JC’s Alternate Ten Progressive Rock list. These are lesser known or out in left field picks that should be part of every music-lover’s collection once you’re ready to go beyond ‘the standards’.

Roger CortonLast time we gave people your top ten progressive rock albums of all time list.

JCHWhich the world was turning blue waiting for. But yes, Ten Albums You Will Not Believe Once You See Them!

RCYou have a great future in Internet advertising. But this time we’re talking about some other great albums that are not necessarily ‘the best’ but are overlooked or out in left field. But like before we should start by discussing our criteria for selection.

JCHWell, to begin, I don’t want any crap about the lack of Pink Floyd or Rush or Dream Theater or whatehvs in the Top Ten List. You want the standard rock critic bullshit to get the imprimatur of rock critics who down deep hate and mock you? Here ya go: […]

JC’s Top Ten Progressive Rock list.

Roger CortonSo after last week’s opera-thon, we agreed to get back to some red-blooded progressive rock. And what’s more red blooded than a good old fashioned Top Ten List? I guess we should start with the question, why does the world needs another ‘ten best list’?

JCHLook, Chris Squire is gone. Most of the founders are no longer productive. It’s becoming a memory. Like I said ten years ago, it’s a museum piece. And frankly, what passes for progressive rock these days is so far removed from what I thought it was about that I think it’s worth periodically revisiting the source.

RCTo stay on course. Fair enough. Then while we’re at it, we should finish defining our terms; what we’re trying to accomplish.

JCHRight. First off, I’m not saying these are “the best” although they may well be. As with any good survey, the idea is that if you make yourself familiar with these, you’re getting […]

It’s as pointless to say Chris Squire was the best rock bassist ever as it is to argue about the ‘best’ football or basketball player. But this is Chris Squire so, as he might have put it, “that’s not an entirely unreasonable argument to make.”

Yes came along in 1969 at a time when there were a number of soon to be ‘legendary’ bassists such as John Entwistle to name his biggest influence. But let’s face it: to that point, no matter how many notes were played, the sound of the bass was more often than not a rumble. Even the legends did more than their share of noodling, and (heresy!) sometimes not paying quite as much attention to the time as to their bluesy licks. Squire was different. And to my mind he was the first modern bassist.

If you’re a bass player, what’s your first thought of Chris Squire? Trebly tone, right? That’s a myth. Sure he had attack, but a big […]