Radiohead: What happened?

A case could be made that radio head helped create the prog scene we have today. At the time, ironically, punk rock was hitting the mainstream again. People of my age group, 30ish, were hearing progressive rock for the first time. The comparisons to pink Floyd may have led people to discovering pink Floyd which created a modern audience for prog.

Looking back on it i kinda wish i had went with radio head back than instead of the punk rock
Oh well better late than never

Radiohaed had a strong touch of emo music, isn't?

Svetonio wrote: Radiohaed had a strong touch of emo music, isn't?

^ No way. Tell me how Radiohead sound either like the old school hardcore punk derived emo like such:

Kazza3 wrote:

But did they disappear completely?

What is "emo music"? Are we in 2007 again? WTF

While being somewhat "current-ish" with Porcupine Tree latest output, Swilson degraded into aping old prog with his recent solo works. They sound modern only on the surface, but the material itself screams 70's prog if you listen to the actual melodies/harmonies and notice the songs' structures.

On the other hand, if we still mean "progressive-thinking" by saying "prog" (not only referring to the greats of the once-revolutionary genre), Radiohead is miles ahead, even with their questionable post-2003 material. Having said that, I must also admit I'm not a fan of Yorke-Greenwood-lead collective at all and consider them to be one of the most overhyped bands ever. But I'm more excited anticipating what they're about to offer, than getting another Swilson record (that I might enjoy, nevertheless), which is 100% predictable genre-worship with his signature twist (that had grown old years ago) - especially now, when he's getting tons of new fans through his take on classic prog cliches. I simply can't imagine him somehow changing that, which would mean losing most of his conservative fanbase (though I'm pretty sure he's a capable musician, just listen to his "other" side-projects), while Radiohead could do whatever they effing what, and they know that

Imo, Radiohead is worthy band mostly 'cause they were released Kid A which was for alt.rock the same important thing as e.g. London Calling was for punk-rock or what Sgt. Peppers was for 'classic rock'.


Edited by Svetonio - August 25 2015 at 02:39

Most members have focused on everything about Radiohead except an exploration of their current music. I've read some posts that say it's because they're not really prog, to even more sillier explanations like they're alt. rock.

Edited by SteveG - August 25 2015 at 10:25