Queen

Yes, tuxon, Prophet Song is probably the most proggish thing they ever did, along with BR.  But does that make the band prog?  Do you really consider any of their albums wholly and entirely prog?  Because that is supposed to be the criterion by which a group is added to the site.

Peace.

tuxon wrote: Queen II - Pomp prog, prog metal, with pompous ELP excess  Progish maybe, don't understand the ELP comment! A Night At The Opera - explained already I think   Again, some progish elements! Flash Gordon - space progressive rock, comparable to some Hawkwind, a bit lighter, but definetly prog IMO  Again, only marginally prog Sheer Heart attack is really near full-out prog, if it isn't already  Not Prog at all IMO Queen I is progressive aswell    In what way i don't hear it! After ANATO it waters down I agree, but before that it was most certainly progressive, and still the albums after ANATO can be considered Art Rock easily. You have to want to see it BTW the most proggiest thing they did was Fairy Feller's Masterstroke

Queen are great non-prog band!

Trouserpress wrote: Sheer Heart Attack not prog at all?! It's their proggiest album IMO! (And their best).

I love the album (see my review) I've never ever thought of it as prog though! Maybe I'm wrong, whats prog about it?

Queen were never considered prog and were thought of as a glam metal band. When they came along they were a kind of Bowie/Zeppelin hybrid - neither of whom are in the archives.

Yes, they had proggy elements to their sound but practically everyone did in the 70s - the two artists I mentioned above, Lou Reed, Black Sabbath, 10cc, The Who, Wishbone Ash, Deep Purple, even Elton John at times!

A great band but they don't belong on here.

Their first three albums are fantastic (I'm not so fond of the fourth, but recognise I'm in a very small minority). I don't consider them Progressive Rock, though. Some progressive traits in some songs, but I just don't put them in the same basket as the undisputed Prog Rock groups. That 1973 Melody Maker article sums it up for me as far as the first few albums are concerned: "commercial in a progressive kind of way".

 I'm not too fused about QUEEN being in the Archives, but would have preferred the albums to have been listed under another category that reflects the fact that the group were considered a Glam Rock band and that the first albums are not full-blown Prog Rock. And that the music went downhill after that (in my opinion, of course); the infamous Fat Bottomed Girls and Flash's Theme make me cringe (By the way, any of you seen the 1974 cult film Flesh Gordon? It's much more entertaining than the 1980 Flash Gordon).

Mind you, there are other groups in the Archives that I wouldn't have added either, but that's another story.