Why are Magenta not huge???

I think the reason Magenta are not huge is that they essentially fall between two stools. Their music is not catchy enough to qualify as pop and not complex or adventurous enough to quality as prog (except of the neo variety).

You can get seven on the bands own website.

Inverted wrote: I look everywhere, yet I cannot find Seven. I have been looking for about 6 months now. Perhaps that is why they aren't huge. (Not like it's easy to find Flower Kings albums either though).

I buy my cd's from kinesiscd.com and lasercd.com here in the states and they both have Seven.  Laser has tons of FK as well.  I can easily recommend both outlets as being easy to use and work with.

I think that the curse of many smaller prog bands is that they have a decent audience when you count every fan world-wide, but not enough fans are concentrated in any one place to really tour effectively and play a lot of shows.

cos they are boring

ian picken wrote: Magenta should be huge, they are great musicians, have a brilliant vocalist, great songs and are a top live group. If there was justice they would be playing Hammersmith odeon instead of the Borderline in nov.

If there was justice VdGG would be playing Las Vegas every night with people having to book for the show half a year in advance. Not that they would ever do that, by the way; Peter Hammill hates standing still, and playing Las Vegas every night he would definitely regard as standing still.

Easy Livin wrote: I think the main criticism of Magenta is that they are too derivative. Their music often lacks originality. That said, I enjoy their msuic a lot, and would advise taking such criticism with a pinch of salt.

I think you hit the nail on the head Bob. That is exactly what i think. They are a very good band, and Christina has loads of charisma, but they lack originality. But, as you said, that does not mean they aren't enjoyable.

Infandous, I know exactly when you left the NEARfest show. It did get a little tedious in the middle. The rest of the set was fantastic. If they had kept the same level throughout their performance, they would have had my vote for best band of day one. However, they weren't able to top Izz.

The Reasoning are very good.

Peter wrote: Perhaps they had average-sized human parents, and are well past their initial pubescent growth spurts?

ian picken wrote: Magenta should be huge, they are great musicians, have a brilliant vocalist, great songs and are a top live group. If there was justice they would be playing Hammersmith odeon instead of the Borderline in nov.