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That particular song, Complain, falls in that category, I'll agree. And I've never accused King's X of being a prog band on the same "progginess" as King Crimson. But if you listen to their albums, I think you can safely say about 40% of their output fits firmly in the prog realm. Don't forget that Ty Tabor runs with many prog-metal musicians, forming bands like Platypus and The Jelly Jam. Yet even their "straight ahead power barre chord rock" as you put it, is miles beyond others of that ilk. Vernon Reid of Living Colour (this guy is one of those rock musicians who know a lot about music!) said of King's X, and I paraphrase,
"The thing that blew me away about King's X is how complex their arrangements are, without ever compromising the melody of the song. Their songs appear simple sometimes, but when you really pay attention, the arrangements are amazing."
Something like that anyway. That came from the VH1 Top 100 artists of hard rock countdown.
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Feels like I'm fiddling while Rome is burning down.
Think I'll lay my fiddle down, take a rifle from the ground!
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