Popular Prog Bands that you just can't get into

Snow Dog wrote: Tristan wrote: Steve Hacket's solo stuff *Jaw on floor*

Which albums?  Because Hackett has spent time in different areas.  Please don't say you don't get into Acolyte...

PS. Great smiley!

The Truth wrote: Man a lot of people got into arguments during this poll I hope I don't!   Anyways I agree with snowdog about Magma. The only album I ever semi-liked was K.A.

1)I must agree, I didn't get to anything I've listened from Steve Hackett. But I love 70s era Genesis :-) (which isn't anything unussual, I know). And yeah, it is also Acolyte. Maybe I was in bad moon in that time, I've tried it only once. But one thing I know for sure, there were different albums and on that, I was hooked instantly.

So please, don't be surprised. I'm not surprised that you like Mars Volta and Larks Aspic too :-)

remember, take it easy, don't take this as flame, because it is not meant to be

2)I though that Anglagard (with these insane nordic letters) will be hard to get into, but it was not. It was love on first sight. I'm confused, after all I've read about toughness of it.

lazland wrote: American Khatru wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Tristan wrote: Steve Hacket's solo stuff *Jaw on floor* Which albums?  Because Hackett has spent time in different areas.  Please don't say you don't get into Acolyte... PS. Great smiley! Just shown my seven year old son this smiley - an all time great!  He loved it.

MartyMcFly89 wrote: How to get into The Mars Volta in ten steps ?

The -Not-Really-Prog:
Coheed and Cambria (yuck!)
Iron Maiden (just sounds like 80's metal to me)
Mastodon (maybe I just need to try a little harder)
Metallica (same as Iron Maiden)
Muse (nothing sounds very memorable or unique)
Radiohead (same as Muse)


The-Sort-of-Prog:
The Moody Blues (some stuff is pretty good but it's not consistent)
Sigur Ros (I can't quite understand why they are so popular)
Styx (sound like uninteresting pop rock)
Supertramp (same as Styx)


The-True-Prog:
Can (I just don't get it...)
ELP (they are musically gifted but I don't find any of it particularly interesting)
Van der Graaf Generator (5 albums and they still do little for me)
Most Neo-Prog (catchy, but not very memorable)
Most Prog Metal (not post or experimental metal, but bands like King's X or DT)
Most Progressive Electronic (maybe I just need to start in the right place...)

I don't mean to criticize any of the musicianship of these bands...just personal tastes.


I agree that music can take a few listens before you really get it. When I first head ItCotCK, I though to myself, "what the hell is this?"


Edited by anoah - June 21 2009 at 23:27

Knots isn't weird in a good way, though. I can't take it seriously.

Progger wrote: Gabriel era Genesis Hackett solo 80's King Crimson VDGG Gentle Giant   [all weak on the melody front]

By George, what a nice prog list. All of them are the finest prog bands of all time (at least, they are considered to be).

You say, you're a Progger?can't believe. (joking)

P.S. Just pretty nice list - all my favourite bands are here (except for VDGG)

For me it's Gentle Giant. I picked up 'Octapus' and 'For the Power and Glory', and I just don't know what it is, but it just dosen't work for me. I just can't 'get into the music' so to speak. Perhaps its the length of the tracks being so short, perhaps its the chopped chaotic rhythums that they keep, which is odd since I love when King Crimson does it. There are a few tracks that I love, being 'Think of me with Kindness' but it just doesn't speak to me as 'progressive'. And yet, I still try and try to enjoy the music to the point that I see other proggers do.

The Quiet One wrote: Sangria wrote: Rushman wrote: Zappa...   ...can never get past the lyrics, which seem silly and juvenile to me. That said, I've hardly heard all of his releases, only maybe 15 - 20%.   I agree, They are full of talented musicians that sing about stupid stuff that we laughed at when we were 7 years old. I could never understand the huge fanbase that Zappa generates. Maybe the huge fanbase that he has generated is because he really was a genius, musically speaking. Come on people what albums have you listened by him to "testify" that? I mean, okay, if you heard a good bunch then fine, but if you haven't heard any of his classics it's pretty much absurd to say such things.