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Poll Question: Who is the most overrated band of the 'Big Six'?
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73 [35.96%]
26 [12.81%]
28 [13.79%]
20 [9.85%]
37 [18.23%]
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    Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:05
Lately I've been seeing more usage of the term 'Big Six' in terms of prog rock bands, and it got me wondering which (if any) you consider to be the most overrated.

So... vote away and discuss.
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Yessssssss more polls to focus my hatred of ELP in. 
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Never understood what was so great about JT, nor why they should be included as a Tier 1 prog band.
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Clearly Pink Floyd. I don't hate them, some of their songs are really great, but they're not prog according to my definition (great sound design and some nice melodies, but no complexity). I would actually replace them with Gentle Giant and Van der Graaf Generator in the above list.




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The most 'overrated' band of the 'big six' is 'Genesis'.
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All six are freaking amazing

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Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Never understood what was so great about JT, nor why they should be included as a Tier 1 prog band.
 
me neither, I always chalked it up to a bad early experience with Aqualung, but I guess it's not just me.
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ELP, the least original of the six.
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King Crimson has released some remarkably overrated albums, so they get my vote.
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easily genesis most overrated
 
Not my choice tier 1 either...why no VdGG, why Jethro Tull?
 
 
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none are overrated

 



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Originally posted by NutterAlert NutterAlert wrote:

easily genesis most overrated
 
Not my choice tier 1 either...why no VdGG, why Jethro Tull?
 
 


I've merely listed the 'big six' as they are most often quoted elsewhere.
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ELP easily
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Yessssssss more polls to focus my hatred of ELP in. 


Admittedly the only album of theirs I can get into is Pictures at an Exhibition... I'd put that on my top 10 album list of all time.
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Genesis, of course. I've never been able to listen to an entire album apart of Lamb.
If we forget things like Love Beach I like ELP.
None of the others can be called overrated even if I can't call myself a Tull fan.
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None of them are overrated to my ears, so no vote.
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Voted for ELP by error. I meant Jethro Tull.


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ELP, I will never understand how anyone could like them.
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While I still can't vote, I'm going to say that it's a good thing this time, as I don't think I've listened to enough of all of the bands.  (I'm only truly familiar with Yes and Pink Floyd, and as I love both of them, I can't consider them overrated!)  I really need to listen to more prog.

However, I am curious about the idea of "The Big 6."  Is this a consensus of prog fans in general?  Are there no others that qualify?  Is six too many?

(For the record, I am familiar with "The Big 4" of Thrash Metal and have opinions about that.  I've even contemplated a personal "Big 4" for Power Metal, if you're curious.)
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It's obvious, so obvious: ELP.
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