Comments on: Hipster Prog? No Thanks!

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 18:36:42 +0000

How about Deadly Circus Fire, who dress as zombie clowns? Room-clearing, they were…

By: John P

John P — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:56:57 +0000

12 minutes song about hobbits? Who wants to hear that? What you want is some Dwarf Metal: “Gold, gold, gold, gold, gold, gold ” repeated until either the pub closes or you fall unconcious from drink or a bar fight. Or is that a cliche?
Sorry, I’ll get me coat.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:57:45 +0000

It’s simply displaying an ignorance about anything beyond the most tired of cliches. For example, fantasy-themed lyrics have never been a major feature of prog, but have always featured heavily in metal – just listen to any Iron Maiden album, let alone any power-metal act.

And the less said about those for whole their love of the actual music takes second place to maintaining “street cred” the better.

By: Serdar Yegulalp

Serdar Yegulalp — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:20:21 +0000

I’m reminded of the way people think anime is either PokÃ©mon or hentai, with nothing in between — no Satoshi Kon, no Studio Ghibli, etc. etc.

Do you think the people who stick with the “prog is old fart stuff” line are simply protecting their alleged street cred as music critics, because their readership believes it wouldn’t be caught dead listening to 12-minute songs about hobbits?