Lesser known Prog rock recommendations

Trollheart · 03-31-2022, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Queen Boo

Do Starcastle get that much love in prog circles? I thought they were just acknowledged as a decent Yes ripoff and not anything more than that.

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Originally Posted by Paul Smeenus

That's precisely how I feel about them.

I wouldn't even put them in the same class, but yeah, I've seen a lot of people recommend them. Takes all sorts I guess. I mean, for me: hell, you only have to look at the name of the band: Starcastle? What the actual ****?

Maybe that was okay in the hippy-dippy sixties or very early seventies, but these days such a name just makes me chortle.

LawryPopson · 04-01-2022, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I wouldn't even put them in the same class, but yeah, I've seen a lot of people recommend them. Takes all sorts I guess. I mean, for me: hell, you only have to look at the name of the band: Starcastle? What the actual ****?

Maybe that was okay in the hippy-dippy sixties or very early seventies, but these days such a name just makes me chortle.

It might be a bit more appropriate for a funk band name, but I don't know...its not that bad