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Chris
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Progressive Biography
My name is Chris, and I'm currently a senior Electrical Engineering major at Virginia Tech, though I originally hail from Pittsburgh, PA. Apart from being a student and a ProgArchives collaborator, I am the Program Director and Co-Dictator of Metal at Virginia Tech's student radio station WUVT-FM. When I graduate, I hope to work in either Radio or audio engineering.
As long as I can remember, I've been into music, though I must admit it hasn't always been good (yes, I once liked Creed...). But my journey toward progressive rock began slowly. I had always liked rock and metal that was a bit different from everything else, and I listened to Tool and Radiohead throughout high school. When I got to college, a friend of mine introduced me to Dream Theater, as well as several jazz fusion bands. One day, while looking for information on Brand X, I found ProgArchives. Before that I had no idea that there was even a genre called 'progressive rock' where many of the bands featured the very qualities I liked most about music.
Through my own explorations, as well as through my work in college radio, I became a big fan of the genre known as post-rock, which is fairly new to the prog scene. I'd like to take credit for introducing bands like Isis, Pelican and Red Sparowes to the Archives, but I'm not sure the credit's all mine. This is a great site and a wonderful resource for great music, so enjoy it and let's make it the best we possibly can!
As long as I can remember, I've been into music, though I must admit it hasn't always been good (yes, I once liked Creed...). But my journey toward progressive rock began slowly. I had always liked rock and metal that was a bit different from everything else, and I listened to Tool and Radiohead throughout high school. When I got to college, a friend of mine introduced me to Dream Theater, as well as several jazz fusion bands. One day, while looking for information on Brand X, I found ProgArchives. Before that I had no idea that there was even a genre called 'progressive rock' where many of the bands featured the very qualities I liked most about music.
Through my own explorations, as well as through my work in college radio, I became a big fan of the genre known as post-rock, which is fairly new to the prog scene. I'd like to take credit for introducing bands like Isis, Pelican and Red Sparowes to the Archives, but I'm not sure the credit's all mine. This is a great site and a wonderful resource for great music, so enjoy it and let's make it the best we possibly can!
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EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place
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ISIS In The Absence Of Truth
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KING CRIMSON Red
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ROSETTA The Galilean Satellites
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SIGUR RÓS Ágætis Byrjun
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TOOL Lateralus
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65DAYSOFSTATIC One Time For All Time
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CULT OF LUNA Somewhere Along the Highway
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DON CABALLERO World Class Listening Problem
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DREDG Catch Without Arms
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EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever
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INDUKTI S.U.S.A.R.
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ISIS Panopticon
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THE MARS VOLTA The Widow
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MAUDLIN OF THE WELL Bath
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MESHUGGAH I
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MONO You Are There
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PELICAN Australasia
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PELICAN The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw
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PRIMUS Frizzle Fry
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PRIMUS Hallucino-Genetics: Live 2004
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PRIMUS Sailing the Seas of Cheese
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RED SPAROWES At the Soundless Dawn
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RUSSIAN CIRCLES Enter
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DEVIN TOWNSEND Ziltoid The Omniscient
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YNDI HALDA Enjoy Eternal Bliss
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FANTÔMAS Delìrivm Còrdia
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ISIS In the Fishtank vol. 14 (with Aereogramme)
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ISIS Live 2 - 03.19.03
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ISIS Oceanic
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MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT The Ties That Blind
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OYSTERHEAD The Grand Pecking Order
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PRIMUS Antipop
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SIGUR RÓS ( )
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DREAM THEATER Score: 20th Anniversary World Tour Live with the Octavarium Orchestra
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PRIMUS The Brown Album
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