[jtmckinley]

progarchives is great when you hear some band that sounds good to you and you want to find out more about the band. I mean really, who cares if Madonna is listed (is she?)? The point is that I can find out what albums anybody in which I might be interested has put out if they are listed there. I really don't care who's listed there, nor do I care whether they are "prog" (tho most probably are), the great thing about that site is you can find out about the recordings (which may or may not still be available) of some band you've missed until now. I think it's a great resource no? I just went there after having been away for a while, and for a second I didn't like that one needed to know what genre of prog the band you were looking for fit in, but it took me about all of 5 seconds to figure out that the new search interface allowed one to go back to the alphabetical list or use the genre list or others. The "switch index" link is key and it's a great addition to the site IMHO, now if your just interested in somebody's characterization of Canterbury for example you can get that list. Anyway, I don't understand any angst directed toward the site regarding who is included as prog, everybody's definition differs from my experience.