Thank you Pete for taking my questions! And thank you George and Chuck for providing good answers! I appreciate all you guys putting yourselves out there and taking questions.
I loved the shout-outs to 20th-century classical composer, Bela Bartok, and contemporary jazz pianist, Brad Mehldau! I agree with the thoughts expressed about being open to sounds outside of one's musical "comfort zones"-- that openness is an integral part of the very spirit of progressive music. Bartok's "Concerto for Orchestra" and "Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta" are incredible pieces that prog fans should hear!
@@aldebaran4154 Yes, it's used to great effect in a few sequences. In fact, those sequences are where I was first exposed to Bartok's music, as a child, watching Kubrick's "The Shining" on TV in the early '80s. Memorable (and terrifying) experiences! 🙂
@@JarrettMehldau Thanks for the recommendations of pieces by Mehldau! I'm just beginning to really check out his work, and these pieces give me some suggestions to go deeper.
Away in Europe- sorry didn't get to ask a question. Phenomenal show, insightful questions and thoughtful response. Thanks to you all for reigniting my interest in Prog and introducing me to many new bands.
Thanks to all the panelists for their participation in this interesting episode. Particularly enjoyed some of the discussion of what you would like to discuss in future episodes. This show has brought a lot of new and new 'old' music to my attention and has added a lot to the personal listening library. Thanks again, gents. Much appreciated.
I love when you guys talk about obscure bands. I've learnt a lot and bought a lot of albums due to Sea of Tranquility. My thirst for new music is inexhaustive. Thanks guys. Great episode.
Very good show. Thank you all! Excited to listen to the Renaissance album 'Scheherazade' study in two weeks. I really like your album studies. I think that they are very interesting. Please continue doing them.
I didn't know Luis was a physics professor before tonight. The math teacher and beginning musician in me likes to hear that. Plus our guitarist is a (just retired) physics teacher.
Really interesting show guys. As to Chad`s question of most surprising NearFest act, for me without question it was Kraan. As I remember, they were the first act to come on after the lunch break, so I was feeling very relaxed and receptive. Had never heard of the band before but they blew me away. Their mix of rock, prog, jazz and spacey psych had me riveted. Went to the basement and picked up their first album, and have been a huge fan ever since.
I have been a prog fan since the golden age of prog. I'm 64 now and I am constantly looking for new bands and only listen to prog. Absolutely the best form of music.
Holy crap, I didn't know Luis was a physicist until now. And I love astronomy, I'm an amateur astronomer thus my screen name, and follow astronomers and physicist and pretty much any type of science, so you'd think I would know that! I follow the astrophysicist Dr. Becky Smethurst for my astronomy news, Myron Cook for geology, Forrest Valkai for biology, Gutsick Gibbon for anthropology etc etc. Luis, if you have a channel on TH-cam on physics I'll definitely subscribe.
Hi everyone in the Prog Seat. It would be great to have a discussion on Chris Squire's " Fish Out Of Water" Album. It deserves some love and attention because it's truly epic prog and if it had been a Yes Album, it would of been one of their best. I can hear the Beatles influence and a similarity with Eddie Jobson, Chris's vocal style, the layered arrangements and the bass sound cannot be denied. All in good fun.
This was an excellent way to bring back the QandAs - would love to see more, maybe has an every 3-4 months kinda thing to give time to pick the best questions
A Chilean over here, in our country the most famous band its a prog band "Los Jaivas", they are pretty much loved by the entire country, that says a lot from us, their lyrics are based from Pablo Neruda poems, I recommend you to hear them, in youtube they have a video in Machu Picchu playing the song "La poderosa muerte" it's amazing.
Los Javias sacaron alturas de Machu Pichu algunos años tarde en 1981 el mundo estaba escuchando otra cosa mas new wave y por eso no fueron mas conocidos en el resto del mundo
Los Jaivas (al menos los que perduran con el nombre) se iban a presentar en Viña Del Mar un par de días después de que me fuí). Saludos! Y grande el Prog chileno: Fulano, tryo , akineton, asceta…
I love every episode of in the prog seat. I’ve started to orders cd’s from the lasers edge store owned by Professor Ken Golden. Very influential! What I would love to see on prog seat is a show where all the panelists tells us what each components are in their audio systems that they listen to. Being a music enthusiast and a vintage stereo hi fi nut, I’d find that extremely interesting!
Great show guys, very enlightening and entertaining. Scheherazade and Other Stories!!!! Fantastic pick Ken. By far my favorite Renaissance album. Can't wait for that episode
Some of Ken's comments harken back to a few topics covered on the Friday episodes with Martin from the not-too-distant past. There does seem to be a difference between the younger and older audiences concerning attitudes toward music. I think this could have something to do with the multitudinous conduits through which music is being heard and discovered nowadays. Those from Gen Z and on? They've had the world at their fingertips from the get-go, so to speak, whereas those born much earlier did not. They grew up with platforms like YT (and social media in general), so their exposure to tons of music encompassing many eras, genres, etc was far beyond what most from earlier generations got to experience, thereby increasing the likelihood of them taking to a wide variety of musical styles/artists with relative ease. Of course, this doesn't necessarily explain everything, but I do believe it is a major factor. I like what Steven said concerning the challenges of his listening habits. Those waters can be tricky to navigate, and I don't think this gets talked about nearly enough. I own quite a number of unopened CDs that have lain on the shelves for aeons; sometimes, I will go through periods of not buying a single item just to devote time to the things I had long neglected. And, yes - I, too, get burnt out on prog. Much as I love it, there are times when I don't want to hear a lick of it. Cuneiform? That would be a great episode! I bought tons of music from there years ago. Loved this episode!
I love the band HALLOWEEN from France . They released an album titled MERLIN which is a Prog masterpiece. Its Classical...its jazzy...its even a bit Univers Zero in sections...you know RIO oriented. Interesting vocals...male and female that are smooth and melodic. Its atmospheric and creepy and they produce dark soundscapes. Its a great album 😊
Again great show and loved the discussion on going beyond the top 5 Prog groups - would recommend shows on Renaissance, Riverside, Anathema, no man, no sound, Airbag, Pharaoh Sanders, windmill, mystery, drifting sun, Freddie Hubbard, Nektar Caravan, Karnataka , mostly autumn, Phideaux, Magenta, Eloy, Turner and kirwan of Wexford, Al stewart, lonely robot, Michael urbaniak, Michael quatro, Stray, tangerine dream, vangelis, Zappa, Wally, sebastian Hardee,
@Luis - There is a HUGE prog rock section in the Tower records in Shinjuku in Tokyo. I was shocked at how extensive it was. You guys would love it. (Source - I live in Japan)
Good show. Would like to hear some discussion of Rock In Opposition bands, chief among them would be Henry Cow, Univers Zero, Art Zoyd, Marc Hollander & Aqsak Maboul and others.
I remember in the early 80s reading an article that said Americans don't play metal and that heavy metal was a British genre. The what is prog question reminded me of that.
Cool to hear Old Man Prog mention some of the great comic artists of all time. Unfortunately we lost Neal Adams last year and just lost John Romita Sr. Jim Steranko is still with us though and one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.
hi all ... great q&a. 😎Pete 😶 I hope that there's going to be the same crew for a part 2 edition ... also ... does the logic of you can't have American Prog mean there couldn't have American Metal or Prog Metal 🤔... UK 59 year old ... why do some people want to put restrictions on music genres when there's so much ... music is meant to be enjoyable experience ... can sometimes soothe and heal ... there's too much bad stuff going on ... good job SOT is like a musical oasis ✌🌻🎶❇⚜
Radiohead may not be out and out prog, but they certainly have some prog tendencies/elements to their music over the years. And it was the fact that the music press referred to them (and Tool) as prog a lot when I was getting into those bands around 2000/2001 that got me to look into this prog thing and find out what it was all about. Because before that if I ever came across the word prog (which was rare) it was always made out to be bad and something embarrassing and pretentious and that you don't want to be. But if Radiohead and Tool were in the prog sphere how bad could it be? As it so happens not bad at all; I discovered some of my favourite bands after that: King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Anglagard and Van Der Graaf Generator.
George as the prog metal guy, if you have any Persefone then you have a band from Andorra. If you don't have any Persefone then you need to get some. The show for sure needs an In the Prog Metal Seat offshoot.
Over the past 3 years, in regards to 'prog', I have gone from 0 to 60, purchasing several hundred new cd's covering almost every genre of prog, from classics to newer bands/releases. I go thru a few each week 'with the lights low' and it's been a fantastic journey. The only genre I have struggled to fully enjoy, and in fairness I've only dabbled into it a little thus far, is neo-prog. The only song I actually had to stop midway thru was the title track from Mystery - Redemption. Marillion Script was, for instance, enjoyable enough for sure but I didn't 'love' it so maybe some neo-prog will be the only struggle for me, for whatever reason. Everything else is amazing.
As with the music, so with the channel. Us oldies love our comfort food, but it’s not all we crave. Does “new” have to mean recently released or can it mean anything you haven’t previously listened to? I’m not one of those it’s all crap after 1975 merchants (well I suppose I am a bit), but I just seem to find something from back in the day that I didn’t listen to at the time has more power to float my boat - I suppose it’s comfort of sorts, but it can still be challenging music. I never would have coped with VDGG or Gentle Giant back then, I’d only just graduated from The Moody Blues to Yes and Genesis.
Wish I hadn’t missed the call for questions because I would have liked to ask you guys how big your listening backlogs are. I used to buy CDs pretty much when I was ready to listen to them, but during Covid I had a mad buying spree that I’d only recently managed to put the brakes on with a backlog of 200+. Then I started noticing that CDs that were once readily available at a reasonable price were no longer there or were only available used at stupid prices, and another mad spree ensued, buying what I could at a decent price new and used. Backlog now around 370. Probably small change for you guys.
While watching this and listening to the comments about Nearfest a question sprung to mind, so can i start the ball rolling for Q&A episode 2?🤭 Chad, if you were to organise a 2024 Nearfest, who would be the first 10 bands you contacted to appear?
@@chutch15 You dodged that question like a pro 😂 So here's an easier one. What was your criteria for booking a band for Nearfest? For example, theres a fine fine between art rock and progressive, so were there any bands that you considered booking that perhaps weren't 'progressive' enough (i know thats subjective and 'progressive' is only a label, ultimately its all music👍)
@@terrywalker8446 We certainly didn't apply a strict definition of "prog rock" to our bookings. We deliberately didn't use the word "progressive rock" in the title of the festival for that very reason; we used "art rock" because we though it would a) give us more reach, and b) avoid the "what is prog rock?" nonsense. We always tried to have a very diverse lineup, pulling from all sub-genres under the larger umbrella of what fit the festival. On the same bill, we could have neo-prog, RIO, space rock, fusion, symphonic and avant garde. We looked for bands that were popular at the time or being highly chatted about online from any particular subgenre. The headliners were a different story. We tried to book as many of the classic bands as we could while we could and obviously within our budget. We also tried not to repeat, but there were a few exceptions. As far as your first question, I still put on that NF hat when I listen to new music. There are definitely times where I'll think "yep, that's a band we would have booked". Some examples of newer bands would be Karaba, Aurora Clara, Special Providence, The Aristocrats, Paskinel, Jalayan and SKe.
Sadly I am a little late, to this vlog, my question would have been, what technique do you use to get, the CDs out of the, Jethro Tull Broadsword box set.
It's a bit of a challenge isn't it? However, the best method is to push the top of the disc (the thin edge) down towards the little moveable lugs at the bottom of the round housing each disc sits in. This releases the top of the disc from the two nodules that click it in place. (Now, by the top of the disc I mean as if the set was sitting upright at 90 degrees to the table (or whatever) surface). Until I tried this it took me ages to remove any of the discs and with fear of snapping them or the plastic housing. With this method it is pretty simple by comparison. I hope this helps!
What a great episode. As a Prog fan, I have absorbed the "In The Prog Seat" shows - and it has been so refreshing to have Ken Golden, George L, and Luis Nasser challenge us with new/old material. This team is awesome. Bravo, Pete!
We have people in Uk who buy 2 box sets of an album. One to unbox and show on TH-cam unboxing video other to put on shelf and will never be opened staying sealed.
There's a lot of stuff to talk about. Even from 1970s. But the personal preference decides all. For example Pete don't like Strawbs though it's a notable band with vast discography.
I love this panel. Great episode although I was getting frustrated with the quality (or lack of) with Chad's mic/connection. Sometimes I was having trouble hearing what he was saying and I don't want to miss a single syllable.
When Pete started saying there’s a guy whose comments are always negative (& ridiculous), I thought, ‘Oh, no, he’s going to say my name!” What a relief it wasn’t me. I’m not that “ass-clown” at least.
I’d like to ask any of the panel if they like the band All About Eve and if they’d consider them prog or not? Also their opinion of the band Solstice and their album Silent Dance.
Two albums by English rock bands with an overarching theme of mental health/the modern condition (at the time recorded). That’s generally why they are compared and lets be fair here- Floyd were not the ‘proggiest’ prog band. I have seen other debates where people question whether Pink Floyd are prog (I think they are). If your problem is that you don’t think OK Computer is as good as DSOTM, doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in the same category as you do not like Radiohead, well that is your (subjective) opinion. I still think there’s a lot of “this is the established 1970s canon do not mess with it” going on there.
IMO: There is little, if anything, made today that's as innovative, interesting and progressive as prime period Rush, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and Moody Blues.
Doskalle is one of the MANY bands that my brother from a Swedish mother Mattias Olsson plays drums for. You may know him from Anglagard, White Willow, Necromonkey, his own project called Molesome, and The Devil's Staircase, to name but just a handful.
That is difficult... for sure the 6 string quartets, but I also absolutely love Bluebeard's Castle, The Miraculous Mandarin, The violin Sonatas and Violin Concerto #2. It's all absolutely mesmerizing stuff to my ears when it comes to Bartok. I also love Shostakovich...
I don’t get why people complain for the sake of it, especially complaining about the Mellotron on a prog rock programme! The most common instrument used in prog rock in the 70s. That’s like complaining about 80s pop musicians who used the Fairlight CMI. Very very strange. Another thing I don’t get is people buying physical media products, showing them off on social media & they’re still sealed & they have no intentions of watching/listening to them. People who do that are not really collectors, they are hoarders. I have a massive collection of movies from horror, sci fi, action, thrillers etc. Most of them are limited editions, & I rip in to them & watch the film, read the booklets etc. I have no intentions of keeping them sealed.
@@brucybabyy7355 From Wikipedia: Djent (/dʒɛnt/) is a subgenre of progressive metal, distinguished by a high-gain, distorted, palm-muted, low-pitch guitar sound. The name "djent" is an onomatopoeia of this sound.
@@brucybabyy7355 it refers to a stylo of playing 7 and 8 string guitars with heavy gated distortion and palm muting. Some people even designate it as a genre, but it isn't. Examples of that sort of playing can be found in albums by Periphery, Meshuggah, etc...
@@bertkarlsson1421 I love the three bands mentioned. I saw Koenji live twice, once at Nearfest, and another time at a club in Chicago called The Abbey! They opened for Cheer Accident, a local art rock band.
@@lahloonatic I would love to see Koenji live! They seem like a great live band! Their drummer Tatsuya Yoshida has another band called Ruins! They are also great!
Thank you Pete for taking my questions! And thank you George and Chuck for providing good answers! I appreciate all you guys putting yourselves out there and taking questions.
I loved the shout-outs to 20th-century classical composer, Bela Bartok, and contemporary jazz pianist, Brad Mehldau! I agree with the thoughts expressed about being open to sounds outside of one's musical "comfort zones"-- that openness is an integral part of the very spirit of progressive music. Bartok's "Concerto for Orchestra" and "Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta" are incredible pieces that prog fans should hear!
Kubrick used that latter piece wonderfully in The Shining.
Mehldau is a genius musician. I love "Art Of The Trio Vol. 1" and "Vol. 3", "Elegiac Cycle" and "Highway Rider".
@@aldebaran4154 Yes, it's used to great effect in a few sequences. In fact, those sequences are where I was first exposed to Bartok's music, as a child, watching Kubrick's "The Shining" on TV in the early '80s. Memorable (and terrifying) experiences! 🙂
@@JarrettMehldau Thanks for the recommendations of pieces by Mehldau! I'm just beginning to really check out his work, and these pieces give me some suggestions to go deeper.
Away in Europe- sorry didn't get to ask a question. Phenomenal show, insightful questions and thoughtful response. Thanks to you all for reigniting my interest in Prog and introducing me to many new bands.
Kens attitude on music is rare for someone with his experience. Awesome!
Thanks to all the panelists for their participation in this interesting episode. Particularly enjoyed some of the discussion of what you would like to discuss in future episodes. This show has brought a lot of new and new 'old' music to my attention and has added a lot to the personal listening library. Thanks again, gents. Much appreciated.
Marvellous, thank you gentlemen.
I'd love to see an episode on the links between classical music and prog.
vaughn williams, for sure.
100%.
That would require a discussion of Kerry Livgren whose music was based on a deep knowledge of classical music!
I love when you guys talk about obscure bands. I've learnt a lot and bought a lot of albums due to Sea of Tranquility. My thirst for new music is inexhaustive. Thanks guys. Great episode.
Very good show. Thank you all! Excited to listen to the Renaissance album 'Scheherazade' study in two weeks. I really like your album studies. I think that they are very interesting. Please continue doing them.
I didn't know Luis was a physics professor before tonight. The math teacher and beginning musician in me likes to hear that. Plus our guitarist is a (just retired) physics teacher.
You haven't been watching every episode.
What a fantastic show thank you so much as always.
I'd love for this to become somewhat regular, as long as there are still unanswered (good) questions
Really interesting show guys. As to Chad`s question of most surprising NearFest act, for me without question it was Kraan. As I remember, they were the first act to come on after the lunch break, so I was feeling very relaxed and receptive. Had never heard of the band before but they blew me away. Their mix of rock, prog, jazz and spacey psych had me riveted. Went to the basement and picked up their first album, and have been a huge fan ever since.
I have been a prog fan since the golden age of prog. I'm 64 now and I am constantly looking for new bands and only listen to prog. Absolutely the best form of music.
Holy crap, I didn't know Luis was a physicist until now. And I love astronomy, I'm an amateur astronomer thus my screen name, and follow astronomers and physicist and pretty much any type of science, so you'd think I would know that! I follow the astrophysicist Dr. Becky Smethurst for my astronomy news, Myron Cook for geology, Forrest Valkai for biology, Gutsick Gibbon for anthropology etc etc. Luis, if you have a channel on TH-cam on physics I'll definitely subscribe.
I will inaugurate it soon. Working on a video course for musicians on Fourier analysis. Cheers!
Hi everyone in the Prog Seat. It would be great to have a discussion on Chris Squire's " Fish Out Of Water" Album. It deserves some love and attention because it's truly epic prog and if it had been a Yes Album, it would of been one of their best. I can hear the Beatles influence and a similarity with Eddie Jobson, Chris's vocal style, the layered arrangements and the bass sound cannot be denied. All in good fun.
YES IT IS😀😀😀
This was an excellent way to bring back the QandAs - would love to see more, maybe has an every 3-4 months kinda thing to give time to pick the best questions
Love Happy the Man! That was a great episode. Should do a Yezda Urfa or a Cathedral(70s) album study
Great show, and I'd also like to see more prog metal covered
A Chilean over here, in our country the most famous band its a prog band "Los Jaivas", they are pretty much loved by the entire country, that says a lot from us, their lyrics are based from Pablo Neruda poems, I recommend you to hear them, in youtube they have a video in Machu Picchu playing the song "La poderosa muerte" it's amazing.
Los Javias sacaron alturas de Machu Pichu algunos años tarde en 1981 el mundo estaba escuchando otra cosa mas new wave y por eso no fueron mas conocidos en el resto del mundo
Los Jaivas (al menos los que perduran con el nombre) se iban a presentar en Viña Del Mar un par de días después de que me fuí). Saludos! Y grande el Prog chileno: Fulano, tryo , akineton, asceta…
@@lahloonatic I hope someday made a program about South American Prog
Regards
Great set list. Your set list is on point. I would try and slip in Sin City and the punky Riff Raff.
I love every episode of in the prog seat. I’ve started to orders cd’s from the lasers edge store owned by Professor Ken Golden. Very influential! What I would love to see on prog seat is a show where all the panelists tells us what each components are in their audio systems that they listen to. Being a music enthusiast and a vintage stereo hi fi nut, I’d find that extremely interesting!
Great episode.
Great show! Play the avant!
love this episode
Great episode guys! And to the guy with the stupid question the Bee Gees used the Mellotron on their early "pop" albums.
Same also the Beatles use it too
Also Henry Cow and the Art Bears.
Great show, thanks! 🍺🤘
...funny how by this point I can know who's talking just by the voice; I was listening the show while working.
Excellent show guys.
I like new music. New music doesn't have to be new though...it can be old music you haven't heard yet.
Agreed
Great episode, gents!
Great show guys, very enlightening and entertaining.
Scheherazade and Other Stories!!!!
Fantastic pick Ken. By far my favorite Renaissance album. Can't wait for that episode
Some of Ken's comments harken back to a few topics covered on the Friday episodes with Martin from the not-too-distant past. There does seem to be a difference between the younger and older audiences concerning attitudes toward music. I think this could have something to do with the multitudinous conduits through which music is being heard and discovered nowadays. Those from Gen Z and on? They've had the world at their fingertips from the get-go, so to speak, whereas those born much earlier did not. They grew up with platforms like YT (and social media in general), so their exposure to tons of music encompassing many eras, genres, etc was far beyond what most from earlier generations got to experience, thereby increasing the likelihood of them taking to a wide variety of musical styles/artists with relative ease. Of course, this doesn't necessarily explain everything, but I do believe it is a major factor.
I like what Steven said concerning the challenges of his listening habits. Those waters can be tricky to navigate, and I don't think this gets talked about nearly enough. I own quite a number of unopened CDs that have lain on the shelves for aeons; sometimes, I will go through periods of not buying a single item just to devote time to the things I had long neglected.
And, yes - I, too, get burnt out on prog. Much as I love it, there are times when I don't want to hear a lick of it.
Cuneiform? That would be a great episode! I bought tons of music from there years ago.
Loved this episode!
I forgot to mention that i have found lots of new band from listen to SOT from what you all talk about 😊
great show as always...can't wait for the next Q and A show
Thanks to all ,it was very interesting for me
"Listen for the commonalities" - totally agree with Luis. Always thirsty, for sure! Great Q&A show.
“Mushrooms “ LOL
I love the band HALLOWEEN from France . They released an album titled MERLIN which is a Prog masterpiece. Its Classical...its jazzy...its even a bit Univers Zero in sections...you know RIO oriented. Interesting vocals...male and female that are smooth and melodic. Its atmospheric and creepy and they produce dark soundscapes. Its a great album 😊
Give me mellotron or give me death.
Might I suggest George to listen to Jose Cid's "10000 Anos Depois entre Vénus e Marte", a classic 70's Portuguese space rock album?
Loved the A-Z shows, found out about so many different and unknown bands 🤘🏻👍🏻😉
Really enjoyed the show as always guys. Always up for new music and yes there is a lot of it out there.
Thanks for answer my question Luis!
Again great show and loved the discussion on going beyond the top 5 Prog groups - would recommend shows on Renaissance, Riverside, Anathema, no man, no sound, Airbag, Pharaoh Sanders, windmill, mystery, drifting sun,
Freddie Hubbard, Nektar
Caravan, Karnataka , mostly autumn, Phideaux, Magenta, Eloy, Turner and kirwan of Wexford, Al stewart, lonely robot, Michael urbaniak, Michael quatro,
Stray, tangerine dream, vangelis, Zappa, Wally, sebastian Hardee,
Thanks guys, great to get your thoughts a bit more. Cheers
@Luis - There is a HUGE prog rock section in the Tower records in Shinjuku in Tokyo. I was shocked at how extensive it was. You guys would love it. (Source - I live in Japan)
Good show. Would like to hear some discussion of Rock In Opposition bands, chief among them would be Henry Cow, Univers Zero, Art Zoyd, Marc Hollander & Aqsak Maboul and others.
I would love to see a RIO episode! Tipographica is another great band!!!
We may need Ian Carrs to guest host that one.
@@chutch15 Who is Ian Carrs?
@@bertkarlsson1421 he is a dear friend and a very knowledgeable fan of RIO
Really enjoyed this episode. Cheers
I remember in the early 80s reading an article that said Americans don't play metal and that heavy metal was a British genre. The what is prog question reminded me of that.
Cool to hear Old Man Prog mention some of the great comic artists of all time. Unfortunately we lost Neal Adams last year and just lost John Romita Sr. Jim Steranko is still with us though and one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.
Donald Byrd - Electric Byrd!!!
I have loved Happy the Man since I heard them in 1978
What about starting a SOT band? Luis on bass, George on drums, Eric on guitar, Chad on guitar. ? Obviously a tongue in cheek question.
Minus George, we did play (me and Eric) with Rick Labonte at the SoT fest.
Fabulous show as usual. Thanks to all. 👍💯
hi all ... great q&a. 😎Pete 😶 I hope that there's going to be the same crew for a part 2 edition ... also ... does the logic of you can't have American Prog mean there couldn't have American Metal or Prog Metal 🤔... UK 59 year old ... why do some people want to put restrictions on music genres when there's so much ... music is meant to be enjoyable experience ... can sometimes soothe and heal ... there's too much bad stuff going on ... good job SOT is like a musical oasis ✌🌻🎶❇⚜
There are some fucking good prog/metal bands coming out of Scandinavia; such as Borknager and Solstafir.
Radiohead may not be out and out prog, but they certainly have some prog tendencies/elements to their music over the years. And it was the fact that the music press referred to them (and Tool) as prog a lot when I was getting into those bands around 2000/2001 that got me to look into this prog thing and find out what it was all about. Because before that if I ever came across the word prog (which was rare) it was always made out to be bad and something embarrassing and pretentious and that you don't want to be. But if Radiohead and Tool were in the prog sphere how bad could it be? As it so happens not bad at all; I discovered some of my favourite bands after that: King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Anglagard and Van Der Graaf Generator.
George as the prog metal guy, if you have any Persefone then you have a band from Andorra. If you don't have any Persefone then you need to get some. The show for sure needs an In the Prog Metal Seat offshoot.
You forgot fusion! @georgelamie is the Dark Lord of Fusion.
😊😊 0.52 Pete morphs into kermit the frog 🐸
I'll watch the happy band episode tonight
👍
Soen is a band doing great things. New album just came out
Over the past 3 years, in regards to 'prog', I have gone from 0 to 60, purchasing several hundred new cd's covering almost every genre of prog, from classics to newer bands/releases. I go thru a few each week 'with the lights low' and it's been a fantastic journey. The only genre I have struggled to fully enjoy, and in fairness I've only dabbled into it a little thus far, is neo-prog. The only song I actually had to stop midway thru was the title track from Mystery - Redemption. Marillion Script was, for instance, enjoyable enough for sure but I didn't 'love' it so maybe some neo-prog will be the only struggle for me, for whatever reason. Everything else is amazing.
As with the music, so with the channel. Us oldies love our comfort food, but it’s not all we crave. Does “new” have to mean recently released or can it mean anything you haven’t previously listened to? I’m not one of those it’s all crap after 1975 merchants (well I suppose I am a bit), but I just seem to find something from back in the day that I didn’t listen to at the time has more power to float my boat - I suppose it’s comfort of sorts, but it can still be challenging music. I never would have coped with VDGG or Gentle Giant back then, I’d only just graduated from The Moody Blues to Yes and Genesis.
The fact you are searching is the whole point. New means new to you, although there are modern recordings that will become future classics
This episode could have gone on for one more hour 😀
Hey Luis you've been to Mainz in Germany awesome my gf lives there.
Wish I hadn’t missed the call for questions because I would have liked to ask you guys how big your listening backlogs are. I used to buy CDs pretty much when I was ready to listen to them, but during Covid I had a mad buying spree that I’d only recently managed to put the brakes on with a backlog of 200+. Then I started noticing that CDs that were once readily available at a reasonable price were no longer there or were only available used at stupid prices, and another mad spree ensued, buying what I could at a decent price new and used. Backlog now around 370. Probably small change for you guys.
Actually Eric made me buy Happy The Man after the episode and I loved it. If you want to talk about prog metal you should listen to Imperial Age
Carsten, so glad to hear you loved them! Enjoy the music
@@ericporter344Have you listened to Sky? They were a great instrumental prog band with guitar virtuoso John Williams on guitar!
While watching this and listening to the comments about Nearfest a question sprung to mind, so can i start the ball rolling for Q&A episode 2?🤭 Chad, if you were to organise a 2024 Nearfest, who would be the first 10 bands you contacted to appear?
Not sure that’s fair to the bands I’d mention because it ain’t happening. 😂
@@chutch15 You dodged that question like a pro 😂 So here's an easier one. What was your criteria for booking a band for Nearfest? For example, theres a fine fine between art rock and progressive, so were there any bands that you considered booking that perhaps weren't 'progressive' enough (i know thats subjective and 'progressive' is only a label, ultimately its all music👍)
@@terrywalker8446 We certainly didn't apply a strict definition of "prog rock" to our bookings. We deliberately didn't use the word "progressive rock" in the title of the festival for that very reason; we used "art rock" because we though it would a) give us more reach, and b) avoid the "what is prog rock?" nonsense. We always tried to have a very diverse lineup, pulling from all sub-genres under the larger umbrella of what fit the festival. On the same bill, we could have neo-prog, RIO, space rock, fusion, symphonic and avant garde. We looked for bands that were popular at the time or being highly chatted about online from any particular subgenre. The headliners were a different story. We tried to book as many of the classic bands as we could while we could and obviously within our budget. We also tried not to repeat, but there were a few exceptions.
As far as your first question, I still put on that NF hat when I listen to new music. There are definitely times where I'll think "yep, that's a band we would have booked". Some examples of newer bands would be Karaba, Aurora Clara, Special Providence, The Aristocrats, Paskinel, Jalayan and SKe.
Thanks for such an in depth reply sir. You're a star🤩
I'll check those bands out as I've only heard stuff by Aurora Clara, and The Aristocrats👍🏻
Sadly I am a little late, to this vlog, my question would have been, what technique do you use to get, the CDs out of the, Jethro Tull Broadsword box set.
It's a bit of a challenge isn't it? However, the best method is to push the top of the disc (the thin edge) down towards the little moveable lugs at the bottom of the round housing each disc sits in. This releases the top of the disc from the two nodules that click it in place. (Now, by the top of the disc I mean as if the set was sitting upright at 90 degrees to the table (or whatever) surface). Until I tried this it took me ages to remove any of the discs and with fear of snapping them or the plastic housing. With this method it is pretty simple by comparison. I hope this helps!
Pete, can you rank the albums of guitar virtuoso Keiji Haino?
Never heard of him.
Ive got a masters degree in astrophysics and geophysics. Luis 👍👍👍
What a great episode. As a Prog fan, I have absorbed the "In The Prog Seat" shows - and it has been so refreshing to have Ken Golden, George L, and Luis Nasser challenge us with new/old material. This team is awesome. Bravo, Pete!
We have people in Uk who buy 2 box sets of an album.
One to unbox and show on TH-cam unboxing video other to put on shelf and will never be opened staying sealed.
There's a lot of stuff to talk about. Even from 1970s. But the personal preference decides all. For example Pete don't like Strawbs though it's a notable band with vast discography.
Colosseum's output overshadowed by the mighty Valentyne Suite tho !
doesn't always pay to produce one great opus......
I wonder if the whiny mellotron guy will show up here to complain haha.
He's a troll. He got a reaction out of them and that's probably good enough for his pathetic self. Best to ignore him.
Yea I believe Pete blocked him by now or deleted the comment
I love this panel. Great episode although I was getting frustrated with the quality (or lack of) with Chad's mic/connection. Sometimes I was having trouble hearing what he was saying and I don't want to miss a single syllable.
I'd love to get a Fate's Warning discography review!
I did that quite a while ago already.
Prog on !!
When Pete started saying there’s a guy whose comments are always negative (& ridiculous), I thought, ‘Oh, no, he’s going to say my name!” What a relief it wasn’t me. I’m not that “ass-clown” at least.
I’d like to ask any of the panel if they like the band All About Eve and if they’d consider them prog or not? Also their opinion of the band Solstice and their album Silent Dance.
Thank you Chad! I am sick to death of people comparing Radiohead's OK Computer with Floyd's DSOTM. Ridiculous.
Two albums by English rock bands with an overarching theme of mental health/the modern condition (at the time recorded). That’s generally why they are compared and lets be fair here- Floyd were not the ‘proggiest’ prog band. I have seen other debates where people question whether Pink Floyd are prog (I think they are). If your problem is that you don’t think OK Computer is as good as DSOTM, doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in the same category as you do not like Radiohead, well that is your (subjective) opinion. I still think there’s a lot of “this is the established 1970s canon do not mess with it” going on there.
Completely agree Ken ,the term prog or progressive music is a very miss understood.
IMO: There is little, if anything, made today that's as innovative, interesting and progressive as prime period Rush, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and Moody Blues.
Luis. What t-shirt you got on? I am Swedish and it says skull in Swedish.
Doskalle is one of the MANY bands that my brother from a Swedish mother Mattias Olsson plays drums for. You may know him from Anglagard, White Willow, Necromonkey, his own project called Molesome, and The Devil's Staircase, to name but just a handful.
Luis, what are your favorite Bartok pieces?
That is difficult... for sure the 6 string quartets, but I also absolutely love Bluebeard's Castle, The Miraculous Mandarin, The violin Sonatas and Violin Concerto #2. It's all absolutely mesmerizing stuff to my ears when it comes to Bartok. I also love Shostakovich...
@@lahloonatic I'll check those out! Shostakovich, I've heard his 7th and 10th symphony, good stuff!
A part 2 maybe ?
I don’t get why people complain for the sake of it, especially complaining about the Mellotron on a prog rock programme!
The most common instrument used in prog rock in the 70s. That’s like complaining about 80s pop musicians who used the Fairlight CMI.
Very very strange.
Another thing I don’t get is people buying physical media products, showing them off on social media & they’re still sealed & they have no intentions of watching/listening to them.
People who do that are not really collectors, they are hoarders.
I have a massive collection of movies from horror, sci fi, action, thrillers etc.
Most of them are limited editions, & I rip in to them & watch the film, read the booklets etc.
I have no intentions of keeping them sealed.
Zappa could have worked with VDG
I'd like to ask Louis to play the theme from Seinfeld.🙂
Damn, too late.
That is actually played on a synth. True fact! Cheers
@@lahloonatic I'm certain you're right. And I'm ashamed to admit that I have multiple 80s pcm slap bass samples.😗
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Dr. Golden, are you into classical music?
Not so much anymore. I went through a decade where I listened a lot but I’ve given away a good chunk of that part of my collection.
Chamber of 32 Doors
i keep hearing the term " jenk " what does it refer?
Djent - not jenk.
@@kengolden666 thx but what does it mean?
@@brucybabyy7355 From Wikipedia: Djent (/dʒɛnt/) is a subgenre of progressive metal, distinguished by a high-gain, distorted, palm-muted, low-pitch guitar sound. The name "djent" is an onomatopoeia of this sound.
@@brucybabyy7355 it refers to a stylo of playing 7 and 8 string guitars with heavy gated distortion and palm muting. Some people even designate it as a genre, but it isn't. Examples of that sort of playing can be found in albums by Periphery, Meshuggah, etc...
What about Nektar
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I'd still like to see an album ranking for Night Ranger.
I don't know why people get so wound up about whether Kansas, Styx, Journey, etc are or aren't prog bands. I mean, obviously they're not ...
Kansas most certainly are…
@@sotdude7 Always appreciate a reply from one of the SoT crowd, all in good fun.
That Merlinman guy thinks Magma were not progressive and were just copying british bands like Yes and Genesis. That tells you a lot about him.
I think he was trolling the forum.
@@chuckazeee Are you into any other zeuhl bands like Universal Totem Orchestra, Eskaton, Koenji Hyakkei, Bondage Fruit?
@@bertkarlsson1421 I love the three bands mentioned. I saw Koenji live twice, once at Nearfest, and another time at a club in Chicago called The Abbey! They opened for Cheer Accident, a local art rock band.
@@lahloonatic I would love to see Koenji live! They seem like a great live band! Their drummer Tatsuya Yoshida has another band called Ruins! They are also great!
@@bertkarlsson1421 the only one I’m
remotely familiar with is Eskaton, the others I’ve haven’t heard.