RESULTS - THE 1996 ANNUAL INTERNET PROG POLL 



Category 1 - 1996's Best Album

1.	Yes					Keys to Ascension			15 
2.	Pär Lindh & Björn Johansson		Bilbo					13 
3.	Ars Nova				The Goddess of Darkness			12 
4.	Trey Gunn				The Third Star				9 
	Rush					Test for Echo				9 
	King Crimson				THRaKaTTaK				9 
	Porcupine Tree				Signify					9 
	Camel					Harbour of Tears			9 
9.	Devil Doll				Dies Irae				8 
	The Flower Kings			Retropolis				8 
11.	Echolyn					When the Sweet Turns Sour		7 
12.	Cardiacs				Sing to God				6 
	Deus Ex Machina				Diachronie Metronomiche			6 
	Glass Hammer				Perelandra				6 
15.	Cast					Beyond Reality				5 
16.	Spock's Beard				Beware of Darkness			4 
	Bela Fleck and the Fleckstones		Live Art				4 
	Somnambulist				Somnambulist				4 
	Mastermind				Until Eternity				4 
(75 nominees)



Category 2 - 1996's Worst Album 

1.	Rush					Test for Echo				9 
2.	Änglagård				Buried alive				7 
3.	Yes					Keys to Ascension			5 
(14 nominees)

 

Category 3 - Best Rerelease 

1.	Frank Zappa				Lather					10 
2.	ELP					Brain Salad Surgery			5 
	National Health				Missing Pieces				5 
(48 nominees)

 

Category 4 - Best Newcomer 

1.	Boud Deun									7 
	Somnambulist									7 
3. 	Iluvatar									6 
	Superior									6 
5.	Rachel's Birthday								5 
6.	Altura										4 
(38 nominees)



Category 5 - Best Live-performance 

1.	Magma										15 
	King Crimson									15
3.	Deus Ex Machina									10 
4.	Bela Fleck and the Fleckstones							9 
	Rush										9 
	Boud Deun									9 
7.	Glass Hammer									7 
8.	Iluvatar									6 
9.	Squonk Opera									4 
(46 nominees)



Category 6 - Best Vocalist 

1.	Steve Hogarth				(Marillion)				22 
2. 	Jon Anderson				(Yes)					16 
	Alberto Piras				(Deus Ex Machina)			16 
4.	James LaBrie									6 
5.	Peter Nicholls				(IQ)					5 
6.	Mr Doctor				(Devil Doll)				4 
	Robert Wyatt									4 
(41 nominees)



Category 7 - Best Guitarist 

1.	Robert Fripp				(King Crimson)				32 
2.	Steve Rothery				(Marillion/The Wishing Tree)		11 
3.	Andrew Latimer				(Camel)					10 
4.	Steve Howe									9 
5.	Alex Lifeson				(Rush)					8 
6.	Steve Hackett									7 
7.	Shawn Persinger				(Boud Deun)				6 
	Steve Vai									6 
9.	Maurino Collina				(Deus Ex Machina)			5 
	David Gilmour				(Pink Floyd)				5 
	John Petrucci				(Dream Theater)				5 
	Roine Stolt									5 
12.	Bill Berends				(Mastermind)				4 
(41 nominees)

 

Category 8 - Best Keyboardist 

1.	Chris Buzby				(Echolyn, Finneus Gauge)		15 
2.	Keiko Kumagai				(Ars Nova)				12 
3.	Rick Wakeman									10 
4.	Pär Lindh									9 
5.	Tony Banks									8 
	Dave Stewart									8 
7.	Keith Emerson									6 
8.	Martin Orford									5 
9.	Fred Schendel				(Glass Hammer)				4 
	Alfonso Vidales				(Cast)					4 
(51 nominees)



Category 9 - Best Bassist 

1.	Tony Levin				(King Crimson)				40 
2.	Geddy Lee				(Rush) 					16
3.	Chris Squire									9 
4.	Matt Eiland				(Boud Deun)				6 
	Victor Wooten				(Bela Fleck and the Fleckstones)	6 
(32 nominees)



Category 10 - Best Drummer 

1.	Bill Bruford				(King Crimson)				48 
2.	Christian Vander			(Magma)					15 
3.	Neil Peart				(Rush)					13 
4.	Rich Berends									6 
	Mattias Olsson				(Änglagård)				6 
4.	Pip Pyle									6 
(40 nominees)



Category 11 - Most Overrated Band (deserving less) 

1.	Dream Theater									19 
2.	Yes										15 
3.	Marillion									11 
	ELP										11 
5.	Pendragon									7 
6.	Arena										6 
	Magellan									6 
	Anekdoten									6 
9.	Echolyn										5 
10.	King Crimson									4 
	Porcupine Tree									4 
(30 bands)



Category 12 - Most Underestimated Band (deserving more) 

1.	The Cardiacs									6 
	Deus Ex Machina									6 
	Devil Doll									6 
	Glass Hammer									6 
	Rush										6 
6.	Future Sound of London								5 
	Marillion									5 
8.	Cast										4 
8.	Magellan									4 
(57 nominees)



Category 13 - Best Progressive Label 

1.	Laser's Edge									23 
2.	Mellow Records									21 
3.	Musea										16 
4.	Magna Carta									13 
5.	Cuneiform									12 
	Discipline									12 
	Syn-Phonic									12 
8.	Cyclops										8 
9.	Giant Electric Pea								6 
10.	ReR										5 
11.	One Way										4 
(25 nominees)