On 09-21-97 STEVEN VAN IMPE wrote to KENNETH NEWMAN... 
 
 SV> I think you have missed one important category: Krautrock (CAN,
 SV> Kraftwerk, OMD, 
 
        I debated about that actually, but decided that krautrock 
        wasn't actually a category of prog, even though there's 
        some overlap, e.g. all of Kraftwerk is krautrock but only 
        their early stuff is prog. 
 
        But there are also krautrock bands like Jane who didn't 
        actually play prog. 
 
        So I figured the term might be a bit misleading... Plus I 
        feel as uncomfortable talking about krautrock (except in 
        the ironic sense employed by Faust) as I would talking 
        about PFM and Banco as "Spagetthi Rock," as some US 
        journalists did back in the 70's. 
 
        But if people want to talk about any krautrock, even the 
        non-prog stuff I intend to be quite tolerant. 
 
                                Cheers, 
                                Kenneth 
 
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