Proto and Prog Related

I think there is merit in the idea of completely seperating Proto/Prog-Related bands from the real Prog bands,however these "artificial" genres are here to act as a stepping stone from rock to Prog Rock.
Meaning: someone who likes the longer "epics" of Iron Maiden might just discover Dream Theater or other Prog-Metal bands by being drawn here. They see the "metal" part of the tag "prog-metal" and listen to some of the Mp3s.They like what they hear and little by little they get drawn into the world of Prog,join the forum and discover the broad spectrum of Prog Rock.

Ok,so this might only happen 1 in every 2000 hits but we get more than 50000 hits per day so maybe its worth it.

This might sound fanciful but its worth it if it works.


    

Edited by Tony R - January 23 2007 at 16:19

I think it is a good addition to the site, but I am tired of seeing massive reviews for proto and prog related bands when they are added. Besides that I think it is a great idea to find out what bands influenced prog or are not exactly mainstream rock. It should stay as it is. The bands that are in these categories have been argued over a lot to include their entry into the site so I think the site isn't getting diluted too much. 

... infected and very clever ...  ???

Ghost Rider wrote: cmidkiff wrote: I can see maybe moving the poll, but why did you take away the ability to vote? I wanted to see what the opinion of the PA community was quantified in votes. After all its still a poll, maybe you should move it back. As far as 'Prog Opposite' thats just sarcasm         Oops.. it wasn't me who took the ability away. Polls are not allowed in that section, so I'll just have to move it back to where it was.Edit: back to normal...

Unfortunately, I just realized you didn't move this poll back to where it was. Instead you actually moved it into "Proto-Prog and Prog-Related Lounge" where of coarse those who come here will be more likely in favor of keeping them where they are. Pointless I must say.
    

Edited by cmidkiff - January 23 2007 at 15:58

[QUOTE=blaughida] Both categories should be reviewable.  I'm mainly here to explore progressive rock, yes, but I definitely appreciate having reviews of proto and prog-related bands. The idea as I see it is that many prog fans might be interested in these bands, too, and if I might be interested in an album I'd like to see what people think of it.

*But what if prog fans are interested in classical music as well. Should those be listed too, in case we want to see reviews of them as well*

I do somewhat understand the objection to having bands thus classified in the top 100, but while I wouldn't particularly object to taking proto-prog and prog-related albums out of this, I don't think it is at all necessary.  The top 100 is phrased as "progarchives' most popular titles" and makes no claim to be the "best 100 progressive rock albums ever made" or anything of the sort.


*That is true, but isn't this suppossed to be a progressive web site? Isn't it peculiar to see "Abby Road" in the top 100? I think if I went to a Heavy Metal website and saw "Abby Road" in their top 100, I probably wouldn't take their site seriously.*

Uwe Zickel wrote: IMHO proto-prog/prog-releated bands and reviews will ever have the minority in the future - because this is a Progressive Rock site - leave it as it is!

If they are just in the minority, how is that they are making it into the top 100 on a progressive music site?   

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: I see as a contradiction to include a band in a mainly rating and reviewing Prog site and don't allow to rate them.   Leave it like this.   Iván

IMHO proto-prog/prog-releated bands and reviews will ever have the minority in the future -
because this is a Progressive Rock site - leave it as it is!

I feel like Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day"...

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: I see as a contradiction to include a band in a mainly rating and reviewing Prog site and don't allow to rate them.   Leave it like this.   Iván

The problem is they are not Prog.