No Odd Ball Band this Year Glenn?

[Azrael LenGraden]

With all of the kick ass Power and Progressive bands announced so far I don't see an odd ball band like we have had in the past...I am just curious, Glenn, if you still have something up your sleeve or is this just the way it shook out this year. I don't expect an answer right away...just wondering. Hopefully we will get a nice "how it went down this year" post like we got last year after all the bands are announced. That was very informative and appreciated by us here at the forums.

Thanks

 

[adaher]

Raintime looks like an oddball to me. But even if Glenn doesn't consider Raintime an oddball, he does say every year, "Who says there has to be an oddball?"

 

[booB]

Raintime is most definitely not an oddball for this fest.

 

[MetalRose]

Maybe he's bringing back Devon Townshed and the progressive nipple?

-Metal

 

[VenomGA]

maybe one of Saturday Night's co-headliners will be the "odd ball"

 

[The Fiddler]

maybe one of Saturday Night's co-headliners will be the "odd ball"

An "oddball" for a headliner such as Devin Townsend would be a bigger flop than having Whitesnake headline. When an oddball like Devin headlines this fest, it is the beginning of the end, and the start of the transformation of ProgPower into, "Oddfest". uke:

 

[VenomGA]

An "oddball" for a headliner such as Devin Townsend would be a bigger flop than having Whitesnake headline. When an oddball like Devin headlines this fest, it is the beginning of the end, and the start of the transformation of ProgPower into, "Oddfest". uke:

CLearly Devin Towsend would not be a good option. Now Whitesnake would rule

 

[TychoCelchu]

VenomGA didn't even say he thought Devin would be one oddball headliner. The Fiddler's post is a pretty loose cognitive leap there. Devin is most definitely not at headliner status for anything anyway.

 

[The Fiddler]

VenomGA didn't even say he thought Devin would be one oddball headliner. The Fiddler's post is a pretty loose cognitive leap there. Devin is most definitely not at headliner status for anything anyway.

What oddball band that has already played ProgPower could come closest to qualifying as a headliner? For that matter, what oddball band which hasn't played ProgPower could headline? Could you still call it "ProgPower"?

 

[Palabra de Dios]

Emperor.

 

[Ascension]

Meshuggah

 

[Jibrille]

Devin's industrial project is going to co-headline Sat
We still have a 4 spot on Friday. If I'm not mistaken, isn't that the same length of time as the 2 & 3 spots? Order may matter to some, but in the end, the same set length is the same set length.

 

[Braxil]

It's sort of funny how the oddball, which was intended to surprise people, now has become something people expect. It's not much of an oddball if you get it every time now is it?

 

[Gunstar9]

Mechanical Poet

 

[Cheiron]

Mechanical Poet is going to be at PP Europe.

 

[metalprof]

Ah, the fun of overlabeling and pigeonholing.

If you have to debate whether a certain band is an "oddball" or not, then they probably aren't one.



Ken

 

[sh0kr0k]

It's not much of an oddball if you get it every time now is it?

Yes it is! "Oddball" doesn't mean "once in a while." It also doesn't mean "every year." I like the oddballs because Glenn also has good taste in bands who lie outside of the normal definition of Prog and Power metal.

 

[Stingray11214]

You know, some people might consider Akercocke for Friday's number 2. Progressive death metal in suits and ties. If that is not oddball, nothing is.

Peace,
Ray C.

 

[Theandromedastrain]

Meshuggah

Holy Christ lol, Glenn would have to hire like 10 extra security guards

 

[Imagikafan]

We may not get an "Oddball", but we'll definitely get an Oddleif.