how hard for a prog band to make it?

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   How hard do u think it is for a modern-day progressive rock band to
become successful, popular, make a fair amount of money, etc.? 
"Make it," in other words.

I personnally am optimistic about the recent successes of The Mars Volta and Queens of The Stone Age.

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ExquisiteCorpse Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: May 20 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 39	Topic: how hard for a prog band to make it? Posted: May 24 2005 at 15:12
	How hard do u think it is for a modern-day progressive rock band to become successful, popular, make a fair amount of money, etc.? "Make it," in other words. I personnally am optimistic about the recent successes of The Mars Volta and Queens of The Stone Age.
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Blacksword Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130	Posted: May 24 2005 at 15:56
	Dont know about Queens of the Stone age. They prog?? They sounded like well produced punk the last time I heard them. I think you would have trouble getting a true prog band off the ground these days. I mean a band who write long, musically complex songs, soaked in Mellotrons, Hammond organs etc like in the 'good ole days' People have a shorter attention soan these days due to food additives and pollution I regard Radiohead and Muse as prog, even if they claim they dont, and even if most people who listern to them probably dont even know what prog rock is!! The last band that had commercial success as a prog band (not including the aforementioned contraversial bands) was probably It Bites in the mid 80's. They only achieved that by fooling pop land that they were a pop group. People bought the albums, and saw through the scam and they soon bit the dust.
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ExquisiteCorpse Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: May 20 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 39	Posted: May 24 2005 at 16:29
	well ive never really listened to queens of the stone age either but i heard they were prog...in that recent boston globe article about the return of prog rock as for mars volta, if theyre not prog, dont kno what they are...I mean, "Cassandra Gemini"?
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Dan Bobrowski Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 02 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5243	Posted: May 24 2005 at 16:45
	The members of most current prog bands work full time jobs. Few have the luxury of a record contract that pays them to do nothing but record and tour. It's sad that so many talented people CAN'T play music full time. Most prog bands only gig every month or two, festivals mainly, so the winter months are spent in basements and garages writing, recording and rehearsing.