I went to the avant premiere of this masterpiece a couple of days ago. Believe me, this is better than anything you've seen so far. Creativity at its fullest.

I'm amazed by your ability to continue churning out lists related to prog rock.

This video was a masterpiece. Don't think I've ever sat through a whole 3 hour YT video before. Brilliant.

No argument about Yes being ranked ONE. The other day I was listening to 'And You And I.' After listening to it for over 50 years, I actually like it more in 2024. The arrangement is an absolute masterpiece.

Epic stuff, beautifully edited. 😁

Great video Andy, it is obvious you put in a lot of effort, thank you.

Next level production quality and editing. By far your best vid yet Andy! Massively entertaining, clinically insane funny, intimately personal, and deeply informative.

There’s ranking and there’s ranking. This is truly Prog ranking. 👍

Wow!! What an epic masterpiece this was. An amazing video, Andy! Very well done! What an effert this was, I imagine. Glad to be a part of this incredible group of people and honored to have contribution here with the all the greats! I'm happy to do a 1 minute shoot at any of these 30 bands anytime you need! Thanks, Andy. You're the man.

I am only half way through this and am enjoying it very much. Love the zany production Andy. It is entertaining me!

Brilliant beyond belief. What an epic. Keep up the good work!

An EPIC video about epic music!

Wow, love this ranking, and the way it's done.

Great work and it was worth every minute.

Wow that was truly epic! Congrats to all involved and to you Andy . High vibration go on To the sun, oh let my heart dreaming Past a mortal as me Where can I be?

Epic! Great job, Andy-and all of the participants. It was a journey, an education, a joy. Still need to listen seriously to Cardiacs, let alone Colosseum, Camel, Van der Graaf Generator, Magma, Hawkwind, Gong, Porcupine Tree, and PFM. Agreed. Free is great…but prog? So much music listening to look forward to. Thanks!

Epic indeed, fabulous show!

Definitely one for the top Andy Edwards youtube videos list. Not quite up to biscuits but we can feel the love behind this. Well done everybody.

Nice video, already into many of these bands with vinyl on the shelf. Almost all of my top 20 prog bands are here. Not surprised at a few missing. Anekdoten, Discipline, Spock's Beard, Marillion, Starcastle, IQ, Unitopia also reside on the shelf in one form or another. Thanks for reminding me of Camel and Magma.

Know all of them, saw a few of them and have albums by many of them but have too many fabulous memories connected to at least half of them to have put them in any order. Awesome video, thanks Andy

Amazing video Andy!! You’re a legend!!!

This was an epic... what great patrons indeed!

Nice work Andy and all you Patreons...obvs a labour of love. An epic video for an epic genre. Prog isn't my main thing but I dabble and my no.1 would also be Yes. Nice to see Hawkwind in there, wasn't sure they'd qualify as they were so diverse but Pete's summation of their proggier moments was bang on and you can't argue with Mellotron on Hall of the Mountain Grill! Adding Free was presumably a wind-up? It Bites should have got their place. I'd have put Rush much higher, ditto Focus but hey thats just me... anyway thanks to all involved.

One of the coolest prog-related videos OF ALL TIME. I texted the drummer from my long ago first band the link because I knew he'd dig this, I think he's still watching hours later. Andy: did your computer have a meltdown rendering all of this?

AAbsolutely fantastic have a wonderful day Andy ❤😊

Bit of a marathon Andy but very enjoyable. ❤

this video was such a classic. I watched it over 3 days. worth every minute

Thanks, Andy. Fun, but I did break it up over 3 days... Epic!

Great video Andy!! Very well produced - and a lot of fun! Do you have the actual list of the 30 bands in order somewhere on the page? I watched this video over a couple days, so I may have missed a couple things, but I was surprised that I didn’t see (unless I missed them) King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Spock Beard, Nektar, Marillion, Fish, Dream Theater, The Flower Kings, Renaissance, and Transatlantic. Of course, I know that the list were personal preferences from your Patreon fans, and there would be 100 reasons and 100 other bands that could be added… I was just surprised that a few of them weren’t mentioned. But all in all - it was a fabulous video and I’d love to see the list. Thanks for all your hard work and for educating me on a couple bands I’m not familiar with. I guess I better check out the Cardiacs!! Randy from Clearwater, FL

And yes,,, our number 1 beloved PROG. Band izthe ‘inimitable -YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!’

Great video. I saw John Hiseman do.a.drum.clinic in mid 80s. Fantastic

Andy, I was driving on exactly the same road you were on, just the other day....always love that viaduct!

Everything Andy said about Phil Collins is spot on. Saw the Trick of the Tail concert in Vancouver in 1976. Still best concert ever.

Glad you mentioned VDGG. Funny Story. My first purchase of them was 1970 The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other, just after hearing ELP Pictures at an Exhibition. Curiously , I never thought anything wrong with the record, as the first track began Darkness 11/11 with a repeating noise which I assumed was intentional. After hearing DSOTM and the starting heartbeat at the same repeat rate, I assumed Pink Floyd was copying VDFF using a different noise, and was appalled. IT wasn't until recently, listening to youtube and that song again, that I realized it was the pressing. Its a little late to get a replacement.

It really was a "bloody epic"! Yet we ended with the joy of Jon Anderson. And there was even a happy ending: "Some of you might have passed away." Hahahaha! Thanks, Andy!

Rush #26??? This list has already been discredited

Moody Blues may not be considered prog but were at the forefront of art rock and psychedelia

Ahoy mate! Caught one of your older vids where you lament not being on Rick Beato's channel for a visit so I sent him this message. Hope you don't mind! "Rick, you simply MUST have Andy Edwards, that British music afficianado on your show. The views would be tremendous! Plus the two of you together would be highly enlightening as well as entertaining. Please consider this. Thanks!" Best of luck and continued success from an American fan!

Simply amazing.

Epic (and rather wonderful) video! (But am I the only one shocked by how low Rush are in the rankings? Is it because the cognoscenti don’t consider them “true prog”?) Keep up the excellent work…

Yes indeed. I like your perceptive comments about Hackett in Genesis. This is how I summarise the classic line up - Gabriel told a story, Banks added the melody, Rutherford underpinned it, Collins drove it forward; and Hackett lit the flame that turned it into gold. You read it here first, offered freely to prog lovers everywhere

Absolute epic! This, prog moustaches and the one about the biscuits exist in a world of their own.

So when Bruford left Yes for King Crimson - did he not only „cross the Berlin Wall to East Germany“ but also grade down from #1 to#2?

When I see the words "prog" and "ranked" in a video, the hand moves faster than the brain and instinctively clicks on that thumbnail. I'll bet I'm not alone with that response. This is a good one.

Epic, yet amusing!

Fun fact Premiata Forneria Marconi translates as "The award winning Marconi Bakery".

Epic indeed !! 🙌🙌👍😂

“Toto (not on the list) we’re not in Kansas (#30) anymore” !!! Epic opening!!!

I have a feeling that a few of my favourite prog bands won't make the list, so I'll give them a preemptive shout-out now, before the video drops. If any of them are mentioned, I apologize in advance. Those bands are: - Strawbs - The Moody Blues - ELO Cheers!

Where the hell is Frost* ??? Did I doze off and miss it ?

My little contribution to this treasure trove of Prog Knowledge is this: Kansas' album Masque rarely gets mentioned, but it is my favorite one.

30 is exactly that slightly more than 10 that appeals to me. Cool!

Epic! 👏👏👏👏

YES.......best band, ever. Period.

I haven't started this, but I think Andy has gone super saiyan

Your reaction to Moon Safari brought me here!

Wot a lineup! Anyway I think Henry Cow are great especially with Dagmar.

I used to think Ian Anderson only had one leg. Deep down I still do.

well said about Jon Amderson.

I love Prog rock.

Loved it. I was like a Monty Python movie. Had to have dinner break and several bathroom breaks, pausing to flick through my albums. And ending with Andy doing an acoustic version of ELP "Show me the way to go home". 😂

Thanks to this vid I'm sitting here listening to The Mahavishnu Orchestra's Inner Mounting Flame...and I get it! Only 53 years late to the party.

Before watching this rather bonkers epic I waded thru' a Rolling Stone top 500 albums vid. The list, apart from Floyd & Tull was almost entirely devoid of what we Know as prog acts, confirming the feeling that critics still have a rather sniffy attitude to the genre. Coupled with the fact that many of the fans seems to be getting on a bit ( I'm 70) it does make me wonder for the future appreciation of acts that can be loosely assembled under the progressive banner? Whilst I enjoyed this presentation a lot Andy, I do wonder if there are younger people who enjoy the music or whether is become a bit of a a musical cul de sac for the over 50's

You may have already noticed that I'm watching this video in stages. And so you don't think I only say bad things (even jokingly), here's a good one: I loved the way you talked about Jethro Tull. Bravo! On the other hand, regarding the Van Der Graaf Generator, you said that there are no virtuosos. I understand what you mean, but I believe that one should not disregard Peter Hammill's lyrics. He doesn't just write lyrics for songs. He's a true poet! One of the very few in 20th century music. Can a person be a virtuoso with words?

You were in fine form on this one, Andy. Does anyone (other than you, I assume) know which prog band covered "Show Me the Way to Go Home"?

As someone whole likes Van Der Graaf Generator I thought you gave a very fair assesment of them considering you arent really a fan. Great video overall too.

What an achievement!!!!!

All the best fro A Brummie in Bahrain

Progressive Rock is the most important category in the history of music, it broke all the barriers in music, the introduction of classical music blended with rock is unbeatable, this style of music was founded in the UK and probably came out of the Independent school's system, so who started it, Genesis must be mentioned for opening the door, also bands like Jethro Tull added Folk to the genre Did America make prog? well not really, although it was different, but Europe certainly came on board

I'm not gonna lie, i was feeling a little disappointed at rhe favt that Andy didn't really shared his opinion on all the artists, but then u saw Kavus and Matt Stevens and i thought to myself; wait a minute i actually really like those chaps.

Achilles and Ten Years Gone were alsways definitely prog for me, so is in some way All my Love. I also would place Battle of Evermore and Stairway into the prog shelf. But I think Zep were especially prog by fusioning different styles into their blues roots.

The Sandinista of Prog Commentry.

PFM should be higher than 29. And there are at least 6-8 Italian prog bands, including the others he mentioned, that should be top 30. (Good to see Henry Cow on the list, definitely one of the best.)

Hey Andy, you big old child of wisdom, stupidity and heart. Just after watching this show of yours, I'm sitting here (in Norway) listening to Bill Bruford's "One of a kind" at a pretty high level on my headphones with the second beer in hand, and I think to myself: "Why did I put this on the turntable?" The answer came at once: "Inspiration". 'Creativity at its fullest'? Why not? The music in my ears seem to suggest it, so...

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Soft machine 12. Good. High point imo soft machine 4

Wasn't expecting Cherdleys/Oliver Tree on this channel :)

I realize this is all quite subjective, but I have definite reservations about categorizing the music of some of these bands as "progressive rock". As I mentioned earlier, Free is definitely NOT a prog rock band. If Free is prog rock, then Bad Company is prog rock. I rest my case. Here are some other bands I'm not totally comfortable putting on the list: 1. Led Zeppelin. If Led Zeppelin plays progressive rock, then so do Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep. They all have some fleeting prog rock elements scattered in their music, but that's as far as it goes, I think. 2. Tangerine Dream. As much as I love them, they're essentially "electronica", and not really prog rock. Even calling their music "rock" is stretching reality a little bit. 3. Hawkwind. Another band I love, but mainly because I listened to them whilst doing acid in the late 70s. Spacy, swirling and far out ... but prog? Don't know about that. 4. Mahavishnu Orchestra. Incredible music to be sure, but I see them more as jazz fusion than prog rock. I suppose jazz fusion is a "type" of progressive rock, so in that sense I guess I buy it. But when I hear them, I don't think "prog rock". I think jazz first and rock second. But I admit the distinction is subtle and somewhat vague. 5. Frank Zappa. To me Zappa transcends all categories. His music encompasses prog rock, pure jazz, jazz fusion, classical, blues, doo-wop, rockabilly, marching band, etc, etc, etc. It's too BIG to be limited by the "progressive rock" category and label. That's about it, I guess. I'm fine with the rest of those bands being on the list, even though I'm not familiar with a couple of them. By the way, I'm not a big fan of Marillion, but I am surprised they weren't included.

East of Eden and Gryphon in a certain phase were interesting additions to progressive development. Quite a few interesting bands didn't last more than a couple of albums , which is really sad.

I want your opinion about ELOY some time.Greetings from Greece

I would put ELP on number one instead of Yes, ELP always beats any prog band in terms of composition, improvisation, diversity of styles, virtuosity, Keith Emerson is the nearly perfect prog rock musician.

Is there a difference between corporate rock and Prog? I think there is.

Eva is brilliant

31. Vangelis - the man was a genius.

This is Andy's "Gone with the Wind"-2 hours and 43 minutes! Or is it "Barry Lyndon"?

you could allways rate the derek and clive albums

The Mutiny bit was hilarious…he’s already got our fiver and then he wants us to do his videos…😂

"Free" works on nearly every list, whether it's a Rock - or a Blues - list, or a funky kinda Blues - Rock - list

Angel=POMP=Masters!

Off topic: is Decemberists prog?

I appreciate the effort you put in this I know it was an easy appreciate all the guests that the time to give their opinions once again you show me some bands that I didn't know handsome bands I could have probably lived without hearing handsome bands that I always love to hear I think you're still snubbing American Prog but thank you for at least grudgingly put in Kansas add number 30 you still missing the boat though with no mention of utopia or Todd Rundgren Steely Dan and who I think is a great Outsider and underappreciated master unexpected Direction the great Edgar Winter but as always you make education entertaining make education entertaining thank you so very much

There's a lot of things that go into a great Progressive band, but it's the songs that make the difference, and 70's Yes songs are the greatest.............................

Well, that was a fine time… could’ve been a little longer. p.s….In the name of all that is holy… Don’t ever. Sing. Again. (except for that vocal version of Gilmour guitar solos) Thank you.

What the hell is Free doing on the list? Even the Rolling Stones are more prog than friggin' FREE!

Good stuff... will come back later for the #1 prog band: Pink Floyd 😅

Not bad, only three real eyebrow-raisers on the list: Free, Cardiacs (only because I've never heard of them), and Led Zepplin. Honestly, Led Zepplin is more eyebrow-raising to me than Free; their inclusion seems more easily explained as an effort to let prog rock leech off some of Led Zepplin's (IMO undeserved) prestige than by the notion that anyone could think of them as even borderline prog. In place of the eyebrow-raisers and one or two others, I would put: Curved Air - Nobody created moodier blends of classical and rock than them. Greenslade - Nobody created more romping, fun progressive rock or exploited the multi-keyboardist format better than them. Renaissance - Nobody more convincingly delivered the grandiosity of progressive rock: classical piano, orchestration, unabashedly literary lyrics, and of course, plenty of epics. Ambrosia - Nobody better merged the genres of progressive rock and pop than they did on their self-titled debut. Lots of great commentary and surprise guests in this video, though I honestly would have made it much more concise. It could have been edited down to an even two hours without losing anything meaningful. It was worth the time expenditure; it's just that the time expenditure didn't need to be so huge.

Uptown prog ranking

Darn, if only Genesis hadn't got so popular in the 80's

This is a real tasty biscuit.

The Flowers King deserved to be there