Biggest Sell out by a Prog Rock Band (attempt #2)

[Taverner]

Poll question: Biggest Sell out by a Prog Rock Band (attempt #2)

Trying again...

[theivoryqueen]

1. smells like teen spirit commercials

was Cobain dead by then?

[jdsmith]

2. Cobain took his title from the product

Nirvana's not prog either.

[theivoryqueen]

7. hmmm. okay.

[dawg]

3. I voted for Genesis with Phil Collins ....

but mainly for the "Invisible Touch" and "We Can't Dance" albums, where the band's sound became almost indistinguishable from Phil's solo work.

[Loonman]

4. ELP is tiresome, pretentious, wankery

No matter who the "P" is.

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. Genesis

No prog-rock band has irreversably went commercial the way Genesis did.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Genesis, totally, bot not until Invisible Touch

Abacab was getting there; the Mama album took 'em back to their roots (except "illegal alien"). Invisible Touch definitely definitely put them in pop mode, where they stayed inperpetuity.

Oh, how they insulted their fan base! I shall never forgive them.

[PoliticsSportsMusic]

8. Jefferson Airplane......Jefferson Starship(pew wee)stinker

OK so Airplane wasn't progressive but it still needs to be listed.

[NWHarkness]

9. I don't think anything comes close to Genesis

Phil Collins took it from a daring progressive band to the lamest kind of lounge act.

[Taverner]

10. Pretty Much

Everything since "And then there were three..."

[Cocoa]

12. I loved "Duke"

I'm a big fan of early Genesis, but "Duke" is one of their best.

[Taverner]

11. I'm surprised no one mentioned King Crimson

When they completely changed format in the early 80's, trying to pick up the "New York Sound" helmed by Brian Eno and the Talking Heads. I didn't think it was a sell out personall, just a format change - one they totally rocked with - but at the time I remember a lot of Prog Rockers mighty upset by the decision.

[rucky]

14. Progressive rockers don't like change

heh.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Yes, because Genesis have a plausible excuse

90% of their prog-ness went away with Peter Gabriel.

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. They still had plenty without Gabriel

Banks and Hackett (and Rutherford, to an extent) all wrote true prog rock pieces. And Collins sings and plays drums fine. It was when they let him write stuff that they went downhill.

[jpgray]

15. I see PF as more art rock than prog. (nt)

[southpaw]

17. 90125 wasn't really a sell out...

It was more of an accident, really. Squire and Rabin formed a band that featured Alan White on drums and Eddie Jobson on keys. Rabin was to be the lead singer, the band was to be called "Cinema"

Jon Anderson was brought into the fold late in the game and the songs were re-worked to incorporate him. Suddenly it was too much like "Yes" te be called anything else. Good album, actually.

Biggest sell out... The later Genesis/Collins era. The first few albums w/out Gabriel were actually pretty proggy... worthy of the Genesis legacy.