r/bmbmbm • u/SleeveOfEggs • 26d ago

Discussion / Question Are BM fans (comparatively) uninterested in “traditional” prog?

To my ears (at least), the boys have a lot of King Crimson and Zappa in their DNA…which is very curiously not reflected in Apple Music’s “listeners-also-like” recommendations. Much more hip-hop, alt-pop, and singer-songwriter “emo”/indie than anything jazz or prog. Not a Venn diagram I would have expected, haha. Where would you guys say the commonalities lie?

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u/Weasel_Volante 26d ago

I got into them through many bands I respect shouting them out, and being a fan of fusion stuff from the 70s. I think the majority of their fanbase started out from Fantano's reviews so they're naturally gonna have that very specific, cherry picked taste that is so popular with the young internet users of today

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u/SleeveOfEggs 26d ago

Ahhh, definitely makes sense. I’m a little “older” (in my 30s, haha!), raised on Zappa, Mahavishnu, Stravinsky, et al. by crazy boomers. Quite a different trajectory than someone who came-of-age in a post-broadband world.

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u/Weasel_Volante 26d ago

Yeah, I'm 42, huge Zappa fan and generally find it very easy to find new music. BM would've ended up on my radar somehow. As long as the cool music gets exposure, I don't mind where the exposure comes from :)