when someone asks you who your favourite band is:

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   How many of you have had to explain that your favorite band is Genesis with Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett? Steve who? Genesis? Oh you mean that short bald guy! Invisible touch, right?

Poll Question: ...in what manner do you respond?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
truthfully, because your favourite band is famous	17	[26.15%]
truthfully, although your favourite band is obscure	19	[29.23%]
you name a relatively famous band that you like	5	[7.69%]
you yell "IRON MAIDEN" or "DIO" and throw the horns	7	[10.77%]
you waffle over the fact that you have no favourite band etc	17	[26.15%]
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JesusisLord Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 30 2006 Location: Hawaii Status: Offline Points: 320	Posted: July 27 2007 at 20:42
	How many of you have had to explain that your favorite band is Genesis with Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett? Steve who? Genesis? Oh you mean that short bald guy! Invisible touch, right?
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moreitsythanyou Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: April 23 2006 Location: NYC Status: Offline Points: 11682	Posted: July 27 2007 at 20:29
	Well my favorite band is relatively well known. I've even seen Radiohead played on the channel MTV hits, which is usually the most pop a channel can get (it was a special on animation, but the fact remains, they are well known). So yeah, I always say Radiohead
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sleeper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449	Posted: July 27 2007 at 20:21
	Always truthfully, even if it does seem that I'm the only one to have heard of Pain Of Salvation poutside of PA.
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purplepiper Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 23 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 280	Posted: July 27 2007 at 17:09
	I always answer truthfully. King crimson it is! I consider them obscure, simply because they are highly unknown to the general public. They are outright famous in the world of progressive rock though.
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plodder Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 19 2004 Status: Offline Points: 255	Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:33
	I say ELP and almost to a person I get "who?" in reply..


andu Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 27 2006 Location: Romania Status: Offline Points: 3089	Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:24
	I answer with pride: Led Zeppelin. But it's not like that would have any effect on anything, most people in this part of the world barely know anything about classic rock.

Blacksword Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130	Posted: July 27 2007 at 16:19
	Truthfully. I'll either say Rush or Genesis, as they are joint faves. Depends on what I'm listening to most at the time.

progismylife Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2006 Location: ibreathehelium Status: Offline Points: 15535	Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:38
	I usually say a relatively famous band.

stonebeard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057	Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:36
	I say "Marillion." They say "who?" I say "f**k you."
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Evans Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 15 2006 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 3004	Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:33
	No one ever does.
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rushfan4 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 66256	Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:31
	I just tell them Rush.


Proletariat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 30 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1882	Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:31
	my friends are indie heads so I answer truthfully BECAUSE the band is obscure
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magnus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 19 2006 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 865	Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:30
	Thankfully, my favourite band is Metallica But I enjoy talking to people about the prog music I listen to, especially if they seem to be half interested... though I won't be naming too obscure bands, maybe just scratching the surface, telling them a bit about KC, Genesis, Yes, DT, Opeth and the more fcommercially succesful bands I know.
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Vompatti Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: October 22 2005 Location: elsewhere Status: Offline Points: 67407	Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:19
	I instantly fall into a shock-like state when I realize that the person in question will always remember me as someone whose favourite band is [...], so having carefully pondered for a while whether I should answer "King Crimson", "Tangerine Dream" or "The Smiths", I end up mumbling something inaudible with a paralyzed expression on my face.

The T Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 16 2006 Location: FL, USA Status: Offline Points: 17493	Posted: July 27 2007 at 14:08
	There CAN be cases when your favorite band is somewhat famous, like in my case... So, even though most people have not heard of Dream Theater, some at least have heard of them because a friend who plays guitar or is a musician says they're wonderful.... I've met a few people that knew of the NAME Dream Theater in that way.... But, anyway, I always say it. When people start asking "what are your other favorite bands" that's when things get complicated: The Flower Kings, though famous for us proggers, are just as unknown for the common person as Bacamarte. And when I say Genesis, I QUICKLY clarify: "the 70's Genesis, not the one you've heard with Invisible Touch"...


laplace Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: October 06 2005 Location: popupControl(); Status: Offline Points: 7606	Posted: July 27 2007 at 13:35
	I ask this for fun and to kill time, but also because I'm aware it's easy to kill conversations this way - when some Deerhoof-t-shirt-wearing indie kid asks me who my favourite band is, I say King Crimson - it's not true, but I do like them very much and said indie kid stands a better chance of having heard of them, whereas if I said Present that might conclude the conversation with an "er, oh." Do you see what I mean? perhaps you're prepared to extoll the virtues of a truly overlooked band to anyone who asks? Me, I compromise. ;P Edited by laplace - July 27 2007 at 13:36