Sacramento, CA based Sadly Temporary(formerly Operation:Milksnatch) is a
conglomeration of five musical personalities that have been toying with the
city's underground scene for over 10 years. The music of Sadly Temporary defies
genre classification, but is deeply rooted in progressive rock with slight hints
of bluegrass, metal, classical, and jazz-fusion thrown in here and there. Some
influences like Mr. Bungle, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Danny Elfman and Gong will
be immediately identifiable, while others like The Carpenters, and Jeff Buckley
are more subtle. The music tends to be complex, but this is not the focus of the
songwriting. Rather Sadly Temporary is concerned with interesting melodies and
harmonies based on pop/rock sensibilities with surprising interludes intended to
catch the listener off guard. The Lyrics of our first CD (now titled
Operation:MilkSnatch) tend to be light hearted, comical social/political
commentary largely using dairy products as metaphors for the human race's
on-going struggle for power. (from Amazon.com)
It's not Heavy Prog but it's certainly eclectic with a small e. Thinking that RIO/Avant should maybe check this first.