Most Hated Prog Bands From Punks

I voted Rush, all of the punks that i know here absolutely hate Rush, so i go on and on about how i'm a prog fanboy and how prog will always be the ultimate form of music.  As far as the most hated bands among punks I'd go with these.

Rush- Very artistic, and somewhat cheesey when they added keyboards.  Plus, they hate Geddy's voice.

ELP- Used the Moog to it's fullest extent.  Punks hate anything that isn't a sh*tty drumset or a distorted guitar.

Dream Theater- This is the most modern embodyment of anit-punk.  The lyrics are conceptual, the guitars and keyboards trade solos, and all of the members are skilled.  The songs are quite long.  Every fan i know of hard, fast, and somewhat crappy music hates Dream Theater.

If they've ever had ELP, they would just

DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Logos wrote: I also think that punks hate ELP the most, but I think it's reasonable, for Christ's sake even half of proggers hate them

hahahahaa

sad but somehow true...Im not one of them!

Yes, ELP were the more hated band in the late seventies...Also Pink Floyd, but thouse punks didnt affect Floyds sells...ELP´s sells went doooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooownnnnnnnnn...

Yes was also very hated!!!

But what is very strange is that a lot of prog musicians (who were affected with the punk movement) actually respect punk quite a lot! And not only progers, but also other bands, like Led Zeppelin...Robert Plant said that althought the punks were against them they were one of the most important and one of the best thinks to happend to music...weird right?

I depends on what punks you ask. I am pretty much a f*ing punk and most of my freinds. Lots of old Genesis fans; lots of Tull fans (me especially); of course no worthy punk is gonna dis Crimson (L.T.I.A.??); old Syd Barrett Pink Floyd is pretty f*ing punk (Interstellar Overdrive?????); and Rush was an influence despite the apparent hatred. Lots of 80's punks grew up litsening to that stuff (All/'All' era Descendents???Lots of real technical parts to those guys).

Faust, Neu! and Beefheart are all worshiped by punks...

Anyway, I voted for Yes; mostly because of Rick Wakeman...

I can't guess what goes inside a Punk head because I don't listen Punk,  this genre started as anti Prog' mostly (I can't understand how something can base his existence in being anti anything), so they probably hate all the genre.

But honestly, I couldn't care less about what they love or hate.

Iván

Hemispheres wrote: Charles wrote: Syzygy wrote: Johnny Rotten was a big fan of VDGG/Hammill, The Damned were major Soft Machine enthusiasts and Jello Biafra is into Magma. Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd were also popular with the early UK punks, and Daevid Allen's Floating Anarchy tour attracted a bizarre punk/hippy audience, plus Steve Hillage jammed onstage with Sham 69 and formed a lasting friendship with Jimmy Pursey.   Joy Division.. Peter Hook worshipped Hawkwind and cites Lemmy as his major influence... Ian Curtis was responsible for introducing the band to Kraftwerk... Barney Sumner loved David Bowie and also cites Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music as one of his influences... Stephen Morris had many influences on his drumming, but the Jaki Leibeizeit influence is obvious... Charles true ive also read that Pete Shelly Of The Buzzcocks loved Can and alot of krautrock

I'm not sure about the CD reissue, but the original vinyl version of the double album compilation Cannibalism had a sleevenote by Pete Shelley, who said that he would not have started playing guitar were it not for Michael Karoli and Marc Bolan.