Re: prog-rock (way off-topic)

["Butch" <paulrichard10@attbi.com>]

Yeah. And someone else threw John Coltrane into the mix!

Don't ask the members of this list for a cup of sugar. You're liable to get
everything from foot powder to Comet cleanser. Hehehe.
----- Original Message -----
From: "rich" <rich@nuvisionsca.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: prog-rock (way off-topic)


> as i happened to say before,
>
> >...although i'm still fuzzy on what
> >: exactly a 'prog' rock band is...
> >:
>
> and since bands like Tool and The Ventures got thrown into the mix as
well...
>
> i will say thank you, David, for grilling me on my inaccuracies of
> lumping krautrock and spacerock bands into the prog-rock genre.
>
> heartfelt apologies all around.
>
> rich
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >:
> >: Can
> >: Neu!
> >: Amon Duul
> >: Tangerine Dream
> >: Hawkwind
> >
> >Can, Neu!, and Amon Duul II fall under Krautrock, not prog, with Amon
Duul
> >II (and Amon Duul I also, I'd say) falling sideways into spacerock.
> >
> >Tangerine Dream never fit into the prog-rock category, either.
> >Electronic-experimental initially, then various forms of ambient, and,
> >finally, some flavors of New Age.
> >
> >Hawkwind are definitely not prog.  Spacerock all the way, those boys.
One
> >of a kind, despite all the personnel changes.
> >
> >Van Der Graaf Generator/Van Der Graaf fell in and out of the prog-rock
and
> >spacerock categories, but as they tended to be all over the place, I
would
> >hesitate to use the prog label as a focus.  Both the drummer and
sax/flute
> >player were quite accomplished jazz players, the keyboards player went 
>on
to
> >build organs for churches, and the vocalist, Peter Hammill, turned up at
one
> >point with an opera in hand.
> >
> >David
> >http://www.mp3.com/DAMcDonald
>