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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen
So by pop/rock you were alluding to accessibility. That's not at odds with being prog. I'd say plenty of 70s prog bands could probably be described as having had a more "poppy" sound than Muse.
Myself, I see "pop/rock" as referring to a format of rock designed for radio airplay and mass consumption.
At any rate, I don't think Muse are particularly accessible. They're not at all the taste of your average listener. I guarantee most people couldn't stomach Bellamy's ridiculous vocals and the pointless, bombastic scaling riffs. It's much closer to the notion of 'acquired taste'.
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It would be correct to say that their are more poppy sounding prog bands such as Rush from the 70's; but to pretend that MUSE has not reached mainstream appeal is foolish. They have like 3-4 vidoes that have been played on MTV (or MTV2 more likely, I think they still squeeze in an hour of music videos every once and a while) and damn near headline events such as ACL and VEGOOSE among other festivals that I didnt goto. Knights of Cydonia and Supermassive Black Holes got regular playtime on my local alternative radio station. If you were referring to just their first 2 CDs then you might get away with being quasi correct however.
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