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Dirtybird12

01-21-2006, 11:09 AM

Is progressive rock dead? Bands like YES, Genesis, King Crimson and ELP are a dying breed. All of these bands are very talented and have a few radio friendly tunes, but for the most part this stuff puts me to sleep faster than Ambien. Just because you are a talented musician doesn't mean you have to prove it in every song.  Are there any NEW bands that call themselves "prog"?  Is it me? or am I the only one that hearz traces of Genesis when I listen to NIN?  Is anyone recording 10 minute songs? with 17 different sections? Isn't it weird that these "prog" bands have some of the most talented musicians in history and yet, they seem to be fading like the dinosaurs. What - if any, is the current state of prog rock??The only "prog rock" band /album I own is - Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior.  The only reason I have that is for Lenny White's mind blowing drumming and Al Dimeola's ground breaking guitar playing..<a href="http://www.thecosmiccircus.com/"><img src="http://www.thecosmiccircus.com/sigpics/GEORGE.jpg" border="0" /></a> LOL - nice try kid. Try a bigger banner.

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Gvac

01-21-2006, 11:33 AM

Is Prog Rock Dead?

God I hope so.

Like you said, that stuff is a snooze fest to me. I find it not only unlistenable but downright annoying.

When making music becomes mathematical I have no interest whatsoever.

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TheRealEddie

01-21-2006, 11:36 AM

Nope, its just called Math rock now. 

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Dirtybird12

01-21-2006, 11:39 AM

lol one time I tried tapping my foot along to a YES song  - and my foot simply shook his head and walked away

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HBox

01-21-2006, 11:42 AM

Is anyone recording 10 minute songs? with 17 different sections?

The Mars Volta.

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Mike Teacher

01-21-2006, 11:53 AM

Was it ever alive?I'm the biggest prog-nerd out there, and even I agree the vast majority is just shit. Those past groups were from a time when people got into the 20 minute long opus; peoples attention spans are a bit different, and the oft attempted marriage of classical and rock worked [maybe] a couple of times with ELP.Porcupine Tree are a band people are checking out; Dream Theatre started nicely but went into 40 minute studio song land and lost me in the endless instrumentals.=The best legacy of prog is the pool of musicians and who they play with before/after their prog band stuff. The family tree of rock is littered with these guys. One band, King Crimson, which I mention endlessly has Robert Fripp, who's toured with Tool last couple of years, and is on Bowie's 'Heroes' and 'Fashion' as well as albums by The Damned, Blondie, Talking Heads, The Orb, and a few dozen others.Their other guitarist, Adrian Belew, plays on Paul Simon's Graceland, Talking Heads, toured with Bowie, Zappa, and plays on NIN The Downward Spiral. His last solo album has tracks of the ultimate badass trio: Belew, Les Claypool of Primus on bass, and Danny Carey of Tool on drums.Their once bassist Tony Levin is on John Lennon albums, Alice Cooper, Marshall Crenshaw, Pink Floyd, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, and Warren Zevon, to mention about 1% of his discopgraphy.Remember Howard doing King Crimson's 'In the Court of the Crimson King' God, the original version is awful, and hoo hoo didnt help.

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Mr.Pants

01-21-2006, 12:31 PM

Prog-nerd. That's my word of the day.

FUNKMAN

01-21-2006, 12:39 PM

Yours Is No Disgrace was very cool along with Karnevil9...Zappa and the xylophone i just couldn't get into 

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Stankfoot

01-21-2006, 01:57 PM

<address>How could anyone not like Yes' double album with the catchy title "Tales From Topographic Oceans"? Four songs, one per side, each over 20 minutes. My favorite song was "The Revealing Science of God". That one really rocks! </address><address /><address /><address /><address /><address /><address /><address />

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01-21-2006, 02:04 PM

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Mike Teacher

01-21-2006, 02:44 PM

Mea culpa. Guilty as Charged. I saw Yes, maybe 15 times from 77 to whenever te hell last time was, maybe 2002 w/ wakeman, mostly at the Garden, which reminds me, Yes easily sold out 2-3 nights on the late 70s-80s tours I saw. So, they were sure filling the seats. And yep, I saw that original Asia at the Spectrum in philly; Geoffe Downes had an entire second tier filled with a spinal tap number of synthesizers; at least I can redeem that [somewhat] with a Diver Down show attanded at same venue.

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furie

01-21-2006, 02:52 PM

i've always been a fan of progressive rock. but new bands? no. none that i know or like.

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Gimp

01-21-2006, 03:23 PM

certainly not dead 
 
dream theater, porcupine tree, spock's beard, neal morse, transatlantic, liquid tension experiment... to name a fewprog
tends to lure a more rabid and loyal fanbase than most music IMO, hence
why you don't get casual listeners who are quick to abandon which makes
it possible for them to survive outside of any kind of mainstream
supporthell, dream theater are currently doing a 20th
anniversary tour which is wrapping up at a dvd filming at radio city.  despite having only one radio "hit" (pull me under) back
in 91 and they do VERY well for themselves.  i've seen these guys 7
times, about to be 8 and they just get better and better as their catalogue
grows.  i can't stress how much i love this band.newer prog is out there.  as sad as it may be, you hafta look a little like with alot of good music. 
 

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01-21-2006, 03:41 PM

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spot

01-21-2006, 05:17 PM

I never could get into too much of it, the Crimson King album made me ill..but I like a lot of Yes stuff. 

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furie

01-21-2006, 06:40 PM

i can't stand dream theater's front man. his voice irritates me

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Death Metal Moe

01-21-2006, 07:49 PM

I like a few harder sounding Dream Theater songs, I have "Disipline" from King Crimson coming in the mail as a matter of fact.

But yes, progressive rock is fucking done. You said it best yourself Perry:

Just because you are a talented musician doesn't mean you have to prove it in every song.

There is a BIG difference between playing your instrument the best and writing songs that sound good. I've seen A LOT of musicians in bands that are amazing, but they don't fit in their band and/or don't play with the band. There is a seperate tallent in music, and it's writing. Knowing when to start and end things. In my opinion, a lot of the prog rock I heard would be MUCH better if they knew when to end parts and the whole song.

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Sheeplovr

01-21-2006, 08:24 PM

According to Entertianmnet weekly it came back last year with Mars Volta System of a Down and Coheed in Cambria 

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who6489

01-21-2006, 09:37 PM

I love "Prog Rock", but yeah, there is alot of crap in those catalogs. YES is great musically, but lyriclly, with the exception of the Trevor Rabin years, they were pretty crappy. I did see them at MSG in '04 and they were great! ELP lost it after "Brain Salad Surgery" in '73, although their comeback album, "Black Moon" in the '90's was pretty decent. The only group that stayed pretty consistant was GENESIS (which I just happen to be listening to "DUKE" at the moment). Yeah, "Invisible Touch" is pretty much a Phil Collins solo album, but the rest of the stuff is really good. Actually, their last album in the late '90's "Calling All Stations" with a guy by the name of Ray Wilson singin', was one of their best! But because there was no Phil, it tanked. I still think it's funny that nobody really knows that Peter Gabriel was the original singer! BTW, I never liked his solo stuff.I keep hearin' about SPOCK's BEARD and COHEED. One of these days I'll check them out. I tried DREAM THEATRE, but never got into them. Ironically, I do have the original release of "Live In New York" that came out on 9/11 and the cover has a burning NYC on it. Needless to say it was re-released with a different cover almost immediately!Alright, I've bored you all enough.'nite<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/flush.gif" border="0" />

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tele7

01-21-2006, 09:49 PM

quote: I like a few harder sounding Dream Theater songs, I have "Disipline" from King Crimson coming in the mail as a matter of fact. But yes, progressive rock is fucking done. You said it best yourself Perry: quote: Just because you are a talented musician doesn't mean you have to prove it in every song. There is a BIG difference between playing your instrument the best and writing songs that sound good. I've seen A LOT of musicians in bands that are amazing, but they don't fit in their band and/or don't play with the band. There is a seperate tallent in music, and it's writing. Knowing when to start and end things. In my opinion, a lot of the prog rock I heard would be MUCH better if they knew when to end parts and the whole song. <img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=njdmmoe" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.unhallowed.com/">www.unhallowed.com</a> <a href="http://thebigsexxxy.blogspot.com/">One Big SeXXXy Blog</a> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/deathmetalmoe">Death Metal MySpace</a> DTN Like prog rock or not...Discipline is a great album!  You will love it.  IMO, Kansas had a pretty good approach making prog rock "radio friendly".  7 and a Switchblade

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FUNKMAN

01-21-2006, 09:51 PM

IMO, Kansas People Of The Southwind - good tune!!

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Death Metal Moe

01-22-2006, 06:24 AM

Like prog rock or not...Discipline is a great album!ÿ You will love it.ÿ IMO, Kansas had a pretty goodÿapproach making prog rock "radio friendly".ÿ 7 and a Switchblade

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I had some track from "Discipline" I got off a filesharing thing, so I want the whole album. There are some hits in my opinion and a few misses. But overall the songs are catchy, and again, if you can get past the very long songs there's a lot of tallent in there.

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bobrobot

01-22-2006, 11:53 AM

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FUNKMAN

01-22-2006, 12:30 PM

trackstand

01-22-2006, 02:52 PM

Why no mention of Brand X, when Phil Collins actually worked for a living?

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01-22-2006, 06:20 PM

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trackstand

01-22-2006, 07:07 PM

BTW BoBo,Do you consider current Robert Wyatt PROG Rock or just plain old fashioned great music.Furhtermore,Any one ever listen to MATS/MORGEN?

bobrobot

01-23-2006, 04:16 AM

Furhtermore,Any one ever listen to MATS/MORGEN? I've heard the band HOT RATS and I have a bootleg Zappa concert from Stockholm that they play on. From what I've heard, I like them! Any recommendations? quote:  BTW BoBo, Do you consider current Robert Wyatt PROG Rock or just plain old fashioned great music.  I consider the term "progressive" to have become obsolete when that music enetered the mainstream, it's as erroneous as the term "alternative."  Robert Wyatt is one of the greatest unsung musicians in the history of the entire world. IMO, he has NEVER made a bad album, and I have every single one!     Have you heard this?<img height="455" src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B6TR66.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="455" border="0" />A rare opportunity to hear the early stuff live! <img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/bobogolem/boboSaucer.jpg" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.bobogolem.com/">bobogolem.com</a>

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Mike Teacher

01-23-2006, 04:45 AM

hell yeah open it up to progressive/electronic/whoever like:Kraftwerk Devo [not the hits] Van Der Graff Generator Kronos Quartet Ozric Tentacles Brian Eno Alan Parsons Project Jethro Tull Renaissance Einsterzende Neubaten Ministry [plenty of instumentals on those discs that kick ass] Dixie Dregs Saga [ouch] Marillion/Fish David Sylvian Tangerine Dream<img src="http://members.aol.com/miketeachr/keith" border="0" />before I shaved the beard down, after Keith Emerson had any relevancy...

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01-23-2006, 06:20 AM

Crash

01-23-2006, 08:52 AM

In no particular order:YES - The Yes AlbumGenesis - The Lamb Lies Down on BroadwayELP - Brain Salad SurgeryAs far as old "Prog" Rock goes - does the fact that a group put together a "concept" album count? If so, do albums like "Quadrophenia" and "School Boys in Disgrace" qualify?I've heard some good things about Trey Anastacio's new album and I like the cut "Shine". Don't know whether it can be considered progressive though.As far as cutting edge, I hear Brittany and K-Fed have a four disc concept album in the works. It's being produced by Brian Eno and includes the London Philharmonic as conducted by Philip Glass. Apparently Kevin wants to create a platform for some of his radical musical theories. He's very deep you know.(What? Nothing?)

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trackstand

01-23-2006, 01:50 PM

<table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" width="100%" border="0"><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2">I consider the term "progressive" to have become obsolete when that music enetered the mainstream, it's as erroneous as the term "alternative."  Robert Wyatt is one of the greatest unsung musicians in the history of the entire world. IMO, he has NEVER made a bad album, and I have every single one!     Have you heard this?<img height="455" src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B6TR66.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="455" border="0" />A rare opportunity to hear the early stuff live! <img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/bobogolem/boboSaucer.jpg" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.bobogolem.com/">bobogolem.com</a></td></tr></table>

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01-23-2006, 01:54 PM

Buddyhead's take on Coheed & Cambria, possibly wirrten by QOTSA's Josh Homme:This band stinks of lame more than a shits’ dying breath. Ok… Truth be told, I haven’t heard this album. I simply CAN’T!!! Why?! Well, after hearing their new single, while staring in disbelief like a hypnotized mental patient at the video (which shows the singer’s clown wig of a hair-don’t on purpose), I discovered they have the most pretentious… No wait, preposterous, album title ever created, “Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness”. Do you fucking believe it??? No really, that’s it. These guys like comic books and role-playing games. Do we need to explain any further? It’s as if this band has absolutely no understanding of the honesty, originality, groove, personality, luxury, obligation, empathy, and sexuality that is rock n’ roll. Yet, they possess an almost idiot savant like grasp of a guaranteed lifetime of virginity. This tuneless, vacuous concept music is as useful as a video diary of the band members braiding dickheads. Imagine, all the longwinded musical douche drinking of the band Yes, minus the musicianship, the message of love, and the excuse of being British. We strongly suggest you take our advice on this one and immediately, perpetually ignore these fuckbags, until they dry up like the turds they are, and blow away in the fart wind of their retarded imaginations.

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01-23-2006, 01:57 PM

Bobo, I had to edit out the part in your last post where you were quoting someone else...it was screwing up trhe page layout, somehow making the reply buttons appear IN your post and stratching the page waaaaaaaay to the right!Trippy...

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trackstand

01-23-2006, 02:08 PM

BoBo,My favorite Mats Morgen to date is the LIVE album. Stellar performance!!!Check out Wayside Records for info. concerning any of this stuff.The two of them plus Jimmy Agren do an unbelievable Capt. Beef. tribute also.I would think the singer Freddie Wadling would appeal to you alot.Yes,I got the 1974 Wyatt show a couple months ago. Fantastic, but they lost me with the I'm a Believer cover. Bleah!Do you have the Nick Mason [or should I say Carla Bley } release Fictitious Sports?Let's hear it for tastes in Music!

Stankfoot

01-23-2006, 02:30 PM

quote: This band stinks of lame more than a shits’ dying breath. Ok… Truth be told, I haven’t heard this album. I simply CAN’T!!! Why?! Well, after hearing their new single, while staring in disbelief like a hypnotized mental patient at the video (which shows the singer’s clown wig of a hair-don’t on purpose), I discovered they have the most pretentious… No wait, preposterous, album title ever created, “Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness”. Do you fucking believe it??? No really, that’s it. These guys like comic books and role-playing games. Do we need to explain any further? It’s as if this band has absolutely no understanding of the honesty, originality, groove, personality, luxury, obligation, empathy, and sexuality that is rock n’ roll. Yet, they possess an almost idiot savant like grasp of a guaranteed lifetime of virginity. This tuneless, vacuous concept music is as useful as a video diary of the band members braiding dickheads. Imagine, all the longwinded musical douche drinking of the band Yes, minus the musicianship, the message of love, and the excuse of being British. We strongly suggest you take our advice on this one and immediately, perpetually ignore these fuckbags, until they dry up like the turds they are, and blow away in the fart wind of their retarded imaginations.  I agree. The musical growth of this band cannot even be charted. They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry.      

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01-23-2006, 03:28 PM

<img height="174" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000032P7.01._PE8_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" width="176" border="0" />I believe you can categorize some of Todd Rundgren's music as PROG but it seems to never be "spacey" and "directionless" like some songs from Yes, Zappa, and the likeUtopia - a group of great musicians

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Mike Teacher

01-23-2006, 04:17 PM

The musical growth of this band cannot even be charted. They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry.=Shark Sandwich? IntrVenus DeMilo?=Anyway, that so weird I just cracked open a Utopia live in Boston 1982 DVD and was whisked back, holy shit what a great group, not sure what yar it was but I saw them touring for the album 'Adventures In...' when the song 'Caravan' got a bit of radio airplay. Great group indeed. Peter Gabriel's stuff also runs the gamut for MTV pop to some really cool obscure stuff, and his instumental stuff, and soundtracks for 'Birdy' and 'Last Temptation of Christ' are pretty frigging cool, but again, much is instrumental and minimalist and repetitive, hence for non fans, bone crushingly boring.Ya know, Bob Moog died last year. bummer. His instruments are used by just about everyone, either first hand or sampled, by just about everyone in this thread. <img src="http://members.aol.com/miketeachr/esig" border="0" />

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FUNKMAN

01-23-2006, 04:27 PM

Anyway, that so weird I just cracked open a Utopia live in Boston 1982 DVD and was whisked back, holy shit what a great group, not sure what yar it was but I saw them touring for the album 'Adventures In...' when the song 'Caravan' got a bit of radio airplay. Great group indeedhey! i bought that one, love it!   try the OOPS Wrong Planet album/cd, you won't be disappointedBrother john saw visions of god So they put him in chains For acting too odd As the crowd shouted, off with his head The priest said, have mercy Let’s burn him instead Trapped 

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Hottub

01-23-2006, 04:40 PM

Back in the day, I was as guilty as the next kid for listening to all this stuff. Fortunately, I was simultaneously listening to punk, and what would become metal, so I was saved.Anyway, as far as prog goes, most of it does not hold up anymore. After 20 years, I can replay these songs, and be thoroughly bored! Yes was just pompous and not interesting. ELP was over the top, "Look at what my Moog can do!" King Crimson, "YAWN".The only things I have found "Pod-Worthy" are selected ELO and Kansas tracks.<img src="http://www.silentpix.com/hottub/sigs/rotate.php" align="right" border="0" /> so does that mean that it was "THE ORANGE BOWL OF FAILURE?" Staples <a href="http://www.silentpix.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Myalbums&file=thumbnails&album=41" target="_blank">See The Cruising Vessel</a> Check out silentpix.com.

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FUNKMAN

01-23-2006, 04:47 PM

a little weed always helped getting through some of the songs and made them seem well, far out!Space Truckin on Deep Purple's Made In Japan - we'd be 'stoned up' sitting around and would always wonder  "aren't that drummers arms getting tired, he's fucking amazing"...

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Hottub

01-23-2006, 04:51 PM

Actually, Funk.  Weed helped us with the Beatles and Springsteen.I don't miss those days.

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bobrobot

01-23-2006, 06:24 PM

quote: Bobo, I had to edit out the part in your last post where you were quoting someone else...it was screwing up trhe page layout, somehow making the reply buttons appear IN your post and stratching the page waaaaaaaay to the right!  Trippy... Yikes... Sorry!!!  Do you have the Nick Mason [or should I say Carla Bley } release Fictitious Sports?LOVE THAT RECORD!!! It's OOP now, and going for over $50 on eBay!!! It doesn't make sense that "I Hate to Sing" is available and Nick Mason's Ficticious Sports isn't!!! SIIIIIIIAMMMMMM.... <img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/bobogolem/SpongeBoboGolemPants.jpg" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.bobogolem.com/">bobogolem.com</a>

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ChimneyFish

01-23-2006, 07:51 PM

I don't know if anyone is at all familiar with Mr. Bungle or Secret Cheifs 3, and if they would be considered "prog-rock". Some of the best musicisns I've seen live, with the most interesting song writing.I'm completely prepared for the obligatory "they suck, thaey're the worst band I've ever heard" posts.Don't really know what the official definition of "progressive rock" is.  I'm beginning to pass out from the Tylenol PM.<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/sleep.gif" border="0" /><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/RNFBABIESSIG.gif" border="0" /> sig pic used with kind permission of NortonsHog

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Tall_James

01-23-2006, 07:53 PM

I saw Yes, maybe 15 times from 77 to whenever te hell last time wasHow many of those times were they "in the round"?

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Death Metal Moe

01-23-2006, 07:59 PM

quote: I don't know if anyone is at all familiar with Mr. Bungle or Secret Cheifs 3, and if they would be considered "prog-rock". Some of the best musicisns I've seen live, with the most interesting song writing.I'm completely prepared for the obligatory "they suck, thaey're the worst band I've ever heard" posts.Don't really know what the official definition of "progressive rock" is.  I'm beginning to pass out from the Tylenol PM.<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/sleep.gif" border="0" /><img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/RNFBABIESSIG.gif" border="0" /> sig pic used with kind permission of NortonsHog This message was edited by ChimneyFish on 1-23-06 @ 11:51 PM I love Mr Bungle's 1st album.  The other 2 I bought were kinda lame.  VERY messed up but fucking cool. 

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ChimneyFish

01-24-2006, 02:27 PM

quote: I love Mr Bungle's 1st album.  The other 2 I bought were kinda lame.  VERY messed up but fucking cool. Their second album, Disco Volante, was very "avant garde", as they say.The third, California, was some of the most brilliant songwriting I've ever heard. And they performed the entire album live.All this is just my opinion, of course.

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Death Metal Moe

01-24-2006, 02:31 PM

God I LOVE Amazon.com.  For 11 dollars I get a new sealed copy of King Crimson's CD "Disipline" delivered to my house in about 2-3 business days.  I get it cheaper than I could from a store, I bought it from my house and I don't have to go out after work to get it.Sweet.

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trackstand

01-24-2006, 03:21 PM

PLAY IT VERY LOUD and be sure to dance!

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01-24-2006, 06:15 PM

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WhistlePig

01-25-2006, 03:48 PM

How about the Residents? I've loved them since '79.

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