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I have to admit that the three sets of music I've referred to above are remarkably different fronm each other. Prince Buster, the Skatalites, Pioneers etc. were a ground-breaking set of Jamaican musicians that paved the way for Bob Marley and the Reggae explosion. The Specials, Selector...

Ooooohhh! Somebody's gone and put a popular band in the Progressive forum. How dare he? Well, actually R.E.M. was a very individual act that combined aspects of psychodelia, heavy, beat group and even a bit of punk and the B-52s. Michael Stipe has one of the most recognisable and individual...

I can not believe that there is no thread under this forum about Deep Purple. If ever there was a band that covered Symphonic and Heavy Metal then it it was the Purps. Concerto for Band and Orchestra and the concert with the London Symphony Orchestra should mean that they deserve more than just...

This is when electronic music really hit the big time in 1979. Emotionless; minor keys; stark, violent, futuristic lyrics and relentless music. A complete change from everything that had gone before. Ultravox and Bowie had done some things and Kraftwerk were kings of twiddle but Numan made it...

I loved Kraftwerk, the archetypal original German Electronic band. First came across them when Autobahn hit the charts back in 1975. All we got was the six-minute radio version. It wasn't until much later that I heard the full 22 minutes. Loved Trans-Europe Express, Man Machine and Computer...

Ahh, the much maligned bass-man. John Lydon called him the most worthless member of a Rock band. Nick Lowe said that he'd produce a band, they'd have a bit of success and sack the bassist for not being good enough, and then they find that they've lost their sound. I saw a band not sack...

I know that this is the Progressive forum and I am sticking Kate Bush here deliberately. Collaborations with the great Prog-Rock God Peter Gabriel; extraordinary vocals; themed albums; astonishing stage act and the use of dance; brilliant and unusual use of instruments. How could she not be...

Having just posted on the partnerships thread about an Elvis song I thought it was appropriate to start an Elvis thread. If anybody gets snooty about his influence they should look at what he achieved and some of the songs that he sang. OK, he didn't actually write any songs but his style...

I got told off by somebody on a website for calling the Arctic Monkeys a 'Pop' band. Their album got to number 1 by selling half a million copies in a week. He claimed that they were 'Indie'. 'Pop' is short for Popular; 'Indie' is short for Independent The Arctic Monkeys are on Domino...

This could be difficult if you live in a no-horse town where the nearest thing to Rock and Roll is Ethel's Electric Spoon Band, but which band (or person) is the best known to come from your home town? If there's nobody then your region and if it's that bad, just your country (I note that...

It's all too serious around here at the moment. So it's time for a bit of Glam Rock. I was about 7 when Glam Rock hit theses shores and it was perfect for the head-banging sprite that I was. Enough of all this serious David Bowie and Roxy Music stuff, real Glam was for the kids, so we had...

After the fun with the Beatles and the Stones I have to go to my real love of punk music. As I'm from England I can tell you that opinion is heavily divided over who was the best band. Like the Beatles and Stones they have different basic styles, they were lumped together because they were new...

I was thinking about the definitions of Prog Rock and working out which modern bands may fall into the category. The major problem comes with the length of compositions and musicianship. Vocally, Muse and Radiohead have the unusual vocal styles that could fit, but the songs are too short and...

I remember the stuff back at the end of the 70s, start of the 80s. You know the stuff: Kenny G; Crusaders; Weather Report; Herbie Hancock etc. I actually hated it and it put me off the words Jazz and Fusion for quite a long time. My ultimate in hate was Spyro Gyra. It all seemed so wet. I...

Mark Mothersbaugh was originally in the De-evolution Band (Devo) but has been a scorer of music for film and television since Pee-Wee Herman (oops). His stuff is quirky so it gets used for Children's films and TV (he did all the music for Rugrats). However, I like quirky, I like the Rugrats and...

A number of years ago a friend of mine did a collaboration with World Music specialist Chris Conway. Called the Rain Garden it was a fusion of traditional Indian music with my friend, Carl, playing the sitar and tabla, and jazz come funk. It was great stuff as far as I was concerned as I've been...

Hello everyone. I'm a music fan of very long-standing. My Dad used to bring home records from the library when I was a kid. This way I got introduced to the likes of Cream, Love and Ten Years After at a young age. I will listen to anything from classical, music-hall through old-fashioned Rock...