If you are a fan of the best of the progressive music of the 70’s (bands like Yes, Pink Floyd, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Genesis, Rush) and you haven’t heard of Coheed and Cambria, well you are missing out on just about the best new progressive band since the bands I just mentioned. Just like back in the 70’s, if all that you listen to is traditional radio, you would never find out about this great underground scene emerging for the depths of the New York/New Jersey music scene. Not quite punk, not quite alternate rock, with a progressive edge and not easily quantified, bands like Coheed and Cambria and Taking Back Sunday have emerged as a force to be reckoned with. Although I’ve known of Coheed and Cambria for a while now, it hasn’t been until recently that I’ve given them another listen. When I first heard them, I thought the music was great, but the lead singer’s voice (Claudio Sanchez) took me a little to get use to. Instead of the typical growling vocalist so proment in todays music, Clauidio does a complete 180, and embraces the fasletto. His falsetto is of such a high pitch that it makes Barry Gibb sound like a man. Actually, Claudio’s voice is more reminisant of Jon Anderson (of Yes fame), who could hit those high notes without going into a falesetto. But once you come to grips with the vocals (and even appreciate them), there is this incredible music going on behind it that could compete with just about the best the band Yes offered back in their day. It’s your typical light/heavy combination (a la Zeppelin), with the progressive overtones of Yes, and the current alternate rock sound thrown in for good measure.
Coheed and Cambria currently have 3 CDs, 2002’s The Second Stage Turbine Blade, 
2003’s In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 and 2005’s Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV plus a live DVD/CD recorded at New Jersey’s Starland Ballroom.