Obscure bands that should be known!

Eh it's sorta my taste- it's not that I dislike symphonic rock- I just don't really like the band. I'd rate a few of Kruzenshtern & Parohod's album 5 stars no cuz they're Israeli- it's just music that I love!

You'd be surprised at how many newcomers to the site we are getting, who seem very much into throwing away the program and just following their 6th or 37th sense - or whatever else they're using. Alright, I'll admit that some, and no I am not naming any names, do seem to be hip for hip's sake chastising the biggies like Genesis and Yes for no other reason than them being successful and kind of big here on PA (and we can't be like others now can we? - we have to be special in our own modern way - just like the peeps out there who get tattoos to be their own special selves...), but then again that happens a lot these days, because people, myself included are fed up with things like mainstream and reality-nonsense that only seeks to do one thing and that is to put things that don't belong there on pedestals - but anyway a fair amount of these people are genuinely interested in exploring music outside of the common household names around here, and that in itself is a pretty encouraging thing to me at least. 

And no The Velvets will probably never get recognised as true prog conveyers, but to a few of us they will always be just that

 

I'm not sure you can get "progressive" folks to listen to this.

 

It's too SF for them to enjoy or trip through!

 

I have other things from the Bay Area that also fit, but since there is not enough appreciation for the bands in LA, or SF, I tend to not bother with it. It's almost like we should have a separate progressive thing for the US alone ... just don't enjoy seeing these things compared to KC or ELP, when these were happening at the same time and the inspiration was more experimental than it was classically oriented, or theater/film oriented! The LA/SF scenes were much more independent artistically, and as such are very original, but they never had the luck to have such a good press core, that London developed that helped install themselves as the "progressive" kings and queens and imperialists of the world.

 

A lot of times I put on "Crown of Creation" and think ... that is so much more progressive than half the stuff in most KC albums ... and it will never get the credit it deserves. Or even "It's a Beautiful Day" and ...

 

It's just sad for me to see other things ignored.  Even NY had its moments and then some! But Velvet Underground will never be considered "progressive".