Why most prog fans are the most music haters?. - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Cuz a lot of us are old ?

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I'm going to agree because you state "most"....which is not defining a % or number. I might prefer saying " a lot".

Just look around this site, most posts about different music genres are hateful especially with pop music. I would say for metal and alternative would not be most, maybe some...

All a play in words but working within the OP post.

DarksideofAbel wrote:

Why most prog fans consider Metal (Especially Death ,Thrash and Black), Pop and Alternative Rock are garbage music genre?

I don't think it's true or a general opinion. Confused

Metal itself is & was considered a form of progressive rock-- Sabbath, Priest, Maiden, early Ozzy, all progressive types of rock music. But that's been forgotten or ignored.

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy

I like some Metal, especially Symphonic and Progressive Metal, but I'm definitely not a fan of Black Metal, Death Metal or Thrash Metal, where many of the repulsive band names are in bad taste and sound like an autopsy report, and I believe, there really is a Death Metal band called Autopsy too. Dead

Atavachron wrote:

Nonsense. I was into metal before prog rock, roadied for local metal bands as a teen, and though I always appreciated prog, metal was my first love. I've also always appreciated good pop-- the Police, Prince, Beatles, U2. In fact U2 was among the best live acts I've ever seen.

So your premise is incorrect and presumptuous.

Actually, in my case, I'd say prog came first (in 74) and metal second (76)

But there was a side of stuff I disliked back then (and I wasn't the only one) >> everything linked to disco, in which I encompassed funk (sometimes Killer funk). Though a fan of Reggae , not ditto for most punk, new wave & electro-pop.

So yeah, I guess a lot of proggers (and metallers) could be quite snooty at more commercial types of music.

Hrychu wrote:

I agree, but it's not the "metal" content that especially triggers prog snobs. It's the "urban music" and EDM content. Reggaeton, dubstep, techno, deep house, DnB, grime et al.

you may have a point, but to each generation.

I'm not sure the OP was referring to yours or mine

Atavachron wrote:

Metal itself is & was considered a form of progressive rock-- Sabbath, Priest, Maiden, early Ozzy, all progressive types of rock music. But that's been forgotten or ignored.

well maybe not Ozzy in my case Wink

. Either I was too old or he was too dumb with his outrageous (near-primate, IMHO) stuff. I sort of quit metal after DiAno was ousted from Maiden, but it was getting too gimmicky anyways.

I don't think there were that many frontiers back then. I was also a blues-rock fan, however anything country-sunding was a complete tur-off to me.

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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

I agree with Mike. Looked strange to me too. Big smile

Edited by Zgljone86 - June 20 2024 at 03:15

Define "most".

What's your source?

Welcome to the middle of the film.

DarksideofAbel wrote:

Why most prog fans consider Metal (Especially Death ,Thrash and Black), Pop and Alternative Rock are garbage music genre?

Alternative Rock is Garbage - and many other bands I like too. Smile

I don't believe that "prog fans are the most music haters". Prog as a form can embrace and create fusions with any style of music. The Prog umbrella is very diverse and its relations are huge. In PA we find artists/bands that fall into pop stylings, metal, alternative... that can be described in any of those ways. David Bowie and Kate Bush are two much loved by many in PA that I would refer to as pop (or art pop), and I generally love their most popular music.

I don't interact with "Proggers" outside of this forum, and I have had some friends into some of it, so my experience is limited. My friends were into diverse music. If you look to General Music Discussions one can see the diversity of appreciation from many into Prog, and considering how diverse Prog can be, this is to be expected by me. Art Pop is a favourite designation of mine, and I love much music both considered alternative and pop that is in and out of PA.

As for metal, i tend to be more into the early classic heavy metal (before metal proper one might say), as well as stoner and doom, but there is much more extreme metal that I enjoy.

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