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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > No Music Discussion > The Math Rock/Mathcore Thread: We're bored of 4/4
 
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TheForgotton
Jun 10, 2001

I'm making a career of evil.
As a prog-head, I'm failing to see the distinction that makes something "math". Is it just because "progressive" is seen as a dirty word in today's music industry?

Not to knock the mathcore wave too hard, but bands like Van Der Graaf Generator and Gentle Giant were doing astounding things with polyrhythms and intricate counterpoint almost 40 years ago. For example, a live video of Gentle Giant playing in '74.

Ignitus posted:

Protest the Hero has the best songwriting of any technical band I've ever heard...
Very cool. I'll have to look into them.

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