Classic Rock Presents Prog magazine

Well the latest mag issue 10 came to Australia last week and I must say I am annoyed the price went up mysteriously by $5. It was already 20 dollars now its going up. I cant understand why its the most expensive music mag on the planet!

I'd rather dip my ears in custard and treacle than listen to AOR.

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: ^^^ hence the avatar! blocking the ears   btw i love Toyah, wish she was prog as I would review all her albums...   Changeling and Anthem are masterpeices

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Sorry to bring this up but my newsagent kept it for me thinking I would want it I dont... it costs the same as Prog and has the same format, jacket, CD etc   i didnt bother   has anyone got this?

Seems like a weird concept for a magazine.  I'm not saying there is no one out there but I have never met anyone who is into AOR as a genre.  It might be my personal bias against it but to me AOR is mainly aimed at people who can take or leave music.

Dean wrote: I'd rather dip my ears in custard and treacle than listen to AOR.

I'd rather shovel out a cesspit with my bare hands.

Vibrationbaby wrote: Dean wrote: I'd rather dip my ears in custard and treacle than listen to AOR. I'd rather shovel out a cesspit with my bare hands.

I haven't seen this magazine flying off the stands. Whenever the local magazine store gets it someone opens it, the cd gets ripped off, it gets tattered and then they have to send it back. The girl tells me that they have ever sold this magazine and she says that it is the highest priced magazine in the store. Christ even Forbes isn't nowhere near as expensive. I only look at it when someone else has ripped it open. There just isn't enough in there to justify the $25 cover price. Hell, I just bought a hardcover book for the same price!

Edited by Vibrationbaby - March 22 2011 at 14:02

I started collectiong from issue 5 and have managed to get of all but the 1st issue though managed to scource all the tracks from the 1st CD. The mag is pretty good for the most part but if it wasnt fro the quality of the CD's I probably would have put it down as too expensive. Though some of the CD's have been better then others I have yet to be dissapointed by one. and have yet to come across one that I didnt at least like half the tracks contianed on it.

I always imprort the CD's to my Ipod Touch and the tracks I like are then added to my prognosis playlist. From 15 CD's I have 104 tracks on the playlist. If you take as an average 10 tracks per CD then thats around 2 thirds of in my mind really good quality music mostly from bands I have never heard off before and would not have otherwise been exposed to. That for me is why this mag continues to be a very worrthy buy in my books.

Dean wrote: I'd rather dip my ears in custard and treacle than listen to AOR.

moshkito wrote: Dean wrote: I'd rather dip my ears in custard and treacle than listen to AOR. Got to admit though ... Journey did make the Lazerium show look rather nice! Pink Floyd was better, and Tangerine Dream had the Greek Theater (shot on the back of that America live album) with the trees on fire ... but what the heck!

I only saw Lazerium with TD and at The London Planetarium, but even the pretty lights wouldn't be enough to stop me from wanting to eating my own ears if I had to endure Journey.