your 5 worst prog artists

Vibrationbaby wrote: lucas wrote: My 10 worst prog artists : Frank Zappa Gentle giant Mostly autumn (where is the link with prog ?) Karnataka (very far from the lush music of Clannad or Iona) The tangent / Karmakanic Soft Machine Satellite Lizard Anglagard Sinkadus         What! Gentle Giant one of the worst prog artists. I think I am going to have to sit this one out. Gentle Giant? What kind of drugs are you on Lucas?

Reed you noticed the folkie,  Fairport Convention cover featured prominently there - suggests  Lucas might have  found his way on to the wrong discussion group.....................

first of all, i must say this exercise is very representative of our personality!

second of all, i was right: "for every band, there is at least one hater!" Should i rectify: "for every record...."

finally, i've just learned much more about you in this thread than any other time! IT IS YOUR SIGNATURE!

and Swinton, man, we have many points in common: you hate VDGG, godspeed and mars volta, and you like many bands i like!!however, there are some excellent avant garde stuff: i recommend you univers zero: i think you should like it!

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:

I agree with Mirco, one thing is not to like ELP, Genesis or Yes, but not recognizing their quaslity is incredible IMO.

Iván

I haven't heard Saga for a long while.....I used to like it when in my teens - I may get around to listening to it - But I have a problem at the moment - trying to sample as many prog artists as possible -thus I spend all my time listening to new things !

Warning - That Mars Volta new CD - The first two tracks were so weird I had to listen to some Classical music to re-assure my brain that I hadn't developed tinitus.....How naybody can enjoy such noise is worrying - I'm definately keeping the CD handy though - to frighten my wife/kids with when they peck-my-head......

Trouserpress wrote: 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?

Then evidently you have your own definition of what prog rock is!!

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

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.

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.

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.

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?