One of the detractors for me of late has been the bands like Firewind, Thunderstone, and Primal Fear. I like power metal, don't get me wrong... and it doesn't have to be proggy, but when it follows simple repetitive verse/chorus structures -- it doesn't really matter to me how great the songs are... it'll bore me, eventually.
I know power has much more pull than prog does... but what about bands like Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard, and Marillion headlining the fest? Glenn has his reasoning as to why bands like this aren't playing. But pretty soon we'll have to change the festival name to Fist Pumpers VIII if we don't get some good prog acts
It just seems, every year, the definition for what "prog" is as far as this festival goes gets looser and looser Don't take this as me bitching about the fest as I like power metal just as much as the next guy... I just really was hoping Marillion or Porcupine Tree would headline one year, as unlikely as that would be
The Michael
The Michael
I know power has much more pull than prog does... but what about bands like Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard, and Marillion headlining the fest? Glenn has his reasoning as to why bands like this aren't playing. But pretty soon we'll have to change the festival name to Fist Pumpers VIII if we don't get some good prog acts
It just seems, every year, the definition for what "prog" is as far as this festival goes gets looser and looser Don't take this as me bitching about the fest as I like power metal just as much as the next guy... I just really was hoping Marillion or Porcupine Tree would headline one year, as unlikely as that would be
The Michael
The Michael