Inappropriate reviews

 —  Most of the times when it comes to review an album, I set my eyes first on some other prog reviewers' work to get an idea of what I actually wanna talk about and then I come with my own stuff, you know, to criticize within a critic; but this time that ain't that kind of situation. More than a review, this is a call for all of those reviewers, prog experts and webmasters of Prog Archives to be more careful about what you upload to the site in order to give a pure, clear info to all prog starters and for all of those prog devoted fans as well. I know I'm gonna be bombed away and gonna get criticized as well for this, but I'm aware of that and I'll take it as the prog fan I am now! For what I know and heard during all these years within the prog world, PROCOL HARUM ain't no progressive music; this is neither art nor prog rock, this is a reactive kind of music that came up the music scene as a response to the other genres.

Let's put things sparkling clear so we don't get mixed up or confused at the time we give each group a space or a category. I'm not saying I hate their music, not that I love it in the other hand; but, it's imperative to be realistic in order to be able to compare and judge, because this is a matter that should be pointed out. The fact of this band appearing during the early 70's (late 60's) doesn't determine that they must be progressive rock musicians or anything related to it, they have a style of their own that goes hand in hand with other contemporary bands; but this is certainly not prog rock, that's it.

Think of KYRIE ELEISON for instance, an Austrian band formed first in 1974 by three school friends Gerald KRAMPL - Keyboards, Felix RAUSCH - Guitars and Karl NOVOTNY - Drums, together with Wolfgarng WESSELY - Vocals and Gerhard FRANK - Bass that by the year 1976 went into an in fact very cheap studio, and began to record nearly under live conditions with only 2-track recording machines. The release of the album in January 1977 was quite a sensation, as if was one of the first independent releases in Austria and therefore highly acclaimed by the press and music magazines. They played in all major cities in Austria, as well as on same big open on festivals together with bands like VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, COLLOSSEUM, AMON DÜÜL, EELA CRAIG, OPUS, etc. They played and produced great music, they are indeed huge prog rockers, they are one of the European top most memorable prog rock bands and still, they just didn't make it to qualify for a spot in this site due the standards of the reviewers yet the experts. Instead we can log on to PROCOL HARUM and THE MARS VOLTA's page and think of them as Progressive music…

I call it abuse...You?

I deleted the copy of the review. It was indeed offensive, no point in giving it oxygen here! EL