Posts by Chessman

Current top five most played would be (in no particular order):

Chris Rea

Motorhead

Flower Kings

IQ

Modest MIdget

The Flower Kings - Alive On Planet Earth

The first of their magnificent live albums, with a great version of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway on the end of disc 1

Currently been listening to a lot of:

Yes

Steve Hackett

Scandal

Pendragon

Martin Miller Band

Current top five:

Pendragon

Genesis

Silent Siren

Martin Miller Band

Tancobuchin

Genesis - The Complete BBC Sessions

Very difficult indeed to choose as the whole album is so strong, but I've always said my favourite is Man Of Our Times, and it remains so. Second I've put Duke's Travels. Third, it was very difficult to choose between Heathaze and Duchess, but in the end I went with the latter, but another day it could be different....

Steve Hackett - Voyage Of The Acolyte

Recently, my top five most played bands have been:

Genesis

Arena

Silent Siren

Spock's Beard

Anthony Phillips

But, come Christmas, I'll be concentrating on my wife's Christmas present to me:

Pendragon - 40 yrs anniversary box set (Can't wait!)

My top five currently are:

10cc

HFMC

Silent Siren

Scandal

Ozric Tentacles

Very nice indeed. Excellent solo from Steve and good to see Ant in there too. Thanks for posting

10cc - Deceptive Bends

Been going through their catalogue lately. For me, this is the last 'great' album by them, though the following one, Bloody Tourists, is very good overall.

Currently in 10CC mode (My favourite band before Genesis took that title).

Listened to How Dare You! earlier, now about to play Bloody Tourists (In my opinion, their last top notch album)

Recently it's been:

IQ

Kaipa

Nexus

Silent Siren

LAZYgunsBRISKY

For me, yes, it's the worst, I too agree the songs seem to be half finished and none of them stand out for me. I think it was a case of the band coming to it's natural end. Nothing against Ray Wilson, who did a good job under the circumstances, but I do wish they'd gone with David Longdon in the end - though they probably didn't so they could get away from the Pete/Phil sound. (Interestingly, one of my mates, also a big Genesis fan, loves the album, mainly because it does sound so different to 'classic' Genesis). Second worse album, for me, is We Can't Dance. Personally, I've always enjoyed FGTR and appreciate it for what it is.

Looking forward to this

Lots of great female bands out there, my faves are:

Gacharic Spin

Doll$boxx

Show Ya

Rie aka Suzuku

Band Maid

Aldious

Scandal

Mary's Blood

Genesis (Yes, after a long, long time, I'm going through the catalogue again - magnificent!)

The Watch (Been watching their Genesis covers on you tube, very impressive indeed)

Pink Tones (Great Spanish Floyd tribute band, some superb performances, again on you tube)

Antoine Baril (He's actually a drummer, but he can play everything. Has done some magnificent Genesis and Rush instrumental medleys, again on you tube)

Arena (Once again fully enjoying the music of one of the best modern prog bands around)

Arena - Pepper's Ghost

Fine stuff indeed!

IQ - Ever - the 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition.

Although this album has never been amongst my favourite IQ albums, this remaster/remix is really superb and adds a lot to the original. I like it a lot more now than I did before!

For years I would have said TFK, but now, my second favourite, through sheer consistency, has to be Pendragon. Love everything they've done, and while Nick Barrett isn't a great singer, he's certainly distinctive, and his guitar playing and songwriting are right up there with the best. Though I love lots of bands, if I could only listen to three bands on a desert island, two of them would be Genesis and Pendragon. (As for the third....not sure yet - TFK, Spocks Beard, IQ, Gacharic Spin, Yes, they'd all be in the running....;) )