QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Oct 3, 2006 -> 06:22 PM)
Like I said, "horrible bands" is your personal opinion. I know of many amazing bands that are influenced by Rush, but others might not like them. Just because somebody is too friggin' arrogant and closed minded to accept that something that they do not like is not neccasarilly bad is not my problem or Rush's problem. I am not a Rush fan, I own nothing by them, but I would never be such a closed minded idiot to claim that their musis "sucks". They are fantastic musicians who have made music loved by MILLIONS. No, record sales do not equate great music, but many of the people who claim that Rush are crap will also spend time praising stuff by bands like the Butthole Surfers.
p.s. bmags, who is that in your avatar?
slints album cover for spiderland, recently learned the photo was taken by Will Oldham (also known as bonnie prince billy) besides it being a great album, i love that album cover, it kind of reminds me of stand by me the film, and just being younger. The facial expressions and settings. its so great.
And i realize how horrible bands are subjective, but i've made no bones about saying how much i hate prog.