Originally Posted by Shooting Star

I got halfway through this argument and have to side with boo boo on this. I'd consider Radiohead and the Mars Volta far more progressive than say Dream Theater. While Dream Theater might fall into the genre of Progressive by going be the loose definition of Progressive Rock/Metal as having long compositions, lyrics that point to more conceptual ideas, unusual time signatures and all that (although the very same could be said of TMV), Radiohead experiment with new sounds and styles actually trying to make progress in popular music. I find it ironic how a lot of progressive rock is supposedly making progress by ripping off older bands and injecting nothing new.