Hi everyone! How's it goin? well I have a great song for you today. This one is Miserere Alla Storia by Banco del Mutuo Socorrso (Banco for short). Banco is an Italian progressive rock band (meaning they will be singing in Italian). Basically progressive rock is experimental rock. Early Yes, Pink Floyd, or Genesis would be "prog" rock. Some characteristics of prog rock are weird time signatures, long guitar and keyboard solos, and all around awesomeness!
Banco is considered a "symphonic" prog band meaning they aren't rock but they are slower sorta... This was the first band that I heard that I knew was prog. I had listened to really early Pink Floyd and Syd Barret but never really knew what genre it fit into. I enjoyed the CD I was given so much that I went to not only on but two prog rock "festivals" that summer. the first one I went to, NearFest, where I got to see Banco live! it was an amazing experience. So for those of you who really enjoy this, maybe you should explore more prog bands and see how you like them. I will be posting more prog music later so look out for that!
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Miserere Alla Storia (8.2 MB MP3)
Awesome article and sick band and cool song. Other good prog rock groups are DreamTheater and Spock's Beard and Flower Kings. I went to a festival in Pittsburgh once where Spock's Beard, Flower kings and some other groups played. I was sitting near these two boys who were maybe like in middle school and i was thinking how great young kids like you are interested in prog rock. Rocket Scientists are one of my favorite groups too and they were there. I remember at an after party there was this really cool Indian man talking to the Rocket Scientist guy. He was with his really cool son and his even more awesome nephew.
ReplyDeletewell isnt that strange. i was at the same one! and i do seem to remember the same people... strange...
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