Prog Band you tried to get in to , but can't.

Progosopher wrote: If I hear something by a band that interests me I will try to find more of it. Sometimes that quest is futile. This happened to me with Man. I can enjoy some Zappa, but for the most part I find his humor childish while at the same time admiring the music. I can get into Prog Metal at times, but for the most part I find it mere technicality with no artistry. And this includes Dream Theater. VdGG is intriguing but they too are a band I admire more than enjoy. And Porcupine Tree is completely over-rated.

Pretty much any fusion music. 

If I hear something by a band that interests me I will try to find more of it. Sometimes that quest is futile. This happened to me with Man. I can enjoy some Zappa, but for the most part I find his humor childish while at the same time admiring the music. I can get into Prog Metal at times, but for the most part I find it mere technicality with no artistry. And this includes Dream Theater. VdGG is intriguing but they too are a band I admire more than enjoy. And Porcupine Tree is completely over-rated.

there are a lot of them but VDGG is a widely popular one that is impossible for me to understand--the voice is horrible and love a good voice---plus it sounds like a satire of what a 70's prog band should sound like--by someone who hates prog bands.

Edited by twosteves - October 16 2019 at 21:39

Tapfret wrote: This topic comes up every year or so. I will say the same thing I always say: if you are listening to a band/artist to "try to get into them", you are doing it wrong.

Grumpyprogfan wrote: Tool... just don't get why they are so popular.  Bent Knee... only because of the shrill vocals. Otherwise, great music. Magma... completely out of my musical universe. Between the Buried & Me... heavy music but growling vocals make me laugh and not take it serious. Marillion… not for me too mellow-ish. Devin Townsend... talented and weird... just not my cup o' tea.  Thinking Plague... great musicians, but too hard for me to understand.

I’m definitely going to second tool, not for me. Ænima has some okay tunes, but overall they haven’t done much for me

Don't know if it's allowed to write such things here - but Yes. I find them rather annoying than pleasant. Big Big Train is also not my cup of tea. I tried hard but they leave me cold.

Edited by Homotopy - October 16 2019 at 14:56

Anything to do with Neal Morse and Kevin Moore.  I just don't like their vocals with no emotion.

Dream Theater. We even went to see them when they headlined the Prog Nation tour in 2010. We left half an hour into their set, feeling as if someone had been hitting us on the head the whole time .