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Old 08-19-2015, 10:38 AM   #111 (permalink)
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Old 08-19-2015, 11:27 AM   #112 (permalink)
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Does anybody who grew up in the nineties remember Spock's Beard being popular?
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Old 08-19-2015, 11:32 AM   #113 (permalink)
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Does anybody who grew up in the nineties remember Spock's Beard being popular?
Nope. TH is living in fantasyland.
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Old 08-19-2015, 12:06 PM   #114 (permalink)
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Nope. TH is living in fantasyland.
Dude, you were like five in the nineties. Not that I'm disputing your point. Just sayin'.
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I was a very smart five year old.
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Old 08-19-2015, 01:29 PM   #116 (permalink)
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Just using them as an example. Just cos you were too busy banging your head doesn't mean they weren't popular. You just hate prog. I can't think of any other big American prog bands at the time. Also, shut up.
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Old 08-19-2015, 01:33 PM   #117 (permalink)
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Just using them as an example. Just cos you were too busy banging your head doesn't mean they weren't popular. You just hate prog. I can't think of any other big American prog bands at the time. Also, shut up.
Spock's Beard didn't even hit the charts. Maybe they were popular in the wanker niche, but I don't think they had enough reach to be considered "popular".
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As far as I know Steven Wilson is pretty damn popular nowadays.
Charts and all.
Are there other examples of popular contemporary prog? Or is it just him and not a genre revival?
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I think in the days of grunge, post-grunge, nu metal, and pop punk, prog wasn't exactly in line with the then-current cultural zeitgeist.
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As far as I know Steven Wilson is pretty damn popular nowadays.
Charts and all.
Are there other examples of popular contemporary prog? Or is it just him and not a genre revival?
Opeth is the only one that really comes to mind, and Wilson's pretty involved with them too.
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