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Poll Question: Which of these bands is most responsible for getting you into prog?
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When I first got into music, I liked a lot of Prog bands without knowing about the genre. At the time, they were blended into the melting pot of rock: Yes, Pink Floyd, Kansas, Jethro Tull, etc.

But, the first groups that were Prog or a bit Proggish that I really got into were Styx, Alan Parsons Project, Asia, Rush, Toto, and Gary Numan.

I also liked The Beach Boys and The Beatles, which might be considered Proto-Prog.

Great question! And, no shame in my answer. I still love listening to those bands today, even Asia! Love that majestic Steve Howe sound!

And, those bands have led me to other interesting bands, including unquestionably Prog artists and bands. Disclaimer: Some on my list I consider Gateway to Prog rather than Prog or Prog-related.
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Trilogy caught me by the neck once I´ve listened for the first time but the real sickness began with Pawn Hearts
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Pink Floyd. 

I started to get into music in 1991/1992 when I was thirteen. The Queen were my first favourite, and along them came Pink Floyd (who were my second big favourite), Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Genesis, Jarre, Vangelis, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, Doors, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin within a year or so. 

I liked some contemporary bands, but usually preferred the above. Many of them were still active and I listened their 90s stuff as well. 
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While I'd like to say my heroes ELP were the ones, if was probably, in fact, Arthur Brown. When 'Fire' hit the airwaves it definitely ignited (see what I did there) something in me that drew me to the flame (see, I did it again). But that was just one song among many at the time. However, when I actually heard a full prog album for the first time it was ELP's debut and I was HOOKED !
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nice thread
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Originally posted by Cosmiclawnmower Cosmiclawnmower wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

For me it was Genesis when my sister borrowed a copy of Nursery Cryme from someone and I had a sneaky listen. I then bought Genesis Live when it came out and that was that. Yes came a bit later via a school friend who was mad on them, then ELP and the rest.
 

Ha! that Genesis 'Live' lp was an 'entry drug' for a lot of people to the world of Progressive rock, I reckonWink It did it for me too, it was cheap and boy did Gabriel look weird and scary on that cover!LOL
Ha haTongue I remember the first time I saw that cover. It was quite spooky indeed, and made me want to listen to it. I already knew about Genesis and heard their music, but it was a whole new experience to hear them  perform live. 
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

For me it was Genesis when my sister borrowed a copy of Nursery Cryme from someone and I had a sneaky listen. I then bought Genesis Live when it came out and that was that. Yes came a bit later via a school friend who was mad on them, then ELP and the rest.
 

Ha! that Genesis 'Live' lp was an 'entry drug' for a lot of people to the world of Progressive rock, I reckonWink It did it for me too, it was cheap and boy did Gabriel look weird and scary on that cover!LOL

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For me it was Genesis when my sister borrowed a copy of Nursery Cryme from someone and I had a sneaky listen. I then bought Genesis Live when it came out and that was that. Yes came a bit later via a school friend who was mad on them, then ELP and the rest.
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Definitely Tull. Thanks to my father, who is not a prog fan, just a big Tull fan.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I can't say that any band got me into prog because I was listening to this kind of music and did not know it was called "prog" LOL. Yes, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Supertramp, Genesis along with Queen, Zeppelin, Purple, Heep, Sabbath, Hendrix, The Doors, Joplin, etc, it was all classic rock. Music magazines were scarce (in my small hometown, me and my friends were sharing magazines, music, those were fun days) when I was a teen, that was way before the internet. 


yeah, I know... I only heard of "Prog" (that dirty four letter wordTongueWink) in the 90's. Before that, those "prog" bands were usually coined as "Art Rock" (which created confusion with Hard Rock with non-native speakers).
As I understood it, in the 90's Art Rock's definition sort of slid towards bands that were more glammy, where the dress-up was gimmicky (Roxy Music & stuff).

I still don't think of Roxy as "prog", despite their second album, which has prog tendencies.



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Originally posted by M27Barney M27Barney wrote:

Yeah. Genesis in 1977 when I saw them in That there London...when we thought that walkie talkies and casio digital watches were cool...primitive idiots...😎
 

Ha ha ha great story M27Barny LOL My own tales (forgive the pun) was Yes on the Tales Tour!!!!
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Yeah. Genesis in 1977 when I saw them in That there London...when we thought that walkie talkies and casio digital watches were cool...primitive idiots...😎
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I can't say that any band got me into prog because I was listening to this kind of music and did not know it was called "prog" LOL. Yes, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Supertramp, Genesis along with Queen, Zeppelin, Purple, Heep, Sabbath, Hendrix, The Doors, Joplin, etc, it was all classic rock. Music magazines were scarce (in my small hometown, me and my friends were sharing magazines, music, those were fun days) when I was a teen, that was way before the internet. 

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Yessongs (given a copy in 12th grade)
Genesis Live (found a water damaged Brit copy at Bldg #19)
ELP Brain Salad Surgery
VDGG Pawn Hearts
Magma Attahk

I think I had these as five of my first 20 albums, nudging my Zeppelin, Kiss and Aerosmith albums to back of crate
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Genesis (Selling England) or Pink Floyd (Dark Side), Yes (Relayer) came a bit later...it was 1974.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Misplaced Childhood was one of the firsts tape I bought.

It was 1985. 

The first music I listened to were The Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel, 1984. A friend of mine gave me a tape.

Beatles: Red and Blue Collection. Simon & Garfunkel: Greatest hits and the Concert in Central Park.

Then, in 1985 I bought the tape of Born in The Usa by Springsteen and was great. So I bought Nebraska, and 

I wonder: what? How is possible that these two albums are written by the same person?

Then I was very impressed by the video of Marillion: Lavander and Heart of Lothian, so I bought Misplaced

Childhood... I liked it very much but I was disappointed that the Lavender version on the Lp was shorter than
that of the video....

Anyway, then I started to listen to Springsteen, Bryan Adams, U2, Simple Minds...

So I cant vote for Misplaced Childhood.

The group that introduced me into prog was Van der Graaf Generator. A friend of mine was a fan, and invited me by him to listen to Van der Graaf and Peter Hammill... and then we continue with Gentle Giant, Yes, King Crimson, and so on. I was 24.

So I voted for Van Der Graaf. 







If I am understanding your post correctly it seems that although Marillion was technically the first prog you listened to you can't vote for them because they didn't really get you into prog. After you first heard them you went back to listening to Springsteen, U2, Simple Minds etc(nothing wrong with them by the way; I actually like Springsteen and U2 but would swap out Simple Minds for Tears for Fears ;) ). So when you first heard VDGG that was really when your prog journey began because they(much more so than Marillion)encouraged you to listen to more prog. Is that about right?

Yes, you are right.

I still like very much Misplaced Childhood but when I was a teenager I have few money to buy tapes or records (or the firsts CD) so I listened to the records of my friends.

And my friends didn't listen to prog except one who introduce me to PFM (PFM? PFM), but I didn't like it.

In 1985 I listened my first CD: Brothers in arms. Then, Suzanne Vega, I. I love that records.

But until I was 24 I didn't listen to prog music, because I continue to listen to Marillion but  "Clutching at Straws" and Incommunicado were not so beautiful as Misplaced Childhood and Lavander or Heart of Lothian. 

When I was 24 I knew a person very well educated about prog, and I went often in his house to listen to 

Prog,  the Prog of the Seventies! 
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

From the list, Floyd's DSOTM album (third album I ever bought  with my money).

but Supertramp's COTC is the album that threw me in prog back when it was released (Sept 74), though preceded by Harmonium's debut album a couple of months before and Jethro Tull's Stand Up & Aqualung (from my dad) a few years before...


Genesis' SEBTP  (though my second album ever bought) wasn't one that got me into it, because I WTF'd on it (the sonic issues were partly responsible) until TOTT was released, an instant click and SABTP became quitye clear for me.


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ELP (Fanfare For The Common Man was a big hit in the UK and they looked like 3 Gods!)
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Out of the selections, I have to say the Moody Blues, for me.  They were the earliest blend of classical and rock that I heard.  So goes my vote.
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Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Misplaced Childhood was one of the firsts tape I bought.

It was 1985. 

The first music I listened to were The Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel, 1984. A friend of mine gave me a tape.

Beatles: Red and Blue Collection. Simon & Garfunkel: Greatest hits and the Concert in Central Park.

Then, in 1985 I bought the tape of Born in The Usa by Springsteen and was great. So I bought Nebraska, and 

I wonder: what? How is possible that these two albums are written by the same person?

Then I was very impressed by the video of Marillion: Lavander and Heart of Lothian, so I bought Misplaced

Childhood... I liked it very much but I was disappointed that the Lavender version on the Lp was shorter than
that of the video....

Anyway, then I started to listen to Springsteen, Bryan Adams, U2, Simple Minds...

So I cant vote for Misplaced Childhood.

The group that introduced me into prog was Van der Graaf Generator. A friend of mine was a fan, and invited me by him to listen to Van der Graaf and Peter Hammill... and then we continue with Gentle Giant, Yes, King Crimson, and so on. I was 24.

So I voted for Van Der Graaf. 







If I am understanding your post correctly it seems that although Marillion was technically the first prog you listened to you can't vote for them because they didn't really get you into prog. After you first heard them you went back to listening to Springsteen, U2, Simple Minds etc(nothing wrong with them by the way; I actually like Springsteen and U2 but would swap out Simple Minds for Tears for Fears ;) ). So when you first heard VDGG that was really when your prog journey began because they(much more so than Marillion)encouraged you to listen to more prog. Is that about right?
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