🇨🇦 my picks are (1) The Tea Party - The Ocean At The End (2l Triumph - Just A Game (3) Devin Townsend - Ocean Machine (4l) Saga - Images At Twilight (5) FM - Black Noise

Great show guys... I'm a canadian and never heard of half of these bands, so I have some exploration to do after this. I am french speaking, born in Quebec, so it's a bit funny seeing you all struggle :-) as a future reference: the "e" at the end of a word in frnech is silent :-) no "eh" there :-) Sloche is french slang for slush, so very much pronounced the same way as in english. Glad to see a lot of mentions of Quebec prog, as the province has always been a hotspot of prog in Canada... check out Morse Code as a few people commented before me. And if you like Harmonium, check out Fiori-Seguin who did only one album called "Deux-cent nuits à l'heure" (recently remastered)... if you find it sounds like Harmonium, it's because it's the singer and most of the Harmonium band teaming up with another singer back in 1978 and releasing this album in 1979. Very much in the Harmonium vein, perhaps less folky and an awesome album after "l'Heptade". Thanks again for the show guys!

Cheers Guys. Devin Townsend Project are powerful and majestic with bits of Prog Metal. The Tea Party gets overlooked but they have some Proggy elements to most of their albums.

Thank you Rick, Sean, Rand and Pete for some interesting choices from my northern neighbors. Fun show.

1- Mystery 2- Saga 3- Triumph 4- FM 5- Harmonium

Great show Pete & boys! It made me reminisce of all the great live music I heard back in the 70's in Toronto. I remember seeing bands like Max Webster and Triumph at a tavern called The Gasworks, but my most memorable time was at the Colonial Tavern (Toronto) in 1974 when a boyfriend took me there to hear an old schoolmate of his play with 2 other friends.........it was RUSH!

Great 👍 job to all 4 of you guys. ! Much enjoyed 💯👍

Thanks SO much for this Round Table! I played the Bass Guitar in Zon, but left just before the first Album was recorded (although I co-wrote a couple of Songs on it - including the Title Track) For those who may be interested, Zon's Keyboard Player (Howard Helm) has played on several songs pn the new Lightspeed CD entitled "Delta", which we plan to release later this year. Cheers! Rod

...another excellent edition, this time with some really cool gems!!! thanx

My favourite Canadian prog rock band is Mystery, they are one of the best to come out of Canada and to me they are a modern Yes, they've made some fantastic music and they continue to get better with every listen

Thanks guys! That has been a very entertaining and educational video for me. Best wishes!

1- The Tea Party 2- Nightwinds 3- FM 4- Saga 5- Triumph

Oh hell yes! Les Cinq Saisons is one of my favorite all time albums!

Always finding new stuff to check out, many thanks Pete and guests.

OMG I suggested this a few weeks ago, can't believe they're actually doing it!

Harmonium were absolutely huge in Quebec, but they had a following across Canada too. I'm from Edmonton, and they drew a good crowd even there.

I was going to mention a few albums, but Pete already mentioned Maneige "Libre Service." That's a really nice record. Another band that I love, who were French but NOT from Quebec, was CANO, who were from Sudbury, Ontario. Their second album, "Au Nord Du Notre Vie" (In the North of Our Lives) is one of my favourite albums of all time. Very proggy and jazzy, with excellent lead vocals by Rachel Paiement, and beautiful electric violin and guitar playing, which was the signature of their sound. The band had a tragic history, with Rachel's brother committing suicide after that second album, and then their violin player dying of a brain aneurism later on. The band began singing in English more, and morphed into "Masque," but that didn't last very long. Rachel got married to Jim Vallance, Bryan Adams' writing partner. I'd like to mention a newer band from Hamilton, Ontario, called "Prismind." If you like Dream Theater, these guys will be right up your alley. Kind of a more melodic version of that sound. Fantastic musicians. They have lots of stuff up on KZfaq you can check out. Another mention would be southern Ontario band, The Hunt. Not really prog, but they had that element in their music, mainly due to keyboardist and flute player Jacques Harrison. The first album, with the hand on the cover, is the one you want to check out, and had Paul Kersey, Max Webster's first drummer, on the kit, and the fantastic lead vocals of Brian Gagnon, from Welland, Ontario.

Finally got to this show in an effort to catch up on SoT programming. Another highly enjoyable In The Prog Seat episode with a great panel and now some more listening homework for me. Thanks to all for their great recommendations though it sounds like some will require some concentrated searching.

Great show. Thanks guys

Zon's Astral Projector is awesome. I saw them at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver and my ears are still ringing.

Geddy lee’s solo album is awesome.

The Tea Party were/are huge here in Australia

Absolutely love Mystery.

Yeah. Got those Symphonic Slam/Timo Laine on vinyl. UZEB, a jazz fusion outfit also from Quebec from 80s

Puerto Rico has always been a home for SAGA. They are beloved here.

My choices (along with my favorite album) : Maneige (Ni vent, ni nouvelle) Harmonium (self-titled album) Syrinx (both albums) Octobre (Survivance) Et Cetera (self-titled album) mentions : Sloche (pronounced Slush) (both albums) Contraction (both albums) Mashmakhan (self-titled album)

I was watching and waiting and waiting and then finally Sean mentioned "Mystery" Such a great band! Rush and Saga were the obvious choices of course! I dig these next bands too: The other Michel St. Pere band Huis, Monarch Trail, Visible Wind & Greylevel.

Zon is a twofer on Escape label and the 1st album "astral Projector' has also been released by Rock Candy label.

Thank you for this. As a Canadian, I know so little about Canadian prog, though I know there is much of it out there. I enjoyed this very much. I know Harmonium an October, Klaatu Saga and Mystery featuring David Benoit (of Yes for one great album) and such but you brought many new ones onto my radar. I always feel Canadians are considered second rate on the world stage, but we do have some inspired artists here. Thanks again for the shout out.

Great discussion, gents! Many overlooked classics spotlighted. And without hearing a single note, I just ordered the Nightwinds CD. Eagerly awaiting what's sure to be another undiscovered gem...

Great show guys, but I'm very surprised that out of 20 selections nobody mentioned Mystery except Sean. Tremendous prog band

Great show, thanks from Quebec! And yeah Harmonium was really into good poetry, Serge Fiori is a great composer.

Saga for sure! Wanna bring some love to 70ies hardrockers Teaze. The ‘touch the wind’ from the 79 One night stands album has some prog moments. So does the power ballad Heartless World. Both tracks are epic and majestic!

Bass solo artist/legend Michael Manring is a big time Zon bass user. His signature bass is a "Hyperbass": Four "detuner" equipped strings on a 3 octave fretless neck. Kind of a one-man bass solo fusion band!

Cheers for including The Tea Party. What a great band, one deserving of far more attention. Especially in the US.

I see a few people mentioning The Tea Party. Such a great trio, especially on their 90's albums. They are very atmospheric and dark with a lot of eastern influences. I wasn't sure if others would consider them as prog, but they were the first Canadian band that came to mind besides Rush.

FYI, l'Orchestre Symphinique de Montreal just released a symphonic version of the complete Harmonium Catalog (vinyl and CD). Also great Quebec (prog) bands: Pollen, Morsecode, Contraction, l'Infonie, Octobre, Lasting Weep.

Saga is awesome.

Pete’s Picks: Spaced Out- Eponymus II (2001) Harmonium- Les cinq saisons (1975) Maneige- Libre service - Self Service (1978) Et Cetera (1976) Saga- Worlds Apart (1981)

1. Saga 2. Triumph 3. Voivod 4. Harmonium 5. The Tea Party 🇨🇦

nightwinds. my lasers edge cd reissue gets a workout every year. the squire/bruford comparisons are legit imho.

Just discovered mystery a few months ago.And what a discovery. Outstanding musicianship great songs excellent vocals.Michael st pere what a guitarist. Going back collecting the the catalogue. Sorry i never heard of them years ago

The artist who did the Symphonic Slam cover is the same guy who did Santana "Abraxas."

I mean Rush is the King of Canada But There are MANY other great Canadian Prog rock/Metal bands and artists: Devin Townsend Voivod Triumph Gorguts Archspire Beyond Creation Godspeed you Black Emperor Saga Karcius Mandroid Echostar Heaven’s Cry Mahogany Frog Intervals Protest the Hero Anciients Harmonium Borealis

I really enjoy these Prog night sessions. Some great stuff here for me to explore. (Of course I’m already into Rush).

love this new prog night

Great show guys; Toronto guitarist, Domenic Troiano, put out some quality rock/fusion (not quite prog) albums in the 70's before the James Gang, - check out 'Burnin' At The Stake'. Cheers guys...... and Sloche means wet snow/slush in Quebec french Bonne Sante!.

Thank you Guys ... lot of new music to check out for... by the way ' THE TEA PARTY' is just fantastic band, been around for a long time,made great albums.

Looking forward to see SAGA live again in Copenhagen Denmark in the late fall 2021. Saga has been a top band in Germany, Scandinavia and Holland since the 70's

I always thought "The Tea Party" had some similarities with "The Cult". Both great bands, and it's probably their Led Zep and The Doors influences mixed with a modern (almost alternative) sound that gives that very exciting music. Very creative bands, hard to pigeonhole. Good show!

If you like Harmonium, you should absolutely listen to Fiori-Seguin ‘’Deux cents nuits à l’heure’’. It came out in 1978, and is by the singer of Harmonium (Serge Fiori) and the rest of Harmonium as a backup band and is absolute classic. Great production, great musicianship and great songs.

Harmoniun The best band from Québec ! My top 5 1- Harmonium 2- Saga 3- Morse Code 4- Devin Townsend Project 5- Maneige

Rush writes hooks that are so infectious that they dont feel as proggy as the other heavyweights of the genre, while running the gambit from blues based hard rock to pop.

There were a few great one off Canadian prog groups back in the day. One of my favorites being Ptarmigan. They had one album and it's a must have.

Fun fact about Pollen, Claude Lemay (keyboard player) used to be Céline Dion’s musical director for almost 30 years.

Hey Pete, great again thanks. Spaced Out were from Montreal from 1998 disbanded in 2008 sadly. A couple of the guys do play together at times but nothing official.

Good show. Don't know much about most of these bands. The one I did know and really like is Triumph. Fight the Good Fight is so good. They definitely remind me of Styx. The rest I will have to explore.

Favorites, not counting Rush, Mystery, Huis, Saga. I'll probably remember more as the video continues.

Wow Sloche! I read about them on prog archives years ago and searched the net for a long time trying to listen to them. I finally was able to pirate the first album I'm ashamed to say but, I really loved them. Great obscure pick for sure and I'm proud to say I have listened to them and they are great! That was a great one Sean!

Great show. GY!BE are one of my absolute faves, and are very hard to categorize. They aren't for everyone, though. Happy to see them get a mention. I won't lie - it's pretty enjoyable when someone on the panel brings up Magma; when this happens, I *know* I'll get a good laugh out of the deal. 😂😂😂

Great episode! The Zon album is out on Rock Candy Records, I think. FM have a comeback album too. It is called Transformation.

Thanks for mentioning ZON. Not many even know who that is. I have all of their albums and cd re issues, including autographs. Astral Projector is a great album cover and a fine entry into their world. Another band who should have been much more well known. Great video guys!

Awesome stuff guys! Love how Sean picked modern post rock and bands like godspeed that are though amazing they are sort of frowned upon in several circles really cool! Quite a few bands to check out. I was always more familiar with the Canadian metal bands especially the Quebec extreme metal scene but would love to check out some of these. Top 5 Voivod-angel rat (Love this band so much although I was never a fan of the thrash stuff. From nothingface to the outer limits is where I go back to. Angel rat is not even a metal album it sounds a bit like the best blue Oyster cult album they never made but ofcourse with a touch of voivod) Gorguts-obscura (one of my favorite extreme metal albums of all time period. This takes several listens to get into since on the first it's very strange and avantgarde. Nobody sounded like them and though bands try lately they still don't exactly sound like the kings) Beyond creation-the algorythm (extremely unique band. They are a bit like opeth but they also mix it with the technical death metal stuff. The bass is almost a lead instrument. If you guys think gojira is the best band in terms of using tapping parts as riffs you should listen to these guys. This is definitely their most jazz influenced and introspective album doesn't have as much technical death metal as the previous stuff) Chthe'leist-la dernier crepuscule (another extreme metal band from Quebec. The drummer from beyond creation plays for them now. They are also a very difficult band to get into initially because of the vocals but once they grow on you, the feeling is just elation. They just have this one album and it sounds quite a lot like the Finnish cult death metal demilich. However I love these guys a lot more since they are more jazz influenced, the stuff is tighter, better produced and has some excellent solos. One of my favorite albums from the last decade) Quo vadis-day into night (arguably my favorite band from the tech death/prog death genre. These guys are extremely melodic and very classic sounding. This album has a lot of Megadeth and carcass influences as well. Its just complex riffing with a lot of dynamics and very cool melodic lines)

My five bands and their most prog albums 1) Klaatu -Hope 2) Max Webster- Mutiny Up My Sleeve 3) Harmonium -The Five Seasons 4) Saga- Images at Twilight 5) Ian Thomas- Looking back (not really prog but excellent, melodic and well arranged music that most prog fans would love)

Very good episode and a lot a good suggestions that I will certainly give an ear. Fred from Québec :)

Cirkus- "Wild Dogs" (2018) Klaatu- "Hope" (1975) Mystery- Delusion Rain (2015) Maneige- Les Porches (1975) Unexpect- "In a Flesh Aquarium" (2006) Blood Ceremony- " The Eldritch Dark" (2013) Monarch Trail- "Sand" (2017)

Mystery

I saw Zon at the Commodore Ballroom on that Astral Projector tour (Loverboy was the opening act). Bought that album on the cover art alone as well. Blue vinyl also... Just got it on cd myself. Choked I didn't know about the Down to Earth dbl set.

Saga FM (personally the 1st 2 albums) Ben Mink's violin solo, and the melodies on "Losing It" . . . its in my Top 10 Rush tracks. Mystery Devin Townsend, Devin Townsend Band/Project Into Eternity (Prog Metal) Borealis (Prog Metal) Triumph ("proggier" albums after Allied Forces) Unexpect (Avant-Garde/Prog Metal) The Tea Party Anciients (Progressive Death Metal) . . . I'll have to checkout bands that others have mentioned.

The province of Quebec was....is(?) the prog-rock capital of the world. Genesis would sell-out concerts in the early seventies.There is one band called Tension,from Quebec,who sang in English,released one single album of heavy prog in 1980.Very well done.

I Mother Earth has some great prog moments, Max Webster, Saga, Tea Party. 🎸

Loving the Prog Night!!!

Another obscure band not mentioned is Opus-5. Their debut album from 1976 is very good. Symphonic prog with a bit of jazz.

You should check out Offenbach, they are a 70s hard rock band from Quebec but in the style of Deep Purple with organ and dual guitar attack

Sloche: The band's name comes from the word used in Quebec for wet snow. It is an English word, 'slush', but is written so as to sound the same in French

That album by "Et Cetera" is really exceptional, and a beautiful recording as is "Pollen." Highly recommended. Also, thanks again for throwing love to Max Webster!!!

FM's Direct-to-Disc from 1978 is a wonderful album, it's by far their most spacy and least commercial album. This album was recorded in one take, as is all the albums in the Direct-to-Disc series. This is the album Ben Mink came in to replace Nash the Slash. Surveillance from 1979 is also very good but with City of Fear they went for a more commercial approach. It's their 1985 album Con-Test and 1987's Tonight that are supposedly dreadful and to be avoided. I don't own those due to that reputation.

Mystery is a real great Neo-Prog Band. Live in Poznan is really great. A little bit obscures of the 70s is OFFENBACH from Quebec. I think from 1971 until 1975 they released only Albums in french language. 1976 they released their first complete Album in english. The Band gets several awards in Canada and split 1985.

Thanks you guys! I’m a big Saga fan - I agree with Pete that their first several records are quite good. I’ve got to listen to Devin Townsend - no relation to Pete apparently as I noticed the H is missing! I’m going to try and find a copy of Night Winds - wish me luck! Never heard of FM Black Noise but will check it out as well as the Spaced Out. This is a fantastic show, so many Canadian prog nuggets - great idea to subtract Rush as it’s everyone’s obvious choice and we already talk about them plenty, not that they don’t deserve it, my #1 Canadian prog/rock just like everybody else!

One of the kind of surprising things about Harmonium is that their classic live album was recorded in 1977 in Vancouver, when the Quebec secession movement was quite strong, and the crowd seemed to not be by bothered it. I think they are the greatest Canadian prog band other than Rush, despite their limited catalogue, and I love their first album, too, which many don’t consider to be prog at all but I see it as fitting squarely in the prog folk movement. In fact, I probably listen to it the most among all their studio albums.

Tea Party - Edges of Twilight is a masterpiece that I would think Pete would love. Also, it is one of Martin Popoff’s favourite albums of all time. Pete, you should give it a listen. Proggy, psychedelic, bluesy, Zeppelinesque, middle eastern textures, hard-rocking, and truly brilliant. I’m sure Martin would 100% agree.

You should have mentioned the band Cano. The 7th song on the album Au norde de notre vie (English title Spirit of the North) is incredible.

Glad to see Symphonic Slam at least got an HM...Timo transplanted Fin by way of California... and had David Stone (Rainbow, Max Webster) on keys ... strong record......dropped the name and released another under Timo Laine.. called SS II .. a buddy had it so I definitely heard it but can't remember anything about it ..

Harmonium did some shows in California in 1978. The 1980 live album was recorded in Vancouver.

Love the topic! My top five are 1. L'Infonie 2. Toubabou 3.Bob Bell Necropolis 4.Agharta 5. Zacht Automaat. I prefer much weirder prog than the panel it seems lol. Magma is my favorite band. I vibe with the guy who picked Sloche and Miriodor which are two of the finest Canadian bands.

You should devote an episode of this to the Canterbury scene

Great episode. Two Of my favorites are Mystery and UZEB. both from Quebec.

I’d like to give a shout out to Jane Siberry, not quite prog but leaning in that direction with quirky vocals.

Yea SAGA is great. Always good for what they put out. It's real sad that american radio only covered On The Loose and Wind Me Up off Worlds Apart and forgot to go any deeper into their music and catalogue. Maybe college radio played some more but I never heard it. So in the periods these days I find and love more of their music. A nice single album live called In Transit is good with 9 songs. 2 being On The Loose and Wind Me Up. And as Pete said of just 100 people at a SAGA show , well yea look how many missed out on a show that was good who were there. And anyone that got into Genesis and such that didn't know of them, get into more then you have. Discover these bands they speak of they are good. I discover stuff I missed coming up and well it's always good to broaden one's musical horizons. I see that the chat board is well aware of a lot of good Canada prog.

Great discussion; I would have loved if you would have included Martin Popoff on the panel as well.

Sloche means melted brown snow full of sand, very common in Quebec.

Hello Pete, you profiled 30 Italian prog bands a few months back. Any chance that could be turned into a Prog Seat show? Have enjoyed all of these!

I don't know if you have done it already but, if not I'd like to see you do a Favorite French Progressive Rock Bands list.

My five picks : 1- Miriodor : Avanti 2- Malestrom : Maelstrom 3- Et Cetera : Et Cetera 4- Nathan Mahl : Heretik Part I 5- Saga : Worlds Apart

Hey Pete, Harmonium recorded a gig in California. It covered the album l'Heptade. I think they made a record out of it :)

I must agree, Pete, that you need to check out The Tea Party. I left them off my short list because I think of them more as a straight ahead rock band.

It’s not necessarily Prog but Neil Merryweather’s albums “Space Rangers” and “Kryptonite” are some great Hard Rock with tons of Mellotron, insane guitar shredding and some proggy elements. Great stuff. I’ll also throw out a couple of other underappreciated gems: The Spirit of Christmas for Prog Rock and Obliveon for Prog Metal. Both fantastic but under-appreciated bands. My other picks for Progressive Rock: Max Webster The Tea Party FM Harmonium Progressive Metal: Voivod Gorguts Devin Townsend/Strapping Young Lad Dead Brain Cells ...And I love Rush of course! Unfortunately my phone is not letting me watch KZfaq at the moment so I will have to watch at a later date.

Pollen S/T (1976) Quebec prog

Thnaks guys, loads more to discover. I have the first 2 Zon albums, both excellent - they were championed by Geoff Barton in Sounds magazine back in the late 70's though I cuoldnt get hold of any of their albums until Escape released the 2 on 1 of their first two back in 2003, I laos managed to find a copy of their live album thathas a cover of Hocus POcus. Sadly guitarist Brian Miller passed in 2015, and according t Discogs Howard Hekm, their keyboardist, worked with thelikes of Iced Earth, Kamelot, Demons and Wizards, Jon Oliva. Saga were another band championed by Geoff Barton - theywere reported as being huge in PUerto Rico in the late 70's. I was able to get to see them in Bournemouth for the princely sum of £1 (approx 1.4 $) in Feb 81 having previously bought Images at Twilight and Silent Knight. Been a fan ever since, got to see them again in March 2003, still great. Symphonic Slam were of course the band/project form which Ritchie Blackmore plucked David Stone to play keys with Rainbow. Managed to get hold of some Harmonium after Pete recommended them in the show he did on Mellotron Albums last year. Glad Sean mentioned Mystery. Have that FM live at earfest with the DVD- very nice.

I know I'm a bit late with this addition but after checking through the comments I'm surprised Hamadryad haven't been mentioned, unless of course I missed it. Their first album "Conservation of Mass" especially worthy of note.