Prog Hall Of Fame Winners 2008

1800iareyay wrote: micky wrote: just dropped in and reminded them about a group called ELP...   Shame you couldn't have brought up Pink Floyd as well. *wags finger at micky*

hahhaha.. I am a bad boy... round 2 for them... or if they did Kansas in round one... whose next.. Styx in round 2

micky wrote: registered this morning.. and will be dropping in later to kick some ass and ask why Kansas in a first ballot inductee.. and not fickin ELP!!!!!  hahhaha

JUSTICE AT LAST!!

just dropped in and reminded them about a group called ELP...  

Deathrabbit wrote: Prog is what's in my playlist. EDIT: progressive country, hmm, Dixie Dregs could go there.

According to Wikipedia Progressive Country is a genre, it's just not what you think it would be...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_country

is it because they can't spell Eclectic? (see description for John Sebastian under Advisory Board)

I am a fan of all the bands they had honored.  I own most of those bands records. 25 bucks for a ticket to the show?  Where?  Why does progressive rock need a hall of fame? ...sounds regressive to me.

It's poorly laid out, not informative enough, lacks context, has spelling mistakes, and should provide some justification for the choices. 

"Members are from the radio industry, labels, press and we are also Progressive Rock musicians and Progressive Rock fans."

"Membership dues are $25 per year. These dues also include your ticket to the Progressive Rock Hall of Fame awards concert held in 2008, voting privileges, a free subscription to the quarterly newsletter and more. Information coming soon on the awards concert series and our compilation CDs!"

So anyone willing to shell out 25 bucks can vote (I wonder just how many are industry insiders and how reputable are they?).  I really believe that there should be explicit criteria for making a choice but really these are just bases on popularity polls from the membership from what I can see.

A little research shows that it was set up by an artist from an independent record label.

If they want people to take progressive rock/ music seriously, they should provide frameworks of analysis that can be taken seriously.  I understand the goals behind the project which has an aspect of wanting to have Prog be taken seriously by the industry and the mainstream, but...

And just what Gabriel soundtrack are they talking about?  And it makes it look like the nominees should be voted on based on their 2008 work (on the whole).  Best Progressive Jazz Album
"Visions of the Emerald Beyond" - Mahavishnu Project
Odd that a compilation album would be chosen.

Best Female Progressive Rock Vocalist
Loreena McKinnett

Their link takes me to Loreena McKennett's site, who is this McKinnett person, and since when did she start making progressive rock? Ground and Sky has her, but she's more closely aligned to New age and World Music than progressive rock.

Apologies about the bold font, it follows from the quotes.

I really don't know about these choices.

I wonder if the Hall of Fame building will be designed by Roger Dean.  You know, where you go in but never come out again...

King Crimson, being one of the greatest bands of all time, deserve to be added in the first round, but they didn't need to add Fripp separately. That was a good chance to add Fred Frith they just missed.

Somebody should tell them 10 000 Days was out in 2006, not 07.