What band could be bigger than Strato?
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YtseJammer
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ReaLM said:
Actually, if memory serves me correctly, there were more people there for the Kiss cover band. The place cleared out before Virgin Steele took the stage!
That being said, Virgin Steele is one of the best live bands I've ever seen (three times now). I'd love to see them grace the Progpower stage.
I believe they were asked in the past but the band never got back to Glenn on the offer? Something like that.
So when I hear you guys saying a possibility of a "No Repeat" lineup, I'd take that as having a lineup that has never played PP?
I'm not sure I'd be too keen on that personally (but what say do I have in it anyways...?
) I'm still hoping for Evergrey for 90 minutes and Conception for at least 60 minutes to keep my interest high.
If this were 6 years ago and I were told that Stratovarius were playing 90+ minutes at a U.S. show, I probably would have busted a nut. But now after all this soap opera shit going on between the Timo's, and the quality of the Elements discs, I really am just sort of indifferent about them now. If I go there because of another band, then I will be happy to watch them play. But they no longer have any drawing power in MY eyes and they are not enough of an incentive for me to go.
Still hoping though.
I'm not sure I'd be too keen on that personally (but what say do I have in it anyways...?
) I'm still hoping for Evergrey for 90 minutes and Conception for at least 60 minutes to keep my interest high.If this were 6 years ago and I were told that Stratovarius were playing 90+ minutes at a U.S. show, I probably would have busted a nut. But now after all this soap opera shit going on between the Timo's, and the quality of the Elements discs, I really am just sort of indifferent about them now. If I go there because of another band, then I will be happy to watch them play. But they no longer have any drawing power in MY eyes and they are not enough of an incentive for me to go.
Still hoping though.
Big Al 2112
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I get it!!!! The Pooper is your version of The Trooper!!! I remember your story about how bad you sucked!!!!! Don't worry, I probably couldn't do any better. Where is my cookie!!Daybreaker said:
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I will probably attend the festival this year because of STRATOVARIUS appearance..I don't really care in what band is bigger than STRATOVARIUS!! It would be nice though to see HELLOWEEN or MASTERPLAN at the festival!!...I believe that probably RHAPSODY and DRAGONFORCE have a good chance in this thing...
Let's all hope!!!!
Again I have only attended PROGPOWER III because of the great lineup..we may see similar bands this year....
Regards
Brian
Let's all hope!!!!
Again I have only attended PROGPOWER III because of the great lineup..we may see similar bands this year....
Regards
Brian
Curufin
Kind of a big deal...
Dark One
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VENOM4188 said:
Not really that big a deal, and I'd better nip this in the bud right now since I'm the idiot who brought it up. Gamma Ray just overextended their set forcing Glenn to cut it short. It's simple, he has a show to run and has to do what he has to do. As Glenn pointed out, they immediately settled things and watched Angra together. All is well, and I certainly didn't mean to get any mega "oh my God what happened??" rumors started.
dargormudshark
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That's not what I heard
I heard they beat the crap out of Kai Hansen then took his money...After this Glenn said "You will remember me forever, Idiot!" Although he really didn't say idiot I was embellishing.
I heard they beat the crap out of Kai Hansen then took his money...After this Glenn said "You will remember me forever, Idiot!" Although he really didn't say idiot I was embellishing.
Maybe we are thinking about this all wrong.
Perhaps it's not a band that is bigger than Stratovarius in terms of fame and record sales, but maybe something HUGE in that it's a big surprise. A reunion, perhaps, or a band we love but never expected to see live.
Not sure if Shadow Gallery fits that bill, but it would certainly work for me.
Perhaps a Michael Kiske/Kai Hansen show, in the vein of last year's Savatage show.
Perhaps it's not a band that is bigger than Stratovarius in terms of fame and record sales, but maybe something HUGE in that it's a big surprise. A reunion, perhaps, or a band we love but never expected to see live.
Not sure if Shadow Gallery fits that bill, but it would certainly work for me.
Perhaps a Michael Kiske/Kai Hansen show, in the vein of last year's Savatage show.
SoNofBitcH
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i think glenn would save shadow gallery for saturday. then pee his pants throughout the night. i'm thinking more of a masterplan / angra / rhapsody / fates warning kind of thing. i will hope for accept or fucking virgin steele, but i know it won't happen. saxon would make me pee my pants though. but i wouldn't be the only one
SyXified
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Shadow Gallery wouldn't play. That would be like watching 3 guys and 5 computers with midi sequences. Point being, that music is too contrived and orchestrated to be able to realistically translate it into a live performance. Not to mention, those guys don't practice to play live, they just write albums. When I talked to Russell Allen from Symphony X, he told me how after the band records a CD they have to essentially go back to square one and revamp the songs so they can be carried out live. They weren't even ready with The Odyssey when they first came to the states with Blind Guardian. Not only does Shadow Gallery not spend the time to re-orchestrate their material for live performance, but they have more midi stuff going on than Symphony X ever does. X stays pretty true to the format of the one guitar track, and the keyboards being able to handle most of the other stuff. SG writes in that style that they just throw into a song whatever they think will make the album track sound better, not taking the live translation into account in the writing process. Bottom line: they are a recording band, not a performing band, and I'll be eating some pretty big words if they were to play, but I'm confident that they won't
This might just be a crazy idea, but I didn't see anyone else mention it so I will...
What about Opeth? Too well known? Might not fit in?
From the bands you guys have been saying, my pick is Rhapsody.
What about Opeth? Too well known? Might not fit in?
From the bands you guys have been saying, my pick is Rhapsody.
Barking Pumpkin
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I would be really surprised if it was Opeth. They seem too far removed from the prog/power stuff to even be an oddball. They just don't seem like they would fit in.
Barking Pumpkin said:
They apparently were considered for one of the ProgPowers (II or III?) but wanted too much money, if the rumor mill is correct. Objectively, they are too big a name now to play the festival (they tour the US as headliners fairly regularly) and personally, I'd be heading for the door early if they did. They are not the type of live band I want closing out a full day of music... zzzzzz...
Ryan
I like most of Opeth's music quite a bit, but I can see how they wouldn't really make sense to be part of Progpower. Interesting that they've been considered before though.
Pellaz
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DementiaGuitar said:
Yep, in fact, Glenn had okayed it, and Jim Raggi and I were inline to co-sponsor them. Then the deal fell through (not the band's fault, as I recall, but their management's), and we co-sponsored Devin Townsend instead.
I offered to sponsor them the following year, but I think by that time they had finally toured the States for the first time (opening for -- and, at least here, outdrawing -- Nevermore), and so the 'neetness' factor was reduced.
I'd still love to see them play a show at Earthlink someday. (Of course, there are innumerable bands I can say that about, everyone from Celldweller to Cradle of Filth to Ozric Tentacles.
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Se7enChurches said:
Yeah, I guess that's what I was thinking about them not fitting. I like their music, but I don't know how it would be do have a bunch of power bands play and then have Opeth headline and pull out the long, slow, depressing songs.
