Gojira

 

D'uh!

 

But also It almost seems as if any group that has as well as a minute of prog-related material in existence, they are welcomed here. Eventually the lines are blurred so much between prog and all other forms of music, that there is no prog. History is erased.

 

You're welcome to get angry about it, I suppose.

 

I'm glad you chose to not get angry.

 

Any conversation concerning "What is prog" and "What is not prog" depends on your definition of prog. That's why nobody ever agrees. If any group, that happens to be progressive in any musical sense, is added to the mass amount of "progressive rock" we already have here, we are left with all music that is progressive of course! This part should be obvious. But is this what those who revolve their lives around progressive rock want?

 

Progressive rock to me, personally, is a style of music. It's not a matter of being progressive (Though the name implies such!). Bad tag, inaccurate name. Music existed in the 1970's that just so happened to be called progressive rock, but that's not to say there was nothing else progressive going on. It was called progressive rock for the purpose of finally having a name to call all these experimental, commercially awkward groups, such as Yes, ELP, Genesis etc. Knowing this, it is one sort of style I often want, and it is this style I refer to as progressive. That IS progressive rock - the roots. Though I acknowledge all sub-genres currently on this website as having the potential to be prog-rock, I fail to see the relation between most of the new metal added to the site this year and last, to anything that happened in the 1970's. Beyond this, how many groups labelled prog-metal on this website DO NOT sound like prog-metal? How many are unclassifiable, as the classic prog-rock groups were? I am content calling Gojira metal. Just metal.

 

My previous reply was thrown out for the reason of style, not progressive music. I didn't phrase it this way before. My mistake! Next, I'm done going into symantics album by album with people here, as the liberal "Lets add everything" virtually always wins. Let's not dillydally, we all have better things to do. That's how this site wants to work, under current admissions. I can't change that. But I will have my opinions, as will you, the reader.

 

Furthermore, the kinds of groups you add are only limited to your definition. This is a truth. If you are one of the types to believe contrary to me, i.e. all progressive music belongs on this website, you are bound to nitpick a huge variety of music, inevitably wondering how anyone would deny them entry here. Maybe you wish to take it to the extreme? May as well add anyone who tried something new at this rate. New ideas=progressive? -Technically...- Nobody ever played like Coltrane, nobody ever sang quite like Sinatra. Add them? Or how about Blink 182? When I hear that voice, I always know it's them, as nobody else sounds like that. Add it, why not? It's all progressive, I promise.

 

Music clearly doesn't have to be related to the invention/creation of progressive-rock/art-rock to be added to progarcs, hell it doesn't even have to be unclassifiable as bands were in the 1970's. You, and others, proved that with your suggestions, which were successful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll bet you don't know how I know you didn't read my response word for word.

 

You forgot to mention, that I mentioned, I won't explain what will NEVER make a difference. You won, because the band is here, and never have I observed a group being deleted from this website.

 

How do I, someone not on admissions, convince a bunch of add-hungry admissions people of anything? Do you not see the hopelessness in that cause?? You don't even see I'm not arguing, I'm stating my opinions. I saw Gojira on an MTV station. Believe me?

 

Stop wasting people's time. It's rude.

 

You want someone to tell you why Gojira shouldn't be here. This is backwards logic, as you should explain to everyone why Gojira should be here. Without this explaination, Gojira shouldn't be here. I've never heard the explaination, so in my mind, Gojira shouldn't be here.

 

I thought it was common sense, but it's spelled out for you now.

 

Been there, done that.