Glad to see the arguement still rages on . I visited here some time ago after I think we all invaded each others sites .....I use the Punk77 site forum on a regular basis , the majority of people there are really quite sensible and have a wide and varied taste , unlike maybe what we did way back in 77 or 78 or whatever you choose ....we punks have grown up a bit ( well , most of us have ) .
I think ALL music should be for entertainment , there is good and bad prog , good and bad punk . A lot of punk isn't about hate - for that youi may have to look at the era 79-84 when the majority of bands were thrash/hardcore punk ( Discharge , GBH types ) ....but , punk wasn't that anti prog either by then ....that was just a reaction of the 77 types , maybe you all reacted as well to what went before prog , it was someone elses thing ....its only natural really and I think in the majority of cases we don't really mean it , its just saying what you are expected to say.
I do wonder what prog is ....is there a limit to how far a band can progress , if they revert to their original style after years of change , is this still progression ? Punk bands generally did progress , some started out very raw and either disappeared ( Adverts) or they moved on drastically ( Clash/Stranglers/Damned ) , their styles evolved and many did become very good musicians .
At the end of the day though its all about what you enjoy ... I do notice one difference between our sites , whereas your prog site mainly talks about the bands , we tend to discuss more on the anything goes topics - away from the music ( football/TV /Film etc ) ....does it mean we have more varied lives ? Don't know . Might just mean we have talked our music to death.
We do get some really young idiots on our site though , the conversation ( or lack of by them ) has to be seen to be believed.
Happy new year everyone .
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