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manofmystery 
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 Posted: November 20 2008 at 18:12 |
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Was always a fan of Pink Floyd long before I even knew what prog was and my fathers two favorite bands from his college years were ELP and Genesis (ELP love was passed on to me, Genesis not so much) but we never discussed music much till while listening to the local classic rock station Zappa's Montana came on and it was so different from everything else they played and I thought it fantastic. Montana got me heavy into Zappa and through a friend I'd meet in college that also appreciated FZ I flew head first into prog, collecting artists and albums I've found on this site and through word of mouth. Funny though I'm still young (mid 20s) I prefer the old stuff and dont care for the new.
Edited by manofmystery - November 20 2008 at 18:13
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fusionfreak
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Posted: November 21 2008 at 03:29 |
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It's not so strange,I'm almost 32 and don't care much about new stuff except Mars Volta,KBB,Shining and stuff like that.Moreover most "new" rock bands can't rival against goodies such as Led Zep,Atomic Rooster,Leafhound.....
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I was born in the land of Mahavishnu,not so far from Kobaia.I'm looking for the world
of searchers with the help from
crimson king
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Yogodot
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Posted: November 22 2008 at 00:59 |
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It was 1973, I was eleven. My friend was the youngest in a musical family. He played Yes's Fragile and Close to the Edge for us one day. I barely knew rock music, and this blew my mind. It almost sounds like a cliche. The rest of the classic bands and artists followed, mostly the Brits....
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T.Rox
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Posted: November 22 2008 at 05:40 |
1974 I think it was, as a 14 year old. The brother of a friend from high school put on three prog albums while I was at his house one day: Thick As A Brick, Genesis Live and Focus III. (He also put on The Who's Tommy while I was there to cap off a memorable music experience.) I didn't know the the music to be prog or understand it at the time (do I understand it now?) but it made an immediate impression on me.
The first discoveries of my own: Relayer, Yessongs, Brain Salad Surgery, Welcome Back My Friends, DSOTM, Very 'eavy, Very 'umble, Demons And Wizards & The Magician's Birthday (though I did not consider Uriah Heep to be prog until coming to this website). I was drawn to listen to all of these by seeing the cover art in the record stores (with the exception of Welcome Back My Friends, which I bought at the same time as BSS).
Sadly, I didn't make the King Crimson connection with Epitaph in ELP's Welcome Back My Friends until I happened upon a copy of ITCOTCK in the community radio station in Newman, Western Australia (6NEW) in 1981 so missed out on the early KC until the 1980's.
Also, back in the day when Perth had it's first FM radio station, 96FM, there was an album show on a Wednesday night that used to play an entire album. It was on this show I first heard Kraftwerk's Autobahn album and Camel's Snow Goose album ... I bought both just days after hearing them if I recall correctly.
Discoveries in an unusual way were Brian Eno's Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) and Steve Hillage's L albums. I was sharing digs in Alice Springs with a guy also from Perth that I met in The Alice. He had a friend who sent him a small parcel that contained a number of dead moths and leaves, a note and a cassette tape. The note told of a "banquet for two" (the moths and leaves) and a home-made compilation of music to zone out to; the memorable songs from this were Eno's Back In Judy's Jungle & The True Wheel and Hillage's Electrick Gypsies & Lunar Musick Suite. Needless to say, I found out what albums these songs were from and ordered both.
Have I told the story of how I first got exposed to Hawkwind and the Live Seventy Nine album? That can be a tale for another day!
Edited by T.Rox - November 22 2008 at 05:44
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"Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche
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T.Rox
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Posted: November 22 2008 at 05:55 |
 manofmystery wrote:
Funny though I'm still young (mid 20s) I prefer the old stuff and dont care for the new. |
In my case I'm old-ish (50 next birthday) and am still discovering things from the 70's that are simply brilliant ... and much of this is not yet on PA! (I am working on some of these to have them added.) I like a lot of the newer stuff but always find "new discoveries" from the late 60's and 70's easier to get into.
manofmystery wrote:
...while listening to the local classic rock station Zappa's Montana came on and it was so different from everything else they played and I thought it fantastic. Montana got me heavy into Zappa and through a friend I'd meet in college that also appreciated FZ I flew head first into prog, collecting artists and albums I've found on this site and through word of mouth. |
At the moment I am addressing my lack of early Zappa work. The man was in a place of his own and I am amazed that I survived on only three Zappa live albums for many years ... better late than never! Zappa's Over-Nite Sensation with the afore mentioned Montana is one I got on LP just a few weeks ago 
Edited by T.Rox - November 22 2008 at 05:58
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"Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche
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GlassPrison68
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Posted: November 26 2008 at 09:49 |
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I was into metallica, and I was in the mindset that no one was better. I would argue my view for hours.
My brother shows me Dream Theater and my world exploded. I was like "what? a drummer better than Lars?
And the guitarist." I realized what I'd been missing and I imediately plunge Into anything I could get my hands on.
First prog song I got hooked on was Dream Theaters "Another Day"
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Let the progsters find you and
beat you in 7/8 time!
-Jordan Rudess
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J-Man
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Posted: November 28 2008 at 13:57 |
Long, long story...
My dad loved prog.
I didn't (about age 8).
I said who listens to a 30 minute song??
I listened to Elvis and all of that crap.
Then one day I heard my dad listening to early Beatles and I said, I like this stuff.
I became I huge early Beatles fan.
I then listened to Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road and I said Wow, the medley at the end of Abbey Road is long, but is really great.
My next chapter is at my record store as a kid. I was looking through the discount rack with my dad, and he told me to get And Then There Were Three since I liked the Beatles. I was morbidly obsessed with it for a month or two. Then came my real introduction, my dad gave me a cassette copy of SEBTP. I listened to it at least twice a day, and became a prog addict.
(The story also gave me a soft spot for The Beatles and Genesis because without them, who knows... I might still be listening to Elvis).  |
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AdamHearst
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Posted: November 28 2008 at 18:13 |
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I've been into Prog as long as i can remember actually. Around the age of 5 or 6 is when i first became fascinated by my father's record collection which contained many brilliant Prog albums by Genesis, Yes, Floyd, ELP and others (even lesser known stuff like Starcastle heh)... and even before that, heavy stuff like Hawkwind, Uriah Heep and Black Sabbath also helped in the development of my appreciation for long evolving songs with different/interesting song structures
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity...
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Jaja Macca
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Posted: November 28 2008 at 22:13 |
In 81 (I just know Beatles, Stones and other 60's bands that I still love), when I searching new sounds, groups and tendecies, I bought ANIMALS (Pink Floyd) and RELAYER (Yes).
What a TRIP, my friends!!!
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debrewguy
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Posted: November 28 2008 at 22:21 |
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Turned left at Greenland
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"Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice, Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case.
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St.Cleve Chronicle
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Posted: November 29 2008 at 02:40 |
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I've been listening to my dad's Jethro Tull, Deep Purple and Pink Floyd LP's since I was 5 or 6 or something. I didn't know that was prog, but somehow I always thought the best songs were the longest and most complex ones! I became concious of prog when I was eleven and I read a Finnish magazine that had an interview with Steve Howe and some Yes album reviews in it. I thought it was very interesting, so I borrowed Close to the edge from library. Now I'm 14 and just about the only one in my school who thinks Gentle Giant is the best band ever.
Actually, a little time ago I played their song "Proclamation" to some of my friends and they seemed to like it. Maybe they will find prog too...
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The_Weco
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Posted: November 29 2008 at 11:31 |
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If I remember correctly I saw The Wall - movie on tv. That was some f**ked up sh*t for my unprogressive mainstreme kid-mind so naturally I had to find out more about it and well... here we are. I found the world of progressive rock/metal.
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bassman4
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Posted: November 30 2008 at 12:05 |
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In73 or so ,a friend brought a homemade mini moog to school,I was new to the class so this progger befriended me.He turned me onto Maha V. [ I saw them live and was stunned] ,He had me listening to ELP in head phones [GREAT MEMORIES]. Rush ,Yes Kansas,Utopia, any thing in these viens that came along,hooked me. I had no idea new prog bands were out there untill I found Spock's Beard [95]. Then came the pc [about a year or so ago], now I am blown away by all this excellent music at my fingertips. KARMAKANIC ,Neal Morse,Transatlantic ,The Flower Kings,Simon Says ,Frost...
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hasheten
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Posted: December 01 2008 at 17:05 |
i bought my parents a Jethro Tull comp and wound up enjoying it more than they did. 
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the new food bible for anarchist cookbooks (check me out on blogger)
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XunknownX
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Posted: December 01 2008 at 20:32 |
On the floor 
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Hootywho
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Posted: December 02 2008 at 00:42 |
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I removed my stupid story that I had posted and intended on finishing but completely forgot about it and now have no intention of finishing.
Edited by Hootywho - January 28 2009 at 23:53
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el dingo
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Posted: December 02 2008 at 08:33 |
hasheten wrote:
i bought my parents a Jethro Tull comp and wound up enjoying it more than they did. |
I don't (and don't want to!) hand out accolades, but this post made me laugh. Good double-edger!
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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luisman
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Posted: December 02 2008 at 13:32 |
i dont know if i really found it in rush "presto" cassette back in 1990... cerytainly i did with the "classic yes" plate a couple years later; BUT if MetallicA is now in the archives i found prog really early, when i turned 12 or so... 
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..this is the end of manīs long union with earth..
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timesignature
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Posted: December 02 2008 at 16:46 |
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i thought i invented it. well more particular, i thought i invented jazz fusion metal. ive played jazz piano since i was 5. when i turned 14 i started playing guitar. the popular music was metal not jazz, but then i thought 'whoa! wat if u combined the ideas'. so i started writing all forms of jazz prog metal, and then googled it to see if i had invented it but instead i found a band called Extol and their song Confessions of Inadequacy. later found DT, BTBAM, and Opeth.
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ultimoorejondeltarro
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Posted: December 02 2008 at 19:40 |
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I was into heavy metal, and a friend showed me Dream Theater but just didnīt understood it. Some time later the same buddy made me heard The Oddysee - Symphony X, it capted my atention so I bought Symphony X's V: the mythology suite, I had no words, it was something from another planet.
Sometime later Dream Theater started to catch my atention, and basically the bands went on like these, ELP, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Frank Zappa...
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