74 I saw an album by a band called Area, but it did not seem like it was from the Italian fusion band ... ?
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74 I saw an album by a band called Area, but it did not seem like it was from the Italian fusion band ... ?
There are two Areas, the one you saw is probably the US band.
The Italian band is the progressive one. Keep in mind that there
are a handful of bands that have "namesakes". Here is a list:
Abraxas
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(1) '76 Belgian offshoot from Cos
(2) Polish '90s neo-prog
Ain Soph
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(1) Canterbury style band from Japan
(2) Gothic band from Italy
Albatross
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(1) From Italy. One "s"
(2) '76 USA prog
(3) Guitar psych band
Aragon
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(1) Australian neo-progressive band
(2) US metal band
Area
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(1) Italian progressive fusion band
(2) US trio
Asia
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(1) UK group with Steve Howe and John Wetton
(2) Late 70s Midwest USA progressive band
Cathedral
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(1) The Current neo-progressive band from the US
(2) The Defunct progressive band on Syn-Phonic
(3) A doom metal band from the UK
Dark
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(1) early UK 70s psych band
(2) USA/Switzerland? mid-80s fusion/space/prog
Delirium
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(1) Italian progressive band
(2) Mexican progressive band
(3) Ambient/Trance duo based in Canada
Deus ex Machina
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(1) Recent Italian progressive band
(2) Mexican "cyberpunk" band.
Dragon
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(1) '70s Belgian band
(2) '70s New Zealand Band
Dragonfly
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(1) Hard-rock psychedelic band from LA circa 1971
(2) Swiss progressive band circa 1978
(3) UK band that put out *Almost Abandoned*
Eden
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(1) Large Austrian band with folk and classical influences
(2) French duo comparable to Spring, Gracious and Bo Hansson
Fantasia
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(1) From Finland
(2) Post-Kaipa Rione Stolt Swedish band
Finch
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(1) Netherlands prog
(2) Australian hard rock
I Flashman
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(1) USA Art-rock (without the "I")
(2) Italian pop/rock band with one prog album
Full Moon
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(1) Belgian mid 70s fusion
(2) Norwegian mid 80s prog/metal
Galaxy
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(1) Prog from Switzerland
(2) USA heavy psych
Gandalf
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(1) Austrian synthesist/guitarist
(2) Psychedelic band from early 70's
Genesis
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(1) The one everyone knows
(2) Some satanic band??
(3) Argentian prog band??
Haze
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(1) Early 70s from Germany
(2) 80s UK band
Horizant(e)
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(1) Swedish late '70s (without the "e")
(2) Argentinian band
Iconoclast(a)
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(1) Mexican prog
(2) Avant-garde /industrial band (no 'a' in the name)
iQ
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(1) British neo-progressive band
(2) German hip-hop
Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come
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Avant-weird-psych-prog band from early seventies.
Victor Periano's Kingdom Come
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US spinoff of the above, more like keyboard-oriented stadium rock.
Kingdom Come
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Late eighties Zeppelin influenced metal band.
Lethe
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(1) Italian '90s band
(2) early '80s Netherlands prog
Magdelena
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(1) mid to late '80s Japanese band
(2) early '80s Spanish band
Magma
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(1) French Zeuhl band
(2) Argentian prog band
(3) Korean band
Masque
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(1) From Japan
(2) From Sweden
Nirvana
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(1) Old British band with progressive tendencies
(2) The popular US band
Now
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(1) From Belgium
(2) From US
(3) From Japan
Octopus
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(1) German mid-'70s prog
(2) British psych/prog band from 1969.
(3) US psych/blues band, one album from 1969
(4) Norwegian symphonic band, one album in 1981
Phoenix
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(1) Romanian from '73-'75
(2) UK '76-'80 commerical prog
Providence
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(1) '90s neo-prog from Japan
(2) UK from '71 folky prog
Sand
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(1) '70s German band
(2) '70s US band
Sirius
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(1) German euro symphonic style band
(2) Japanese precursor to Mr. Sirius
Shadowland
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(1) British neo-progressive
(2) something else, put out an album named *The Beauty of Escaping*
on Geffen in 1990
Solstice
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(1) Canadian band, style unknown
(2) UK band, cross between Renaissance and Marillion
Victor
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(1) '90s Canadian Rush guitarist solo project
(2) mid-'70s symphonic prog
Wild(e) Flowers
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(1) Early Canterbury progressive band
(2) Mainstream US band??
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