Classic Rock Presents Prog magazine

midiman wrote: Got to say this Magazine is exccelent. I only came across it when I saw No.5 in WH Smiths. I have manged to get hold of isuues 2,3 &4 and of course have since purchased 6 & 7. I love the CD's that come with the mags, they heve put me on to whole new journey of discovery in te world of Prog. If I like a track or if there is an article in the mags highlighting a band that sounds interesting, I'm straight on Spotify looking to see if I can find more. Some of the bands I currently have on my playlists are Porcupine Tree, IQ, Mostly Autumn, Also Eden, Touchstone, Karmakanic and 2 of my favorites at the moment - Magenta & Steve Thorne. Many may have been fans of or familiar of the above but leading the sheltered life I do sometimes , I have not. So this has reawakend my love of prog. I know there has been som critisism of issue 7 but to be honest I thought it was one of the best so far. A lot of it was given over to bands I hadnt heard of and am now in the process of checking some of them out, some of who are really good. The Peter Gabriel focus was good as I went to see him recently at the O2. I think as a magazine published every 2 months, its perfect. If it went to monthly, they would have to do something about the price. At long last us old proggers have something to smile about . PS AtomicCrimsonRush, Icelandic Volcanos permitting, I am flying out to Oz next week so if you are in the Perth area, I could try and grab you a copy of issue 7 (if there are any left)

Hey thanks for the offer. I am actually a subscriber through my local newsagency and they will cry if I buy from elsewhere . btw to edit your post simply go back to your post, pull down that blind where it says post options, click on that, edit post will appear, click on that and rewrite your thesis.

midiman wrote: AtomicCrimsonRush wrote: Hey thanks for the offer. I am actually a subscriber through my local newsagency and they will cry if I buy from elsewhere . btw to edit your post simply go back to your post, pull down that blind where it says post options, click on that, edit post will appear, click on that and rewrite your thesis. Thanks for the info. Have now gone in and amended. I am a terrible speller/proof reader

Hey that s Ok I would be lost without that editor I is typo king

There will be more complaints on the new issue though.......... "Sarcasm applied"

The new issue is an Emerson, Lake & Palmer special with interviews and everything you want to know about this band. In addition, you get Asia and many other bands too. That (does not) includes a twenty page prog rock scene report from Mongolia.

Welcome to the show that never ends.

Edited by toroddfuglesteg - May 14 2010 at 11:41

progmatic wrote: I can't believe anyone on this forum could complain about this magazine. And I don't know how anyone can say they can read the whole issue in a half-hour.   To put it more bluntly. if you don't like this magazine solely because it seems to commercialize the music you love, you're a snob!!!!! What the heck do you think a professionally produced prog magazine should be likr  if you think Classic Rock Presents Prog is crap?

I would like to echo Monsieur Sean Trane and add my two cents about this rag that is only out there to capitalize on the renewed interest in prog over the past 10 years. First the price. Ludicrous. Rather spend that $25 on food for my dogs or a tank of gas for the car. I'm nostalgic. I used like it when you had to hunt down an article on Yes, KC or Marillion. I only read this thing in the store when someone has ripped it open because it is too expensive. One store close to where I live just opens it and puts it on the shelf and keeps the CD behind the cash. As Rocktopus points out they glorify stuff that I really don't care for and in many cases don't even categorize as prog. Then they talk about older bands like Jethro Tull as if they have been hiding under a rock since their first album This Was. Just like our local classic rock station in Montréal CHOM FM ( a onetime great station) that I am unfortunetely exposed to from time-to-time. They'll introduce something like Pink Floyd's One Of These Days as the "lost classic".

Bottom line too much flash. Too expensive. Not for old folks from the seventies.

Vibrationbaby wrote: I would like to echo Monsieur Sean Trane and add my two cents about this rag that is only out there to capitalize on the renewed interest in prog over the past 10 years. First the price. Ludicrous. Rather spend that $25 on food for my dogs or a tank of gas for the car. I'm nostalgic. I used like it when you had to hunt down an article on Yes, KC or Marillion. I only read this thing in the store when someone has ripped it open because it is too expensive. One store close to where I live just opens it and puts it on the shelf and keeps the CD behind the cash. As Rocktopus points out they glorify stuff that I really don't care for and in many cases don't even categorize as prog. Then they talk about older bands like Jethro Tull as if they have been hiding under a rock since their first album This Was. Just like our local classic rock station in Montréal CHOM FM ( a onetime great station) that I am unfortunetely exposed to from time-to-time. They'll introduce something like Pink Floyd's One Of These Days as the "lost classic". Bottom line too much flash. Too expensive. Not for old folks from the seventies.

As is the way in life its a case of different strokes for different folks. I say this as an old folk from the seventies . I agree that even in the UK it is dearer then it should be so can understand why people feel agrieved a paying the asking. Personly I have found this mag has given my love of prog a whole new lease of life and now find myself enjoying bands I had previously never heard of. I am still enjoying the old but my palette has ben significantly broadened by the articles and the contents of the CD's. As well as going tos the ee old estalished prog acts, I am now looking to go and see newer bands as well as some whom have been around a while but I had never heard of. 

Having just returned from a 3 week holiday of Singapore, Perth & Hong Kong I was delightted to find the latest issue on the shelves in WH Smith's. Havent read it yet or listend to the CD but will savour it whe I do. After that build up I do hope it isnt a dissapointment

Aside the price issue (in Continental Europe, just across the channel, the price gets almost doubled), there are a few other consideration issues that are definitely drawing me back.... and the full page adverts are not it... they're a necessary evil....

I currently have the Peter Gabriel issue... I enjoyed most of it as its the only prog magazine out there.. but I felt that a lot it was just a buch of filler articles... I didn't enjoy the CD very much either... a bunch of neo-sympho-prog that I'm not very fond of.  I definitely will not be getting the ELP issue.

I've enjoyed all five issues I've bought so far. It's definitely towards the mainstream side of prog (oxymoron?) but then they presumably have to appeal to as wide an audience as possible to stay in business. To me the fact that there's a mag out there covering the historical prog bands plus the likes of Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Mars Volta et al can only be a good thing.

If people have beefs with the editorial content why not write to them with suggestions to improve it?

Well, I subscribed to the magazine. It is quite good. As with every mainstream magazine they will have to put well knows artists on the cover as that will help sell the magazine. Anyhow you can't please everyone as no matter who is featured someone will have a gripe about it.