Most Overrated Prog Bands Of All Time Poll

Saperlipopette! wrote: dr wu23 wrote: ELP are not under or overrated imho....and considering how talented all 3 members were...I was always a bit disappointed that they didn't write even better material and  wrote some awful junk . There's literally millions of talented musicians that has come and gone throughout the decades. If these gifted musicians recorded an awful lot of awful material and gets a lot of praise for it - that would fit my idea of overrated. Its exactly how I would use the term on the music and albums created by the extremely talented musicians in ELP, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Billy Cobham-solo...

I have the same feeling with Steven Wilson.

^^I would have quoted Sapper and Frenetic but captcha is a pain in the ass so.......

dr wu23 wrote: As I have already pointed out there is a wide diversity of opinions posted here at PA from all over the globe and it is what it is.....unless there is some conspiracy to overrate bands including ELP...then it's simply subjective bias both for and against. I also don't think MO or Cobham are overrated....they have done some great albums and some so-so ones and ratings reflect that imo.

But I think otherwise and don't mind a discussion based largely on subjectivity. If i claim something is overrated I should have something to back that claim up with. Others may of course disagree with me. Some from a well informed point of view while others from total lack of experience and knowledge. A young person stating that Ed Sheeran is the best artist ever or that Paulo Coelho is the best author are correct from their perspective, but I will automatically suspect that they haven't really heard that much music or read many books. By that I logically consider Ed Sheeran and Paulo Coelho to be overrated by those who settle with/or only know the basics. You can take my line of thought from there and apply it to all levels within Jazz, Prog, Classical or whatever. 

For all micky's gushing and opinions stated as facts I'm kinda disappointed with ELP. For me Lake & Emerson are great musicians and Palmer is an ok drummer (too mechanical and in love with solo's for my personal tastes). But the music they produced is too focused on technical showmanship with not enough hooks, experimentation or anything that grabs me. I enjoy Tarkus & BSS but I'm in no rush to get anything else.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: For all micky's gushing and opinions stated as facts I'm kinda disappointed with ELP. For me Lake & Emerson are great musicians and Palmer is an ok drummer (too mechanical and in love with solo's for my personal tastes). But the music they produced is too focused on technical showmanship with not enough hooks, experimentation or anything that grabs me. I enjoy Tarkus & BSS but I'm in no rush to get anything else.

essexboyinwales wrote: Cristi wrote: The only prog band I can think of that I find overrated is Ayreon. Every time this guy releases something, everyone goes crazy with praise. Arjen has been doing the same recipe since 1995 and he gets away with it every time.  -1 I love flapjacks.  I love plain flapjacks, jam flapjacks, chocolate flapjacks, peanut butter flapjacks, etc.......I love flapjacks. I love Ayreon Most bands have a signature sound, don't you find?......

^ while I do no like BJH (at least not anymore), I wouldn't call them overrated, a lot of people don't even know them LOL

Every Tech/Extreme Prog Metal band on this website seems to be overrated.

Agree with Cristi. Even though I don't like most RIO/Avant/Zeuhl and I'm a bit indifferent towards krautrock, that doesn't mean every single band that fits into any of those subgenres is overrated.