The Prog Rock Block

Today we got through some listener requests while playing some other Proggy Goodness. Loads of fun as always. Setlist: • The Blind House - Porcupine Tree • November Rain - Guns N’ Roses • Supper’s Ready - Genesis • Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel • The Enemy Within - Rush • The Weapon - Rush • Witch Hunt - Rush • Freeze - Rush • The Revealing Science of God (Dance of The Dawn) - Yes

Man oh man do we love fall. To kick off fall we decided to play some songs that really have nothing to do with fall at all. We also have some requests from Peter and Sam. Setlist: • The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin • New World Man - Rush • Always Never - Porcupine Tree • Ashes In The Sea - Antoine Dufour • Nobody’s Fault - Aerosmith • Gravity - The Perfect Circle • You Better You Bet - The Who • Through My Words - Dream Theater • Fatal Tragedy - Dream Theater • Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin • Everlong - Foo Fighters • Between The Wheels - Rush

You know, after a while, we might want to play some songs we love that aren’t all that proggy. So this week we did just that. Don’t worry, there is still some Proggy Goodness™. Setlist: • Open Your Eyes - Alter Bridge • Glorified G - Pearl Jam • Fly From The Inside - Shinedown • Little Guitars - Van Halen • Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles • Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers • Build Me Up, Break Me Down - Dream Theater • Bring Me To Life - Evanescence • Drugs - Ratatat • The Start Of Something Beautiful - Porcupine Tree • Rooster - Alice in Chains • Audience of One - Rise Against • Bravado - Rush • My Own Prison - Creed • The Final Countdown - Europe

This week was the week of Rush Hashanah on VH1 so we decided to play some more Rush than normal to honor it (It doesn’t take much for us to want to play more Rush). Enjoy this week’s selections and we encourage you to send us your requests! Setlist: • New Millennium - Dream Theater • Stinkfist - Tool • Ghost Rider - Rush • Of A Lifetime - Journey • Money - Pink Floyd • Biaxident - Liquid Tension Experiment • Analog Kid - Rush (Working Man Cover) • In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins • Jacob’s Ladder - Rush

There were tears, there were shouts and most importantly, there was absolutely incredible music. Chris and I saw Rush down in Virginia on their second show of the whole tour and we were absolutely blown away with a set full of surprises. We chatted about it at length during the second half of this weeks show. Enjoy the proggy goodness! Setlist • Lights - Styx • Sea and Sand - The Who • Brain Damage - Pink Floyd • Man Of Our Times - Genesis • Rhythm of Love - Yes • Chris and Kevin’s Excellent Adventure - Liquid Tension Experiment • Where’s My Thing? - Rush • Middletown Dreams - Rush • Grand Designs - Rush • Force Ten - Rush • The Garden - Rush

Chris and I are both excited for Rush this weekend and are trying our very best not to look at the setlist so we can be taken by surprise. Next week we will play some songs that we loved from the show! Setlist: • Juke Box Hero - Foreigner • Circles - Joe Satriani • Plush - Stone Temple Pilots • Best I Can - Queensryche • Dislocated Day - Porcupine Tree • To Be Over - Yes • Afterimage - Rush • The Big Money - Rush • Armor And Sword - Rush • Headlong Flight - Rush

It is our first week back to school at UMBC and we made our first live Prog Rock Block in months. It was so much fun to do it all again. Setlist: • Long Distance Runaround - Yes • Cinderella Man - Rush • Pushit - Tool • Take Your Fingers From My Hair - Dream Theater • Hey You - Pink Floyd • Clockwork Angels - Rush

Well this is it for Summer 2012! How you have flown by so fast. We’ve got some great stuff this week from Alec, Chris, and Peter, as well as a request from Richard Daughtry: Thanks for that! We can’t wait to do a totally live show next week as a celebration of the new semester. Until then, enjoy this episode! Setlist: • Karn Evil 9: 2nd Impression Pt 2 - Emerson, Lake & Palmer • Beginnings - Chicago • Don’t Look Back - Boston • Weak And Powerless - A Perfect Circle • Who Are You? - The Who • In The Evening - Led Zeppelin • Mission - Rush • The Count of Tuscany - Dream Theater • The Sacrifice - Symphony X • The Silent Man - Dream Theater

This week we actually had a little theme in the show along with some songs that we just wanted to play. Thanks Alex for the request, and thank you for listening! We might have one more show like this but the semester nears and Chris and I will be doing this show live again which is always a treat! Setlist: • Have A Cigar - Pink Floyd • White Queen (As It Began) - Queen • I’ve Seen All Good People - Yes • Snow White Queen - Evanescence • Kings And Queens - Aerosmith • A Farewell To Kings - Rush • Panopticon - The Smashing Pumpkins • Funeral For A Friend / Love Lies Bleeding - Dream Theater • Sound Chaser - Yes • Eyes Of A Stranger - Queensryche • Lucky Man - Emerson Lake & Palmer

This week we had requests from Peter and Jeremiah. Thanks guys for the great selections! Feel free to email us your suggestions with an audio recording to progrockblock@gmail.com! Setlist: • Acid Rain - Liquid Tension Experiment • Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin • Crowded Sky - Bad Salad • Beneath, Between & Behind - Rush • The Journey - Boston • It’s Easy - Boston • Disarm - The Smashing Pumpkins • A Tab In The Ocean - Nektar • Remembrance - God Is An Astronaut • Magic Power - Triumph • One Of These Days - Pink Floyd

This week we were lucky enough to have some requests from Peter! This week we are introducing that when you make requests, feel free to make an audio clip of you introducing the song and we will plug it into the show! Setlist: • Revelation - Symphony X • Alive - Pearl Jam • Come Sail Away - Styx • As I Am - Dream Theater • Dreamline - Rush • What Happens Now? - Porcupine Tree • The Wall - Kansas • Under A Glass Moon - Dream Theater • Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd

The Rolling Stone asked the fans this week what the top 10 best Prog Rock albums of all time would be. We decided to play one song off of every album listed and give our commentary on it. Again Chris and I were separated but we’ll be back before long to give a live effort. Enjoy this week’s set! Setlist: • La Villa Strangiato - Rush • Lessons - Rush • Us And Them - Pink Floyd • The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson • Dancing With The Moonlit Night - Genesis • And You And I - Yes • Home - Dream Theater • Vital Signs - Rush • In The Cage - Genesis • Red - King Crimson

Today Chris and I set our respective Pandora Playlists on play and jotted down the first 30 minutes worth of songs that played. It made for an epic setlist that we hope you enjoy. Unfortunately we still have no access to the studio so we had to do the show apart but hopefully next week we will reunite for Proggy Goodness! Setlist • Damage Control - John Pertrucci • Time Crunch - Jordan Rudess • Jeremy - Pearl Jam • Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones • Dream On - Aerosmith • The Outsider - A Perfect Circle • Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin • Ogre Battle - Queen • Paradise Lost - Symphony X • Red Lenses - Rush

The week it is only Alec and he’s seeing Dream Theater tomorrow so he decided to play a bunch of Dream Theater with a few other songs sprinkled in. Enjoy the Proggy Goodness and hopefully Chris and Alec will be back together next week. Setlist • Bridges In The Sky - Dream Theater • Carnies - Rush • 6:00 - Dream Theater • Hold On - Yes • Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence - Dream Theater

An interview was recently conducted where Geddy Lee listed out in no particular order the albums he loved and that were most influential on him. We played a sampling from these albums. Hope you enjoy it! Setlist: • Yours Is No Disgrace - Yes • Paranoid Android - Radiohead • The Return of the Giant Hogweed - Genesis • Baba O’Riley - The Who • Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin • Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream • Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix • One of These Days - Pink Floyd • Still - Geddy Lee • Grace to Grace - Geddy Lee