I thought I would do a compilation style post to keep track of all of the different "Better Know A Band" threads that myself and others have written up. Since there are quite a few bands, and we don't want to take up so many sticky topics. However, I also don't want to see the threads fade into obscurity and people new to the bands either don't know about the threads, or they have to try to find them.
But before I link the various threads, I just wanted to take a quick moment and explain why I've done these.
I've been going to ProgPower since the second incarnation back in 2001. I've seen the festival go through it's various ups and downs, and I've had a blast every year. However, the one thing that has always stood out to me was:
The Rage effect: Okay, so technically what I'm going to explain isn't what we would all call the Rage effect, but it works for the sake of this thread. Rage has like, 100 or so albums, maybe 102 with their latest release? I know that a lot of people want to check out a band, but they see their back catalogue is so enormous that they give up on listening because it's just too overwhelming. Being that one of my favourite bands ever is Therion, and knowing that their catalogue is also quite large, I wanted to find a way to ease people into the band so that they could be prepared for the band and potentially be an excited new fan. I also felt that Arcturus needed some kind of information as the general PP public is mostly unaware of these guys. Voyager also needed love. For those new to PP, the actual Rage effect was when Rage was booked at PPIV and people left before they went on and they played to an extremely small crowd. I do think their discography being so large was partially to blame for the situation. But the show was still awesome!
After doing the first two 'Better Know A Band' threads, I saw that they were catching on. I quickly finished a third one, and Palabra De Dios offered to take care of While Heaven Wept. Zod and AngraRULES are also in the process of finishing some, and I have a few to finish myself. So look here over the next coming week or two.
It still all boils down to building up excitement for bands you may have never heard, or rebuilding excitement for bands that have fallen off your radar. I hope that these threads will achieve those goals. If you have any suggestions for any of the threads or even this thread, please let me know.
Thanks to Milton, Zod, and William for helping me with all of this. Thanks to Glenn for the support! Next year I vote that you wear chainmail instead of a Hawaiian shirt.
Better Know A Band Series:
But before I link the various threads, I just wanted to take a quick moment and explain why I've done these.
I've been going to ProgPower since the second incarnation back in 2001. I've seen the festival go through it's various ups and downs, and I've had a blast every year. However, the one thing that has always stood out to me was:
The Rage effect: Okay, so technically what I'm going to explain isn't what we would all call the Rage effect, but it works for the sake of this thread. Rage has like, 100 or so albums, maybe 102 with their latest release? I know that a lot of people want to check out a band, but they see their back catalogue is so enormous that they give up on listening because it's just too overwhelming. Being that one of my favourite bands ever is Therion, and knowing that their catalogue is also quite large, I wanted to find a way to ease people into the band so that they could be prepared for the band and potentially be an excited new fan. I also felt that Arcturus needed some kind of information as the general PP public is mostly unaware of these guys. Voyager also needed love. For those new to PP, the actual Rage effect was when Rage was booked at PPIV and people left before they went on and they played to an extremely small crowd. I do think their discography being so large was partially to blame for the situation. But the show was still awesome!
After doing the first two 'Better Know A Band' threads, I saw that they were catching on. I quickly finished a third one, and Palabra De Dios offered to take care of While Heaven Wept. Zod and AngraRULES are also in the process of finishing some, and I have a few to finish myself. So look here over the next coming week or two.
It still all boils down to building up excitement for bands you may have never heard, or rebuilding excitement for bands that have fallen off your radar. I hope that these threads will achieve those goals. If you have any suggestions for any of the threads or even this thread, please let me know.
Thanks to Milton, Zod, and William for helping me with all of this. Thanks to Glenn for the support! Next year I vote that you wear chainmail instead of a Hawaiian shirt.
Better Know A Band Series:
