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Poll Question: Is a Wishbone Ash album Argus prog or prog-related?
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Points: 15921 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 30 2017 at 04:20
Man oh man, I think the first two are 'Proggier' than Argus      but what do I know ??
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Points: 2215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 30 2017 at 13:10
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Man oh man, I think the first two are 'Proggier' than Argus      but what do I know ??

Well their song, "The Pilgrim"(from the second album) sounds proggier than anything on Argus yeah, imo. Also I think their 'proggiest' sounding album would be, "Nouveau Calls." But what do I know either lol. 
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There was a bit of a return to form with 'No Smoke without fire' lp and 'Just testing' but it went seriously downhill from there. A contemporary band I have become acquainted with is 'Tin Spirits' (with Dave Gregory of XTC and Big big train) who have 2 guitars, bass and drums and they reminded me of WA at their best in many ways though they play covers of king crimson and genesis as well as their own material. Another band who kinda reminded me of WA were a band called 'Orange Can' who were label mates of the Beta band in the 90's and had a 2 guitar line up but used it to create something a bit different. I re-listened to the first WA and Pilgrimage and actually I think they are both more experimental than Argus which sort of solidified that sound in a more polished way. I don't care what they're labelled, they were a really, really great band when firing on all cylinders but wincingly bad when not..

 

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Ok..they are clearly listed under prog related in the page that discusses this...so why all the blabber..?
http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=38
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Points: 7024 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 05 2017 at 11:21
Originally posted by beeebon beeebon wrote:

I regard it as a f**king good album
I regard it as a f**king good prog rock album.
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Points: 3664 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2017 at 16:21
Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Ok..they are clearly listed under prog related in the page that discusses this...so why all the blabber..?
http://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=38

I assume 'the blabber' is because someone started a thread with the proposition 'Is the Wishbone Ash Album Argus Prog?' I guess everyone has been expressing their ideas about that. I guess it shows that regardless of how bands are categorised by prog archives, people still want to discuss or express that they may have different views.Wink 

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Points: 2215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2017 at 16:57
All I know is that Wishbone Ash is a darn good band and criminally underrated. 
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