Most Hated Prog Bands From Punks

Moogtron III wrote: ELP? That's what I voted. But you know... I remembered that the Sex Pistols' lead singer Johnny Rotten actually owned a T-shirt with the text: "I HATE PINK FLOYD!"

Are u sure it was actually rotten because i just watched the movie the filth and the fury and i saw Paul Cook the drummer wearing that shirt

Moogtron III wrote: Yes, Queen was also a target. I read in a Dutch music magazine that Johnny Rotten once met Freddy Mercury, and that Johnny said: "Well, Fred, you've really introduced ballet to the masses, haven't you?" and that Freddy said indifferently: "We do our best, mr. Wild Man, we do our best"

I also read that Mercury got on quite well with Sid Vicious (The Pistols and Queen were recording in adjacent studios - the mind fairly boggles) and would greet him with a camply drawled 'Good morning, Mr Ferocious, and how are you today?'

Even more bizarre was Ian Anderson getting asked for an autograph by Johnny Ramone. Anderson checked out the Ramone's show and greatly admired the way they got straight to the point.

Captain Sensible talked about his admiration for Soft Machine in the Q/Mojo prog special. 

Oh yeah as for who I voted for definitely was ELP, and I remember the music media also cite songs like Bohemian Rhapsody amongst the biggest offenders...

Charles

ELP? That's what I voted. But you know... I remembered that the Sex Pistols' lead singer Johnny Rotten actually owned a T-shirt with the text: "I HATE PINK FLOYD!"

Punk was more a reaction against the distancing of acts like The Who, The Roliing Stones, The Faces and The Kinks from their roots than it was against prog - despite what the hacks in the UK music press would have you believe.

I remember reading in a magazine and then a special which mentioned this same exact thing, the Kinks were becoming conceptual, The Stones were doing Disco, The Who were becoming more bombastic...

Peter Weller is one of the few musicians associaited with the Punk movement, that cared for any Symphonis band... He bought Steve Hackett's Mellotron. Guest appeared on a few of Peter Gabriel's solo albums....

Mark E. Smith asides for Can, loved Syd Barrett, and early Pink Floyd

Charles

Charles wrote: Syzygy wrote: Johnny Rotten was a big fan of VDGG/Hammill, The Damned were major Soft Machine enthusiasts and Jello Biafra is into Magma. Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd were also popular with the early UK punks, and Daevid Allen's Floating Anarchy tour attracted a bizarre punk/hippy audience, plus Steve Hillage jammed onstage with Sham 69 and formed a lasting friendship with Jimmy Pursey.   Joy Division.. Peter Hook worshipped Hawkwind and cites Lemmy as his major influence... Ian Curtis was responsible for introducing the band to Kraftwerk... Barney Sumner loved David Bowie and also cites Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music as one of his influences... Stephen Morris had many influences on his drumming, but the Jaki Leibeizeit influence is obvious... Charles

The list could go on and on - the big symphonic bands were not too popular among punks, but plenty of the more experimental prog acts were popular among the first wave of punk bands even if they didn't talk about it much in interviews - Zappa's more song based albums were popular, and Beefheart was almost as essential as the Velvet Underground. Henry Cow met future member of bands like the Buzzcocks and the Fall on their final UK tour.

Punk was more a reaction against the distancing of acts like The Who, The Roliing Stones, The Faces and The Kinks from their roots than it was against prog - despite what the hacks in the UK music press would have you believe. 

Syzygy wrote: Johnny Rotten was a big fan of VDGG/Hammill, The Damned were major Soft Machine enthusiasts and Jello Biafra is into Magma. Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd were also popular with the early UK punks, and Daevid Allen's Floating Anarchy tour attracted a bizarre punk/hippy audience, plus Steve Hillage jammed onstage with Sham 69 and formed a lasting friendship with Jimmy Pursey.

Joy Division..

Peter Hook worshipped Hawkwind and cites Lemmy as his major influence...

Ian Curtis was responsible for introducing the band to Kraftwerk...

Barney Sumner loved David Bowie and also cites Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music as one of his influences...

Stephen Morris had many influences on his drumming, but the Jaki Leibeizeit influence is obvious...

Charles

With no doubt ELP and Yes, where the 2 most hated.

KC and VDGG where probobly 2 of the more respected, from what i have undrestod. but im no expert...