On 03-31-97 GEORGE ERDNER wrote to KENNETH NEWMAN... 
 
 KN> They were one of the most popular bands in France in the 
 KN> 1970's, probably the most popular prog band France ever produced 
 
 GE> That explains why I've never heard of them. I didn't spend much time 
 GE> in France in the 1970's. 
 
        Neither did many people on this echo, but most of them 
        have heard of Ange and many have their records. I 
        remember in the 70's you could go into large numbers of 
        record stores in the US and buy Ange records, since they 
        were widely imported. Back in the 70's any decent 
        self-respecting record store had an import bin, which was 
        usually dominated by progrock, since prog tended to be 
        bigger in other countries, especially Europe, and the 
        best stuff was usually on imports. Better pressings, too. 
 
 GE> the owner of it never heard of Ange either. 
 
 KN> Then perhaps you over-estimated his expertise. 
 
 GE> He is a very knowledgeable fellow, but not regarding any sort of 
 GE> French rock music. 
 
        Like I said, you may have over-estimated his expertise. 
        Different people have different areas of specialty. I 
        don't ask my dentist for investment advice. 
 
 GE> Come to think of it, the concept of "French Rock Music" 
 GE> sounds like an oxymoron. 
 
        Most pop music in France is absolute crap. For some 
        reason it seems to be mostly directed to very immature 12 
        year old girls. However, there was some really decent 
        stuff done in the 70's with prog. France gave us zeuhl 
        music for which we must be grateful (I bet you know lots 
        of people who have never heard of zeuhl music, eh? :-) ) 
 
        Also, Quebec had a really strong prog scene in the 70's, 
        most of them remaining unknown outside of Quebec but a 
        few, such as Maneige, were widely imported to the US. 
 
 GE> Actually, Socrates Kampelitos was the drummer of Gnossos, the most 
 GE> known Prog-Rock band in Greece. They have had several hit albums, but 
 GE> only in Greece and Cyprus. I'm surpised that you never heard of them. 
 
        Hey, you still forgetting to put the smileys at the end, 
        George? 
 
        Of course, the most well-known prog band from Greece was 
        Aphrodite's Child, whom I'm sure many of your most 
        intimate acquaintances have never heard of, but their 
        keyboard player was named Vangelis, which may be vaguely 
        familiar. 
 
 GE>  * OLX 2.1 TD * If you don't know the right way, fake it. 
 
        I knew you were being sarcastic even without the smileys 
        since you appeared to be discussing a prog band, 
        something you seem otherwise incapable of doing. ;-) 
 
        I knew it had to be too good to be true..... 
 
                                Cheers, 
                                Kenneth 
 
 
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