OFF: Re: More Prog Rock Babble

[Guido Vacano]

RJ says--
>
> couldnt agree with this more.ive been a fan in passing,but my wife was a
> major fan,and
> assures me your statements are all accurate.............rj
>
> > Really?  You must only be familiar with the earliest Rush material.  Most
> > fans will tell you that the band underwent a pretty big metamorphosis
> around
> > the time of "A Farewell To Kings" (1977) which led them to become what is
> > termed progressive rock.  Their first several albums basically were hard

I am familiar with Rush's entire career (I've seen them on five
consecutive tours, starting with the Permanent Waves Tour in 1980), and I
still think calling them prog rock is baloney, unless you include
Metallica, Megadeth, BOC, Helloween, Celtic Frost and Cirith Ungol in the
same (useless) category. Prog rock refers to a time and a style (i.e., bands
originating in the late sixties to mid seventies, largely keyboard and
synthesizer driven tunes with fantasy genre lyrics). Rush is not prog rock.

All IMHO, of course,
Guido

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