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Jonathan Payeur

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Member since: 6/2/2004 • Forum posts: 63 • Last visit: 4/18/2018 5:10:47 PM EST
Location: Canada

Progressive Biography

I grew up constantly surrounded by music related stuff. My mother, of course, was sold to the Beatles' England 70's pop and I come from a familiy of fine piano and guitar players. THE BEATLES of course, are on top of my list with a lot of bands like R.E.M., THE TRAGICALLY HIP, THELONIOUS MONK, THE CURE, OASIS, SLOAN, THE BREEDERS, THE SMITHS, THE POLICE, PAVEMENT, OINGO BOINGO and ULTRAVOX mainly.

From age 4 (discovered Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper) I got addicted to music. And I mean ADDICTED. All the information I could get on any artists, I got it.

Thanks to my tv addicted dad, who bought a huge old fashioned satellite dish in '89, MTV always had a huge place in our hearts. I stayed up to date to mostly rock and pop genres throughout the 90's. But I've always been tempted by keyboard-oriented, longer pieces of music and time changes.

Well, I started (as a good canadian) with all-star Rush who gave me a great chance to get acquainted with art rock. I had every RUSH album since age 16 and so on, I grabbed knowledge from here and there. I did also realize in that era that listening to this kind a music makes you a potential member of the geek factory.

But my real craving for progressive rock started when I got married ; when my father-in-law told me that he saw GENTLE GIANT many times at the Laval's University (in 74 and 75). He told me many times stories how good they were and I purchased many GG albums immediately. Then I got more and more curious to find something to feed my brain who seemed to grow insatiable.

I try to keep my mind as open as possible, but my preferences tends to go in the same directions. I'm not pretending to be a good reviewer, I judge by how the music makes me feel, nothing always technical. I do, on the other hand, take this whole 'sacred' progressive rock very lightly.

My favorite band is changing every 2 weeks litteraly, but I do confess that Gentle Giant is one serious name.

So tell me my opinions stinks, I'll tell you: " I knew it before you did. "

Dream Team:
Ritchie Blackmore---Guitars and general bad mood
Sting---Bass, self-rightousness and Vocals
Dave Grohl---Humility, caffeine and Drums
Tony Banks---Intolerance, Organ and Keyboards

Reviews distribution by sub-genre

	Sub-genre	Nb of reviews	Avg rating
1	Symphonic Prog	92	3.75
2	Progressive Metal	59	3.81
3	Neo-Prog	57	3.89
4	Heavy Prog	54	3.85
5	Crossover Prog	42	3.67
6	Eclectic Prog	39	4.00
7	Prog Related	18	3.83
8	Rock Progressivo Italiano	18	4.22
9	Prog Folk	16	3.31
10	Psychedelic/Space Rock	10	4.00
11	Proto-Prog	8	4.63
12	Experimental/Post Metal	4	4.00
13	Canterbury Scene	4	4.25
14	Jazz Rock/Fusion	4	4.75
15	Various Genres	2	3.00
16	Post Rock/Math rock	1	2.00
17	RIO/Avant-Prog	1	3.00

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