your 5 worst prog artists

BebieM wrote: Matt0001 wrote: Great topic, but, boy, do we have opposite tastes. My worst five (of bands listed in the archives) 1. Styx 2. Kansas 3. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer 4. have I said Styx already? 5. Styx  oooh, just noticed we have the same list

Thats probably because you're the same person...  

• Triumvirat
• Tool
• Dream Theater
• Amon Duul II
• Toto

threefates wrote: Triumvirat Tool Dream Theater Amon Duul II Toto

How does Toto fit in that list?

threefates wrote: BebieM wrote: threefates wrote: Triumvirat Tool Dream Theater Amon Duul II Toto How does Toto fit in that list? I've never liked them... and they think they're prog whether or not anyone else does...

hahaha, they actually do?

I'm with Useful here.Rick's solo output,with the exception of Six Wives,is just plain embarrassing. Journey TTCOTE and Arthur make me laugh out loud too!

RichardH:

It is a testimony to the eclectic nature of Progressive Rock that some of the "big-hitters" are disliked by many of the members.It is a matter of taste.Why should it be unacceptable to dislike Rush,ELP and Genesis,but OK to hate Dream Theater,Triumvirat and Amon Duul?

My major dislikes at the moment are The Mars Volta (what a racket!),Jethro Tull (hey nonnie-nonnie) and Echolyn (much ado about nothing?).
i dont say they are the worst,but surely picking the worst is the same as picking your least favourite,so I would add Dream Theater and Magma to that list.

This is personal opinion ie,my taste.

richardh wrote: Trouserpress wrote: 1. ELP (So much music, so little worth listening to) 2. Rush (Just SHUT UP ALREADY!) 3. Dream Theatre (Well, I just don't dig prog metal that isn't PoS really) 4. Glass Hammer (Pure unadulterated CHEESE) 5. Genesis (Quite simply, o-v-e-r-r-a-t-e-d) Although I agree with Dream Theater,to include ELP,Genesis and Rush is laughable.Why do you bother even coming here?

Because I am a huge fan of progressive rock, maybe?

gdub411 wrote: 1. Saga 2. Tangerine Dream..way over-rated 3. Styx 4. Yes...I do not get the facination with these guys 5. Captain Beefheart...just too much for me to handle there.

You've hit the nail on the head with Tangerine Dream,Gdub. A very over-rated band indeed.

This is funny. Wakeman, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Yes, among the worst artist? I don't understand a thing. Its ok to dislike them, but  deni its musical quality is outreogeous. But since everybody is entitled to an opinion, here I go:

-Stix

-Asia

-Mostly of neo.prog / prog metal.

Swinton MCR wrote: Purely subjective of course - some people list Rush/Genesis/Yes/ELP/IQ/Dream Theater...Now that is CRAAZEEE - Coz these bands must have done material that appeals to almost any prog-fan because they are so main-stream....

But that's the whole point, Swinton! A lot of prog fans (myself included) love prog because it's a way of ESCAPING mainstream music. I never really cared about music until I discovered prog, and the reason was that I find mainstream music extremely boring. Rush, Genesis, ELP, etc don't really appeal to me for that very reason. There's nothing exciting about them. Personally, I'm dismayed to see the likes of Magma, VDGG and Thinking Plague being listed as they're the kind of groups that hold interest for me (though they're all quite 'dark' in their sound, and I should point out that I don't just listen to 'dark' music - I'm a huge Canterbury fan, for example). So yes, I'm rambling, but my point is this - not everyone wants simple, mainstream music. This is why progressive music can be so wonderful.

1. dream theatre (get lost!!!!)
2. elp (hurting my ears isn't cool!)
3. porcupine tree (quasi inspired pop)
4. (saga) made an little edit here.. replacing this with star one+ayeron of that arjan luccasen.. makes me ashamed to be dutch!
5. marillion (I HATE the 80ies!)

PLEASE please be kind after reading my opinions