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Points: 3928 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2005 at 17:49
I think I read an interview where James LaBrie said that he'd rather DT be called a hard rock band with progressive elements. That to me shows they are underplaying the prog element,and I personally feel it shows in the music that they are more influenced by heavy metal/rock, really.
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Points: 1381 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2005 at 21:22

But sadly, james Labrie doesnt know what he's talking about....

Their biggest influences are: YES, RUSH, mettalica,KANSAS, and IRON MAIDEN

The ones in bold are prog
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2005 at 02:41
Originally posted by BePinkTheater BePinkTheater wrote:

But sadly, james Labrie doesnt know what he's talking about....

Their biggest influences are: YES, RUSH, mettalica,KANSAS, and IRON MAIDEN

The ones in bold are prog

None of those are in bold...

And Metallica produced more prog than Iron Maiden or Kansas... they certainly progressed the genre of metal more than any other band ever, apart from, arguably, Black Sabbath.

Therefore Metallica are prog (at least, their first 5 albums are).
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Points: 5113 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2005 at 03:26
Originally posted by Tony Fisher Tony Fisher wrote:

All I'm questioning is whether they actually want to be identified as prog or think it sexier to be plain metal. Is the term prog embarrassing to them?


I hope not.



Well judging by the Live At Budokan documentary they feel fine about being identified as prog.
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Points: 148 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2005 at 03:53
o noes! a MUSIC JOURNALIST classified a band into the wrong genre!!1!

is prog metal a sub-genre of metal, or prog?

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