Some bands that could qualify:
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Topic: Some bands that could qualify:
Posted By: Zitro
Subject: Some bands that could qualify:
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 13:04
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_Stratovarius : A Progressive Metal band full of classical influences, virtuosity, and long songs. It sometimes sounds very symphonic. _The Beatles : The first half of their career is pop, but the second half is extremely progressive in its time, and was one of the bands that helped Progressive Rock blossom. _Deep Purple : Like Queen, it has a progressive early career. This band is more progressive though, thanks to the classical keyboard work of Jon Lord. _Led Zeppelin : Not very progressive, except for its revolutionary hard rock sound. There are some progressive rock songs in it (no quarter, in the light, kashmir, Caruselambra, Dazed and Confused, How Many More Times, Achilles Last Stand, Rain Song, and some others). Besides, that band is brilliant! _Al Dimeola : I do not know most of his later albums, but albums such as 'Elegant Gypsy' cannot be missed on a prog site. |
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Posted By: Syntharachnid
Date Posted: August 20 2005 at 20:03
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Thank you for supporting the Beatles! If I were to place them in a subgenre, it would probably be "Pre-Prog", but that's still prog. The Beatles were a gigantic step in the evolution of prog rock because they popularized the idea of rock as an art form. When they released Rubber Soul and Revolver, this was an idea being thrown around before them by such artists as Zappa, The Moodies, The Beach Boys (kind of...) etc. But without Sgt. Pepper, the idea wouldn't have taken off nearly as well as it did. ------------- 
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Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 08:40
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Zitro wrote:Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 08:42
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 09:00
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Stratovarius is very typical power metal. Not to be included here.
And you say yourself that Led Zep is "not very progressive". So why are you suggesting their inclusion? Doesn't make sense. |
Posted By: Retrovertigo
Date Posted: August 21 2005 at 16:54
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Stratovarius is prog, their orchestral and classical influences in
their Power Metal justify that. Just listen to the album Episode. The Beatles will not be added to the Archives unless a pre-prog appreciation is added to the site. They influenced prog but aren't prog. It's like saying chocolate syrup is chocolate milk. Deep Purple aren't prog just because of a concerto album and a keyboard player. Nothing else about them is similar to prog at all. Led Zeppelin will find it's fans categorizing them into everything. They're so influential that you can tag them to most, but they're not prog, no matter how many tiny bits of prog similarities. Al DiMeola should be added and I think will soon. |
Posted By: morpheusdraven
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 18:13
without Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, Sgt. Pepper would have never made it itself...I think a lot of Pet Sounds is pre-prog at its best, brilliant vocal harmonies, ambitious instrumentation and of course compositional and studio perfection that didn't happen by accident. Brian Wilson is a genius (and his solo SMiLE should be required listening by all prog fans) |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: August 23 2005 at 18:18
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Al DiMeola is fusion and should be added. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: Mnemosyne
Date Posted: August 29 2005 at 12:36
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Al DiMeola and Deep Purple can be added, the rest, don't think so. ------------- I'm a Man-Owl-Fish. Creator-Observer-Muse. |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: August 31 2005 at 00:01
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Stratovarius is Power Metal - I say that because I own 4 of their albums and they are not progressive metal in substance. The only track I think comes close to progressive metal is "Elements Pt One" - an awesome track which any progressive metal group would be proud to add to their catalogue. Unfortunately, Stratovarius does not do the prog metal thing consistently enough to warrant them being added to the archives. As for the Beatles, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Al Dimeola - again lack of consistency in producing prog elements in their music IMO, excludes them from the archives. ------------- 
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