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About Me	First and foremost I am a long time music fan with Rush having been my favorite band for almost 20 years now, followed closely by Yes. Progressive rock tends to be the dominant style of music that I listen to, however, I am a fan of much classic rock and more straightforward rock bands and artists as well. I suppose that I am a prog fan trapped in a pop fan's mind. I am also a long time fan of metal but I have my limits and I am quite adverse to extreme metal and extreme metal vocals. My musical achilles heel seems to be the heavy metal pop ballad, which I have always had a soft spot in my ear for, no matter how cheesy. My ability to rate music is quite limited, however, I do give it the old college try and hopefully there is some sort of pattern or consistency that can be found amongst my reviews.
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Comment by rushfan4 11 years ago

The Who - Then and Now 2004, Best Of

6.5

Non-Prog Hard Rock

Good greatest hits album, but only 2 new songs, so not really much Now in the Then And Now.

Comment by rushfan4 12 years ago

Paul M. Kollar - Subtle Matter 1999

5.0

Prog Soundscape/Electronic

This kind of soundscape music should really appeal to fans of Fripp and Eno's No Pussyfooting and Fripp's latter year soundscapes. Personally I find it too boring to listen to.

Comment by rushfan4 12 years ago

Iced Earth - Tribute to the Gods 2002

8.0

Non-Prog Power Metal

Iced Earth add their mark to the music of their influence with covers of bands like Kiss, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, AC/DC, and Blue Oyster Cult.

Comment by rushfan4 12 years ago

Toto - Through The Looking Glass 2002

7.7

Prog-Related Album Oriented Rock

An album of cover songs given the Toto treatment.

Comment by rushfan4 12 years ago

Foo Fighters - Hyde Park 2008, DVD

7.5

Non-Prog Rock

I have bootleg copy of DVD on CD. The sound quality is kind of poor as it was recorded off of the internet, but otherwise this is a good show.

Comment by rushfan4 13 years ago

Lifer - Lifer 2001

6.0

Non-Prog Nu-Metal

Best reason for having this album is that it was produced by Alex Lifeson from Rush.

Comment by rushfan4 13 years ago

Derek & the Dominos - The Layla Sessions 1990, Compilation

7.8

Non-Prog Rock

I've only got Disc 2: The Jams, from this set, but there is some excellent guitar work on these jams.

Comment by rushfan4 13 years ago

Empire (Peter Banks) - Mark I 1975

7.3

Prog Rock

Peter Banks' band following Yes and Flash. At times sounds very much like Yes and Flash. Bluesy female vocals add a nice touch.

Comment by rushfan4 13 years ago

Jason Bonham Band - When You See The Sun 1997

6.0

Non-Prog Rock

Led Zeppelin meets Soundgarden but not as good as it might sound on paper.

Comment by rushfan4 13 years ago

Henry Cow - In Praise Of Learning 1975

6.0

Prog Rock in Opposition

At least for me Dagmar Krause has a voice that reminds me of fingernails on the chalkboard. The third track reminded me of individual orchestra members warming up their instruments prior to a performance, except that I think that I'd rather listen to the orchestra warming up.