Grateful Dead

I don't understand why this poll was moved to general discussions. If anything, I think people are starting to agree that some of their material falls under the progressive spectrum. 

Generally threads about artists who are not listed in the archive get moved. If the thread is suggesting an addition then it will get moved to Suggest New Bands, otherwise it ends up in General Music Discussion. This has been how the forum works for at least the past ten years.

The only thing I ever liked by them was Side Two of Terrapin Station.

I was never a fan of their music and thought that SF bands like the Airplane and Quicksilver were much better.

Psychedelic/Space Rock?  The Dead practically invented it.

Edited by Intruder - April 16 2017 at 10:52

Intruder wrote: Psychedelic/Space Rock?  The Dead practically invented it. Prog Folk?  Again, the Dead were pioneers of the genre. Jazz Rock/Fusion?  Miles Davis dug their jazzy improv jams.....they were Coltrane disciples.....some of their mid-70s stuff could easily be mistaken for Weather Report....or Zappa....or the Dregs....or early Coryell.....fusion! Crossover?  Eclectic?  Even Progressive Electronic.....their first few albums were experiments in electronica....they twisted knobs, tapes and sound - they dug Cage and saw the studio as a way to manipulate sound to fit the jam but also to fit a mood, emotion or their attempt at catching the sound of wind, waves, weirdness.  Krautrockers dug the Dead....they practically followed the lead laid down by the Dead.   Could probably make a case for a few other of the PA genre list but it's such a lovely Sunday morning.

Woah! If all of the above is really true, I urgently need to reinvestigate the Greatful Dead. I could never get through that dry, country-bluesy nut of some of their studio albums, if that makes sense.

Any albums you folks could recommend for the above-described jazz-rock/fusion improvisation that could have easily been mistaken for Weather Report, Zappa or early Coryell? And also the albums that featured sonic exploration in form of "twisted knobs, tapes," Cage inspiration, and using studio as a way "to fit a mood, emotion or their attempt at catching the sound of wind, waves, weirdness." You really got me wanting to check them out again. What would be some of the most exciting works for me to start with?

micky wrote: yeah man.... too beautiful a day to waste your time man or to even care.. unless you can make them a bunch of limey's it won't make a damn bit of difference what kind of reason and logic you can manage. It isn't about the music.. it never was when you had a bunch of hacks in charge of additions...it is about perception and protecting the sanctity of the site and ... oh... where they came from haha micky wrote: however IMO very underrated by many in their importance and influence.. none more than by this site.  The single biggest omission the site has.. if they had been english.. they'd have been added... in 2004.

aglasshouse wrote: We can't deny the fact that American bands get defecated on here often just for being American.

I was speaking anecdotally, as I have encountered people outside (inside, but overwhelmingly outside) PA that have dismissed bands from the classic period for being from the United States, which I believe it a silly thing to do. But I shouldn't have phrased it as an immutable fact. Sorry. I still think though that my experience stands.

Dean wrote: aglasshouse wrote: I was speaking anecdotally, as I have encountered people outside (inside, but overwhelmingly outside) PA that have dismissed bands from the classic period for being from the United States, which I believe it a silly thing to do. But I shouldn't have phrased it as an immutable fact. Sorry. I still think though that my experience stands. Unfortunately I don't. Anecdotal evidence is only of value when corroborated by undeniable fact(s) because that's the only way we can differentiate between an accurate representation and false generalisation. Sadly here you are using anecdotal evidence to support hearsay.