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 Posted: May 28 2006 at 16:29 |
You lucky lot! Seems like you can barely find a bad prog band between you. From the point of view that all prog is better than the black-influenced rubbish in the charts, then I agree - I'd much rather listen to the worst prog bands than popularist garbage. I presume we are omitting bands that started well and became poor parodies of themselves ie Genesis, Eloy, "Camera Camera" period Renaissance etc etc?
But I have come across some truly dire prog bands.
Finneus Gauge - musicianship fine but what a cacophony - did they realise that you can actually string together notes to form something called a tune?
Edith (Italy) - Musicianship poor, song-writing poor and vocals - forget it.
In fact, now I'm struggling - been through my collection and nothing much more stands out as being truly terrible. One caveat being that I did return a few that I didn't like after hearing them.
Right that does prove it - prog really is the tops!
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 15:54 |
There are some bands I dont like...but I cant find any crappy one...not in prog!
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 15:30 |
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Definitely.
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 15:01 |
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I insist... It's just a matter of taste...
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 14:41 |
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I find the Snow Goose to be boring and uninspired. Mirage was so much better:(
And no, it's not the lack of vocals.
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 13:54 |
Forgotten Son wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
My only 1 star review:
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Yeah, that album is rather dull. I would probably given it 2/2.5 stars, though. Apparently their latest album is much better.
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So I've heard. I want to get it, but The Eve of Innocence was only $1.50 plus shipping on Amazon, so why not. 
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 13:52 |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
My only 1 star review:
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Notice that you did mispell particularly...
The Eve of Innocence is not a perticularly remarkable album. Sinister Street hasn't emerged from the 80s blazing new trails with an immediatly effective and emotive style. To the contrary, they've basically stuck with the same sound that so many Neo Progressive bands have worn to death. For a relative reference, the musical style on The Eve of Innocence is quite similar to Pendragon's The Jewel and the lesser-known (and not entirely without reason) Solitary Witness by Landmarq.
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Can I not be a stickler for proper grammar/spelling?  |
No, but you know where you can stick it!
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 13:51 |
stonebeard wrote:
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
My only 1 star review:
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Notice that you did mispell particularly...
The Eve of Innocence is not a perticularly remarkable album. Sinister Street hasn't emerged from the 80s blazing new trails with an immediatly effective and emotive style. To the contrary, they've basically stuck with the same sound that so many Neo Progressive bands have worn to death. For a relative reference, the musical style on The Eve of Innocence is quite similar to Pendragon's The Jewel and the lesser-known (and not entirely without reason) Solitary Witness by Landmarq.
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I didn't know Rideout had a love child?
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Can I not be a stickler for proper grammar/spelling?
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stonebeard
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 13:47 |
Cygnus X-2 wrote:
stonebeard wrote:
My only 1 star review:
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Notice that you did mispell particularly...
The Eve of Innocence is not a perticularly remarkable album. Sinister Street hasn't emerged from the 80s blazing new trails with an immediatly effective and emotive style. To the contrary, they've basically stuck with the same sound that so many Neo Progressive bands have worn to death. For a relative reference, the musical style on The Eve of Innocence is quite similar to Pendragon's The Jewel and the lesser-known (and not entirely without reason) Solitary Witness by Landmarq.
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I didn't know Rideout had a love child?
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 13:40 |
I happen to love all prog, at least all subgenres.... the only bands that didn't grab me at all are AOR-ish bands like Kansas, Styx, and Asia, and aside from that, Symphony X 
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 13:37 |
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Bad prog? Maybe I'll get bashed for this, but I find Pink Floyd pretty boring. Maybe not bad, but boring.
Edited by I|I|I|I|I - May 28 2006 at 13:38
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Go and listen to my music.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31725
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 13:14 |
Lost in translation 
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 13:13 |
sleeper wrote:
^Mr Pedantic strikes again
Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime II is not prog IMO, so it doesnt count here, but OSI's Free was a poor album, I found it very dull.
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Where's your apostrophe on the doesn't?
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 13:06 |
^Mr Pedantic strikes again Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime II is not prog IMO, so it doesnt count here, but OSI's Free was a poor album, I found it very dull.
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 13:01 |
stonebeard wrote:
My only 1 star review:
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Notice that you did mispell particularly...
The Eve of Innocence is not a perticularly remarkable album. Sinister Street hasn't emerged from the 80s blazing new trails with an immediatly effective and emotive style. To the contrary, they've basically stuck with the same sound that so many Neo Progressive bands have worn to death. For a relative reference, the musical style on The Eve of Innocence is quite similar to Pendragon's The Jewel and the lesser-known (and not entirely without reason) Solitary Witness by Landmarq.
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 12:46 |
stonebeard wrote:
My only 1 star review:
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Yeah, that album is rather dull. I would probably given it 2/2.5 stars, though. Apparently their latest album is much better.
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 12:29 |
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i didnt like tools new album.. it doesnt have the passion or something that the previous albums had..
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We want... a shrubbery!
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 12:27 |
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Kayak and It Bites just didn't strike a chord with me.
And the only way this thread is asking for trouble is if people take offense to somebody not liking what they like. If we just lighten up and not take it so seriously, the we're adult enough to handle it.
Just my 2 cents.
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 12:11 |
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I believe Sturgeon's Law applies to Prog just as well as any other art genre: 90% of everything is crud.
Thus, the list is incredibly long, but it wouldn't be a True Teaflax
Post [TM] if I didn't say this: most of the vocal sections on Neal
Morse's ?. Could make for one hell of an instrumental album, though.
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Posted: May 28 2006 at 12:10 |
Oh yeah and Queensryche's Operation Mindcrime II I didn`t like it 
Edited by Masque - May 28 2006 at 12:11
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