The 80s..the worst era for prog.

They may not be artistic geniuses, but they can carry a tune.

Edited by boo boo - March 06 2011 at 23:21

I agree that it was a weak decade for prog. Not for avant prog though, the 80s was a VERY good decade for avant garde music.

Edited by boo boo - March 06 2011 at 23:37

Hence why I said in my opinion. I don't like punk, hip hop, or much of anything else you listed. It's also sort of a no brainer that all decades have bad music. But even with popular music, I'll take what was popular in the 90's and even now over the crap from the 1980's. And hey, I like INXS, Talking Heads, Marillion, the Police, and more. I don't have a problem booboo and once again this is just my opinion.

rogerthat wrote: sleeper wrote: lazland wrote: sleeper wrote: I wonder where this idea that the 80's was good for Neo prog came from. After you get past Marillion, IQ, Pendragon, Pallas and Twelfth Night theres almost nothing of value. Well, that just about WAS neo-prog in the 80's. Most of the other notable acts came in the following decade. Thats my point, 5 bands and 14 studio albums, several of which arent very highly rated, dont constitute a successful decade. The 90's and 00's both have a considerably wider range of bands releasing albums that are at least liked. But there was a lot of RIO and some pioneering efforts in prog metal that had already begun to give shape to the genre.  Some good jazz fusion. Of course, in spread, it still doesn't compare to other decades of prog.

I know, I was talking about Neo, not RIO.

sleeper wrote: rogerthat wrote: sleeper wrote: lazland wrote: sleeper wrote: I wonder where this idea that the 80's was good for Neo prog came from. After you get past Marillion, IQ, Pendragon, Pallas and Twelfth Night theres almost nothing of value. Well, that just about WAS neo-prog in the 80's. Most of the other notable acts came in the following decade. Thats my point, 5 bands and 14 studio albums, several of which arent very highly rated, dont constitute a successful decade. The 90's and 00's both have a considerably wider range of bands releasing albums that are at least liked. But there was a lot of RIO and some pioneering efforts in prog metal that had already begun to give shape to the genre.  Some good jazz fusion. Of course, in spread, it still doesn't compare to other decades of prog. I know, I was talking about Neo, not RIO.

Going back to the original question - I'm sorry but the 80's were hideous - all music seems infected with it's 80ishness yuk!

Ah... but... one very good thing as the 80's started to close - like a phoenix rising out of the ashes of Prog, came Porcupine Tree.

A large proportion of "On the Sunday of Life" was recorded in the late 80's - it was a most peculiar album - like a new Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd - for me it was psychedelia re-born - the beginning of Prog's gradual revival through the 90's to become the new spectacularly good beast it is today.

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You shouldn't rely on people here to know too much about musical movements outside of prog.

^ No mention about 70s music buffs who went on to became 80s music buffs? I know a few. 

Wow, maybe you folks are not in the USA?  I had a GREAT and progressive 1980's experience!  

We're up to 7 pages so I may have posted this before.  A lot of progressive greats fell by the wayside of commeciality.  But, if you were willing to try new things there was plenty to discover that didn't fit the conventional mode.