Centaur Rodeo (USA)

Haha, well we have prog, indie, jazz, classical, and more influences, which all in some way or another play a role in what we write and play. Sure some influences stand out more than others, and we were going to rearrange the list to reflect that, but we all listen to a lot of different music, so we put all of it up there. Then we added some more as somewhat of a joke, but why does that make any difference in who the band is? And why is a band not allowed to make jokes?

Now, I know the recording might be of a slightly inferior quality, but where is the musicianship or songwriting "inferior?" I'm not trying to create an argument, and I am by no means arrogant; we are a young band with some development left to do. But many aspects of prog music are already present: odd times, uncommon instruments, soundscapes, long, multi-movement songs, multiple key/mode changes, unpredictability, overall technical drum/bass/guitar work, etc. Surely you had to have listened to our actual songs (i.e. "Sparta") and not just the noise/percussion improvisation clips we put up.

Well I still don't see how the list plays that important of a role in something like this. One can simply listen to the music and figure out where some of it came from. However, I also believe that everything you listen to regularly has in some way or another influenced your writing or performing, which is partially why all of those names are there. I know some of the other guys in the band took the list a little too far when they added some music that clearly is not fitting just for the sake of the joke, but I'm not going to make a fuss about something so trivial.