Modern Music that tried to be "Prog"

Holy God, what a load of BS, I believe I'm a purist, but this is too much.

There's great Prog since the late 60's amd all the 70's, of course the 80's were weak, but who can forget Anglagard and Par Lindh Project from the 90's or the whole bunch of new Prog bands like Trespass (Isr) Glass Hammer, Magenta, Echolyn, The Red Masque, etc.

It's true there was more Prog in the 70's, but you'll find great music in every decade if you search.

Iván

ATTENTION

No one listen to the lost chord. He has done this many times before. I
don't know how many times one can bring up the same topic. His last one
I remember was "Modern Prog is Rubbish." He is only trying to make the
newer people here him. If you look it up you will see that I think he
created 3 other topics like this (at least 2 that I remember vividly.)

I'm sick of people dismissing modern prog just because it sounds
"different." The title for Progressive rock was given to the genre because
that style of music was meant to "progress" what other bands and artists
have been doing. Now don't even begin to tell me that there aren't
modern bands that are "progressing" modern music. Don't begin to tell
me that you have many bands that sound exactly like the Mars Volta. It's
called progress. If you don't like it, don't listen to it, don't critisize it
because you can't handle (or don't want to accept) something different.

When people say things like this it's just as ignorant as someone
dismissing more intricate music for their standard pop tunes.

All I have to say on this one is that System of a Down piss me off, Dream Theatre is just as bad and stop picking on Radiohead because they never 'tried' to be prog in the first place!

*nod nod*

cmsandi wrote: its true that alot of the catchier "prog" songs/bands these days may not sound as progressive as some of the earlier stuff but if you actually give them a chance (coheed&cambria) you will learn that they hate when they are labeled emo or punk...they are progressive in the fact that they are doing the same thing 99% of all earlier prog bands...but they PROGRESSED...thats whats great about prog...its is always evolving! bands like System of a Down are not prog but rather poli-rock and would rather talk to you about the politics in egypt rather then the construction of their music. If the music didnt progress from rush, genesis, elp, yes, and queensryche (many more) then it wouldnt be progressive! it may not sound as great but thats just an opinion...i dont like it anymore then alot of you but atleast its introducing more people into our genre...if they look and see these MTV prog bands influences and see rush maybe they will check into them and hince beign a whole new journey into prog rock...that kinda how i did it!

 

Coheed and Cambria sucks.  My friend listened to one of their albums and threw up on his discman afterwards.  no lie

Rashikal wrote: 99% of the people here need to open their minds to new innovative music. spocks beard and flower kings are not prog at all. http://www.ipecac.com/main.php www.loadrecords.com

WHAT?

Are you being sarcastic?

 

They are definitely prog

 

Modern prog is the only enthralling genre of music out today. 

 

Gianthogweed wrote: I think why a lot of people have trouble getting into new prog is because it has merged with punk, at one point prog's mortal enemy.  Think of it, a lot of today's prog bands either were once considered punk bands, came from punk bands, or have some element of punk influence in their music.  How could this be?  How could prog and punk mix?  It's blasphemous!  Well, I guess they sort of had to team up because Rock, in general, was slowly losing ground to rap and r&b.  Also, both genres shared heavy metal as a common ground which explains why the most successful new prog bands are prog metal bands.  I find the mix to be very interesting.

So you are proposing that some Darwinian sh*t is going on in music, and that some genres grow symbiotic to fend off common enemies?

 

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I'm tired of a group of people in this site.... Why are they keep trying to compare two different things. In your everyday life do you compare shoes with hats??? Why do the same thing with what you call "modern" and "true" prog, or "progressive music" with "prog" or 70's bands with modern bands.... For example I like old school hard rock like Ac/Dc. Now there are bands like Spiritual Beggars, Monster Magnet etc. I love ac/dc and i cant listen to spiritual beggars but that only  happens beacause Ac/Dc is just exactly what I've been born to listen to..... Why compare Camel with Tool, The Mars Volta with Yes?????? WTF do they have in common???? Many people here would say "ELP own Radiohead", ok then i guess scaners own printers.... I mean mabye you like the music created on the 70's. There is such a huge amount of unknown bands who played that kind of stuff that an entire life is probably not enough to listen to all of them so why dont you stick to that era's music and leave modern aside. Music is moving on either you like it or not. Not saying its getting better because as i said you cant compare them. Come on guys..... We have so many polls like "best drummer", "best prog band", "ITCOCK VS RED" etc where we all post our opinions as the right answer not like an "opinion".

Angry muhammedans....

Just touching on what giantworthog said...punk and por mixing is a heresy. Sorry but I don't think so Punk was between 76-79 and was there to destroy the music industry now Punk has become part of the very thing it was suppose to destroy. Prog on the other hand has always been there to make sure music progresses and continues to experiment without a safety net, nowadays prog rock is more punk than punk itself! 

stonebeard wrote: Ugggh... Stop confusing "progressive" music with the term "prog." The former term should just be abolished with reguard to what most people actually consider prog music now. The Tangent, IQ, TFK and such are actual representations of modern-day prog music. With the exception of Sigur Ros and possibly Godspeed..., I think these kinds of new bands (TMV for example) are, depending on how you look at it, either creative and challenging, or atonal nonsense. In short, progressive music is not necessarily prog and prog is not necessarily progressive. Blasphamy!

Ok then. Music is a form of Art. Art must always eveolve, in orther to manifest the sensitivity of it's own time. In other words, it must progress, or it'll be dead from the very start. ¿You see anyone trying to create baroque music today as if it were the newest thing? NO. ¿Why? because orchestral music has progressed also, or, moved on, if you will.