What’s your "specialty"? (Subgenre)
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Topic: What’s your "specialty"? (Subgenre)
Posted By: Empathy
Subject: What’s your "specialty"? (Subgenre)
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 16:33
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For me, it's Psychedelic/Space Rock
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 16:36
Have a guess ...  ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to: 
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Posted By: Gentle Tull
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 16:54
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Symphonic definitly. ------------- 
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 16:56
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I guess you could call me a post-rock specialist. although, of course i dabble in all of them.
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:00
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^ as do I! I'd say Prog Metal and Symphonic are tied for second with me, with RIO/Avant in 3rd place.
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:04
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too many to choose from. not really into prog metal; it appears
"forced" to me. but anything that is weird and psychedelic is fine for
me. and I consider Zheul to be very psychedelic, by the way
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Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:11
Prog metal all the way ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:15
Symphonic for me 
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:18
porg metal but its all good |
Posted By: Forkface
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:27
| I voted Kraut, but it would be even with Kraut and Space/Psychedelic for me. |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:28
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<<< That should give you a clue! Like a lot of people on here I dabble in all the genres, although there's not a lot of prog metal or neo prog that really grabs me, and I've never been able to understand the enormous appeal of Dream Theater. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:35
Have a guess .. ....
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:38
hahahhahah ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
erik neuteboom wrote:Posted By: DonCoryson
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:43
| Progressive metal, for sure. |
Posted By: R_DeNIRO
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:49
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Progressive Metal, althought I like all the others prog styles I went in. (Symphonic, Jazz Rock, Canterbury, Art Rock, Prog folk, Neo prog, Psychedelic...). Anyway is logical that ProgMetal still being my favourite subgenre; I am a progger that cames from the seas of heavy metal. ------------- We were always be much human than we whish to be. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:53
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Hola senor R_DeNIRO. I am very curious to your favorite Spanish prog bands (no progmetal please!)? |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 17:56
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I'm pretty even... can't really choose one ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 18:07
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I don't really specialize in a certain subgenre, but I have been listening to post-rock longer than much of the prog I listen to now, and it doesn't seem to be quite as popular around here as symphonic and prog metal, so I suppose I could be somewhat specializing in post-rock. Furthermore, the other subgenres that I am heavily into have tremendous depth, and I really don't know a lot of those bands (at least not yet). So I guess if it was any one of these it would be post-rock/experimental. ------------- www.last.fm/user/ThisCenotaph  
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 18:19
But you MUST! *applying gentle peer pressure* ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 18:37
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I really really like post-rock but I'd still wouldn't consider myself a
specialist since I started hearing the genre in october or september
and there are still a hell freaking alot of bands that I haven't even
touched yet... and a little recomendation of a wanna be to be post-rock specialist... try out Tone - Solidarity for post-rockers and prog metal-ers too ------------- 
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 18:40
I haven't given any Zeuhl a proper listen yet, but it's on the list... "pretty much anything weird and psychedelic" more or less encompasses my tastes as well.  ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 18:41
OK... Raga Rock? ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 20:01
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I'll have to go with prog metal, though symphonic is pnly a fag paper behind. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: AtLossForWords
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 20:04
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Prog Metal, hopefully I'll have a little message that says so beneath my avatar to acknowledge that sometime soon. -------------  
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 20:07
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I'd probably either have to say Art Rock or Neo Prog... ------------- 
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 20:24
Canterbury for the most part .
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 20:35
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Symphonic followed by Italian and Folk. But I'd like be me more into the Jazz/Rock Fusion sub-genre. ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 20:37
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I would have thought your specialty was Asia. -------------
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Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 20:37
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I dabble in just about all the sub-genres but my interests lie mainly in Symphonic Prog, Psychedelic/Space and Prog Metal. Though I am very much into Jethro Tull, I can not in all honesty add Prog Folk to my strengths. ------------- 
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 20:42
Nein, even German electronic and the Residents above Asia. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:01
I'm more of a Zappa specialist as opposed to an Art/Neo specialist. -------------
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Posted By: Violenza
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:08
| RIO I suppose, though I'm sure many on this board know a lot more than I do. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:11
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not a specialist in anything... listen to, and still learning to
just about about all of them.... though some like Canterbury I
have much more to learn hahahah
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:13
A Zappa and Belew specialist  .------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:15
Maybe that should be my new surname as a Special Collab... I'll look into it. -------------
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:22
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Alucard and I need to get our titles changed to Canterbury specialists
as well, since we're the only two who feel they are up for the job (at
least so far....none of the other collabs have volunteered yet).
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:24
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Yeah, we don't have any Neo-Prog specialists either, do we? -------------
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:25
I'd say Tuxon, Hibou, and Greenback were specialists, but no one has the official title yet. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:27
Yeah. We still need Art Rock specialists, Avant-Garde specialists, etc. All we really have is Symph, Prog Metal, and Syzygy is a Zeuhl/RIO -------------
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:31
Dick Heath's jazz-rock/fusion, and Alucard and I are officially Canterbury, but yeah, we do need others for those other genres. I think having these kind of titles helps other forum members in relation to reviews, recommendations, etc..., because they will be able to ask about certain bands, or get recommendations, read reviews from Collabs with the similar tastes. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:36
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Although my taste in prog runs the gamut of most of the styles listed
here, I must say that Canterbury is probably closest to a specialty as I
own most records by most of the bands classified as that on this site.
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Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 22:46
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symphonic prog. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 23:03
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I'm not a specialist in anything, but it would probably be either symphonic or psychedelic.
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 23:05
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Classic symphonic, jazz-rock/fusion and some prog metal. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 28 2006 at 23:54
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Wow, Symphonic nudges ahead! I thought for sure Prog Metal would be the winner! Where's Progtologist?
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Posted By: JayDee
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 00:04
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Not much of a specialist but : Prog Metal Jazz Rock ------------- 
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Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 04:18
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RIO avant garde! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 05:00
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If I have a specialty at all, it is Krautrock. I always had a soft spot
for it. The weirder the Krautrock is the better. I've been a weirdo all
my life. When I was 16 I wanted a tame bat as a pet , but sadly (and sanely ) my parents were against it.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 05:16
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Let's just say I punched in the Folk prog, but I would not call it a specialty of mine I prefer saying that I have a good notion of most styles but excell in none I will say that I am definitely weaker in Progmetal and neo-prog, mostly because those two genres are not my cup of tea ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 05:46
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Bribeing Cyggie and Jody now are we ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 05:56
Neither are they mine, Sean. Neo Prog is usually just plain boring, and Prog Metal just seems so - well, how shall I describe it? There is a movie with Tony Curtis ("The Great Race"), which ends with a big pie-throwing fight. It is all very messy, but somehow the flying cakes don't touch him at all, and he stays perfectly clean, while all the others become covered in pie. Prog Metal is like Tony Curtis in that scene - just too clean. It is loud, yes, but I miss the dirt. Maybe it is the production for most of these albums, but this cleanliness makes Prog Metal somewhat ridiculous. Also there is too little music in the medium dynamic range - they are either quiet (I will grant them that; Prog Metal is not all about banging) or loud. But what is in between is usually very underrepresented. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Valarius
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 07:00
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Prog Metal!!! \m/ \m/ But yeah I'm into all of it. |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 07:03
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Symphonic, I guess...but then I started coming to PA to find out more
about other genres which I am doing...money and time allowing!
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 10:52
| Know a bit about almost everything, but Heavy Metal is my strongest point. |
Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 10:57
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I like a bit of everything as long as it's not too strange! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 10:58
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Have a guess -------------  |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 10:58
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Evidently,Electronic Rock ...
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Posted By: Nazgul
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 11:07
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I choose psychodelic/ space rock, but I like all of subgeneries
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Posted By: andrea
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 11:10
| Italina prog... |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 11:17
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I chose RIO/Avant-Prog, but I'm not sure if it's really my "specialty"... I know a lot more about it than the average proghead though, and it's my favourite subgenre! |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 11:20
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Prog Metal and Art Rock ------------- |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 11:24
I feel the same way about the cleanliness Progmetal is a different matter, I had my metal years when Judas Priest released Sad Wings Of Destiny (76) and I was into Sabbath, but I stopped liking it when most NWOBHMB groups (bar Iron Maiden with DiAnno on vocals) where simply not appealing to me. I shut out the radio in the early 80's and discovered the 60's in rock, jazz, blues etc... Neo is simply tooooo clean a sound, too slick also, never a hair out of place all of them have a déjà vu. I refer to the neo-prog like Pendragon, IQ or Arena, Collage etc.. Retro prog groups like Anekdoten , Anglagard, Sinkadus and lately Wobbler really kick my gut in so far, i cannot help but love them even if they appeal to a proghead's lower instincts a bit like Harlequins novels do to lonely housewives or pornography to bored husbands ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
of sound but out of neo-prog>>> no dirt or grit
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 11:34
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I listen to lots of stuff, but I do tend to "specialize" in cruelly, unreasonably and persistently bashing any and all "prog mental." What fun!
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None, really. 
Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 11:54
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Italian symphonic progressive!!!!!
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Posted By: Space Dimentia
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 11:59
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Sadly I can't pick three but I consider myself a specialist in Prog-metal, Psychedellic/space rock and symphonic. ------------- Prog is music for the mind Hear your Orphaned child! Check out my bands myspace site: www.myspace.com/equinox17 |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 12:24
metal, metal, metal 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 12:31
It's sure makes me laugh when you do that... ------------- |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 12:43
I can't stop now, Prog Toe -- I have to please my public.... ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Hesselius
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 13:13
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Psychedelic/Space Rock and Krautrock ------------- This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 16:28
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Hmm, interesting demographics here. I mean, BUMP! Come on people, keep weighin' in! ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: daghrastubfari
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 16:48
| RIO/Avant-Prog and Post Rock |
Posted By: stan the man
Date Posted: March 01 2006 at 19:05
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you sould be a krautrock specialist. do we have a krautrock specialist? ------------- true as a lobster in a pteredaktyl's underpants. 
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 09:23
I would be disppointed in you if you did stop Peter. ------------- |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 09:31
I like Zeuhl. Magma and Weidorje are wonderful bands 
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Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 10:24
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I like:
1.Symphonic Prog 2.Neo Prog 3.Itailian Prog 4.Prog-Metal 5.Art Rock As for speciality...I've learned too many cliches from Neo-prog...I'm becoming to hate it!!! Well,I like neo-bands,but they should be ORIGINAL.It is hard,I know,but they should...ah,anyway,I like some of them
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: March 02 2006 at 10:59
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Nice, finally some Zeuhl! No fusion-heads, or electronic prog
specialists? I'm surprised. Oliverstoned, I'm looking in your
direction...
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