Why does the USA still love Prog?

[BornBrilliant]

Originally Posted by BigTwin

There's no prog radio over here either (at least, not that I know of in my general vicinity)...the "classic rock" station in OKC is just about like Spaz's description. Radio is strictly a numbers game and it's gotten worse in the last 20 years, with companies like Clear Channel. On the bright side, prog has often been referred to as "thinking-mans rock", so revel in your intellectual superiority!

agree'd about the last part. My friend and I never really considered prog to be a huge thing in the US; but I'm not so sure anymore. There's alot of people who have HEARD of the genre, but dont listen. Or, they listen to bands such as Queen, Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush, and Genesis but dont know that it's PROG. They just consider it plain ol' rock. So there probably are alot more fans out there in the US they just dont realize they're fans yet .
So why does US still love prog?

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by BornBrilliant

agree'd about the last part. My friend and I never really considered prog to be a huge thing in the US; but I'm not so sure anymore. There's alot of people who have HEARD of the genre, but dont listen. Or, they listen to bands such as Queen, Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush, and Genesis but dont know that it's PROG. They just consider it plain ol' rock. So there probably are alot more fans out there in the US they just dont realize they're fans yet .
So why does US still love prog?

Sounds like we're getting into that "what is prog" discussion again.

All of the bands above really rock as much as "prog". Look at the album "Going For the One". The title cut is a flat-out rocker, and Awaken is well, Awaken

I don't tend to classify it, I just listen.