Punks Hate Prog.

BaldFriede wrote: It may be biased, but then everyone is biased according to one's musical tastes. And there is a lot of truth in what is written on this site (I browsed through it a little). Bands like Genesis and Yes indeed had turned into dinosaurs, and it is no wonder that the rise of punk coincided with the creative decline of Genesis, Yes, ELP and other bands. And there was a creative decline! They had sold out. Punk was a necessary and vital transfusion of blood into rock music, and some bands picked up a lot of influences from it. Of course they exaggerate a lot, and I wouldn't be in here if I didn't like those "dinosaurs". But as much as I like a musical style I try to keep an open mind, and the criticism of prog rock of the late 70s is more than justified. Ironically though punk fell into the same trap. The music industry quickly turned the revolt into "business as usual" with a capital "B".

i agree to a extent...i like punk, though articles like that kinda make me ashamed to like punk.

It may be biased, but then everyone is biased according to one's musical tastes. And there is a lot of truth in what is written on this site (I browsed through it a little). Bands like Genesis and Yes indeed had turned into dinosaurs, and it is no wonder that the rise of punk coincided with the creative decline of Genesis, Yes, ELP and other bands. And there was a creative decline! They had sold out. Punk was a necessary and vital transfusion of blood into rock music, and some bands picked up a lot of influences from it.
Of course they exaggerate a lot, and I wouldn't be in here if I didn't like those "dinosaurs". But as much as I like a musical style I try to keep an open mind, and the criticism of prog rock of the late 70s is more than justified.
Ironically though punk fell into the same trap. The music industry quickly turned the revolt into "business as usual" with a capital "B".