Explanations, please

[byzantium]

Originally posted by Rick and Roll

2) What's the deal with Citizen Cain? Early IQ and Marillion had the Genesis comparision issues (which they've worked out nicely), and Iluvatar had the Marillion/Collins comparison. And, we have the Starcastle/Galleon/Cairo thing. But Citizen Cain is just long songs cut from old Genesis riffs. Have I not heard enough of them? Please help, am I just generalizing?

Within the Genesis-sound-a-like genre I think that Citizen Cain have their own niche in virtue of the extreme (albeit woody) complexity and absense of lush and extravagant arrangements. Unfortunately there's also an almost total lack of memorable melodies as well.