Up The Irons!!!

One of my favorite bands ever, but not nearly prog enough to be here.

I think they're prog enough to be here. I mean, they're way more prog than most of those other prog-related bands featured here!!!

Edited by Bj-1 - October 02 2006 at 19:03

lightbulb_son wrote: Wo since when did we add Iron freakin' Maiden!   I love those guys with a passion that none of you can comprehend, but prog???   7th son is the only album I can even consider prog-related, so how did you guys come up with this?   Not that it's a bad thing, I'll be spewing out reviews on about every single album, but I'd love to know the criteria behind this decision.    I think I'll start with powerslave[IMG]height=17 alt="Big smile" src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley4.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>

    
PROG_RELATED

Prog Related
Rock and Pop Bands and Artists after 1970 who were not truly “prog” (as that term is generally and broadly defined, even by the site), but who were clearly not “mainstream” or simply “rock” bands.

A wide subgenre that encompasses two kinds of bands/artist, that either consist of progressive artist that strayed away from their progressive roots into mainstream rock or were influenced by progressive rock.

Even though the music by these artists is sometimes unrelated it had things in common with prog music in that it was very structured and even adventurous, sometimes hard or heavy, sometimes mellow, strong melodies, good hooks are an integral part of most of the material. Sometimes these artists pioneered other rock genres.

Though most of these artist can't really be considered progressive themselves, their relation to progressive music is not to be underestimated.

Tony R wrote: lightbulb_son wrote: Wo since when did we add Iron freakin' Maiden!   I love those guys with a passion that none of you can comprehend, but prog???   7th son is the only album I can even consider prog-related, so how did you guys come up with this?   Not that it's a bad thing, I'll be spewing out reviews on about every single album, but I'd love to know the criteria behind this decision.    I think I'll start with powerslave[IMG]height=17 alt="Big smile" src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley4.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>      PROG_RELATED

Sounds like Led Zep could fit easily on this category

Edit: sorry wrong quote


Edited by Dr. Evil - October 02 2006 at 19:18

Tony R wrote: Prog Related Rock and Pop Bands and Artists after 1970 who were not truly “prog” (as that term is generally and broadly defined, even by the site), but who were clearly not “mainstream” or simply “rock” bands. A wide subgenre that encompasses two kinds of bands/artist, that either consist of progressive artist that strayed away from their progressive roots into mainstream rock or were influenced by progressive rock. Even though the music by these artists is sometimes unrelated it had things in common with prog music in that it was very structured and even adventurous, sometimes hard or heavy, sometimes mellow, strong melodies, good hooks are an integral part of most of the material. Sometimes these artists pioneered other rock genres. Though most of these artist can't really be considered progressive themselves, their relation to progressive music is not to be underestimated.

^^what I said before

Tony R wrote: lightbulb_son wrote: Wo since when did we add Iron freakin' Maiden!   I love those guys with a passion that none of you can comprehend, but prog???   7th son is the only album I can even consider prog-related, so how did you guys come up with this?   Not that it's a bad thing, I'll be spewing out reviews on about every single album, but I'd love to know the criteria behind this decision.    I think I'll start with powerslave[IMG]height=17 alt="Big smile" src="http://www.progarchives.com/forum/smileys/smiley4.gif" width=17 align=absMiddle>      PROG_RELATED

now when are Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi and Bach gonna be added to the site??????? they were highly progressive artists! 

Edited by darkshade - October 02 2006 at 22:44

darkshade wrote: Bj-1 wrote: I think they're prog enough to be here. I mean, they're way more prog than most of those other prog-related bands featured here!!!   Phish is probably the only real prog band that's somehow in that category on this site...

Atkingani wrote: darkshade wrote: now when are Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi and Bach gonna be added to the site??????? they were highly progressive artists!    They are here! But not directly...   I'm just listening now to an album by Los Canarios (Spain) called "Ciclos" which is based entirely on Vivaldi's 4 Seasons!

Great album