Music Banter Hall Of Fame: Nominations Thread

[Brad Stengel]

"In The Court of the Crimson King" is SO ****ING GOOD.

One of the VERY few prog bands out there that don't bore me, and unlike alot of prog bands the lyrics aren't distractingly awful. ANd that entire first album is amazing.

[Inuzuka Skysword]

Originally Posted by The Monkey

There seems to be a very high degree of post elitism here on Music Banter. This isn't an uncommon phenomena (in fact I'm probably guilty of the same thing on boards where I have had a longer presence than here), but it creates a very unpleasant atmosphere and might scare away new members (but perhaps that's what you want).

If you listen to good music than you won't have to get into many arguments...

[The Monkey]

Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

Do you mean this in regards to the voting or overall?

I've only noticed it in this thread so far.

Originally Posted by JayJamJah

I don't agree Monkey, I joined a year ago and thought the same thing at first, but give it time and you'll see everyone here is fairly open-minded. The Hall-of-Fame should be an elitist thread. After all if you have not been here for a long time, and\or are not planing on staying why would you care about the hall-of-fame.

Best advice I can give any new members, take the time to get to a know a few people here first and don't jump into subjective arguments until people know you a little better and have a feel for where you're coming from.

I see where you're coming from, but I think in the long run the community would benefit from letting "newbies" participate in forum events such as this one, as it strengthens the feelings of welcome as well as add new flavours of musical interest to the mix. But that's just my opinion.

Originally Posted by Inuzuka Skysword

If you listen to good music than you won't have to get into many arguments...

What's the point of having a discussion board if everyone agrees about everything?

[Piss Me Off]

Yes are the first artist not to be nominated into the Hall of Fame, doesn't mean that they can't ever get in though so maybe one day in the future?

Neeeext from Proggyman

King Crimson



While Pink Floyd is certainly the most popular Prog band, King Crimson is just as certainly the most popular band with Progheads. They're also arguably the most innovative band of the modern rock era, consistently reinventing themselves with just one constant member, but never settling for the current trend, never sacrificing artistic integrity for a more popular LP. Not to mention they've had more incredibly talented musicians than any other Rock band I know of. Robert Fripp is one of the greatest guitarists of all time, Bruford one of the greatest drummers. They're very popular here and certainly deserve a shot at the hall of fame.

[Piss Me Off]

Well it's a yes for King Crimson from me. I'm still delving into their discography but really enjoying what i'm hearing. I have One More Red Nightmare on right now and it might be my favourite song of theirs, in fact Red is just brilliant for the most part. I'm not a proggy by any means but King Crimson are very easy to like, just listen to 21st Century Schizoid Man, an awesome amount of strutter and heaviness for one song.
Very good stuff.

[Minstrel]

Originally Posted by Piss Me Off

I'm not a proggy by any means but King Crimson are very easy to like, just listen to 21st Century Schizoid Man, an awesome amount of strutter and heaviness for one song.
Very good stuff.

Same goes for me. Progressive rock isn't my favourite genre (though I don't dislike it), but King Crimson is fantastic.

[Inuzuka Skysword]

KC are arguably the best prog band so a definite yes. Plus they influenced bands that weren't even in their genre, such as Nirvana (who had TONS of influence on bands, though some sucked XD.)

[lucifer_sam]

I'm not gonna lie, I can't stand half of Fripp's stuff, but King Crimson completely defined a revolution in music. And they had some fantastic, seminal albums. Lizard, Red, In The Wake of Poseidon are all great.

[Son of JayJamJah]

So if we vote no on this Boo Boo is for sure taking the blue pill?

Seriously though, this is an easy yes for me, I'll be adding my vote fashionably late.

King Crimson meets all the criteria (for my sans personal bias hall of fame standards). Critical acclaim, hardcore following of fans, leaders of a genre, longevity and the ability to never get stale despite, solid and consistent record sales and all this while staying comfortably on the edge of the mainstream.

It would be crazy in KC went in on the first HOF ballot and Pink Floyd did not.

[Double X]

I know they are probably really good (based on what everyone says), and someone who's name eludes me uploaded their first album. I probably would vote yes, but I won't vote at all because I haven't heard any.