Thanks ProgArchives

I first want to express my sincere thanks to all involved with progarchives.com.  I have been a progressive rock fan for quite some time, but thanks to this site I have discovered a lot of great bands that I might not have otherwise found.

I have always had the "progressive" taste in everything, including music.  Like many on this board I tend to reject the mainstream point of view in many aspects of life, especially music.  I can't even make myself tune into a local FM radio station anymore (I admit to listening to a lot of AM talk radio).  I grew up in the late 80's and the 90's, in the big hair / grunge / alternative era.  Surrounded by countless bands like Motley Crue and Green Day, I had to lash out and I found progressive rock.  Early on I became huge fans of bands like Tool and Faith No More, maybe not "prog" by most standards but I feel it was a step in the right direction.  Since then my music tastes have diverted into several directions, including everything from Symphonic Prog to Post Metal.

Again, I sincerely thank all collaborators to this site as it has been a great source of new or undiscovered bands.  Although I still enjoy many "non-prog" bands such as RAtM and Pantera from my HS days, I look forward to discovering many new progressive bands, old and new, and this site is a great resource.


Edited by vnmn23 - January 31 2008 at 00:20

Howdy from Texas.  I share a lot of your sentiments about this site.  It's a gateway to a lot of fantastic prog music that is ignored by the mainstream media.

Shakespeare wrote: Have you explored the Zeuhl subgenre yet?

I'm not real familiar with Zeuhl, but am willing to try anything at least once.

I've noticed in browsing this site Magma is by far the most popular Zeuhl band.  According to the definition of Zeuhl I think it might be easier to just call the sub-genre Magma!

This may be difficult, but which band outside of the Zeuhl genre would be the easiest comparison to Magma?  I am intrigued by this genre but have not explored it yet.  Also, as someone that has never heard a Magma song, which song/album would be the best place to start?


Edited by vnmn23 - January 31 2008 at 01:03

Shakespeare wrote: Well, a lot of avant-garde bands, particularly some in the RIO stream are often compared to Magma, but I personally don't think (from what little I've heard) that RIO has too much in common with Zeuhl musically.

I am not a Avant-Garde expert by any means, but do enjoy the "headliners" of the genre such as Zappa, anything Mike Patton does, and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.  I have done a little bit of research on Magma on this site and others but have nothing substantial, including the 30 second iStore clips and I am very intrigued.  Name your all-time favorite Zeuhl song and I'll download it and be able to totally dissect it.

Edit:  As to your point of Zeuhl being hard to digest, if I can digest Delirium Cordia by Fantomas I can digest anything right?


Edited by vnmn23 - January 31 2008 at 03:29

vnmn23 wrote: Shakespeare wrote: Well, a lot of avant-garde bands, particularly some in the RIO stream are often compared to Magma, but I personally don't think (from what little I've heard) that RIO has too much in common with Zeuhl musically. I am not a Avant-Garde expert by any means, but do enjoy the "headliners" of the genre such as Zappa, anything Mike Patton does, and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.  I have done a little bit of research on Magma on this site and others but have nothing substantial, including the 30 second iStore clips and I am very intrigued.  Name your all-time favorite Zeuhl song and I'll download it and be able to totally dissect it. Edit:  As to your point of Zeuhl being hard to digest, if I can digest Delirium Cordia by Fantomas I can digest anything right?

Try Merzbow. Patton aind even close. Seriously though, Merzbow sucks, and they all know it. Merzbow knows it. But then, i am a Belle and Sebastian boy myself.. :)


Edited by Evans - February 01 2008 at 18:13