Prog's Future

Owl 3 wrote: [QUOTE=PaperDuck] For about a year now I've thought that something really interesting would be prog-hop: put a couple rappers on top of prog instrumentation. From what I've heard, the opening to a track of The Mars Volta's new offering Amputechture does exactly that. Oh boy, I remember seeing Rush for 'Roll the Bones' and they did some sort of rap on a couple cuts from that dreadful record...I think I lost my supper (and I actually like good hip-hop).

Yeah well, to make it work you'd need to have some good rappers and rap-writers . I haven't heard the Amputechture bit yet, but should be interesting at the very least.

I'll make a half dozen "Prog" records before the end of this year at the rate it's going.

First time in 20 years I could say that.

It's starting again.

I plan on dominating this time around.


HOHOHO.


SM.

There is a lot of hope for prog fans in the near and distant future, particularly if you're the type to appreciate the new sounds of bands like Opeth, Mars Volta, Riverside, etc.
I personally am very excited about several new bands that have emerged since 1995 or so, and I believe that it is very likely that we will see even more great acts debut in the near future.
After all, now that such a huge amount of recorded prog material is out there, musicians have more and more influences to draw upon. That means, as long as you have an open mind, you have a lot to look forward to.

...and it's a shame, too, but it kinda' makes them special and unspoiled. Luckily I hear Planet X is prepping a new CD with Holdsworth on guitar!

I have little doubt, though perhaps unrecognizable...

I dig that, Schitz, and I like the decadal breakdown.

darkshade: I'm afraid I'm not a huge DT fan, but Liquid Tension Experiment, now *there's* a phenomenal band with some occasionally gonk-ish Levinisms, though I don't see them 'breaking through' much more than they already have.
    

Edited by Owl 3 - October 02 2006 at 00:45

yea TMV are def that band. hope there can be more. DT is def one of them, though more on the metal spectrum of prog.

Of course, and that's the beauty of the progressive approach; it can be similar or it can be different as long as it brings something reasonably new to the table

Right on!

There's actually plenty of great modern prog: sumphonic like The Flower Kings and The Tangent, art rock like The Mars Volta and Dredg, RIO/Avant like Fantomas and OOIOO, etc..........