Sunn O)))
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Category: Progressive Music Lounges
Forum Name: Suggest New Bands and Artists
Forum Description: Suggest, create polls, and classify new bands you would like included on Prog Archives
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Topic: Sunn O)))
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Subject: Sunn O)))
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 09:53
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Just out of curiosity I started this poll ... Here are some short samples: http://www.emusic.com/album/10752/10752272.html - http://www.emusic.com/album/10752/10752272.html This poll indirectly shows whether a band generally categorized as "Drone" can be prog. Personally I really like Sunn O))), but I think that the Drone style, although it is related to Post Rock/Metal, is not sophisticated enough to be called "Progressive". But I do think that some Drone bands may be accepted as prog, and Sunn O))) may be one of them. I need to listen to them some more, I downloaded one of their albums only yesterday and listened to it one time. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: Rashikal
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 13:49
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add melvins first
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 13:54
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Melvins ... not really "Drone", are they? May be as (or even more) noisy as Sunn O))) though. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Rashikal
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 13:58
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another drone band called "Boris" is named after the Melvins song.
melvins pioneered that sound and should be added for that before other
drone bands. They also experimented in many other genres and are very
progressive IMO
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:30
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I never ever heard somebody call the Melvins a Drone band, that's all. I think they're more appropriately called an Experimental Alternative band with Punk/Hardcore influences. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:39
| If Sunn 0))) get added, that opens the door for legions of other drone/funeral doom metal bands who've essentially copied their sound and aesthetic. I've never heard Sunn classified as a prog band anywhere, and would strongly oppose their addition to this site. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 14:45
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I agree - in my book they're progressive, but in order to maintain consistency I also think that there needs to be a clear division between "simple" drone bands and "complex" post rock bands. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Bryan wrote:Posted By: DeepPhreeze
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 20:11
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Spacemen 3 would top my list for 'Drone' bands that should be included (should they be included). Wow, that was a grammatical trainwreck :) |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 20:57
Spacemen 3 barely write two riffs per song, they're somewhat experimental and interesting but in no way shape or form prog... |
Posted By: DeepPhreeze
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 21:51
That was my point. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 03:33
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The question is: What separates Post Rock from Drone? It's not necessarily more complex. If an artist chooses a minimalistic approach, with very reduced instrumentation - it can also be art, just like there are some painters who draw a single black dot on a canvas and call it art. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: November 27 2006 at 05:03
I agree, too ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: November 27 2006 at 05:43
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I'm yet unexperienced with Sunn O))), but I'm interested of the genre subjects related to it: I think that psychedelic rock has an interface with metal genre via "Stoner rock" style. An example of "Stoner rock" within psychedelic frame of reference could be PHARAOH OVERLORD, f.ex.
It would be interesteing to discuss how the stoner rock and related stuff fits to Prog Archives! I think that if a stoner rock band's music is artistic, not meant to get just good chart position but to create artistic music, they migth fit here well, even if they would have strong sound enough to be heavy metal!
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: November 27 2006 at 09:01
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I really think of Sunn O))) as more of a performance art piece than an acutal rock band. I think they're "experimental", but I wouldn't call them a prog metal band.
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Posted By: richeym
Date Posted: December 05 2006 at 08:36
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Of course Sunn0))) are progressive - their sound experimentation is unbeleivable.
Don't forget they are influenced by EARTH, more than the Melvins. They essentially started the project as a tribute to Earth. ------------- www.myspace.com/songsofexile"> 
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