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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2008 at 21:13
Originally posted by tszirmay tszirmay wrote:

the Beatles (yes!), the Moody Blues, Procol Harum and early Floyd , Woodstock (I was 13 ) , then ITCOCK , then all the usual suspects= Zappa, Yes, Tull, Genesis, Giant, Focus . A huge 1972 hook with Roxy Music kept the "eclectic vibe alive" , the light has kept shining ever since. I wrote my pre-philosophy essay on progressive rock music in 1974, still have it today bound in plastic .    Cannot even count the number of times that prog saved my soul........ and fed the flame of passion .


damn, you are almost as old as my father (but he is older, lol)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2008 at 21:24
Yeah, prog found me, I didn't find prog.  It was standard issue rock back in the '60's.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2008 at 21:37
I found prog through dream theater like probably 97-70942796193498347597 other youngen's. the rest i found through this site. its been a while and my tastes are ridiculously different but i thank this site for everything. amazing. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2008 at 22:14
When I was 6, I bought Present's Le Poison Qui Rend Fou, and I knew it instantly: This is for me!! LOLLOL

No no, it was Tool, Aenima, in 1996-1997, not sure... When it was released, I bought it with a couple of Alice In Chains albums and with Manson's Antichrist Superstar EmbarrassedEmbarrassed Never talked about this, now I feel naked EmbarrassedEmbarrassed

EDIT: Then it came DT, of course!


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2008 at 04:44
Originally posted by hawkcwg hawkcwg wrote:

Yeah i love Black metal and Death Metal too and i hate most of Progressive metal cause a lot of it just sounds like Dream Theater imitations. Or wierd Power Metal, I usually stick to Heavy Prog, Prog Folk, Krautrock, and Cantebury.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2008 at 13:02
I used to be really into classic rock, lots of Deep Purple, mainly, then my dad played me "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" from Pink Floyds "Wish You Were Here", and I though it was simply out of this world... A couple of weeks later I discovered The Dark Side of the Moon, and it became my favourite album of all time

Some time passed, then a friend introduced me to Tool and Porcupine Tree, and I fell in love with those bands... And then I realized that there was a whole genre for this kind of music, and I begun to explore it further...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2008 at 14:50
I found Prog in home. It was and optical prism, named "The Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd, about ten years ago. "The Wall" followed.
My discovery would be impossible without my father and one of my teachers, particularly in 2006 and 2007.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2008 at 15:07
I guess it was just the radio. Back in the late 60's and early 70's, when I was a lad, "we" just called bands like Yes, King Crimson, etc, Rock. I didn't know I was listening to "prog". :) Who knew!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2008 at 15:17
How did I find prog? I found it quite good, actually!!!
As for the first prog record that I bought...it depends on what your definition of "prog" is. I f you consider Mike Oldfield´s Crises to be progressive, then that was the first one for me, back in 1984.At the time I wasn´t  even aware of the existence of progressive rock. A couple of years later I bought Queen´s first two albums, which some consider prog. But then again, they didn´t get me into anything. The first album that I recognized as "progressive" was Kansas´Point of know return, and I bought it to learn Dust in the wind on the guitar, in order to impress a girl that I liked. (and because it was cheap) .It was 1990, I think. I loved it right away, maybe because it had many hard rock moments and I went to buy Monolith, which I also found great. At the time I started with Pink Floyd classics such as Wish you were here. But the albums that really turned me into prog were Yes´Union (even if so many people find it awful mainly for non musical reasons, of which I wasn´t aware at the time) and soon after the Classic yes compilation, after which I started looking for old vinyls (I didn´t have a CD player at the time).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2008 at 15:38
I tripped over its dead body in 1983, when I first heard Abacab, Genesis and 90125.  All three of which were and to some extent are still favorites of mine, both because of nostalgia, and I don't care what anybody says, there are some great songs on all three albums.  Yeah, in hindsight, there are some duds among those three.  No one introduced me to these bands except for maybe the radio and MTV.  The first Genesis track I heard was Mama, and funny enough, when I first heard it, I didn't like it at all.  The next two songs I heard by them were Abacab and That's All.  And on the strength of those two songs, I purchased both albums, at the same time I purchased Yes' 90125.  Today, Mama is one of my favorite Genesis songs.  As for Yes, I heard Owner of course, as well as Leave It and Roundabout before picking up 90125.  Strange that at the time, I thought both bands were new.  Embarrassed  But at least with Genesis' s/t album, it made sense that they were a new band.  When I went to the record store, I was shocked how many albums they both had, and found it odd that Abacab actually came before Genesis. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2008 at 17:14

HEY! I had asked the same question once...

I was 13 almost 14 years old when I discovered progressive music. I remember when my dear uncle brought some Maxell tapes into the house. He went into his bedroom; Actually it was all the men in the house bedroom. We were very poor and we had to share beds. So anyway the first tapes I remembered listening was YES: Drama, Rush some compilation from moving pictures to hemispheres. Pink Floyd: animals Genesis: Second out and them they were three and Kansas: Two for the show. At that time as a kid I was into what was current beside Caribbean music because that where I am from. I was into Michael JacksonSleepy and that 80's stuff LOL. I vividly remember listing those tapes it was like religious experiences. It brings tears to my eyes just to remember the great joy and unbelievable satisfaction that this music brought into my life. I never was the same kid ever again. Since that day I can’t live without listening to progressive music. I even got a couple of kids from the neighborhood into these prog-bands JA!. Seriously From that day on I never stopped listening to prog Years later I stared building a rich and varieties collection of progressive and Jazz, Fusion.

the  first it sounded  so weird specially pink Floyd animals and some genesis songs. I loved Rush since the first time I listened to them as well as Kansas. Floyd and Genesis had to grow on us for awhile.

Now I listen more Floyd andGenesis  more that any other prog band.

 

 Well, not everything was perfect and still isn’t .I had to deal with the same things over and over until these days. My family was not too happy specially my grand- mother because she thought that me and my uncle was getting devil worshiping music.Embarrassed Imagining all these people( my family) that were only expose to their only kind of music their  whole life. That sh*t was too weird for them. My uncle and I felt like outcast every where we went with the family and in the neighborhood. We still feel like outcast  all these 22 years .

 
Prog means so much to us that we had to tolerated bad comment and criticism from everyoen how knew all the time., but  we did not give and still  we don’t give a f**k what people think, because the joy we get from prog is incomparable, wel,l maybe I can compare  it with sex. EmbarrassedLOLLOLLOLClap
We live to listen this kind of music that's  all!!!!. May God Bless Progressive rock musicians and the fans all around the world we are a big family and an international one? ClapClapClapClapClapClapClapClapClapClapClap


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 07 2008 at 18:24
I was into classic rock for a long time like Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Pink Floyd, etc. and eventually I came across Emerson, Lake & Palmer. My mom told me that she hated them because they have a song about necrophelia (Still... You Turn Me On, which is tongue in cheek so it's fine Tongue), so of course immediately I had to check them out. I think I heard the songs Trilogy and Tarkus first and wow, it was the weirdest thing I had ever heard, but it was kind of awesome, and eventually it was my favorite music by far. So then when I heard it was called progressive rock, I checked out all the other main bands, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant etc. and eventually found modern groups like Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, etc. and the rest is history.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2008 at 16:13
I was into Zeppelin and Floyd as well as a LOT of thrash metal.

Forbidden had a cover of 21st century Schizoid man that was one of my favorite songs, so I googled it and came upon prog archives, and Since King Crimson's version was awesome it all snowballed, then with Amazon recomendations, friends and prog archives I found Yes, Rush, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Tull, Camel etc
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2008 at 17:29
I remember I used to hate polishing my school shoes!

I'd do it on Friday night, to make sure they were ready for Monday morning. My only solace was that I could sit and listen to The Friday Rock Show (hosted by the late Tommy Vance), whilst I readies myself for the scholastic week.

I had a leaning towards I guess what was called heavy rock at the time, and The Friday Rock Show really grabbed my attention, and brought new new rock bands to my attention.  There was also a radio show on Radio Wales called 'Rockpile' and I used to be a regular contributor by sending in letters asking for tracks to be played. I can remember asking for stuff like 'Don't Fear The Reaper' by Blue Oyster Cult, 'More Than A Feeling' by Boston, and other stuff.

I first got to hear Eloy on the Friday Rock show, and it must have had a big impact as they remain one of my favourite bands to this day.

I was a big Metal fan too, and remember going to see bands like Iron Maiden (Powerslave tour), Michael Schenker Group, Saxon, Budgie etc, whilst at school in Wales.  I was introduced to Jethro Tull by a friend at school, and I remember him having the newspaper fold out version of Thick As A Brick, and loved them (nobody else did amongst my friends (durinf the New Romantic movement).

I can remember the bizarre circumstances surrounding my induction to King Crimson....waiting in  aqueue in a fish and chip shop after the local disco, and seeing them on the tv. Can't remember what they were playing, as it was so long ago, and I'd had too much of the local fire water.

It was really at University (1984-1988) when I really go into prog in a big way, discovering bands like Rush, Yes, Marillion, Genesis, Camel, Floyd etc (and of course more Eloy). I loved Camel at the time, but it was mainly stuff like Stationary Traveller / Pressure Points etc, but I distinctly remember a few bootleg tape cassettes flying around whisch are now released as Camel live albums.

After University, there was something of a prog hiatus, where I think I got a bit disillusioned with the music scene during the early 90s, and for a few years, didn't listen to much.

Have been back with a vengeance for some time now, and really enjoying things at the moment!



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2008 at 19:11
I would blame my Mum, mostly. I grew up with things like Yes, the Soft Machine and Zappa being played through the house. And her friend got me into the Mars Volta.

I think as I learned more about music, I wished to pursue music that was a bit more challenging than bog standard rock or metal. I remembered my Mum's warning before putting the Soft Machine on in the car...."Now, this is very weird and difficult to listen to"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2008 at 19:56
How i found prog was really mundane. I had been playing bass for some years and needed to find something that was more challenging to play on a technical level when a friend recommended Dream Theater. Upon listening to them i discovered the wonders of prog and i then got into more diverse forms of prog and tech metal from that platform. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2008 at 20:10
Listened to ze parents' ELP best of. Loved it from the get go.

Take that, people with wussy starter bands LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2008 at 20:22
Originally posted by TGM: Orb TGM: Orb wrote:

Listened to ze parents' ELP best of. Loved it from the get go.

Take that, people with wussy starter bands LOL


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 08 2008 at 20:41
As i haven't had the chance to get introduced to prog through the drumming of PortnoyLOLWink..i did it the classic way...........way back in 1971 having started with the Beatles (Abbey Road).my first purchase, then little by little with Procol Harum, Rare Bird, the Moodies, the Who...
My first real prog purchase was ATOM HEART MOTHER from PF along RESTRICTIONS from Cactus sometimes in March 1971....i remember that day very well, then the rest followed, ITCOTCK, Saucerful of Secrets, Stand up, Tarkus,Aqualung and Third from the Softs.....
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