Whishbone Ash poll
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Topic: Whishbone Ash poll
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Subject: Whishbone Ash poll
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 12:03
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For me is a mix between Symphonic Prog, Art Rock and Proto Symphonic Power Metal. And for You? ------------- 
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: June 05 2006 at 14:22
| Actually, from the other stuff I've heard of theirs apart from Argus, they're more of a straight guitar rock band. Not sure where to put them. |
Posted By: S Lang
Date Posted: June 30 2006 at 06:29
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I can't place them into any of the above categories, partly for my reluctance in subsribing to the "Proto" term. WA were original, somewhat reminiscent of a mediaeval approach that's uncommon with blazing. twin guitars.
Progressive? For sure.
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Posted By: Hiwatter
Date Posted: July 01 2006 at 04:53
| Perhaps first four albums were some sort of protoprog/classic rock, but later they were more a straight rock band. |
Posted By: captainbeyond
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 11:50
| No fancy categories required or appropriate. Wishbone Ash were a fantastic, British classic rock band, with strong folk influences and a relatively unusual twin lead guitar line-up that specialized in unison/harmony guitar lines. |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: July 28 2006 at 18:00
| Wishbone is straight up meat and potatoes rock role similar to The Who, AC/DC, and Free all of whom I love. In fact, I belive Wishbone Ash openbed for the Who in the early 70s. Amazing Band. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 30 2006 at 03:32
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''Other''.Not really a prog band but many prog fans like them. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: July 30 2006 at 03:40
What he said.  Not an expert on them by any means, but I have "Argus", which is a great album, with some prog influences. However, they're not prog IMHO, but rather an excellent classic rock band - so I voted for "other". BTW, they were a big influence on Iron Maiden, who took their twin axe attack from them (and from Judas Priest too... and the axes in Maiden are three by now, but that's another story).
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 30 2006 at 05:45
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Prog-related at best! and if it was not for Argus, they should not even be in the Archives.
Loved them until the album live dates ------------- 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 |