No, they're shit.
Really really dreadful widdly-widdly soulless prog metal played and listening to by smelly poodle haired people in Joe Satriani t-shirts.
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Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 7 Jul 2009, 19:33,
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It's widdly widdly nonsense at times,
and I rarely listen to it these days... but it can hardly be lumped in with Satch and co.
Before 1998 there wasn't that much widdly widdly extreme wankery... it's all there is now.
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Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Tue 7 Jul 2009, 19:34,
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