Most Controversial/Persistant Nominees?

Of course, Dire Straits cannot be considered Prog. Some suggestions are doomed from beginning, but some of them gained big support. Like System of a Down.

Maybe some of you are against SoaD being added. But those who support them are here too. My personal opinion is that they would be good for, let's say Crossover Prog. Not so typical band, eh ?

harmonium.ro wrote: Nice finds, Marty!

Thanks to you.

And all others who like my findings.

AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Marty McFly wrote: OK, I wanted to think a little bit, so I searched Suggest New Bands list for some of: Here are some of 1)Well known names 2)Often suggested artists/bands together with most suitable discussion. Helloween (4 times - we can expect them to being suggested at least once per year - Halloween) Judas Priests (3 times) Tori Amos (3 times - the last was your own suggestion, hehe - she has probably the biggest chance to get in) Coldplay Phil Collins (4 times) Grateful Dead (4 times - again, your topic is here as well Textbook, so I'll choose old one) Within Temptation (4 times) Tom Waits (4 times) - funny thread, especially OP Björk (4 times) Them Crooked Vultures (2 times) Stevie Wonder (2 times - we all know new thread, so here is old one) Gorillaz - just once, but it was nice suggestion and one of the better ones Faith No More (2 times) Soundgarden (3 times) Boston (3 times) SoaD - 9 times John Frusciante - 4 times Smashing Pumpkins - 2 times Talking Heads - 2 times 30 Seconds To Mars - 2 times The Velvet Underground - 6 times The Byrds - 5 times Meatloaf - 3 times Bob Dylan - 3 times The Rolling Stones - 3 times Pete Townshend - 3 times UFO - 4 times Stratovarius - 4 times Megadeth - 3 times Toto - 5 times - huh? Donovan - 2 times Sonata Arctica Scorpions - interesting discussion Annie Haslam Buckethead old Buckethead new - 5 suggestions Buggles Serge Gainsbourg Avantasia - 2 times Special guest: Mars Hollow - suggested 4 times in 10 weeks (from April 1st to June 15th)   I think seriously the only bands worth considering from the exhausting list here are:   System of a Down - I have Hypnotise and mesmirise and they are very proggish - perhaps like NIN   The Byrds - more psychedelic but highly influential like all the late 60s psych bands.   Soundgarden - Superunknown is an incredible prog album but the band has been denied due to later non prog albums.   Within Temptation - in the same vein as Nightwish, After Forever and Epica - its the old operatic female vocal with metal guitars. Same style but totally rejected.   The rest really do not fit in to the prog genre easily. Prog related if anything, and thats pushing the boundaries for some of those artists (Tom Waits, Phil Collins, Coldplay), but we dont want a site full of Prog Related material as thats not what the site is here for.

The Byrds, I think that they are worth too.

SoaD, indeed.

Prog-Related ? It's not problem, really. I expect that about 2-3% of albums on PA are in this category (+ Proto-Prog). It's not that much.