Put Led Zeppelin on the archives!

MikeEnRegalia wrote: Yes, Badmotorfinger is cool. Rusty Cage was my first contact with soundgarden (saw the video on MTV). It's too bad that Chris didn't continue what he started with Euphoria Morning and founded Audioslave instead ...

Euphoria Morning is an awesome and extremely underrated album.

MikeEnRegalia wrote: I guess I'm a little more lenient than you - I still support Queen because of Queen II and Sheer Heart Attack. But I know what you mean. I would not have added Queen, it's simply not necessary to have them in the archives. BTW: According to one of our collaborators Deep Purple are more progressive than Devin Townsend ... it's really difficult to talk about specific bands being prog or not when the persons involved in the discussion have that different opinions on prog as a whole. I mean, there really isn't any basis for a meaningful discussion.

Agreed, i personaly find zeppelin more progressive than deep purple even though thats just me.

Led Zeppelin = Not Prog

I love Led Zeppelin, but ya have to draw the line somewhere

It is the fourth topic about prog- no prog- proto prog- some prog related groups where I actively participate with my modest opinion. I think that above the consideration due to bands who really deservs our respect for the contribution they gave to music, such as Led Zeppelin or Deep Purple I consider the following: they are groups which evolved and developed their own language outside the Prog music. They were ricognised in their times as hard rock- heavy rock - blues rock etc.etc but not as prog.

It is misleading to include them into the PROG Archive. Somewhere else some of you fellows stated this could be called ROCK Archive, but is not Sorry I don't credit it because I don't remember which thread was, but I agree.

We are talking about prog.Please Discriminate it. There are good great bands which plays Blues Rock, Metal, Jazz, Fusion. We like them we love them. But here we talk  about prog. It is a site which aim is stated as

PROG ARCHIVES intends to be the most complete and powerful progressive rock resource

As a resource it is meant to be a guide for who, like me and you loves this gendre. It is a way to know other bands, other music related to PROG. If we go on including everything we like it will become a MUSIC ENCYCOLPEDIA. Fine if the aim of the site is this, than change it.

For instance I was looking for some groups I didn't know. I read about Ozric Tentacles. I got Arborescence and I enjoyed this PROG album. Then I read about Radiohead, I got Bends and I found that to my teste it wasn't prog. Still good, but not PROG.

What I mean is just responsability of all of us to recognise the consistent PROGGines of a group and then propose and include it. Traces of PROG doesn't mean is a PROG group.

Otherwise let's include all: for Time changes Soundgarden and System of a Down, Classical interpretations unusual instruments Apocaliptyca, In concert with Orchestra Metallica etc.etc.

By the way I like all the music from those bands and I grown with Led Zep, it is just a matter that this is a PROG site. Again is my point of seeing.

A related provocation:

What do you think of John Paul Jones solo career? Is it ZOOMA a prog related album? I like it, is from DMG (Mr. Fripp's label) it features Trey Gunn on one track, it has strange sounds on two tracks, it features weird time signatures (listen to the closing track) it is all instrumental, I saw them on tour and they played on an unusual trio configuration (Drums, 10strings bass and Stick)

Friendly yours