wrighty Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Me and a few mates have put together a prog rock cover band, playing Genesis, Rush, Floyd, Marillion, Yes, ELP... Inaugural gig is this coming Saturday night in Bar Logo, Ramsey. Come along. Happy to sign autographs after the show @Declan I’m sure you’d love it. No Queen in the set. Yet! Here’s an example of the stuff we play. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Any King Crimson? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Just now, TheTeapot said: Any King Crimson? Just what I was going to ask! More Frippertronics please. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 1 minute ago, TheTeapot said: Any King Crimson? Not this time, but they’re on the list at some stage in the future. No Dream Theater either - I’d like to but just about all their material is too hard for regular people to play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Ah well I'm not coming then. (nothing to do with 4 hours of bus there and back) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Excellent. That is all... 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 That song/video is actually pretty good. Hope it goes well and you do another gig somewhere a little further south, then I'll come, King Crimson or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 9 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: That song/video is actually pretty good. Hope it goes well and you do another gig somewhere a little further south, then I'll come, King Crimson or not. We will. Inaugural gig was meant to have been in May in Compton Vaults. Then lockdown came, CV closed... What is your preferred King Crimson track? I'll have a listen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, wrighty said: Not this time, but they’re on the list at some stage in the future. No Dream Theater either - I’d like to but just about all their material is too hard for regular people to play. It's almost certainly a deficiency on my part, but I could never get into Dream Theatre. I don't know if it's just that their stuff sounds over-produced (to me), but they always sound like they're a bit too much on the sterile side of prog-rock/metal. Then again, that might just be a consequence of coming to it from an early-90s metal background where the whole technical/vituoso playing thing was so prevalent that slapping some wilfully exotic time signatures can seem like it's over-egging the pudding a bit. But yes, to echo The Teapot's post, nifty video! Sure the gig will go down well. Edited October 20, 2020 by VinnieK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share Posted October 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, VinnieK said: It's almost certainly a deficiency on my part, but I could never get into Dream Theatre. I don't know if it's just that their stuff sounds over-produced (to me), but they always sound like they're a bit too much on the sterile side of prog-rock/metal. Then again, that might just be a consequence of coming to it from an early-90s metal background where the whole technical/vituoso playing thing was so prevalent that slapping some wilfully exotic time signatures can seem like it's over-egging the pudding a bit. But yes, to echo The Teapot's post, nifty video! Sure the gig will go down well. You can't even spell Dream Theater! They are the best band - you just need to find the right way in. If you like metal, try 'Train of Thought'. If you want more balladic material, their 'Greatest Hit' vol II will hit the spot. For a full-on concept album it has to be Scenes from a Memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, wrighty said: What is your preferred King Crimson track? I'll have a listen. For me, it's Starless. But everyone says that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, wrighty said: You can't even spell Dream Theater! They are the best band - you just need to find the right way in. If you like metal, try 'Train of Thought'. If you want more balladic material, their 'Greatest Hit' vol II will hit the spot. For a full-on concept album it has to be Scenes from a Memory. I've tried, but I just can't! When I listen to 'Train of Thought' I think, "hey, that sounds a bit like Death", and then I just wish I was listening to them instead. On the electronic side, I have a similar relationship with Autechre and Aphex Twin. I'll listen, because I feel obliged to and will appreciate it, but halfway through I'll invariably think " 'kin 'ell, wish I was listening to a bit of Orbital right around now". Don't know what it is, but I've just got a block as far as they're concerned. It might be the case that when it comes to metal, I'd like experimentation to move away from the already hyper-technical sound into something more visceral, like earlyish Napalm Death or Carcass, or something more theatrically silly like Arcturus's La Masquerade Infernale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, wrighty said: We will. Inaugural gig was meant to have been in May in Compton Vaults. Then lockdown came, CV closed... What is your preferred King Crimson track? I'll have a listen. Preferred track? I have no idea. Lots of it is probably incredibly difficult to cover, Larks Tongues in Aspic is a very cool album, the opening track is magnficent, although Easy Money might be easier to attempt. Here's a version of it I'm right into the THRAK stuff too, big fan of Adrian Belew. Plus there's always Red And that's without even mentioning In The Court of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Those two tracks might be a little heavy though. I never really got into Dream Theatre either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 (edited) 36 minutes ago, wrighty said: Edited October 20, 2020 by quilp Double post dammit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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