"New Prog," the genre - A MUST READ

[Rick and Roll]

Originally Posted by Yesspaz

Wow. I'm shocked how up in arms ya'll are that people are citing Yes and Floyd as influences. Would you rather they cite The Clash and the Sex Pistols? Do you WANT rehashed prog? Don't you want something new?

Volta is fresh baby! Psych-era Floyd meets Santana's jams meets hardcore meets electronica-programming. That's what I mean by new influences - they're pulling in hardcore and electronics as well as more traditional prog influences. Truly new. Not the same old InsideOut and Kinesis cloners.

I'm not up in arms at all. It should be a compliment. The high points of Volta remind me of the Chili Peppers. I'd rather listen to them than a lot of the others. But as the Who said..."every idea in my head, someone else has said"