I also don't know a whole lot about prog, but i really dig these songs and their respective albums (especially the mars volta one).





Holy **** Amputechture's a crazy album.

King Crimson is a fantastic band, and rightfully so. Especially with how much respect I give them for the release of In The Court of the Crimson King. Talk about a good start.

I also want to add that I am not an expert at all in this genre, I just know a lot of bands in the genre, that would typically would be considered to be "not so well known". And I listen to the genre a lot.

neo-prog is all you guys listen to?

I'll eventually post more of some progressive death metal / melodic death metal stuff.

Steven Wilson / Blackfield / Porcupine Tree

Can't go wrong with some chilled out prog with an incredibly underrated vocalist / guitar player. At first, Porcupine Tree was sort of a hit and miss with me, more for the fact that I was just casually listening, and wasn't entirely informed about the band as a whole, so they were one of those "i'll listen to it, just cuz" bands. But ever since I listened the Deadwing album all the way through, it changed my point of view on the band completely, in a good way. Especially if you've sat through Arriving Somewhere But Not Here at least once.

This is a live version, which sounds just as amazing, if not better than the studio version:



And now for some Blackfield:




I don't want to post Steven Wilson's solo stuff, because it's really not all that's cracked up to be. It's some great chill music, but nothing as powerful as the other two projects.

Now playing on the turntable:

Jon Anderson - Animation

Here's an album that will take a couple listens to fully grasp. Though if you like Yes, it won't be too difficult. If not, or you just never listened to Jon Anderson's vocal style, just give it a bit, you'll come to like it.

^^the only solo Yes I've heard thus far is Chris Squire's Fish out of Water

it's ok

I think you'd like Jon Anderson's solo work. It's basically Yes without the more overwhelming prog elements. And it's a bit groovy, though it makes sense, it being released in the 80's.

^^i'll check it out, though i haven't really any favourable comments about his solo work from "prog experts"

Well, that's probably for the fact that his solo work doesn't have a lot of prog elements, it's very groovy and more focused on his vocals. So, my advice would be to not go into it with a prog mindset, and I wouldn't go into it expecting to hear a prog album, otherwise you will be disappointed. I only posted it in this thread because Jon Anderson is technically a prog vocalist.