I think Echolyn should be changed to Eclectic Prog

 

We (as human beans) classify things so we can store them away for later reference to save us having to go look for them again, so when we find another thing that looks a bit like that thing we store it away alongside the first thing and now we can find both things again when we want them. In time the pile of things that look the same gets bigger and last thing added to the pile might not look much like the first thing but there is a chain of things-added that connects them all together. This collating method is quite useful which is why we do it, it's useful for helping people find a particular thing and its useful for helping people find things that are like other things - it's rediscovery not discovery. It all falls to pieces when we get too choosy about what goes where and start moving things around from pile to pile, now those relationships and connections are broken and whatever rational that formed any particular pile of things is lost - once you move one thing from one pile to another pile lots of other things in the first pile don't have any relationship to any other thing in that pile, so they have to be moved too, except they don't have much in common with all the things in the second pile. So we need to create a miscellaneous pile for all those things that are not directly connected with any of the first things in either pile and once you have a miscellaneous pile everything can fit in that pile and the purpose of classifying and sorting things is no longer valid - we cannot find anything because everything is an unclassified mess.

 

The "Art Rock" categories like Heavy, Eclectic and Crossover were never miscellaneous piles, they had a purpose and an intent - we all may disagree on what that initial intent was and the rational for adding bands into those categories will have evolved as those categories grew (and the personnel adding bands into them changed) but they are still classified categories whose definitions extend beyond the dictionary definition/etymology of just their names.

 

As already stated - all Progressive Rock is eclectic, but that is in the adjective use of the word, we must use caution when trying to use it as a noun.

Honestly, I would say they are symphonic enough. Very active symphonic. While they do play Gentle Giant inspired parts here and there, they don't change quite as frequently as GG.

If they were to change anywhere I would be happy putting them in Xover because they have enough catchy melodies and a sort of "pleasing" quality to their recordings that make it both hard edged and easy going.

But really I think we should just leave it where it is.

Epignosis and Ivan would probably be the ones to discuss this with.

 

Hello Smurph,

 your alias name reminds me of those cute tiny blue people with white hoods and white pants  cute!

I am personally don't care what a band's classification is, however for Echolyn fans it should not matter because they know and follow the band no matter what genre. I believe it's a guiding tool for new prospects, thus every album should be classified accordingly in order to direct them there.