RESULTS - 1994 INTERNET PROGRESSIVE MUSIC POLL Category 1 - Album of the year 1. Änglagård Epilog 362 2. King Crimson Vrooom 285 3. Marillion Brave 226 4. 5uu's Hunger's Teeth 212 5 Halloween Merlin 192 6. Dream Theater Awake 138 7. Tipographica Tipographica 121 8. Ozric Tentacles Arborescence 116 9. Landberk One Man Tell's Another 97 10. Sylvian & Fripp Damage 96 11. Torn Karn Bozzio Polytown 85 Pink Floyd The Division Bell 85 13. U Totem Strange Attractors 71 Mike Oldfield The Songs of Distant 71 15. Ars Nova Transi 70 16. Echolyn As the World CD Sampler 69 Jadis Across The Water 69 18. Peter Hammill Roaring Forties 65 19. Yes Talk 64 20. Steve Tibbetts The Fall of Us All 46 21. Dixie Dregs Full Circle 45 22. Pär Lindh Project Gothic Impressions 40 23. Virgil Moorefield Distractions 37 24. Peter Gabriel Secret World Live 34 Collage Moonshine 34 26. Patrick Moraz Windows of Time 33 Lacrymosa Joy of the Wrecked Ship 33 28. Djam Karet Collaborator 31 Tim Hodgkinson Each in our own 31 30. Mastermind Tragic Symphony 30 Happy Family Flying Spirit Dance 30 Roine Stolt The Flower King 30 Zao Akhenaton 30 34. J. P. Boffo Nomades 29 35. Ensemble Nimbus Key Figures 27 36. Sphere Signatures 26 Category 2 - Best New Artist 1. Tipographica 80 2. Sphere 77 3. Manticore 54 4. Pär Lindh 52 5. Ensemble Nimbus 49 6. Quaser Lux Symphonae 39 7. Poor Richard 38 8. A Piedi Nudi 37 9. Divine Regale 35 Cloud 35 11. The Spacious Mind 32 Category 3 - Re-release of the year 1. Renaissance Scheherezade 205 2. Renaissance Turn of the Cards 144 3. Muffins Open City 77 4. However Sudden Dusk 67 5. Shylock Gialorgues 66 6. Carpe Diem En Regardent Passer le 55 7. Mia Cornonstipicum 51 8. Cartoon Sortie 49 9. Finch Beyond Expression 46 10. Pollen Pollen 43 11. Magma Retrospektiw I-II 40 Renaissance Live At Carnegie Hall 40 13. Gentle Giant In Concert 39 Pekka Pohjola Keesojen lehto 39 15. Mr. Sirius Dirge 37 Happy the Man Live 37 17. Triumvirat Old Loves Die Hard 35 18. Musica Urbana Musica Urbana 34 19. Richard Pinhas Agneta Nilsson 31 FM Black Noise 31 21. Patrick Gauthier Bebe Godzilla 27 22. Itoiz Ezekiel 26 Michael Zentner Present Time 26 24. Il Castello di Atlante Passo Dopo 23 Category 4 - Vocalist of the year 1. Steve Hogarth (Marillion) 203 2. Ray Weston (Echolyn) 154 3. Jon Anderson (Yes) 125 4. Adrian Belew (King Crimson) 120 5. James LaBrie (Dream Theater) 97 6. Peter Hammill 77 7. Peter Nicholls (IQ) 56 8. John Wetton 40 9. David Sylvian 39 10. Michael Sadler (Saga) 38 Alberto Piras (Deus Ex Machina) 38 Richard Sinclair 38 Geraldine le Cocq (Halloween) 38 14. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) 37 15. Susanne Lewis (5uu's) 36 Peter Gabriel 36 Gary Chandler (Jadis) 36 18. Bob Drake (5uu's) 32 Category 5 - Guitarist of the year 1. Robert Fripp (King Crimson) 261 2. John Petrucci (Dream Theater) 129 3. Steve Rothery (Marillion) 125 4. Ed Wynne (Ozric Tentacles) 94 5. Mike Oldfield 93 6. Nicklas Berg (Anekdoten) 87 7. Jonas Engdegard (Änglagård) 80 8. David Torn (Polytown) 78 9. Brett Kull (Echolyn) 75 10. Steve Howe 73 11. Bill Berends (Mastermind) 70 12. Gary Chandler (Jadis) 68 13. David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) 67 14. Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs) 58 15. Tsuneo Imahori (Tipographica) 57 16. Allan Holdsworth 39 17. Steve Tibbetts 37 18. Alex Lifeson (Rush) 36 Mike Holmes (IQ) 36 20. Karl Groom (Shadowland) 35 21. Adrian Belew (King Crimson) 34 Steve Hackett 34 23. Ian Crichton (Saga) 32 24. Tord Lindman (Änglagård) 31 Category 6 - Keyboardist of the year 1. Thomas Johnson (Änglagård) 164 2. Mark Kelly (Marillion) 141 3. Martin Orford (IQ, Jadis) 132 4. Chris Buzby (Echolyn) 112 5. Keith Emerson (ELP) 70 6. Kevin Moore (Dream Theater) 64 7. Clive Nolan 55 8. Joie Hinton (Ozric Tentacles) 48 9. Gilles Copin (Halloween) 45 10. Pär Lindh 40 11. Jordon Rudess (Dregs, Dream Theater) 39 Seppo Kantonen (Pekka Pohjola Group) 39 13. Patrick Moraz 37 14. Richard Wright (Pink Floyd) 35 15. Akira Minakami (Tipographica) 34 16. Rick Wakeman 32 17. Sanjay Kumar (5uu's, U Totem) 31 18. Neil Durant (Sphere) 30 Category 7 - Synthesist of the year 1. Klaus Schulze 58 2. Jeff Greinke 38 3. Steve Roach 33 Category 8 - Bassist of the year 1. Tony Levin (Crimson, Peter Gabriel) 170 2. Trey Gunn (King Crimson, Trey Gunn) 134 3. Johan Hogberg (Änglagård) 107 4. John Myung (Dream Theater) 98 5. Jan Erik Liljeström (Anekdoten) 76 John Jowitt (IQ, Jadis) 76 7. Geddy Lee (Rush) 68 8. Zia (Ozric Tentacles) 66 9. Tom Hyatt (Echolyn) 65 10. Victor Wooten (Bela Fleck) 60 11. Pekka Pohjola 58 12. Mick Karn (Polytown) 57 13. Bob Drake (5uu's) 56 Peter Trewavas (Marillion) 56 15. Henry J. Osborne (Djam Karet) 39 16. Bill Laswell 38 17. Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs) 37 Chihiro S. (Lacrymosa/Golden Avant) 37 Category 9 - Drummer/Percussionist of the year 1. Bill Bruford (Crimson, Earthworks) 245 2. Mattias Olsson (Änglagård) 209 3. Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) 122 4. Paul Ramsey (Echolyn) 91 5. Terry Bozzio (Polytown) 77 6. Neil Peart (Rush) 72 7. Pat Mastelotto 54 8. Dave Kerman (5uu's, U Totem) 52 9. Akira Sotoyama (Tipographica) 51 Peter Nordin (Anekdoten) 51 11. Merv Pepler (Ozrics) 49 12. Anssi Nykdnen 39 Ian Mosley (Marillion) 39 14. Manu Katche (Peter Gabriel) 38 Paul Cook (IQ) 38 16. Steve Christie (Jadis) 37 17. Richard Berends (Mastermind) 34 Alan White (Yes) 34 Category 10 - Worst progressive album of the year 1. Yes Talk 240 2. ELP In the Hot Seat 171 3. Dream Theater Awake 113 4. Fish Suits 104 5. Pink Floyd The Division Bell 76 6. Marillion Brave 73 7. Ozric Tentacles Arborescence 58 8. Manticore Time to Fly 57 9. Pär Lindh Project Pär Lindh Project 34 Category 11 - Best Live Show 1. Echolyn 278 2. Anekdoten 230 3. Ozric Tentacles 211 4. Änglagård 141 5. Pink Floyd 94 6. Dream Theater 77 7. Minimum Vital 72 8. IQ 69 Dixie Dregs 69 10. Halloween 62 11. Bela Fleck and the Fleckstones 60 12. Marillion 56 13. Giraffe 49 Yes 49 15. Cloud Nine 47 16. Steve Howe 46 17. Pekka Pohjola Group 40 18. Torn Karn Bozzio 39 19. Michael Hedges 38 20. Phish 37 21. Rush 32 Mastermind 32 Category 12 - Most overrated progressive band of 1994 1. Dream Theater 212 2. Ozric Tentacles 89 3. Echolyn 78 4. Yes 77 5. ELP 75 6. Pink Floyd 74 7. Anekdoten 59 8. Änglagård 58 9. Halloween 49 10. 5uu's 39 11. Fish 35 12. Minimum Vital 34 13. Manticore 33 14. Magellan 32 15. Marillion 31 Phish 31 Category 13 - Most underrated progressive band of 1994 1. Echolyn 89 2. 5uu's 71 3. Tipographica 56 Änglagård 56 4. Sphere 40 5. Ars Nova 36 6. Garden Wall 35 Lacrymosa 35 U Totem 35 Pekka Pohjola Group 35 10. Happy Family 34 Iluvatar 34 12. Miriodor 32 13. Zao 29 Category 14 - Progressive Label of the Year 1. Musea 253 2. Cuneiform 133 3. Discipline 111 4. Laser's Edge 85 5. Kinesis 77 6. ReR 72 7. Seventh 71 8. Giant Electric Pea 56 9. Mellow 49 10. AYAA 39 11. SI 37 12. Artis/Cramps 35 Cyclops/GFT 35 14. Vinyl Magic 34 15. Magna Carta 33 16. Syn-phonic 31 17. Si-Wan 29 Rec Rec 29 19. ECM 27 20. God Mountain 26