Where is all of the Dream Theater???

[progdirjim(Admin)]

Originally posted by Yesspaz
This is something I started to comment on above (no offense, Poda.), but didn't because I'd already gone long. I think one of the reasons some bands like GYBE!, Sigur Ros, The Mars Volta, and King's X aren't accepted wholesale by prog circles is because they are accepted "out there." Once a band breaks out, they're no longer "our babies" and we don't like that. This happens in almost every single genre of music. Legions of underground fans run grass roots campaigns to get their little genre bands in the mainstream, and the second that they do then can't help but feel ambivalent about it. Their excited the band is making it big(ger), but they also feel a sense of loss and elitism.

I have to jump in here. While we've been known to not include a song or two because of "over" popularity, that is not my reasons for not including King's X, for example. I just don't think King's X is prog. I like them, own 4 CDs and plan on getting more. I would see them live if they ever came to San Diego. TMV I just haven't decided on yet. Sigur Ros and GYBE I added without hesitation.

I like enough bands that the masses NEVER will, that it's OK with me when a few make it. But, you have pointed out a common phenomenon