03-08-2016, 18:50
Italian lovers of progressive rock will tell you that the Italian prog is the best. While they do have a tendency to promote themselves, I can understand why they would say that. Italian is a language that lends itself to the symphonic story-telling style of much classic prog. There is a very highly respected Italian prog band called PFM (for short); I think in their early days they were very influenced by Pink Floyd, but found their own sound later on.
Personally I think the English have always done the best progressive rock, though some excellent stuff comes out of unlikely places such as Poland and Norway. Of courses most of them sing in English, because they want to sell a few records.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the French band Magma, who actually sing everything in their own fictitious language that they made up. Perhaps it's because no one here is a fan? (I'm certainly not.)
Personally I think the English have always done the best progressive rock, though some excellent stuff comes out of unlikely places such as Poland and Norway. Of courses most of them sing in English, because they want to sell a few records.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the French band Magma, who actually sing everything in their own fictitious language that they made up. Perhaps it's because no one here is a fan? (I'm certainly not.)
