily biased.
As a rush fan: They simply aren't as good as Pink Floyd. While they're work often requires technical precision technical precision does not arbitrarily make it the best music. Their later years are not as consistently good, and the songs that separate them from pop rock are the more low energy pieces that use the bombast beyond the recognizable band aesthetic.
Would have been nice to see Uriah Heep get an honourable mention at the very least. The title track from Salisbury is epic. They were at one time considered to be part of the 'big four' of British rock in the 70s. Trailing behind Sabbath, Zeppelin and Purple.
I really like Uriah Heep, but I consider them mostly a straightforward rock band with a few excursions into proggish terrain (similar to Led Zeppelin).
U.V. S. Actually, you could maybe say that about the Snow album. And you’d be more accurate to say that about Kansas. But Neal went off and did the Christian thing on his own ... and plenty of it is very prog.
I agree. Never understood the appeal of bands like Tool and Dream Theather. I can't really call them progressive, I always thought they are just metal bands who stopped to listen to Yes and Rush once in a while. Porcupine Tree is one of the few contemporary "prog" band who truly understand what "prog" is.
TimmiT I'm fairly sure half of the "Fear of a Blank Planet" album is heavier than Arriving Somewhere. Lucas li.q Tool is probably the most unique band on this list of fairly unique bands. Their work with time signatures and drum polyrhythms is incredibly unique, not to mention half the fucking metal scene trying to copy Maynard's singing style.
I think they should be higher, they are the second most successful modern prog band, ( including Steven Wilson solo albums) in the uk at least and I'm a massive prog fan and I've never heard of Coheed and Cambria? Mars Volta, District 97 should've had a mention.
Very sad that technical ability aka Dream Theater got on the list and something as original and forward looking that leads Prog on from past greats like Porcupine Tree is just given a nod. Camel not on the list is a sin
It’s been a PERSONAL journey. Grew up with 'CLASSIC': Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Frank Zappa, Gentle Giant, Crack The Sky, Soft Machine, Van Der Graaf Generator, Renaissance, Jethro Tull, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Can, Hawkwind, Camel, Triumvirat, and (if you want to consider them prog) Nektar. But if I wanted something ‘POPPIER’: ELO, Kansas, The Moody Blues, Focus, Supertramp, The Alan Parsons Project, Mike Oldfield, and (if you want to consider them prog) 10cc. Soon thereafter I discovered ‘NEWER’ stuff: Rush, The Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard, and (if you want to consider them prog) Trans-Siberian Orchestra / Savatage. And in more recent years I have developed a liking for something ‘HEAVIER’: Marillion, Coheed & Cambria, Tool, Queensrÿche, Mastodon, Opeth, Dream Theater. So...I guess that would be my Top 40 List. (In no particular order obviously.)
@@YavorM-Yash Good point. My mistake. Should be in the group just above where I wound up putting them. They belong with the 'Newer Stuff.' (At least they are for me.) Actually, they kind of remind me of Gabriel-era genesis.
+Logan Palmer The snobbiest fanbases I know in rock are prog, punk and indie. I personally love both prog and punk for very different reasons, but I've always hated indie rock.
+Evan Demers I can't stand the Dance Punk Indie but the more Folk influenced bands like Neutral Milk Hotel can be quite amazing in my opinion. Classical music also has a very snobby fanbase.
The thing with prog is that in order to really grasp prog, you have to understand music. And this really bothers a lot of people -- and triggers a kind of totally obnoxious *reverse snobbery* -- because they're convinced that music is purely "emotional" and can't be understood with the brain. Which is, of course, an idiotic false dichotomy ;)
Coheed and Cambria and no Kansas? Kansas were huge in the 70s. They wrote amazing music and were technically at the top of their game. These lists are sometimes disappointing.
I really abhor most labels. In terms of music, prog rock/metal is especially troublesome. Hell, I'll toss Mr. Bungle as well as just about anything from Mike Patton into the mix.
Interviewer: what’s your favorite progressive rock band?
Me: yes
Interviewer: what?
Me: Y E S
This is brilliant
Well played mate.
Wow? You love all of them? I like progress too, but some bands are... wait, hold on... oh, never mind. I see what you did here
🎵I’ll be the roundabout🎵
Imagine a band called 'NO'. And they are the warm up band for YES.
The announcer says, "Everybody give it up for NO! And the crowed replies Yessss!
The announcer gets frustrated and says NO! . But the crowd replies Yesssss!
Eventually the band, NO, doesn't get to come on stage.
Sadly enough, the band 'NO' never makes it into the big times.
1. Pink Floyd
2. Rush
3. Dream Theater
4. Marillion
5. King Crimson,Yes,Genesis,ELP,Fates Warning,Queensryche,Symphony X,Jethro Tull,Camel
Dessa lista eu só deixo Rush Dreams Theather Queensryche Symphony x e ponho Opeth😅
tool is #9? you must have been high
yes
Classic tool fan.
yes (Fragile) and Genesis (Foxtrot) are the best albumes ever. Have you listened to the swedish group "Samla mammas Manna"? The album no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Familjesprickor&action=edit&redlink=1 Best ever!!!!!
Audun Eiriksson WTF
high! high! you must've been, highyayayaaaaa
You can’t deny opening Pink Floyd’s entry with Echoes was the only way to introduce them. I fucking love Echoes!
Ikr, but to introduce Crimson with Elephant Talk is blasphemous!
@@zackzallie8735 It should’ve been Schizoid Man
Agreeeeed.
“Hey man I’m in a rock band!”
“That’s dope man, what do you play?”
“The flute!” 😂😂😂
What do you play the skin flute???🤣🤣🤣
You say that as if that's a bad thing or something.
imagine "The Musical Box" without the flute .... When Gabriel was gone, they never played it again, because nobody else could play the freakin flute.
I guess Opeth is just my imagination
They should have gotten at least an HM, especially if you consider their last 3 albums.
alltheworldsastage I think most of the fanbase would prefer to forget the last 3 turds.
Blackwater Park alone should have landed them in the top ~5 of this list.
twistedplums Re-watch 0:40
Now slap the shit out of yourself.
twistedplums They have not done a prog metal list, or at least not a video.
Regardless of their choices (which are chosen by the sheep who vote for this crap), they stated it's both rock and metal. So, the best of BOTH genres should be chosen. Opeth is THE best progressive metal band. That is not arguable.
My thoughts exactly - where are they on here... seriously? A notable mention at-least!
Good stuff! I need to listen to more Rush. Here's my top ten list:
1. Everybody
2. Has
3. Their
4. Own
5. Opinion.
6. There
7. Is
8. No
9. Best
10. Artist.
Enjoy the music.
Best comment I've seen :)
I honestly think that "Is" is the best band. "Opinion." should be number 2.
No way! artist should be number 1!
All seriousness, yea everyone had their own opinion, I'm a huge Coheed fan, to be honest I'm surprise they even know who Coheed is.
+Debraj Ghose Artist best no Is there opinion own their has everybody?
opinion should be first...
1 - King Crimson
2 - Pink Floyd
3 - Yes
4 - Genesis
5 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I'd swap genesis for ELO (early stuff was great) but we are on the same wavelength.
Fuck off jerk 😂😂😂
I would move a couple of these around, but they should all be top 5 for sure. This is a very confusing list.
King Crimson and ELP are not at the level of Jethro Tull, only few albums are good the rest is noise , J. T should be in the first three .
@@javierllerena5756 Actually, Tull was my favorite band for several years... Until I discovered King Crimson. So I respectfully disagree. [I've still seen Tull more than any other group, and in two countries -- USA 4 times, & twice in Israel.]
10. It's
9. Hard
8. To
7. Judge
6. As
5. All
4. These
3. Are
2. Great
1. Genesis
Just great!...(best coment)!
Gentle Giant
Second favorite band of all time
Very good, son.... made me laugh
Just got back from a Hackett concert... probably the best music I will ever have the pleasure of hearing
Gebesis
Too much Prog Metal in this Prog Rock list.
Prog Metal should have its own top 10 list.
This I agree with... to much great material for just one list.
Yes, genesis, king Crimson and Pink Floyd should have been in the top 4 as they practically invented prog rock.
you idiot she said "rock or metal"
And I said 'too much prog metal in this prog rock list.
Prog Metal should have its own top 10 list."
autoduck .. that's a good idea.... but who would be on it? You should do a mock up, give us an example of what you are thinking of... would this list be confined to just prog rock? Or will there be a variety of different kinds of music?
Look, Coheed and Cambria are a cool band, but there's no way they deserve to be in the top 10 ahead of Porcupine Tree, Marillion, Gentle Giant, and many others.
Elliot York Cameron yep agreed
Strongly disagree
Don't worry my friend. Marillion is still on of the best progressive rock band of all time. If Coheed is there, it's because Gentle and many others was there!
Marillion gets no love her in the states
Is it very wrong of me to think that Coheed and Cambria is not even prog? More powermetal, or just... metal.
10. Love
9. Them
8. All
7. It's
6. Hard
5. To
4. Choose
3. Just
2. One
1. Dream Theater
laszlo Sandor Yes
For me:
1: King Crimson
2: Yes
3: Pink Floyd
4: Emerson, Lake and Palmer
5: Genesis
6: Rush
7: Tool
8: The Mars Volta
9: The Moody Blues
10: Camel
Enzo Sisnero not bad, for me genesis and king crimson are the 2 greatest with zappa and rush next
Emerson Lake and Palmer is one of the pioneers of the genre, and, for me, the best
Absolutely
Valid point
Yes, Rush?
Definitely, what would prog rock be without ELP! They set the highest of standards in prog rock. Greg lake is probably the best rock singer and seemed like the best best rock guitarist of his time. And for Keith Emerson, he was definitely the greatest rock pianist ever and a titan compared to everyone else.
Personally its my favorite band of all time but for the best prog rock band its going to be king crimson
My Favorites
1. Rush
2. Pink Floyd
3. Tool
4. Dream Theater
5. King Crimson
6. Meshuggah
Isn't Meshuggah a Swedish metal band?
King crimson!
@@adam-uy7be kekka dake da
Omaigod you should here more King Crimson, then Van Der Graaf
Meshuggah is classified as groove metal
No disrespect to Coheed & Cambria but putting them in Top 10 and giving Frank Zappa just an honorably mention?...
are you serious?
Oh and Mars Volta, Primus and Mike Patton with his various projects definitely deserve at least a mention in this list
Primus And Mike patton not prog bands
Primus is mediocore
@@Martwypłód2k12 Primus sucks.
@Vlad the Inhaler Mars Volta, Frank Zappa, Can >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Coheed & Cambria.
And Camel, Marillion, Procol Harum... I mean, WTF?
Dream Theater is Progressive Metal.
If I die tomorrow, I'll be ok because I believe that every gospel song is progressive metal!!! DT have enough lame rock songs to blur the boundaries.
Overall the list seems to have some bands that could be classified as metal while leaving out some noteworthy prog rock bands. Their criteria i'm not so sure about.
Tecnically Tool is prog metal too.
Idk, I would give their spot to Camel and PFM and create a whole new list for prog metal(and give the top spot to Opeth, of course :) )
They said at the beginning that progressive metal counts for the list too.
Metal is a rock sub-genre smartass.
Glad you mentioned Porcupine Tree
finally I found someone who knows porcupine tree
& here I am 😍
@@blazinlion1025 We lurk in the shadows of TH-cam, waiting for other Porcupine Tree fans to slither out into the open.
Ariel I let people know I’m a porcupine tree fan on TH-cam anyway but no one who has watched my channel has revealed they like porcupine tree
@@blazinlion1025 I'm off and on. When I see someone comment on PT or some of Steven's work then I let them know, but I never really talk to anybody outside of the internet about it since most people don't know about them
My Top 10 Prog Rock/Metal bands
10) Tool
9) Alan Parsons Project
8) Soft Machine
7) Supertramp
6) Dream Theater
5) Yes
4) Emerson Lake & Palmer
3) Pink Floyd
2) Rush
1) King Crimson
Honorable Mentions
Primus
Meshuggah
Opeth
Atomic Rooster
Mr Bungle
It's not a list without Camel and Marillion. Progressive Rock and Progressive Metal are different genres. Yes, Genesis, Rush, Camel, Jethro Tull, King Crimson.. these are prog rock bands.
Ahanda bir türk, koskoca jethro tull 10. Olmuş, aptal watchmojo prog rock ve metal arasındaki farkı bile bilmiyor... Tool, dream theater falan koymuşlar listeye xd. Camel konusunda haklısın ama marillionun girebileceğini sanmıyorum, vdgg yok lan vdgg şaka gibi resmen. Yes 5. ise bu listeyi direkt çöpe at, yesin tek takibi genesis olabilir, bu ikili zirvededir, aksini az çok bu işten anlayan kimse kabul etmez
Totally but the progressive alt rock is also amazingI...you can love both!🙂
Is king crimson also art rock?
@@ranarm6980 listen the track “cirkus”. It is one of the perfect definitions of art rock.
ok ash renton
There's one great progressive band from Poland "Riverside". They should be in this list. Album "Second life syndrome " is a masterpiece.
My # 1 is Pink Floyd
2 King Crimson
3 Yes
My exact tought! Riverside is underrated as hell! Best band imo!
Also, check Lee Abraham!!! Very unkown but massively good
Please can we be friends I don't know many other riverside fans
Perfect
Yesss riverside
The following bands should have been included:
- Supertramp
- Camel
- Marillion
- Opeth
I agree with Pink Floyd being no. 1, also I think King Crimson should be in a higher position.
Finally someone who appreciates supertramp
P.f.m.
Standards and taste are subjective. To make my point; As far as song writing and compositional structures skills go, Haken are a better band than Dream Theater.
Also, Marillion are considered the forefathers of Neo-Prog as a genre. The best of that scene, in my extremely bias opinion, is the band, Frost*. Literally, my favorite band. Easily.
Barclay james harvest,, Caravan,
Frank Zappa is more experimental than progressive, but if you're going to include him in the talk as an honorable mention, you should have just made him #1
GOAT
#2, Pink Floyd is still better.
Jakromha Says 13 yo girls that buy Pink Floyd t-shirts to look cool
Jakromha l2 acronyms
***** Frank Zappa was better than most of the people in the list. Only Pink Floyd was better.
My top 10
1- Yes
2- Genesis
3- Rush
4- King Crimson
5- Emerson, Lake and Palmer
6- Jenthro Tull
7- Dream Theater
8- Tool
9- Camel
10- Van der Graaf Generator
1. Tool
2. Dream Theater
3. Rush
4. King Crimson
5. Genesis
6. Porcupine Tree
7. Meshuggah
8. Yes
9. Jinjer
10. Symphony X
Personally my list would be:
1. Yes
2. Rush
3. King Crimson
4. Genesis
5. Pink Floyd
6. Van Der Graaf Generator
7. Opeth
8. Porcupine Tree/Steven WIlson's Solo stuff
9. Jethro Tull
10. Dream Theater
11. Gentle Giant
12. Camel
13. Tool
14. Between the Buried and me
15. Riverside
where is Led Zeppelin?
+Ashuj Chawda They aren't really prog
+Bleeding Thumbs Murphy and who are u? ...a judge?....i got high just listening to them... +_+
I would throw in beggars opera and soft machine in there somewhere as well.
camel tool lol
Thanks for mentioning the Alan Parsons Project. Such an underrated band.
Yep, "I Robot" and" Eye in the Sky" are great albums. I also like "The Turn of a Friendly Card" and "Ammonia Avenue".
Agreed
What about Starcastle and Greenslade?
Most certainly Alan Parsons should be mentioned.
Yes, they are!...
My list
10) Dream Theater
9) Jethro Tull
8) Marillion
7) Rush
6) UK
5) Pink Floyd
4) Emerson Lake & Palmer
3) King Crimson
2) Yes
1) Genesis (with Peter Gabriel)
Honorable Mentions: Porcupine Tree, Transatlantic, Leprous, Triumvirat, PFM. Le Orme, Gentle Giant, Riverside and Camel.
Don't forget Pineapple Thief
For me it’s Dream Theater and Aventasia.
Swap Dream Theater with PF
This is My Favorite Genre Of Music I Love Prog Rock/Metal.
This is My list.
10) Porcupine Three
9) Camel
8) Tool
7) Jethro Tull
6) Dream Theater
5) Yes
4) King Crimson
3) Pink Floyd
2) Génesis
1) Rush
Honorable Mentions:
Pain Of Salvation
Gong
Gentle Giant
Supertramp
Queensryche.
Respectable
Add devin townsend
Where tf is ELP ?
What do you think about Savatage and Threshold, to which genre they belong ?
Honestly Steven Wilson's solo stuff is just as good if not better as Porcupine tree
For me, my all time progressive rock favourites would have to be: YES and GENESIS.
Love Genesis, hate yes.
No for yes :-)
yes is awesome! Don't listen to haters.
+Tony DeRosa yes sucks.
+TheRabidPosum shut up, Genesis sucks. Phil Collins sounds like a dying cat with AIDS when he sings
Tool ONLY at 9?!? What?? They revolutionized Prog Rock! 😒 I seriously question you Watchmojo..
Def should of been higher than Coheed...I doubt fans of the genres makes these list...Some of these things are easily debatable
Zen Nothing tops Coheed.... Nothing....
You know what made me question them? In their top ten heavy metal solos, Through the Fire and the Flames was an honorable mention. I've learned not to trust WatchMojo with music.
james frazier tool, coheed and dream theater shouldn't even be on the list... it says TOP prog bands, they are barely average.
^^^ Ok, this guy is just friggen nuts.
My Top 15 Prog Rock Bands Of All Time
#15 The Moody Blues
#14 Frank Zappa
#13 Procol Harum
#12 Tool
#11 Primus
#10 Electric Light Orchestra
#9 Kansas
#8 Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
#7 Jethro Tull
#6 King Crimson
#5 Yes
#4 Genesis
#3 Dream Theater
#2 Rush
#1 Pink Floyd
+Brian Thomas That's a good list. I would take Primus out and add Porcupine Tree
Great list
Thanks Bob and Okrogsveta- Primus is a fav and I just have a soft spot for them. I do love Porcupine Tree, though,
It's all personal preference. I like Primus - just have become a huge fan of Steven Wilson. Grew up loving typical art rock/prog - ELP, Yes, Genesis. Not sure I've ever liked anyone as much as Steven Wilson.
I like Wilson a lot too. My favorite person in prog rock is Neil Peart, though.
Top four in any order: Yes, ELP, Tull, Floyd, then King Crimson, Genesis, etc. Yes, I'm an old guy in my late 60's, so I saw 'em all in concert. But I can understand how Tool and others are favorites of people younger than me. I've never been able to acquire what I know is near-universal love for Geddy Lee. Everyone to their own taste, of course.
defuse56
Agree but in any order : Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Yes and Genesis ( Gabriel Era , the era with Collins is pop music )
Floyd is not prog and they sure as shit aren’t better than King Crimson…just sayin🤷♂️
R.I.P Keith Emerson.. :(
My first musical hero as a teenager ... poor guy, believing his life is worthless because of his poor, injured hands and tendons. I really felt for him.
And Chris Squire
5. Tool
4. Rush
3. Pink Floyd
2. Queensryche
1. Dream Theater
Thats my list
Opeth? Gojira?
@@jax1670 Theyre great to but dont make my top five. Frank Zappa is another great prog band butbstill doesnt make my top five
@Carlos Sánchez 👍
No Opeth wtf...
Well they are considerd more of a Prog Metal band.
Hey Check Up My Version Please :) Thank You!
Dilidjent Of course! np
+Dimebag Darrell they say progressive rock and metal at the beginning, nice name btw RIP the true guitar God
Opeth tries to copy all the seventies band and yet people think they are giants. Opeth should keep doing one thing at a time, trying to play prog and death at the same time doesn't work for them anymore with their mild approach. If they stick to prog rock which most people do not know what it is then the band will certainly release something close to Selling England by the Pound or Starless.
1. Pink Floyd
2. King Crimson
3. Genesis
4. Tool
5. Yes
6. Rush
7. Jethro Tull
8. Electric Light Orchestra
9. Dream Theater
10. The Alan Parson’s Project
Riverside?
Dream Theater at no 9 in progressive? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@calebdickerson2003 You might be joking or haven't listened. I think you're not able to listen such technical or musical stuffs together..
I've 100% respect for other bands listed here. They are full of legends but compared to Dream Theatre, nah they will be like as students.. Even insanely better musical and technical bands like Symphony X and Opeth are students in front of DT..
@@calebdickerson2003 Only influential? I say they are Pioneer.. Even I think I didn't miss any album of Pink Floyd since 80's.. Even heard most KC albums.. But sorry no one couldn't be the same level of DT's techniques and music.. Not even close..
Now I can't disrespect one's test as you said pleasant, but what I've said isn't any fanboy's words but musical terms which are facts..
Not even an honorable mention for Queensryche? Wow. Seattle wasn't just grunge ya know.
I'm from Seattle and it's so annoying when people just think of grunge and Jimi. I mean there's so much other stuff from here. Queensryche, Melvins and even softer stuff like Ben Gibbard's projects and Rilo Kiley
I would consider Spoonman - Soundgarden dabbling in prog with the spoon clattering interlude in the middle of the song. Also grunge
@@musicman6555 David fucking Wayne
@@musicman6555 and Heart for sure.
Soundgarden made The difference with The rest of grunge bands
Now that Tool is in a list, can you guys make a whole video dedicated to the Top 10 Tool songs? Please???
they work on it... they say.... but for far too long x.x
I know right. Not that hard, Tool only has two albums (Aenima and Laterulas) that would make up a majority of a top 10 list.
I don't know. Undertow's got some good songs on it.
This. Please.
TheGrimGamer Your crappy band's name describes its fanbase, pleb.
1. King Crimson
2. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
3. Rush
4. Yes
5. Dream Theater
6. U.K.
7. Frank Zappa
8. Soft Machine
9. Genesis
10. Jethro Tull
Rush over Yes??? Oh well at least you didn’t put Rush over King Crimson and I’m glad you didn’t include PF🤮
My favorites are also the ones that I've seen in person. 1: Yes (4 times) 2: Pink Floyd (1 time) 3: Queensryche (3 times) 4: Rush (1 time) 5: Gentle Giant (1 time) 6: Starcastle (Remember them? 1 time) Honorable Mention: Type-O Negative (2 times)
type o negative Is Gothic band
@@mrsequera2772 I know that, but I gave them an Honorable Mention because, like the others, they are not the type of band you would normally hear on a Top 40 radio station.
Pink Floyd is not prog. Where is King Crimson on your list?
>Tries to show how King Crimson is epic.
>Plays live versions of its 3rd squad.
wtf
Wilczurin Best formation though
Naa Vitor, the best incarnations are probably the Lark Tongues one and the Islands one, the first and the Discipline are just the most overrated
El estimado cabeza de glande You mean the most tight
I know, what the heck! There's plenty of 70's clips to show the various lineups.
Belew, Levin? Yeah
1. King Crimson
2. Van der Graaf Generator
3. Genesis
4. Yes.
5. Jethro Tull
This is the Truth!
@@ZarasthuraGyattt I forgot Gentle Giant(
precisely!
Pink Floyd?
@@dmitry_leo5819 I love Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant deserved a honorable mention as well
+Hebert Garcia deserved top5
My personal favorite prog band.
Yeah, I think the OM's could have gone on for a long while.
Gentle Giant doesn't even fit this list. They're way too progressive for these other bands. LOL jk but for real they're def in the top 3 for me.
Realredraccoon Too progressive? But they mention Zappa...
1) Pink Floyd
2) Genesis
3) Yes
4) King Crimson
5) ELP
6) Camel
7) Jethro Tull
8) Rush
9) Van Der Graaf Generator
10) Marillion
Honorable mentions:
- Alan Parsons Project
- Moody Blues
- Gentle Giant
- Dream Teather
- IQ
- Porcupine Tree
- Focus
- Premiata Forneria Marconi
Steven Wilson deserves a spot more than a honorable mention.
Ignacio Villarreal yesssssss
Absolutely
Yep 100% agree
@@jacobwhite9961 100% 100%
100%
1. Pink Floyd
2. King Crimson
3. Yes
4. Jethro Tull
5. Rush
Gentle Giant at least deserved a mention. Their influence has been astounding.
Not only do they deserve a mention but they happen to be the greatest most epic legendary unique innovative genius obscenely criminally underrated band ever.
Here is my list
5. TOOL
4. Genesis (Before Phil Collins ruined it)
3. Yes
2. Pink Floyd
1. The Mars Volta
Duh
Glad to see they showed Echoes
It's the only song they acknowledge as Pink Floyd outside of the Big 4 albums.
+SuperSparrow45 I'd say it's their best.
Michael For me, Dogs is numero uno.
Me too, when Pink Floyd came on my brain went ECHOES YES! LIVE IN POMPEII MUCH YES! I think the album version is alright, but I am used to the LiP version and that one is just soooo much better!
Googol 257 in fact there's nothing about syd barret, ummagumma, atom heart mother or a saucerful of secrets, just echoes which is the most famous suite, beatiful but not as progressive as all the other suite imo, if you haven't heard yet there's the alpha version, return of the sons of nothing, that's more interesting about the part performed by Richard Wright ;-)
Coheed & Cambria higher than Tool?
Yep! Tool can get boring sometimes man.
Coheed is amazing! try listening to some of their lesser known songs, you might like them!
sidewindersith What C&C can you recommend me?
I know right.
The first three albums are amazing but I think their two newest albums(it's a double album really) are great for new listeners. Check out Sentry The Defiant, that baritone guitar the use is dope!
One of the shittiest presentations of King Crimson (basically one of the first ever prog-rock bands).
they basically showed the only songs by them which aren't progressive (except for Elephant talk) ...I think they done it beacuse if people heard songs like "Starless" "Epitaph" or "Construkction of light" there'll be more complaining why they are not #1 (and rightly so) ...
+DX7036 What pisses me even more is that they didn't even MENTION Cream. Their "Wheels Of Fire" album is as early prog as it can get. Do you imagine bands like Rush and Yes even existing without the influence of Cream?! WatchMojo's guys must be either retarded or really uninformed. I hope it's the first option, because it's somehow easier to handle.
well I dont really think them as being "prog" but they certainly are more complex than those "Coheed and Cambria" (who I didnt know until now), and they also don't include Focus , Camel , Gentle Giant , Kansas and lots more...again they only pick up the most popular one , but the fact is we're talking about prog music and popularity has nothing to do with it , is just about the music
DX7036 Cream are an early example of really professional jazz/blues/pop musicians coming together and making something new, heavy, original and unique. I'm not even discussing their musicianship. Ginger Baker - one of the first drummers to have a second bass drum. Cream were taking music loudness to a completely different level: it's one thing when you play a musically complex composition with a standard (of the time) rock equipment, it's a completely different experience when you attack the audience with a million Watts of sound, produced by (the newly emerged) Marshalls. And Jack Bruce's compositions were really complex, multilayered, filled with irregular rhytms.... Cream may be perceived as "just that 60s hippie band", but they are more prog than some of the bands on this list.
DX7036 And you're right about ommited bands. I would add such bands as Egg, Faust, Tangerine Dream, lots of the so-called "Krautrock" movement... This is just a list, compiled by people, who really don't know music that well.
Pink Floyd is also number one on there Psychedelic Band list, just shows how diverse and brilliant they are
they are English geniuses!!
Pink Floyd is not prog. The end…
@@playlistmaker90125L
@@playlistmaker90125wtf are they then 😂
@@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek space
10. All
9. Of
8. These
7. Bands
6. Are
5. Great
4. Prog
3. Rock
2. Bands
1. Yes
Yes is fantastic but I wouldn't put them at one
Yes
Correction:
1. King Crimson
@@MultiAwesomeboy24 I would put them at number 1, if anything just for Chris Squire's bass tone alone ! haha
Tool, Yes and Rush are my favorite
@@yusufjorgenz5951 what's the matter?
@@thekillingerescapeplan4286 thought that sounded like a subliminal message, tool!!! yes!! rush lol
@@yusufjorgenz5951 haha :D maybe it was...
You are the chosen one Yusuf, hurry up! Solve the riddle, find the key and save the heir!!
Where's GENTLE GIANT?!
I came here for gentle giant. Saw this comment. Disliked. Left the video.
They were amazing!!! I only found out a few months back. What have I been missing all those years
It's not a terrible list overall, but indeed to not have Gentle Giant on it, even as an honorable mention, while you have Tool and other BS on it is just criminal. GG may not have been "popular" as stated as criteria up front, but they were the definition of prog, and the most talented band I've ever seen.
@@garycitro1674 I agree with your comment. Gentle Giant had quite an impact on me in the seventies.They played the academy of music on 14th street.I seen them on the king biscuit flower hour and they just blew me away.Great band.sad they were not that popular in New York,I still have all of there albums on vinyl.I am addicted to the band.They are definitely the definition of progressive rock,the most talented band ever.
@@montygreen6228 Hey Monty, I saw them at the academy as well! I lived on Long Island and whenever they toured I'd see them in the city and also at the Calderone Concert Hall in Hempstead. Towards the end, the band fizzled trying to get that big hit single. A few of the members still do conventions and stuff, really nice guys and you can look that up on their homepage.
(Classic era prog only)
10. Van der Graaf Generator
9. Caravan
8. Gentle Giant
7. ELP
6. Renaissance
5. Rush
4. Jethro Tull
3. Genesis
2. Yes
1. King Crimson
1) Genesis
2) Steven Wilson/ Porcupine Tree
3) Yes
4) Anathema
5)Katatonia
That's my top 5.
Since you like Katatonia and Anathema, you may like X-Japan. Try their following songs: Art of Life, Rose of Pain and Silent Jealousy
THANK YOU for not putting PF and Rush on your list (though I wish KC was on it)
@@playlistmaker90125 bro it was 4 years ago. my tastes have changed.
1) genesis
2)porcupine tree
3)haken
4)the contortionist
5)kc
plus i'd never put pink floyd in a prog rock roaster lol
How is YES number 5?!?!?!
Ashamed
They are the definition of PROG
Agree !!
All mentioned are incredible musicians but there is only YES!!!
Yes is so fucking overrated in my opinion. Load of shit for the most part - spare a couple songs and the album drama -.
Agree, to the nth degree. When people who don’t know prog from bluegrass think of prog, YES are who comes to mind.
And still they forgot Kansas!
we need more bands like tool
Dream Theater? Mastodon?
No one sounds pike Tool, NO ONE!
Mr Hogg I agree to some extent but if you want a band like TOOL check out karnivool
+Bleeding Thumbs Murphy They literally sound nothing alike.
check out rishloo! very similar to tool but still maintaining their own style.
My top 20 Prog Bands are:
1. Dream Theater/Opeth
2. Dream Theater/Opeth
3. Rush
4. Tool
5. Pink Floyd
6. Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson
7. King Crimson
8. Mars Volta
9. Yes
10. Jethro Tull
11. Between the Buried and Me
12. Van Der Graaf Generator
13. Emerson Lake and Palmer
14. Queensryche
15. Edge of Sanity
16. Ne Obliviscaris
17. Camel
18. Gentle Giant
19. Supertramp
20. Cynic
i love opeth so fucking much
Periphery?
I like opeth
Dream Theater rules
Swap Rush and Yes
clearly, prog-rock is not their specialty...please do a little more research before making these sort of lists.
It's about money..this is a TERRIBLE List. Frank Zappa
Yes, they have too many newer bands and not enough of the classics for my liking.
And where thé fuck is The Mars Volta
They need to make 2 lists. Prog rock and prog metal. If they did, bands like Alan Parsons Project, Camel, Gentle Giant, and Frank Zappa would have been on there
They got #1 right at least.
This is Prog for an American... not an European
Not all of these bands are "American"
Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull, ELP, and Pink Floyd are English. Rush are Canadian. So obviously Obi Wan needs to put down the light saber and study up a bit before posting.
Sadly, the US really didn't have any major entries in the original flowering of Prog. We had psychedelia of course, which has various similarities, but it's not the same. Some things that, say, The Doors did were very close to progressive rock. Zappa, who was mentioned here, I don't consider progressive rock either. He was sort of his own complete universe really. For a brief period there Styx was almost a serious prog rock band, though closer to pop-prog.
Ultimately, most of the later US bands that some would call prog are not in my opinion, they are more metal than prog. Tool I'll give a pass, though they are extremely heavy most of the time as well.
For american listeners. Saga i.e. is a canadian band, that deserves to be in that list more than most of the others.
And FM as well, and they're SO underrated.
Is that why Pink Floyd won #1? Because they're so American? How about when the Germans bombed Cleveland Ohio in The Wall. THAT was great.
King Crimson should be at top 2. Why have you shown only their late period, not classic like starless, epitaph and larks tongues in aspic. And you must be crazy if you think that dream theater is better than king crimson and yes. And wtf is Coheed and Cambria, where is Camel, Van der Graaf Generator, Pain of Salvation, Porcupine Tree, Opeth and others?
I agree
+Руслан Япаров Porcupine Tree was in the honourable mentions
+Руслан Япаров In The Court Of The Crimson King was one of the first progressive rock albums and it's an excellent one too! King Crimson were one of the first progressive rockers! Why are they only at number 6? Also, where's Supertramp?
I totally agree that Frank Zappa should be on here, that is if I overlook one thing (That clearly Watchmojo doesn't know the definition of. A band is a collective of people! In some Watchmojo lists, they clearly don't know the definition of a band. I facepalm so hard sometimes. Also, I don't really like Dream Theatre. Finally, I don't see how you can put Emerson, Lake and Palmer only two spots behind King Crimson (who should at least be in the top 3). Emerson, Lake and Palmer wouldn't exist without King Crimson!
+Руслан Япаров I am the only person that doesn't seem to be but hurt by this list. Suck it internet!
Pink Floyd was my first introduction to prog rock, then Yes, then Genesis, then King Crimson, then Rush. I later "discovered" Camel. These are my top 6 prog rock bands of all time
I'm introducing into this music right now. Thank you for sharing Rush and Camel, i didnt hear about them until now
No shot that Camel is better than Tull.
Yes was your introduction to prog rock…
Try ELP
With the amount of descriptive words Mojo threw at Tool it would seem that no one at Mojo really cares for Tool. With the amount of thought Mojo gave all the other great bands it seems very minuscule in comparison. When I commented on the Top 10 Rage Against the Machine songs regarding if Mojo would make a Top Ten Tool songs they said it was in the works. That was quite a while ago. Edit, not saying I'm not happy that Tool even made this list. Just seriously don't think spot 9 should have been their spot.
They certainly deserve a better spot than Coheed & Cambria.
Well Dan did mention that it was among his favorite bands in 'What's your Mojo'
I find it silly that a band like Coheed and Cambria can nudge them out on the list. Does anyone still listen to that band?
Tyler Durica Yes! they are a little bit more relevant since they still put out records, books, and comics more often. I miss Tool though but I want them to take their time so that the next album is a masterpiece.
MusicReviewFication I wish Tool wasn't plagued by so many legal issues then we wouldn't have to wait over seven years for an album T.T
Zappa should get more than just an Honorable mention
Zappa and Beefheart were often much more about progression than many of the classic Prog bands themselves
Top 3 for sure
Zappa included so many genres in his music (the man was a Genius)!...
Zappa is the very definition ofprog rock
@@DbladeMedic Zappa is the very definition of music Genius!....
You should have written ''Progressive rock AND METAL bands" in the title
Yeah! I hate it when people still categorize Metal as a subgenre of Rock only because it's played with the same instruments - but it sounds totally different!
no way are tool a prog band they are techicnical metal as are kings x and voi vod
Tool is easy to explain: Art ;)
@@BucketFullGamesmetal is a sub genre of rock
@@christian9146 no it's not. Period 🤘
My Top 10 Progressive Rock Bands
1. Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso
2. King Crimson
3. Univers Zero
4. Genesis
5. Gentle Giant
6. Rush
7. Van der Graaf Generator
8. Jethro Tull
9. Yes
10. Le Orme ... or PFM
Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, Opeth and Tool are the best
Abid Hassan I think you're saying that simply because they fall on the progressive metal side of the spectrum. You're forgetting bands such as Rush,Genesis,Yes,King Crimson and Pink Floyd.
@@ansems3136 I think I'll need to come back to this video many times. People are recommending lots of apparently interesting stuff in the comments
1. Dream Theater
2. Porcupine Tree
3. Steven Wilson solo
4. Pink Floyd
5. Opeth
6. Bad Salad
7. Haken
8. King Crimson
9. Rush
10. Yes
Did ya'll completely forget about Muse or what? I don't know that they'd deserve like 1 or 2, but Muse deserves atleast like 6 or 7. Better than some of these that I've never even heard of.
Muse sucks..
I wouldn't call most of their stuff progressive, mainly space-rock and alt-rock.
John Doge Space Rock? Never heard of it, but it does kind of fit...
I.Might.Be.Drew
Admittedly, I don't fully know the meaning of space rock but it just fits with their style on Origin of Symmetry and Black Holes & Revelations.
John Doge Space rock is some kind of fusion between prog rock and psychedelic rock I think, so in the end Muse is kinda related to prog
Faves from my youth:
1 Yes
2 ELP
3 Genesis
4 Supertramp
5 Camel
6 PFM
7 Vangels
8 Nektar
9 Jon Andersen
10 ?
I'm assuming you've heard the Jon and Vangelis stuff, then? Cuz that's pretty awesome.
frissonic / Jon and Vangelis created some beautiful music together. Didn’t want to be redundant, so I didn’t list them separately, but their music was definitely unique.
They rank Rush at #2 and don't even play any of their actual progressive rock songs (ex.: Xanadu, 2112, Cygnus X-1)... Good job, WatchMojo.
I'm sorry, I like Pink Floyd (they're one of the greatest prog rock bands), but Rush trump them by a long shot because Rush culminated the best elements of progressive bands into one awesome sound; not to mention Roger Waters is a shit bassist. He's only good for holding the pocket down. Geddy Lee, however, is a melodic bassist who doesn't overplay his part. He does that while singing, switching off on keyboards, and playing bass pedals at the same time. David Gilmour and Alex Lifeson are on an equal playing field of guitar greatness. And Neil Peart is Neil Peart. There's just no questioning his stance and impact on the art of drumming. Nick Mason can hold his own on the drums as a progressive rock drummer, but Neil just overshadows most any drummer. Period.
Yes should've been higher because Yes revolutionized so much more than just progressive rock. They revolutionized the art of playing instruments and even live shows (you can thank them for coming up with the concept of in-the-round concerts with the revolving stage).
I also appreciate WM giving a nod to Jethro Tull, but even they should've been higher than #10. Listen to Thick As A Brick and A Passion Play and tell me they were not musical geniuses. This list has the right bands, but in the wrong order.
ahahahahah. dude take your shitty rush outa here, do you Wanna compare Rush with Pink Floyd? you igonorant fuck.
Try spelling ignorant correctly first before you criticize others for their taste in music, you illiterate dipshit. Rush is touted as the most influential rock band behind The Beatles and Cream. Pink Floyd influenced Rush, but Rush went further than Roger Waters' egotistical ass ever could. Why do you think the other members gave up on Pink Floyd? Because Roger Waters was an asshole, a shit composer, and an even shittier bassist. Geddy can play circles around him on Rush's easiest songs.
RushFanatic87 Roger waters a shitty bassist? I know that Geddy Lee is better hands down. But calling Roger Waters a shitty bassist is being an idiot, for fuck sake he wrote The Dark side of The moon ALL.
He got heavy basslines, he is a multi-instrumental guy. he was perfect for Pink Floyd and.... He is The best Pink Floyd member.
Of course Roger was an asshole, so Paul McCartney, but it doesnt make him a bad bassist.
RushFanatic87 and Rush is not influencial.
Paul McCartney could play circles around Roger Waters as well. Roger Waters is only good for rhythm and staying in the pocket. I picked out "Money" on bass when I was nine for Christ's sake. Roger Waters is not as good as people think he is. And no, he didn't write ALL of Dark Side. That was a group effort to create that album. David Gilmour was by far the best member of Pink Floyd because he's actually a multi-instrumentalist. He played lead/rhythm/slide guitar, bass, harmonica, keyboards, synthesizers, mandolin, drums, and a plethora of other things. Ooh, Roger can bang on a gong and cymbals for "A Saucerful of Secrets." Whoop-de-frickity-doo! Nick Mason does more on percussion with odd time signatures than Roger could ever hope to do. Roger can't write a guitar solo to save his life. Rick Wright gave Pink Floyd that psychedelic vibe with his keyboards. Did Roger do that? I think not.
Also, ask any of your favorite bands about their influences and they would happen to disagree with you. Rush has been cited by a majority of modern rock acts, as well as classic rock acts, as a huge influence. You're just denying it because you're a douche who can't stand that they exist and have probably done more to contribute to the history of hard and progressive rock than your favorite band could ever hope to (and they continue to make meaningful music to this day).
Where is Focus?
Are they the guys that did "Hocus Pocus?'
10. Between The Buried And Me
9. Jethro Tull
8. ELP
7. Opeth
6. Pink Floyd
5. Tool
4. Yes
3. Genesis
2. Dream Theater
1. Rush
Yes I love that list
Lob for mi tu yu
Hello. Can You Check Up My Version Of Prog Metal? Thank You & Have A Great day =)
I'm really glad The Moody Blues was at least in Honorable Mention 🙏🏻
Gentle Giant?
YES #5 ???
Almost a perfect list WatchMojo...my opinion:
10 - Frank Zappa
9 - Dream Theater
8- Tool
7 - Jethro Tull
6 - Emerson, Lake, Palmer
5 - King Crimson
4 - Genesis
3 - Yes
2 - Rush
1 - Pink Floyd
I just like a list where Pink Floyd is number 1
The best band ever
Your list is perfect through my eyes.
people actually dispute that pink floyd is the king of progressive rock? like, fucking seriously?! i swear i'm not on earth right now.
fuckin aye
no marillion, no gong, no meshuggah, no camel, no gentle giant, no wigwam, no spocks beard. and i'm not disappointed - they really aren't biggest prog bands and i bet hardly anyone can say "gentle giant was my first prog band." i don't think dream theater is better than yes - but it took me into prog and thats why it's most legendary band on this list for me
NakkisPekkis At least someone who knows Marillion!
Afortunate us who enjoy the work of Marillion
NakkisPekkis panic attack got me into dream theater, dream theater got me in to Prog, Prog got me into Spock's beard and Neal Morse, Morse remains my favorite artist of all, cause his stuff is very proggy but he knows how to retain enough melody to make things memorable. Yes and Genesis are amazing, there are other Prog bands that are criminally underrated, bands like Brighteye Brison, and Unitopia are pretty awesome.
I love Marillion and Mr. Bungle
Vanukas r
My Faveorite
1:Pink Floyd
2: Yes
3 Rush
4 Tool
So I wait 12 minutes and 57 seconds to NOT see Gentle Giant included? Ha!
+Erwin Woodedge Because no one outside of prog rock fans has heard of them. This list may as well be called, "Top 10 Most Recognized Progressive Rock Bands".
Yeah, and I wait 12 minutes and 57 seconds to see King Crimson at number 6, Tool at number 9, and neither Primus(if you count them) nor Ayreon even get the honorable mention! What is this, some sort of false advertisement?!
Not to mention the fact they put dream theater above king crimson. Fuck that, Id be surprised if someone listened to both of their works and told me dream theater was better. And of course they put the most popular prog rock band at #1, I got mad respect for pink Floyd but still it's just an uninteresting choice
+Paul Blart The same thing with Rush IMO. They are a great band and I like them, but they weren't as inportant as other bands for prog rock. Personaly I would say the 4 bigest bands for prog rock were King Crimson, Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd. I don't really like Pink Floyd, and I see the others more influencial but you know...
And Jethro Tull at 10.
I might've swapped Rush and Pink Floyd but I'm just glad Rush made it to #2. With almost 50 years of doing what they do, it only makes sense for them to be up there.
And before someone says so, I'm not hating on Floyd. I just prefer higher energy in my music which makes me put Rush slightly above Floyd. That and being canadian, Rush popped up on the radio here more than Floyd so my opinion is heavily biased.
rush is one of the worst rock bands ever.They seriously sound like a dying mouse.
Josh Lovez Stuff *shrugs* It's not for everyone.
As a rush fan: They simply aren't as good as Pink Floyd. While they're work often requires technical precision technical precision does not arbitrarily make it the best music. Their later years are not as consistently good, and the songs that separate them from pop rock are the more low energy pieces that use the bombast beyond the recognizable band aesthetic.
Josh Lovez Stuff Go back and listen to Miley Cyrus and Nicki Minaj if Rush is too complex for you.
When Frank Zappa is a "Honorable Mention"- the list has lost credibility.
Cierto, debió ser el número 1, aunque en lo personal es difícil porque king Crimson también es fuerte.
Would have been nice to see Uriah Heep get an honourable mention at the very least. The title track from Salisbury is epic. They were at one time considered to be part of the 'big four' of British rock in the 70s. Trailing behind Sabbath, Zeppelin and Purple.
I really like Uriah Heep, but I consider them mostly a straightforward rock band with a few excursions into proggish terrain (similar to Led Zeppelin).
Spock's Beard???? Not even an honorable mention?
Christian rock.
If there is no Magma, there should be no christian rock either.
U.V. S. Actually, you could maybe say that about the Snow album. And you’d be more accurate to say that about Kansas. But Neal went off and did the Christian thing on his own ... and plenty of it is very prog.
Zack Morse are you related? Transatlantic is awesome when there's no singing going on.
Hai ragione snow è un capolavoro
Pink Floyd is genre.
True
HMT Raouf Pink Floyd is overrated as fuck
SketchyGamer noway, what made you say that?
@@ACG7001 You are overrated.
henry ramsey shut up fucker
Can't believe Porcupine Tree just got an honorable mention. Could've easily replaced one of the dime a dozen prog metal bands on here with them.
I agree. Never understood the appeal of bands like Tool and Dream Theather. I can't really call them progressive, I always thought they are just metal bands who stopped to listen to Yes and Rush once in a while. Porcupine Tree is one of the few contemporary "prog" band who truly understand what "prog" is.
TimmiT Lucas li.q what's the Porcupine Tree song used in that montage?
***** I believe it's "Arriving Somewhere but Not Here". It's probably their heaviest song.
TimmiT I'm fairly sure half of the "Fear of a Blank Planet" album is heavier than Arriving Somewhere.
Lucas li.q Tool is probably the most unique band on this list of fairly unique bands. Their work with time signatures and drum polyrhythms is incredibly unique, not to mention half the fucking metal scene trying to copy Maynard's singing style.
I think they should be higher, they are the second most successful modern prog band, ( including Steven Wilson solo albums) in the uk at least and I'm a massive prog fan and I've never heard of Coheed and Cambria? Mars Volta, District 97 should've had a mention.
Yes should be higher than 5. Probably the most original of the lot.
I was sad Porcupine Tree was just an honorable mention but happy that Pink Floyd was number one
Very sad that technical ability aka Dream Theater got on the list and something as original and forward looking that leads Prog on from past greats like Porcupine Tree is just given a nod. Camel not on the list is a sin
10. Magma
9. Electric Light Orchestra
8. Soft Machine
7. Hawkwind
6. Porcupine Tree
5. Can
4. Yes
3. Focus
2. Pink Floyd
1. King Crimson
Nice eclectic Prog list!
mvunit3 Eclectic prog is the shiiizz
Electric light orchestra? are you serious man? Do you know what progressive rock is?
Paris Merediz He surely knows more than Watchmojo
Akhnaten NO RUSH??!!
Porcupine Tree should have at least been in the top 5.
+7101998GreenDay fair enough
Yeah . They're my favourite band of all time!
+7101998GreenDay Exactly
+7101998GreenDay Well, Riverside didn't even get a mention. Or Ayreon. A list of progressive bands is simply incomplete without Ayreon in my opinion.
+7101998GreenDay Hell no, lol. As much as I love Porcupine Tree they would go around Top 15-20
You could argue that Dream Theater, Tool and Coheed And Cambria are technically Prog Metal!
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yeah they are ..... this list is shit
I mean . . . they are
They are lol
They are! Dvmbasss
Porcupine Tree. Then, whoever you want.
Hey, Check Up My Version =) There Is Porcupine Tree. Thank You & Have A Great Day!
I think Pink Floyd is just as good as Porcupine Tree
theee best , forever
I like Steven Wilson on his own more than Porcupine Tree
hell yeah
It’s been a PERSONAL journey. Grew up with 'CLASSIC': Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Frank Zappa, Gentle Giant, Crack The Sky, Soft Machine, Van Der Graaf Generator, Renaissance, Jethro Tull, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Can, Hawkwind, Camel, Triumvirat, and (if you want to consider them prog) Nektar.
But if I wanted something ‘POPPIER’: ELO, Kansas, The Moody Blues, Focus, Supertramp, The Alan Parsons Project, Mike Oldfield, and (if you want to consider them prog) 10cc.
Soon thereafter I discovered ‘NEWER’ stuff: Rush, The Mars Volta, Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard, and (if you want to consider them prog) Trans-Siberian Orchestra / Savatage.
And in more recent years I have developed a liking for something ‘HEAVIER’: Marillion, Coheed & Cambria, Tool, Queensrÿche, Mastodon, Opeth, Dream Theater. So...I guess that would be my Top 40 List. (In no particular order obviously.)
Marillion heavier?! What "heavy" stuff you've been listen by them?
@@YavorM-Yash Good point. My mistake. Should be in the group just above where I wound up putting them. They belong with the 'Newer Stuff.' (At least they are for me.) Actually, they kind of remind me of Gabriel-era genesis.
Van Der Graaf Generator and Camel and PFM should be in there absolutely
The only problem I have is Rush in the same section as TSO, while I like TSO, they came way after Rush.
I would consider Kansas classic, personally.
Progressive rock: The most creative genre of music there is with the snobbiest fan
+Kevin Sandstrom As a prog fan, I must agree. But, there are worse fanbases out there... *cough*nu-metal*cough*
+Logan Palmer The snobbiest fanbases I know in rock are prog, punk and indie. I personally love both prog and punk for very different reasons, but I've always hated indie rock.
+Evan Demers I can't stand the Dance Punk Indie but the more Folk influenced bands like Neutral Milk Hotel can be quite amazing in my opinion. Classical music also has a very snobby fanbase.
+Kevin Sandstrom people who listen to this stuff are very selective of their music...so don't expect them to be listening to garbage...
The thing with prog is that in order to really grasp prog, you have to understand music. And this really bothers a lot of people -- and triggers a kind of totally obnoxious *reverse snobbery* -- because they're convinced that music is purely "emotional" and can't be understood with the brain.
Which is, of course, an idiotic false dichotomy ;)
Coheed and Cambria and no Kansas? Kansas were huge in the 70s. They wrote amazing music and were technically at the top of their game. These lists are sometimes disappointing.
Pink Floyd is its own genre.
I agree, they are tough to classify!
Agree - not classic prog. More Psychedelic Rock, imho
I can relate to that because I have always felt that way about Rush.
I agree. Rush also. Progressive and not progressive.
I really abhor most labels. In terms of music, prog rock/metal is especially troublesome. Hell, I'll toss Mr. Bungle as well as just about anything from Mike Patton into the mix.
THANK YOU, MY FAVOURITES ARE: The Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Supertramp (not here).
Dream Theater is like if Rush and Metallica had a baby
Space Cookie still way better than metallica
Iron maiden and slayer and metalica and megadeath and rhapsody of fire are dream theater's babies
That’s exactly what I’ve said
Space Cookie More like rush and Iron Maiden.
Ein Walroß and Metallica is the cousin
My list:
1. Pink Floyd
2. Rush
3. Yes
4. Tool
5. Porcupine Tree
6. Opeth
7. Dream Theater
8. King Crimson
9. Genesis
10. Focus