Kenneth R.
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not headlining material? A quick stroll through recent PPUSA headliners shows that Amorphis is a better pick than most. Too bad the rest of the lineup is, as Burnout stated, generic run of the mill prog mediocrity.
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I just don't think they're a band that will do the magic 2 things:
a) be a band that the majority of the attendees are into (I'm definately wrong about that. I don't understand why, but that's ok...)
b) be a name band that will put asses in seats.
My views on this may very well change after September. While I don't dislike them, I don't see them being a big enough draw to headline. The definately have enough of a lineage, but they aren't that big of a name, imho....
There's a lot of gold in some of those bands Kenneth. Not quite the lineup compared to last year (or previous years), but not bad enough for me to even think about not going.
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Kenneth R.
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Sure they'll draw crowds JDub, but then look at the typical PPUSA crowd: the same weiners who think Lance is the second coming. They're so busy patting each other on the back and exclaiming that every run-of-the-mill release is the greatest album of all time. Sorry, I'm sure they'll eat it up this year just like last year, but PPUSA doesn't book many great bands any more - just shitty appealing ones.
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Kenneth R.
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Burnout
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Glenn ought to book Swano to play Moontower in full. 
But yeah, this festival is consistently overflowing with Dream Theater clones on the prog end and Helloween/Blind Guardian worship on the power end.
But yeah, this festival is consistently overflowing with Dream Theater clones on the prog end and Helloween/Blind Guardian worship on the power end.
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Glenn ought to book Swano to play Moontower in full.
But yeah, this festival is consistently overflowing with Dream Theater clones on the prog end and Helloween/Blind Guardian worship on the power end.
I would take a shitty Dream Theater rip-off band over Swano any day
Burnout
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Dude, weak, Crimson and Crimson II already beat anything Dream Theater has ever done.
I don't know if I'd hold Moontower in that high of a regard, but it's awesome all the same.
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Dream Theater have roughly two albums that don't bore me and the rest of the vanilla rehash bands that tend to get booked at ProgPower do even less for me, is all I'm trying to say.
Kenneth R.
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And... there's the demographic that PPUSA appeals to: DT rehash.
I'm not going to say Swanö should headline (except if he had the original lineup of Edge Of Sanity) but please, the same old shit is still the same old shit. I don't want to step on these newer bands but unless they're excellent at what they do (see Circus Maximus) they're just another generic prog band- which incidentally undermines the entire point of 'prog'.
I'm not going to say Swanö should headline (except if he had the original lineup of Edge Of Sanity) but please, the same old shit is still the same old shit. I don't want to step on these newer bands but unless they're excellent at what they do (see Circus Maximus) they're just another generic prog band- which incidentally undermines the entire point of 'prog'.
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I'd sell a kidney to see them reunite and play Crimson and Crimson II back to back. The Pathosray/Andromeda rehashing stuff wouldn't even get me to LA, let alone Atlanta.
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Liking/disliking them is one thing , but whether or not they are a big name is not opinion based dude. Amorphis is a bigger name than pretty much every band that has played Prog Power except for IE and Nightwish. In fact, they were supposed to support Type- O Negative not too long ago but it got canceled.
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