Trevor Rabin on PA

Hi there, I'd like to suggest inclusion of this Yes member on PA.

His solo pieces are definitely prog related, especially great and quite proggy Can't Look Away with Ezrin and White, or Wolf with Manfred Mann, or collection 90124 consisting of some original and 80/90s Yes material. And he has straight connection on one of the most important bands on PA. I guess lot of people who search for side projects of Yes would be interested. As there is Asia, GTR, Conspiracy among others, even White and his Ramshackled - all music which is often far from beign prog (related), Rabin's solo work deserves to be there as well (like him or not).

This should be posted in "Suggest New Bands and Artists", but anyway I do believe Rabin should be somewhere on PA without a doubt.

As previously mentioned, Boston should be added a well

p0mt3 wrote: Yes, Boston and Rabin deserve at least a PR mention.

I agree, but most don't.

Boston would be my second suggestion as well:) They have also some prog relations, especially extensive use of Hammond organ, complexity and arrangements of songs.  I perceive their music to be progressive and very innovative, but according to PA categories it is discutable. However Rabin should be there for sure.

I'm sorry for being unaware about using PA forum groups, I don't know how to move it to "suggestions". 

Thanks for moving the thread. So please give the artist your support!:)

Not that I am against Rabin's inclusion, but I suspect there are many who blame Rabin for de-progifying Yes rather than being a prog musician.  And although that band relationship exists, you are bound to get Ivan responding about that country singer who sung on a Peter Gabriel album but who doesn't belong.  Or maybe me saying that Phil Collins belongs in Prog Related because he used to sing and play drums for a couple certain prog bands. 

Raff wrote: And then, if having been a member of a prog band is a qualifying factor for inclusion, I'm afraid Lemmy's Motorhead have as much right to be here as Rabin (or Phil Collins for that matter)

So why there is mentioned Alan White or GTR then?:) And many others? What about Mike Rutherford, Roger Hodgson or Jon Anderson for example? Only "proggy" album from Jon is maybe Olias of Sunhillow.
If I understood well someone who, according to some of  you, "deprogified" (which I think rather the opposite - but it is different matter of percieving the word progressive) the band has no place here even though his solo output has more to do with progressive music than other artists. It sounds like personal partiality towards some members (including Collins, though his solo is most probably further from prog:).

rushfan4 wrote: Not that I am against Rabin's inclusion, but I suspect there are many who blame Rabin for de-progifying Yes rather than being a prog musician.  And although that band relationship exists, you are bound to get Ivan responding about that country singer who sung on a Peter Gabriel album but who doesn't belong.  Or maybe me saying that Phil Collins belongs in Prog Related because he used to sing and play drums for a couple certain prog bands.

Who cares what Ivan thinks? The last time that Boston was suggested he tried pulling rank by pointing out that he wrote the definition of prog related and I went through it line by line showing how Boston fit what he himself wrote.

Edited by ghost_of_morphy - April 19 2009 at 20:29

I'd vote dead against both, but admittedly my ideas of progressive music are far different than the majority of users of this site.  I've long since stopped losing sleep over it, believe me.  I accept what is added here as just more stuff to write about (a positive thing) while my own definition of progressive music remains a personal thing. 

Whatever is decided, my respect for the Collabs who work their asses off on content creation does not change.  Kudos. 

Finnforest wrote: I'd vote dead against both, but admittedly my ideas of progressive music are far different than the majority of users of this site.  I've long since stopped losing sleep over it, believe me.  I accept what is added here as just more stuff to write about (a positive thing) while my own definition of progressive music remains a personal thing.  Whatever is decided, my respect for the Collabs who work their asses off on content creation does not change.  Kudos.