most unwanted popgroups/artists on PA

 

Yup, or even worse Retroagressive

...fortuantely Prog is not a tin of salmon and rejecting or accepting any of the bands listed here will not affect the progginess of the remaining 3000+ bands or the credibility of the PA in general.

 

The line between Prog and Not Prog is broad, meandering and impossible to define since it is constantly shifting and being redrawn. Even Progressive artist do not know where this line is and will continually push at it (probably more so than pushing the "envelope of Prog" in the opposite direction), thus forcing us to re-assess our own previously held truths or bury our heads in the sand. And "mainstream" artists will push at the line from the opposite direction until they crossover into our world and their's is a riskier path from their perspective with the threat of a lesser return from their desire to be more creative and experimental. We should not be slinging brick-bats at these artists and attempting to kick them out of our playground, but should be welcoming, applauding and encouraging them.

 

I know, The Beatles ......key proto-prog band...... As I said before you guys dont know what your talking about!

Just some remarks from my part to elucidate:

1) I know I made my statement harshly, partly meant that way but also to elicit.

  (I know I got a lot of bashing because of that but my main intention was to have this discussed)

2) The 25 bands that I chose have had at least one hit in the charts so that was the only criterion.

3) I'm neither a hater of any band nor a troublemaker on this site. I'm just a "purist".

4) I have a soft spot for bands that just make wonderful (progressive) jewels and don't get any financial  benefit out of that and some of them don't even care. I think those are more or less the counterparts of the 25 listed above.

 

progrules wrote: Well, turned out to be an interesting poll, even more than I had expected ! Just some remarks from my part to elucidate: 1) I know I made my statement harshly, partly meant that way but also to elicit.   (I know I got a lot of bashing because of that but my main intention was to have this discussed) 2) The 25 bands that I chose have had at least one hit in the charts so that was the only criterion. 3) I'm neither a hater of any band nor a troublemaker on this site. I'm just a "purist". 4) I have a soft spot for bands that just make wonderful (progressive) jewels and don't get any financial  benefit out of that and some of them don't even care. I think those are more or less the counterparts of the 25 listed above.

 

hmm, who else (non PP or PR) has had singles chart success I wonder? Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull, Marillion, Kraftwerk, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Hawkwind, Family, Rush, Peter Gabriel, Focus, Sigur Ros, The Nice, Osibisa, Blood Sweat and Tears, Rare Bird, David Sylvian (with Ryuichi Sakamoto), Argent, East of Eden, The Mars Volta, Fish, It Bites, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Strawbs, Mogwai, Robert Wyatt... (note, these are UK "hits" other bands, such as Ekseption & Supersister, have had singles success in their own country).

 

I have the opposite view - I want bands to get financial reward for their efforts, nothing would please me more than hearing Van der Graaf Generator, Dream Theater, Pendragon and Pain Of Salvation on daytime radio or seeing kids in the Mall wearing Ayreon, Sylvan or Grayceon t-shirts.