(Musician) Ruined ( Band) for me.

flyingveepixie wrote: BaldFriede wrote: Novalis and the totally uninspired Hartwig Biereichel on drums. And I know I will get flak from Rush fans for this, but Neil Peart is also totally uninspired, though technically much better than Biereichel. But great technique does not make up for lack of inspiration. Peart is the main reason I don't like Rush. Rush fans will of course point out the famous Neil Peart drum solo, but this solo actually only proves my point. It is played exactly the same way every time he plays it; not a bit of improvisation at all. If there's one thing which makes a musician stand out from the crowd it's being able to play the same thing twice - so many musos just can't do that including some very famous ones.  As for Peart being an uninspired drummer - well, each to their own I suppose and everyone is entitled to their own opinion.  At least it keeps the discussion interesting...

Quinino wrote: Dream Theater vocalist (what's his name) is totally insufferable for me (but I make an exception for Metropolis, love the album)

^ Ditto for me.....

Quinino wrote: Dream Theater vocalist (what's his name) is totally insufferable for me (but I make an exception for Metropolis, love the album)

Dream Theater vocalist (what's his name) is totally insufferable for me (but I make an exception for Metropolis, love the album)

Jeffro wrote:    Mortte wrote: I think I would be bigger Opeth fan if they hadn´t used as much growl vocals as they did. I am really glad they have stopped it. Growling pretty much ruins any song for me.

Same for me. But mostly I am not interested at all also the music that has growl vocals, Opeth is the only exception. Haven´t listened some of Opeth´s first albums, I believe they not for me...

Edited by Mortte - July 21 2018 at 23:56

90% of my choices would involve singers…but I’ll go for something a bit different.

 

Judas Priest had a string of terrific drummers in the 70’s, then David Holland joined in 1979. Maybe he had spent his talent-wad on Trapeze, but he was such a boring time-keeper with almost no fills, rolls, anything. Granted, Priest’s stuff during his tenure was often classic, including their biggest FM hard-rock hits as well as some of my favorites by the band, but I can only imagine how much better songs like “Freewheel Burning” and such would’ve sounded with a more adventurous drummer and not a dull metronome. Him leaving in the late 80’s helped the band’s brief resurgence with Painkiller.

Then the awful sex offences and imprisonment in 2004 made him such a pariah, his name was never brought up concerning the current re-interest in the band and their legacy. When he died this past January, nobody blinked an eye…it was like he never existed in the first place. If somehow Judas Priest wind up in the R&RHOF (I know, not that it matters), I doubt David Holland’s name will be included despite playing drums on the songs most people know them for. I try not to think of the guy while hearing “Breaking the Law”, “You’ve Got Another Thing Coming” and such, but after awhile I notice the plain drum beats, then think of the guy, and what he did later in life…

Steven Wilson is kinda a grade-A d***  and it ruined any interest I had in his music. Used to own all Porcupine and solo, now none. It also didn't age well with me. 

I remember an old thread in these here domains, from an interview from Steven about The Flower Kings:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=88744

Honestly, looking back, Steven viewing The Flower Kings as the death of progressive music, though it is a harsh opinion, is JUST an opinion.

I certainly don't see his viewpoint on that progressive music nowadays needs to be needlessly heavy, infact that's what hasn't aged well with me. Doesn't sound organic to me, lots of the new heavier progressive albums. 

Eh. People can have Wilson. I'd say Hip-Hop is actually today's progressive (Donuts, King Geedorah, Madvillany, MM Food, Frank Ocean, Quasimoto, Viktor Vaughn..) But nobody would go for that, no.. 

I used to spin Pink Floyd albums regularly... before I listened to a few Gilmour and Waters interviews.