Possible New Sub-Genre?

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   I know neo means new. That's part of the reason that "nu prog" makes me giggle. That's like naming a subgenre of progressive rock "progression rock" or something. Post prog is just arrogant and missing the point entirely. 

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LiquidEternity Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 07 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 900	Posted: November 19 2009 at 23:29
	I know neo means new. That's part of the reason that "nu prog" makes me giggle. That's like naming a subgenre of progressive rock "progression rock" or something. Post prog is just arrogant and missing the point entirely.


Windhawk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 28 2006 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 11401	Posted: November 19 2009 at 21:27
	Neo means new. And the Neo-Prog definition was revised earlier this year so that those artists treading new progressive ground could be included there - it seems both fitting and appropriate. Personally I feel that Chest Rockwell is a good example of those artists with a new take on prog btw - we have a couple of samples with them here.
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LiquidEternity Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 07 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 900	Posted: November 19 2009 at 19:40
	Tags like "nu prog" and "post prog" always make me laugh. Anyways. Back to the discussion.


Henry Plainview Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 26 2008 Location: Declined Status: Offline Points: 16715	Posted: November 19 2009 at 19:15
	I'm not wholly opposed to that idea existing as a genre, even though I am wholly opposed to the music itself, but I will personally lead a revolution and burn down Max's house if it's called Nu Prog.
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J-Man Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: August 07 2008 Location: Philadelphia,PA Status: Offline Points: 7826	Posted: November 19 2009 at 18:22
	There actually is a movement consisting Radiohead and Muse which combines alternative rock and prog rock called "Nu Prog". I do think it should ultimately be somewhere on PA, but to add a new genre, move bands into that category, and get a genre team is no easy task. -Jeff
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Henry Plainview Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 26 2008 Location: Declined Status: Offline Points: 16715	Posted: November 19 2009 at 17:42
	But on the flipside, Dear Hunter, Coheed and Cambria, and Radiohead sound nothing alike. I believe that Neo-prog fans would be offended by you suggesting that it's nothing more than symph+eighties AOR, and by the same token I don't think alt-prog is a viable genre.
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Conor Fynes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 11 2009 Location: Vancouver, CA Status: Offline Points: 3196	Posted: November 19 2009 at 16:37
	I've been noticing alot of bands that have been melding modern sounds (by that, I mean prog thats influenced by new popular trends rather then 1970s prog/psychedelic etc...) with more experimental features and adopting a new sound and class of progressive rock. So far, I've seen alot of these bands (the Dear Hunter, Coheed and Cambria, Radiohead, dredg) fall into the Crossover Prog section, which is suitable enough, but this is the same genre that solo Peter Gabriel, The Moody Blues, and Supertramp are in. I'm not saying that every new potential addition to Crossover should go to this new potential genre (Paul Cusick, for example is a brand new artist, and belongs right in Crossover) but there seems to be quite a difference in sounds. The genre 'neo prog' was invented to cater to all of the prog bands sharing a new '80s prog' sound... Why should the modern prog artists of the 00's be treated any differently?