Was Anglagard the reason why Prog rock rebirth?

WalterDigsTunes wrote: See? That's the churlish attitude of a remorseless thief of the post-89 persuasion. The works of him and his ilk should be excised from the annals of human existence.

Yes I know.  I fail. 

Now here's my question.  I wrote most of my songs in 1987.  Do I qualify as a pre-1989 hero, or must one actually release the album before 1989?  Because I recorded one song in 1987.  My mom has it on cassette.

WalterDigsTunes wrote: Your inability to present yourself as an element of the pre-89 era in proper album form merely underscores your scorn for the Golden Age of Music.

And oh God how I scorn it! 

'Night Walter. 

Epignosis wrote: WalterDigsTunes wrote: Your inability to present yourself as an element of the pre-89 era in proper album form merely underscores your scorn for the Golden Age of Music. And oh God how I scorn it!  'Night Walter.

Have a good one and remember: Say "NO!" to new music.

Walter is my hero, and the most glorious poster on all of PA

While I cannot agree with his typically ludicrous reasoning, I agree with Walter that Anglagard wasn't all that it was cracked up to be. Not to mention that their frequent and abrupt transitions make their music difficult to listen to in a bad way.  Don't tell me that it's prog and you have to persist to 'get' it, I have never had to persist more than maybe three sessions to 'get' Magma or Univers Zero in the sense I mean. So I am referring to a more absolute musicality here and I cannot listen to music that has no continuity or direction and wants the listener to believe that sudden off putting shifts are very cool and progressive.  Of course, there was a lot of great music in the 90s - Kevin Gilbert, Jeff Buckley, Radiohead, Tori Amos, Jamiroquai - so I don't have to stick to "enjoying the fruits of 70s symphonic prog".   

richardh wrote: I thought symphonic prog was just a sub genre of prog? Anyway if the discussion is just about symph prog then I will challenge anyone to listen to Par Lindh's 'Veni Vidi Vici' and then specify which seventies prog albums he is plundering.Please.   That said I havn't any symph prog since that album that is remotely interesting. Don't really care that much though as I've found plenty of other stuff to enjoy outside of that (sub) genre.

Snow Dog wrote: Why the shouting? WHY????????