Wish They Weren't Here

The RPI team is not currently adding any non-prog material to the sub, although there may be some questionable bands  placed before we came along.  We know there are some bands placed by "Proglucky" that would probably not make it through today's team.

For the OP to suggest that 99% of RPI bands are somehow not legit doesn't deserve comment. 

Finnforest wrote: The RPI team is not currently adding any non-prog material to the sub, although there may be some questionable bands  placed before we came along.  We know there are some bands placed by "Proglucky" that would probably not make it through today's team. For the OP to suggest that 99% of RPI bands are somehow not legit doesn't deserve comment.

ProgBob wrote: My interpretation of what he was saying - and I must admit it took me a while as I think it might have been expressed a little more clearly - is that a lot of stuff that is good gets downgraded simply because it is not really prog. He is using the example of a fan of Italian prog who reviews one of these 'non-prog' albums and gives it a bad review simply because it doesn't conform with his idea of prog. I think he is saying that it would be better if such albums weren't here or if they were placed in some category that makes it obvious that they should not be reviewed as prog albums.  ( In my opinion, Prog-related already serves that need. ) Anyway that's just my interpretation and maybe I have completely misunderstood the point.

Any artist I don't like. 

The T wrote: Any artist I don't like.

Best post.

How about a "hide" button for certain bands? Once you've clicked it, you don't see them in the database anymore, their reviews don't show up when you read the homepage, and (as an extra-option) all posts mentioning them in the prog lounges get automatically hidden for you.

Personally I don't mind any band on here. I enjoy reading the reviews and the sl*g.offs can be just as interesting (and quite often much more amusing) as the worships.

Possibly my onw lazy definition of Prog helps here: To me Prog is just about everything that leaves the die-hard Brittney Spears and Donna Summer enthusiast completely befuddled. That's good enough for me: It's Prog (related).

Generally, every album on here is and has been an enrichment, and if some people argue that an album isn't Prog while others protest this, to me it just means that there's something there that some of us for some reason just don't hear (quite often I'm one of those :-) ) while others do.  Or perhaps their own peronal definition is substantially different.

Personally, I think the prog related section is what sets this site apart from others. Finnforest (above) and the OP are right in highlighting the misunderstanding the category can sometimes cause, but I think its presence here does far more good than harm.

Today Is The Day should be included, imo.

The prog-Zeppelin compilation CD I made is much more progressive (prog if you prefer) than a crapload of albums on PA (albums that reside in proper prog cateories). Just sayin'.

Tapfret wrote: . Not because of the addition per se, but because of the spurious literary slight-of-hand used by certain people who will go nameless to make them out to be a prog-metal while simultaneously writing reviews of landmark prog-metal innovators decrying them as non-prog.  Opinions are opinions, and we are all entitled/subject to them. But propaganda is just obnoxious.