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The Quiet One
Prog Reviewer
Joined: January 16 2008
Location: Argentina
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 08:55 |
Negoba wrote:
I like pretty much every genre here on PA, some more than others, but almost every one has some great stuff.
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This.
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Blacksword
Prog Reviewer
Joined: June 22 2004
Location: England
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Points: 16130
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 08:43 |
Mostly classic prog for me, although I have been known to 'dabble' I like some Dream Theater, I AM an Opeth fan, I like Heavens Cry and some Circus Maximus, and Tool. I also like older 'prog related' metal like Maiden, Black Sabbath etc..
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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lucas
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Joined: February 06 2004
Location: France
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Points: 8138
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 08:43 |
Kashmir75 wrote:
I've noticed on this site that there seems to be a lot of proggers who only enjoy classic prog, like Yes, Crimson, Floyd, Genesis, Gentle Giant, etc. Anything with a touch of metal is looked upon with suspicion.
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Early hour prog fans who used to listen to KC, Yes, Genesis...probably also listened to Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, Rush, Led Zeppelin and other hard-rock acts. So this topic should be closed.
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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VoltFaceCons
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Joined: February 11 2010
Location: TN
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Points: 3
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 08:28 |
Prog and prog metal are very broad within itself. Theres much more out there than just the two, even at times more proggressive than the bands in the 'proggressive' genre.
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Raff
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 08:27 |
Hox wrote:
I think "progressive" mean "open mind", so I accept any growl, metal, distortion, odd element having sense. I prefer a good cookie monster singing than a banal classical prog chant. I mean, when I hear for the 1.000.000.000th time a "new" (?) band replaying the same old consumpted usual Yes or Genesis scheme I get disturbed as much as when I hear disgusting talentless musicians like Lady Gaga or similar no-artists.
I believe "progressive means also "making steps forward". To me a band that play today what was old already 20 years ago, is not progressive. It's patethic, like a grandfather telling you "things went better in my times". That's absolutely wrong: things are messy and bad in every time. :-D
I would like to hear more bands like Thinking Plague or Zappa (meaning open to any musical solution) and less copycats of Yes, Gentle Giant or Genesis. Gentle Giant are one of my favorite band, but already Yezda Urfa sounded disturbing to me... too copycats. I mean, there was one, and it was enough. Let's go for new artists, not for new copies of old artists.
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Bravo  !!! And a belated welcome to PA from a fellow Italian, though an expatriate one  ... As to the original question, I listen to just about everything - bot out of sheer curiosity, and because of my reviewing activity. Though I grew up with classic prog (especially of the Italian variety - my first approach to the genre), in the past few years I have got acquainted with a lot of new stuff, and found a lot to enjoy and appreciate - for instance, The Mars Volta have quickly become one of my steady favourites. On the other hand, I am somewhat more ambivalent towards prog-metal. While in the Eighties I was a big metal fan, and still enjoy a lot of 'classic' heavy metal from that era, I have tried in vain to get into Dream Theater and their ilk. As a whole, 'traditional' prog-metal leaves me cold, and I especially dislike those 'symphonic' PM bands with operatic female vocals - I'd rather listen to death growls  . I am much more interested in the tech-extreme or experimental varieties of prog-metal (I'd take Opeth over DT any day), and especially appreciate instrumental bands that combine metal with jazz and other genres.
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NecronCommander
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Prog Metal Team
Joined: September 17 2009
Location: Madison, WI
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Points: 16122
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 08:19 |
I am a pretty big metalhead, and I do enjoy my share of prog metal. However, I moreso prefer most of the artists in the "Experimental/Post Metal" and "Tech/Extreme Prog Metal" category than the traditional progressive metal artists. I make exceptions for Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation, Riverside, and some others. I do like some older prog bands like Yes, Rush, Magma, Steely Dan, and some others, but bands like Genesis and Pink Floyd never really did anything for me
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sigod
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 17 2004
Location: London
Status: Offline
Points: 2779
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 08:10 |
I do indeed like both kinds of music; Country AND Western.
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Negoba
Prog Reviewer
Joined: July 24 2008
Location: Big Muddy
Status: Offline
Points: 5210
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 08:09 |
I like pretty much every genre here on PA, some more than others, but almost every one has some great stuff.
For those that know me, I'm obviously both a big metal and traditional prog fan.
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Hox
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Joined: September 18 2008
Location: Venezia (Italy)
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Points: 60
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 08:03 |
I think "progressive" mean "open mind", so I accept any growl, metal, distortion, odd element having sense. I prefer a good cookie monster singing than a banal classical prog chant. I mean, when I hear for the 1.000.000.000th time a "new" (?) band replaying the same old consumpted usual Yes or Genesis scheme I get disturbed as much as when I hear disgusting talentless musicians like Lady Gaga or similar no-artists.
I believe "progressive means also "making steps forward". To me a band that play today what was old already 20 years ago, is not progressive. It's patethic, like a grandfather telling you "things went better in my times". That's absolutely wrong: things are messy and bad in every time. :-D
I would like to hear more bands like Thinking Plague or Zappa (meaning open to any musical solution) and less copycats of Yes, Gentle Giant or Genesis. Gentle Giant are one of my favorite band, but already Yezda Urfa sounded disturbing to me... too copycats. I mean, there was one, and it was enough. Let's go for new artists, not for new copies of old artists.
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friso
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 24 2007
Location: Netherlands
Status: Offline
Points: 2506
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 06:35 |
I mainly listen to '70 prog but I also have some metal vinyl and some hard rock classics. Modern metal does not interest me that much, I just got a new record from Opeth (Blackwater Park) and I don't think it's that interesting. The sound isn't very open.
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WalterDigsTunes
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Joined: September 11 2007
Location: SanDiegoTijuana
Status: Offline
Points: 4373
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 05:13 |
rushfan4 wrote:
Walter, I assume that you do like a little song called 21st Century Schizoid Man though, eh? |
The 1969 progressive rock track featuring heavy jazz-tinges and improvised guitar soloing by the innovative band King Crimson?
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fuxi
Prog Reviewer
Joined: March 08 2006
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 2477
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 05:05 |
I enjoy many types of music, but metal just isn't for me. I understand its appeal, though. As I've explained before, back in 1984 (!) when I was in the army (reluctantly, of course), my best mate was into early Metallica, Venom and Loudness. Even then, I could tell the music he played showed similarities to symphonic prog. I found it much easier to get along with him than with guys who were crazy about Wham or Depeche Mode!
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seventhsojourn
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 03:43 |
I had to Google cookie monster vocals, which I guess answers the original question.
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mdelval
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Joined: September 26 2009
Location: Madrid
Status: Offline
Points: 27
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 03:41 |
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bsms810
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Joined: May 03 2009
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Points: 363
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 03:39 |
I was also raised a metalhead, then from that got more and more into progmetal, thinking that was the best thing ever created, then found this site, and discovered all manner of older gems that werent metal in the slightest. So i love both 'classic prog' and prog metal. However I agree that some prog metal is a bit self indulgent for me, like DT
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'when was the last time you had a girlfriend?'
'I dont look at it as when, I look at it as who...and why' - David Brent
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Moogtron III
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 26 2005
Location: Belgium
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Points: 10616
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 03:37 |
Classic prog + a bit of Dream Theater.
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Camel666
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 25 2009
Status: Offline
Points: 133
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 03:18 |
I was raised a metalhead, so I obviously enjoy a lot prog-metal. Actually, I listen to a lot of different things, even though progressive rock and prog-metal amount to 70-80% of it.
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someone_else
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Joined: May 02 2008
Location: Going Bananas
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Points: 24642
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 02:40 |
I may like some progressive or post-metal as long as it is kept clean of death-metal growls. Tech/Extreme Prog Metal is, generally spoken, not my cup of tea.
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LinusW
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Joined: September 27 2007
Location: Sweden
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Points: 10665
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 02:21 |
Used to be a big metal fan, not knowing or caring that a lot of what I listened to was labelled prog metal. Not so much these days, when I prefer classic metal and some selected power/speed metal and thrash metal bands for my dose of the harder stuff.
However, good prog-rock is so much more than classic prog and good prog is so much more than prog-ROCK. And good music is so much more than good prog 
Edited by LinusW - February 12 2010 at 02:23
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zbida
Forum Senior Member
Joined: January 16 2006
Location: Poland
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Points: 748
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Posted: February 12 2010 at 02:14 |
I must say that prog metal rather doesn't especially affect me. First I love the great 70's oldschool prog era, second - its 80's neo-continuation. I respect 'modern' prog sound too - especially symphonic.
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