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    Posted: August 26 2010 at 14:18
Following feedback from our members and from the prog genre teams, we (the Admin team) have updated the definition of the category "Prog related". The revised definition can be found here: http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=38
 
We do not envisage any major change as a result of this, the objective was simply to make the definition clearer and to ensure it reflected the way bands are assessed for this wide ranging genre.
 
Our thanks go to John (Easy money) who led the project.
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Points: 8368 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2010 at 14:22
Clap Sounds good to me. (Still don't see why some bands are in there but, as I'm sure you know, I am a good forum member who never complains. About anything.)
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Points: 17627 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2010 at 14:56
Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

Clap Sounds good to me. (Still don't see why some bands are in there but, as I'm sure you know, I am a good forum member who never complains. About anything.)


Cool ... but that's not what we intend finally ... we welcome constructive criticism too Smile


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Points: 32524 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2010 at 15:00
Pretty good definition.  Could've used a werewolf though.
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Points: 3968 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2010 at 16:14
Originally posted by Rivertree Rivertree wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

Clap Sounds good to me. (Still don't see why some bands are in there but, as I'm sure you know, I am a good forum member who never complains. About anything.)


Cool ... but that's not what we intend finally ... we welcome constructive criticism too Smile

Yeah, we welcome it with knives, swords, spears and such Wink
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Points: 17627 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2010 at 16:19
Originally posted by Marty McFly Marty McFly wrote:

Originally posted by Rivertree Rivertree wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

Clap Sounds good to me. (Still don't see why some bands are in there but, as I'm sure you know, I am a good forum member who never complains. About anything.)


Cool ... but that's not what we intend finally ... we welcome constructive criticism too Smile

Yeah, we welcome it with knives, swords, spears and such Wink




delinquent please choose ...

http://runegame.com/images/about_rune_images/Concept_Art/swords.jpg


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Points: 17627 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2010 at 16:28
back to the topic .. the criteria list seems to be well thought out, thanks John Smile


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Points: 34550 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2010 at 19:04
I like it Thumbs Up

So, can we add Megadeth now? Wink
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2010 at 23:18
That's a much better definition, but the rhetorical question at the end is missing the question mark! UNACCEPTABLE!

Now can you guys please remove the text ad for vividseats.com at the top of the prog metal definition? I don't know how it got there but it's embarrassing. And EL, your review of Zeppelin IV from 2006 is still italicizing every other review after yours!


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Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

And EL, your review of Zeppelin IV from 2006 is still italicizing every other review after yours!
 
Wow, nearly 4 years on and someone read it!EmbarrassedLOL
 
Cheers HP, fixed.
 
PS - Should a rhetorical question have a question mark. Or not?


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yes IMO a question mark is called for at the end, and should probably read:   A very good way to describe prog-related would be to imagine an exhaustive book that covered the history of progressive rock. Would such a book include references to Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven', David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold the World' or Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?  Probably so.

also Led Zeppelin reads 'led Zepplin', which I assume was a typo (or the English pronunciation Tongue )

an excellent def and a huge improvement--  kudos to all involved
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Points: 3968 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2010 at 03:39

OK, back on topic. It indeed is well said definition and I personally think that it's better than some Prog definitions :-D It's new, it's updated, it's carefully debated topic (so it's bulletproof, kind of).

What are practical outcomes of this update ? How will this help to new Prog-related additions ?
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Points: 20239 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2010 at 05:29
good work Admins!!!
let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 27 2010 at 21:53
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

yes IMO a question mark is called for at the end, and should probably read:   A very good way to describe prog-related would be to imagine an
exhaustive book that covered the history of progressive rock. Would
such a book include references to Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven',
David Bowie's 'The Man Who Sold the World' or Queen's 'Bohemian
Rhapsody'?  Probably so.also Led Zeppelin reads 'led Zepplin', which I assume was a typo (or the English pronunciation Tongue )an excellent def and a huge improvement--  kudos to all involved

fixed ..anything else?    ... (your asking me?)

Edited by Easy Money - August 27 2010 at 21:57
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Points: 5482 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 29 2010 at 08:24
Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

 
PS - Should a rhetorical question have a question mark. Or not?
Of course.  You should add a rhetorical question mark. Wink
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Points: 15 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 06 2010 at 22:26
Frankly, most of the definitions on this site read like they were written in a different language, then poorly translated.The new "Prog-related" one, on the other hand, is clear, well-written and interesting; good work.
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Points: 1833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 05 2010 at 04:26
Great definition that creates many new posibilities!
The only thing that I reacted to was that Progarchives wasn't written with a capital letter.
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Points: 2755 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 11:49

It would seem to me that, based on criteria 2, 4, 6 and 7, we should finally admit Boston.



Edited by ghost_of_morphy - June 24 2011 at 11:35
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