Obscure/Lesser Known Classic/Prog Rock Album recs (that don't suck)

[Belligerent]

Actually "Holdin' On To Yesterday" is an amazing song. I'm sure you will dig it.

[ramses]

Originally Posted by razoredge

I was going to mention Gershatser by Atomic Rooster, but I think they were more agressive than progressive. Gershatser a good intrumental for its day though but Hocus Pocus and Frankenstien were more progressive.

Ramses - who did Camel influence ? I need to get some of their stuff I have on a CD so I can take it to my shop and become better aquanted.

Opeth is heavily influenced by Camel. It's Mikeal Akerfeldt's favorite band. You can hear it in his guitarwork on every album, and he mentions it in the Lamentations DVD, at the end of the instrumental "Ending Credits" He's been talking about Camel, along with other obscure 70's proggers since his Morningrise album. You Can't go wrong with their 2nd-3rd-4th albums...Mirage, Snow Goose, and Moonmadness.

[Belligerent]

The song "Never Let Go" is almost identical to an Opeth song. (can't remember which)

[mdmatt4ever]

since no one said anything about the baker gurvitz army i guess no one liked them

[Doomcifer]

Originally Posted by ramses

Opeth is heavily influenced by Camel. It's Mikeal Akerfeldt's favorite band. You can hear it in his guitarwork on every album, and he mentions it in the Lamentations DVD, at the end of the instrumental "Ending Credits" He's been talking about Camel, along with other obscure 70's proggers since his Morningrise album. You Can't go wrong with their 2nd-3rd-4th albums...Mirage, Snow Goose, and Moonmadness.

lots of Opeth songs are actually names of 70's prog/rock bands.

[username345]

Another band you might be interested in: Traffic

Originally Posted by mdmatt4ever

since no one said anything about the baker gurvitz army i guess no one liked them

I thought the videos you posted were pretty good, the drumming was amazing (but then it was Ginger Baker)

[mdmatt4ever]

Originally Posted by username345

Another band you might be interested in: Traffic





I thought the videos you posted were pretty good, the drumming was amazing (but then it was Ginger Baker)

ginger baker is my favorite drummer which is how i knew the group. they have way better songs but of course i can only post what youtube has available

[ramses]

Originally Posted by Doomcifer

lots of Opeth songs are actually names of 70's prog/rock bands.

Yep! Makes me smile when I first started to listening to them back in 96', and in their interviews, Mikael mentioned a few obscure bands that I, at the time,thought nobody listened to them but me. My band at the time when I joined...our common ground-band wise, was the foundation bands. You know, early Metallica, Maiden, Priest, etc...It took more than a year..then one day, they stopped in mid huff on the bong, and went...whoa! Who's that!? I'd roll my eyes, and say "I've been fucking playing this stuff for quite awhile now, geez!! Half of the band wouldn't bother listening to Opeth, Agalloch, etc. because of the vocals, or listen to Camel, early Genesis, because of the sup-par production, and they assumed that 70's prog (in their stoned, closed minded-ness) was just talking about flowers, and lovers by the lake. "That's folk, you fuck!!" Our guitarist didn't even know that Rick Wakeman played on a Sabbath record...his favorite band, no less!!

[Doomcifer]

That's awesome.