Dragon (New Zealand eclectic prog)

So the news is: two NO votes from the Symph Team which I assume means a rejection, + a previous rejection from Crossover. Having just listened to their two progressive albums I think that not having Dragon on PA would be a error. I'll support the band for Prog-Related... any other supporters other than Ben, Hugues and me? 

I would have thought Crossover could have worked, but since they rejected it, I'd throw in my support for Prog Related.  It helps if a team will support an act for Related, though (common to vote yes, move (suggest to other category), PR or PP, or reject (not suitable for any category at PA). That's how it's done at progfreak, but symph and Crossover probably have their own systems.  If a team not only votes no for it in their category, but makes no suggestion of other category (be it a Prog category, PR or PP), then I think that can make it somewhat controversial.


Edited by Logan - June 02 2010 at 13:11

Any SC can make the case to the admin team, and there are not requirements that I am aware of that the team need have a "Move to Related" vote from the team.  It's just common for teams to suggest other categories if they think, from what they know, it could be included anywhere else in PA (been part of the process of limiting bands from slipping through any cracks, but different teams work in rather different ways).  So if any SC wants to make a case to the admin team, they should, and it's good that it has the support from various SCs (even if it doesn't have support from any team members that evaluated it for their categories.  I think it can speed up the process when a team officially proposes it, but it doesn't always). Of course it's often a lot of work trying to build a case for PR, and different people have different expectations when it comes to that category.


Edited by Logan - June 02 2010 at 13:40

Proto prog? It was the 70s when they were prog and they rejected all this in the 80s into their poppy radio friendly years 

Okay, I'm a Special Collab now and member of a genre team, so I definitely want to officially advocate this band to the Admin Team for prog-related. I have backing from several other (Special or not) Collabs: Ben, Hugues, Ken and Scott, and there is a general consensus among other forum members (some of whose knowledge of prog is huge) that Dragon are PA worthy. I'll be writing the Admin team right after I post this.

I concur. The fact that they are now pop or whatever is irrelevant, they made TWO PROGRESSIVE ALBUMS IN THE 1970's. Therefore, they are no different to Genesis, Yes, PF, etc... they made both prog and pop.

I do like these tracks

it's another case which was heavily discussed but finally band wasn't added to PA. It's strange as Dragon recorded 2 the most symphonic New Zealand albums ever.

They are approved for Prog Related. I was supposed to add them, but I forgot. It will take some time and work, though. 

Any progress?