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unfortunately i still don't have any marillion, flower kings, gentle giant, genesis, van der graaf generator, pain of salvation, or spock's beard.

Edited by sean - October 12 2007 at 11:52

Hmmmm... Basically, all of the prog metal (after hearing a fair lot of it here).

Now I'm not going to put it down, or claim it doesn't belong here, but metal of any stripe (even with prog flavours added to the mix) is just not for me. Some of the older, less frantically pryrotechnic or "evil" stuff can be a bit of a laugh for a while (I listened to about a half hour of Dee Snider's syndicated "hair metal" radio show House of Hair when "in my cups" a few weeks ago

), but it still soon wears thin for me, and loses my interest or starts to grate on my nerves. Does Van Halen count as metal? I crank them in my car now and then.

Some other fairly popular prog acts I've sampled here have done little for me as well, (though I gave them an honest try) such as the Flower Kings (overly derivitive/generic, to me), Mars Volta (to my ears it's noise with horrid vocals) and Magma (too weird -- but not in an interesting way). Despite being initially impressing with The Light, I've never been moved to seek out any more Spock's Beard, either. Transatlantic and Arena seem very popular here too, but I don't recall ever listening to them.

Still, there's tons here to like, both old and new to me!

In fact, I don't usually respond to "worst" or "disappointing" type threads or polls, mostly because I can't, with any honesty. I will gladly listen to free samples, but I won't buy an unheard artist on speculation. Hence I tend to know what I'm buying beforehand, and therefore I like pretty much all of the music in my collection. (With the exception of a few gift discs, and the odd dud from bands I'd previously liked. Even in the latter case, though, I can usually find at least some good in it, such as with latter-day Gentle Giant or Genesis.)

To each his own! One man's Meatloaf is another man's Poison....

Edited by Peter - October 12 2007 at 20:47

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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sean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 02 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1155	Posted: October 12 2007 at 11:49
	unfortunately i still don't have any marillion, flower kings, gentle giant, genesis, van der graaf generator, pain of salvation, or spock's beard. Edited by sean - October 12 2007 at 11:52

Melomaniac Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: May 07 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 4088	Posted: October 12 2007 at 11:51
	After listening to Tarkus, I decided not to give ELP further listens. I don't have ONE SINGLE ALBUM by ELP. Same thing goes for Caravan after listening to In the Land of Grey and Pink. I could think of more...
	"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio

Peter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669	Posted: October 12 2007 at 20:43
	Hmmmm... Basically, all of the prog metal (after hearing a fair lot of it here). Now I'm not going to put it down, or claim it doesn't belong here, but metal of any stripe (even with prog flavours added to the mix) is just not for me. Some of the older, less frantically pryrotechnic or "evil" stuff can be a bit of a laugh for a while (I listened to about a half hour of Dee Snider's syndicated "hair metal" radio show House of Hair when "in my cups" a few weeks ago ), but it still soon wears thin for me, and loses my interest or starts to grate on my nerves. Does Van Halen count as metal? I crank them in my car now and then. Some other fairly popular prog acts I've sampled here have done little for me as well, (though I gave them an honest try) such as the Flower Kings (overly derivitive/generic, to me), Mars Volta (to my ears it's noise with horrid vocals) and Magma (too weird -- but not in an interesting way). Despite being initially impressing with The Light, I've never been moved to seek out any more Spock's Beard, either. Transatlantic and Arena seem very popular here too, but I don't recall ever listening to them. Still, there's tons here to like, both old and new to me! In fact, I don't usually respond to "worst" or "disappointing" type threads or polls, mostly because I can't, with any honesty. I will gladly listen to free samples, but I won't buy an unheard artist on speculation. Hence I tend to know what I'm buying beforehand, and therefore I like pretty much all of the music in my collection. (With the exception of a few gift discs, and the odd dud from bands I'd previously liked. Even in the latter case, though, I can usually find at least some good in it, such as with latter-day Gentle Giant or Genesis.) To each his own! One man's Meatloaf is another man's Poison.... Edited by Peter - October 12 2007 at 20:47
	"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.

progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: October 12 2007 at 20:45
	Um basically all the ones I haven't heard of. Which is a lot. I'm looking for new stuff but I just don't have the money to buy albums and rely on the goodness of my parents to supply me with 1 CD every couple of months. Maybe. So I have to make choices when getting music so I choose something that I think I will like for a long time instead of just trying out a band that I might like periodically.