WINTER MADNESS!! PA's Battle of the Bands.

micky wrote: Progspin - Prog News without taste, flavor, access, knowledge or any semblance of discretion. What is Going on behind closed doors. No leaks as of yet as to the highly antcipated unveiling  later this evening of the field of prog64 however multiple sources have informed us that multiple gasps and manic laughter have been heard from behind the closed doors of Palazzo di Prog as presumably final seedings and 1st round matchups are being set. Rumor is only the first 8 will be seeded, two seeds in each of the 4 regions, the rest of the draw will be randomly. One can presume the gasps and laughter mean some highly entertaining matchups are in order. As always Progspin will break down each bracket and offer the worst analysis to be found anywhere after the selection show in advance of the actual beginning of the tournament. Which we assume will be announced later this evening as well.

Progspin - Prog News without taste, flavor, access, knowledge or any semblance of discretion.

What is Going on behind closed doors.

No leaks as of yet as to the highly antcipated unveiling  later this evening of the field of prog64 however multiple sources have informed us that multiple gasps and manic laughter have been heard from behind the closed doors of Palazzo di Prog as presumably final seedings and 1st round matchups are being set.

Rumor is only the first 8 will be seeded, two seeds in each of the 4 regions, the rest of the draw will be randomly. One can presume the gasps and laughter mean some highly entertaining matchups are in order.

As always Progspin will break down each bracket and offer the worst analysis to be found anywhere after the selection show in advance of the actual beginning of the tournament. Which we assume will be announced later this evening as well.

^ Already considered.

Tuzvihar wrote: micky wrote: Tuzvihar wrote: Also: Focus previous (unacknowledged) comment forgiven make that 4 glaring omissions, and you were the only one to catch it. Well done sir!!! as far as Miles Davis.  See my conversation with David. He is on the site. I don't think he fits the poll, he dwarfs mere prog rock. He is a jazz artist, whose brilliance extended to progressive rock. Thanks. And. yes, I agree with your point about Miles. But I suggested him mainly because I can see only one Fusion band on your list, Micky (Mahavishnu Orchestra). So, how 'bout some other greats like Return To Forever or Weather Report?

Kansas made some very decent symph prog until they got sucked into AOR. I suppose Point Of Know Return is 'crossover' and very good it is. I also like Somewhere To Elsewhere. Excellent live band as well. I would leave them be.

Edited by richardh - November 19 2014 at 13:52

Kazza3 wrote: I've never even heard of Traffic in my time on this site (probably my own ignorance), and Hitler says Kansas isn't prog, so there's a suggestion too. But looks fun.

time for one more post before I head back to work, seems I just left work haha

It should be, the last one was a real hoot. One the few times we kicked back and had fun around here instead of ripping each other apart as we did in the old days

re: Traffic.  One of those hard to really classify groups, which is a good thing. They were all over the place.

As a music lover you should check them out.
As a prog fan you should check this out haha. A favorite of a good many, even those not ID'ing themselves as fans per se of the group.

Yeah, as people have mentioned, the obvious omissions to me are Marillion or IQ, and Sigur Ros (or Godspeed, but of the bands on this site SR have been one of the most popular over the last 15 years, and very influential). 

Edited by Kazza3 - November 19 2014 at 02:46

I think what people should realize is that this is a game, not a rating of importance. Just like the actual NCAA tournament the first round always has surprises.

SteveG wrote: Ok Raff, I  am politely asking you right now: Do you eliminate bands from the list or is this how it stays?

Your suggestions are all very useful (I was referring to one particular poster, who just made a couple of nasty remarks without saying anything truly constructive), and I am sure my hubby will take them all into account. Just remember that the two main factors to be considered are popularity and influentiality - which rules out a lot of bands we like a lot.

It would be nice if people who are not interested in this game refrained from making comments that are neither useful nor constructive. If the list is flawed, then anyone is free to make his or her own, or to suggest changes POLITELY (as most of you have done so far). The good old maxim about not saying anything at all if one doesn't have anything nice to say is still valid.

someone_else wrote: Excellent list, but I'd suggest a few modifications: Progressive Electronic improvement: Klaus Schulze

someone_else wrote: And I see no Post-Rock bands.

That's why I said:

Tuzvihar wrote: Sigur Rós!