New subgenres?!?!

rileydog22 wrote: Are you crying?  Are you crying?  There's no CRYING in prog rock!

micky wrote: The Doctor wrote: rileydog22 wrote: heyitsthatguy wrote: new subgenres!?!?! Me= Speaking of beating a dead horse....Y DOEZ EVERY1 HATE DT LOLZ?  WAT DID DT EVR DO 2 U?!?!   They killed my puppy and stole my girlfriend.  looks like I got off easy.... they just offended my senses of good taste and musical restraint... that coming from an ELP fanatic (btw Doc....  there is no crying in prog)

Well, I wouldn't have let myself be stolen by DT, that's for sure! Remember that pic of Petrucci with the red shock of hair? *feels utterly sick*

Seriously, though, I know there are people around the Web who find the whole subgenre thing ridiculous. I recently had a run-in with some people on an Italian forum who were criticising our system, bashing especially the definition of "eclectic" - which, in case you didn't know, is a creation of my own sick mind.

Personally, I think categorising is necessary when you have to deal with a huge amount of material spanning over 40 years and the five continents, and showing an equally enormous amount of musical divergence. However, subgenres seem to have become a fixation with some members here, so I would advise caution in order to avoid becoming the laughingstock of the prog community, and therefore losing credibility for good.

Ghost Rider wrote: micky wrote: The Doctor wrote: rileydog22 wrote: heyitsthatguy wrote: new subgenres!?!?! Me= Speaking of beating a dead horse....Y DOEZ EVERY1 HATE DT LOLZ?  WAT DID DT EVR DO 2 U?!?!   They killed my puppy and stole my girlfriend.  looks like I got off easy.... they just offended my senses of good taste and musical restraint... that coming from an ELP fanatic (btw Doc....  there is no crying in prog) Well, I wouldn't have let myself be stolen by DT, that's for sure! Remember that pic of Petrucci with the red shock of hair? *feels utterly sick* Seriously, though, I know there are people around the Web who find the whole subgenre thing ridiculous. I recently had a run-in with some people on an Italian forum who were criticising our system, bashing especially the definition of "eclectic" - which, in case you didn't know, is a creation of my own sick mind. Personally, I think categorising is necessary when you have to deal with a huge amount of material spanning over 40 years and the five continents, and showing an equally enormous amount of musical divergence. However, subgenres seem to have become a fixation with some members here, so I would advise caution in order to avoid becoming the laughingstock of the prog community, and therefore losing credibility for good.

I think categorization is useful to help people discover music that suits their taste.  If somebody recommends an obscure band and I look it up and find them categorized as Prog Metal I'll know it doesn't fit my tastes; if I see RIO, Kraturock, or Zeuhl I'll know that I'll likely enjoy the band.