[atlantaprog] Re: Finnish Prog

Thanks for the info Jack.  I will have a look around for some of these.

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Jack Bross <jabross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Woody Harris wrote:
>
> > I am trying to a special on Finnish Prog bands in the near future, but I
> > have little or no idea where to begin.  If anyone out there has any
> > suggestions, I would be very grateful.
> >  Thanks,
> > Woody
> >
>
> Well, my favorite Finnish "prog" musician (he's hard to categorize) is
> Kimmo Pohjonen.  He plays accordion, and has recently been collaborating
> electronics wizard Samuli Kosminen as Kluster, and adding Trey Gunn and Pat
> Mastelotto from King Crimson as "KTU", as well as working with the Kronos
> Quartet ("Uniko").
> Wigwam is sort of considered the classic "oldie" prog band from Finland
> (early 70's, contemporaneous with the old Yes, Genesis, KC, etc) - the album
> "Being" from 1974 is probably your best bet.  There was also a good prog
> band in the 70s named Kalevala (after the Finnish epic poem) that is worth
> hunting down.
>
> A lot of  the better rock bands from Finland are obviously metal bands,
> some of which have proggy tendencies.  Children of Bodom, Sonata Arctica,
> and HIM are all popular.  They're more from the flashy technical side of
> things (think Judas Priest), but might be worth poking around with.  My
> personal favorite Finnish metal band is Finntroll, which isn't at all proggy
> unless you consider polka-driven metal just weird enough to qualify.
>
> In their own weird little category (which is sort of proggy) is
> Apocalyptica, the well-known cello metal group.  If you haven't hear them,
> they do heavy cello covers of Metallica and the like, and they're really
> very good.
>
>
>
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