[atlantaprog] Re: Prog metal

Niacin has 5 releases.

1.  S/T  1997
2.  Live  1997  (Titled as 'Blood Sweat And Beers', released in the USA during 
2003)
3.  High Bias  1998
4.  Deep  2000
5.  Time Crunch  2001


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Stafford" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:57 PM
Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: Prog metal


> Alex, great choice here, Niacin is just awesome and you don't miss the
> guitar. They have 3 CDs I know of 
> 1) Blood
> 2) Blood, Sweat, and Beers(Live)
> 3) Time Crunch
> 
> A few more I'd recommend would be, Bob Katsionis, Soniq Theater, Tiles,
> Threshold(A bit heavier, but maybe you might like them).
> 
> If you haven't heard Oliver Wakeman and Clive Nolan: Hound of the
> Baskerville it's very good in my opinion.
> So there you have a few more to choose from as well. 
> Enjoy,
> Greg
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: atlantaprog-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:atlantaprog-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brain21
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 12:15 PM
> To: atlantaprog@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: Prog metal
> 
> Allen Welty-Green wrote:
> 
> > ...just doesn't do much for me! The new Progression includes a sampler
> 
> > from Inside Out with a lot of prog metal on it (Symphony X, Derek 
> > Sherinian, etc.) and I keep listening to it, hoping I'll develop a 
> > taste for it, but it just ain't happening. The things that bug me 
> > about the genre are things like massive wall-of-distortion guitars on 
> > virtually every track, overly strained vocals, keyboards (when 
> > present) generally limited to background colors (hey, I'm, a 
> > keyboardist! What can I say?), massive wall-of-distortion guitars on 
> > virtually every track, wailing 
> > how-many-notes-can-I-squeeze-into-a-measure solos (did I mention 
> > massive wall-of-distortion guitars on virtually every track?)
> >
> > Now that I've stirred some of you up, let me say that I am not putting
> 
> > it down as a genre, and I respect the players immensely. It's just 
> > generally not to my taste. Maybe some of you prog-metal heads out 
> > there can enlighten me?
> >
> If you haven't already, you should check out Niacin.  That is bassist 
> Billy Sheehan's fusion band.  Not a single electric guitar in sight.  
> Bass, drums, and keys (hammond B-3 mostly I think).  When you think of 
> Billy Sheehan you don't normally think of fusion, but they are really 
> good.  Being a guitar player wanting (NEEDING) to hear guitar in my 
> fusion records, and still liking them, should say something about them.
> 
> THeir CDs are either put out by guitar9 (www.guitar9.com) or Magna Carta
> 
> (www.magnacarta.com I believe).  I can't remember which, but there 
> should be audio samples on the site.  THe audio may or may not do them 
> justice.  I have only heard a few songs off of the CD on my XM radio, 
> but I also heard a live Niacin show on my XM and that was absolutely
> killer!
> 
> Alex F/Brain21
> 
> 
> 
>

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