How you got into prog?
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Topic: How you got into prog?
Posted By: yoel?
Subject: How you got into prog?
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 15:38
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just wondering if anyone had interesting storys of how they got interested in prog music, more interesting than 'me mum likes it'
not that its interesting but i got into prog becuase id been a long time fan [and still am] of the chili peppers, and because of that john frusciantes solo projects, around 2, closer to 3, years ago i found out about a friend of the chilis who guested on alot of their albums and frusciante projects, and in turn, different chili members guested on his albums, i had found omar rodriguez, i then got into the mars volta, and from there i enjoyed that type of music so much i delved into the genre and found alot of crazy bands in the same vein as them.
but even before then i loved a couple of the prog giants-floyd and yes
and then related people like, zeppelin and hendrix
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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 15:48
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Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons.
The word epic led me to Supper's Ready, Close to the Edge, Shine on You Crazy Diamond. I found the word prog. Looked at the roots Crim, Elp and Tull. Expanded the tastes to prog-metal (my fave) and jazz (most impressive). |
Posted By: aspinosa
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:04
| I was introduced to prog by a friend , he lent me Leftoverture and Point of no Return from Kansas, I was hooked imediatly. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:09
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I believe this has been done many times... And I have the most uninteresting answer to the question: I was raised listening to it. But, because this is so boring, I use the story where I realized prog was THE genre (see my profile if you're interested.) |
Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:26
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Basically, someone lent me a copy of The Mars Volta's De-Loused in the Comatorium, I became obsessed with TMV, and researched their influences. That eventually led me here |
Posted By: yoel?
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:29
another person who found prog through TMV and is like me obsessed with them
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Sckxyss wrote:Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:36
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When I was about 12 tears old I got a transistor radio for my birthday. That year the crap was being played out of the single version of Hocus Pocus on a local AM radio station CKGM in Montreal. I went out and bought the single and played the crap out of it. Then in `75 I got a freaking paper route and saved up enough to buy the Focus Dutch Masters compilation which I still have to this day. It mentioned other bands on the sleeve notes, Triumvirat, Omega, Trace, LGT and others. From there on everything is as they say, history. I just started to buy anything that looked weird or spaced out. I have well over 2,000 albums and still hunt vinyl. I`m what you would call a vinyl hunter. It`s not as cheap as it used to be though. Seems like it`s making a bit of a comeback though. ------------- |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:37
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I first got into Genesis and Yes through their more commercial albums, Abacab and Genesis for the former, and 90125 for the latter, around the age of 13 or 14. That led me to check out their earlier works. Once I had all of the Genesis and Yes catalogs, I began looking for more music similar in style. That led me to ELP, King Crimson, Floyd, Rush, Marillion and so on. But I do remember this thread having been done before. I think my answer then was exactly the same. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:42
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Think it was something like this;
The Beatles> The Rolling Stones> Alice Cooper> The Sweet> Led Zep> Black Sabbath>Cream> Jimi Hendix and then Pink Floyd and Genesis.
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Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:47
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I didn't find prog, it found me. I was already obsessed with Rush (from seeing them on the Vapor Trails tour) and soon thereafter was down with Yes and Floyd and a bunch of other classic rock artists (Zeppelin, Aerosmih, Who, etc.), but it really wasn't until I purchased In the Court of the Crimson King that I truly consider myself converted.
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Posted By: Darklord55
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 16:47
Cause me mum doesn't like it.  Really though, I listened to Yes, King Crimson, Moody Blues and such in my high school days. After that I drifted away from rock and prog and got into jazz. Last Chirstmas my family took a trip without me, leaving me alone for 10 days. I had to work. While alone I thought of the old prog days and entered a search for progressive music. Lo and behold the first link was prog archives. I was then amazed at what I had been missing all of these years. I then became a mad man downloading and buying all sorts of prog from about every sub-genre. Discovering all of these new bands and old new bands was loads of fun. Of course I am hooked and can't stop listening and discovering new stuff. I have rarely listened to any jazz since. I owe progarchives a big thank you.  The reviews and posts have been a great help in finding what is good and what isn't. I still like jazz, but hey, what can I say, prog is a lot more fun!!
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 17:01
| The first good music I got into was The Moody Blues. Then I got into classic rock like Led Zeppelin, CSNY, and Stones then Pink Floyd which lead me to other 70's stuff until I found ELP. This band was obviously different. I found out that it was called prog and i got into the classics. I am now into jazz and all kinds of other music. My favorite bands currently are King Crimson, Porcupine Tree, Soundgarden, Miles Davis, and Transatlantic. It was prog though that opened my mind to all kinds of music. |
Posted By: Endless Wire
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 17:50
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Led Zeppelin>The Who>Pink Floyd>Yes>All other prog ------------- . |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 18:01
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Yessongs...
Well, I listened to a lot of Pink Flowy before I even knew Yes existed, but as you may already know, I dont beleive Floyd is progressive. ------------- 
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 18:12
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PROG GOT INTO ME, see my avatar!
But seriously, I started to listen to The Sweet, Mud, Slade and Alice Cooper when I was 11, then Golden Earring, Black Sabbath and Status Quo, then Uriah Heep, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Santana and then ....I was at about 15-16 a friend let me listen to Genesis Live, the rest is history, now I am a 47 year old symphomaniac and everyday I am still searching for now 'progrock gold'
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Posted By: darkmatter
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 18:17
| I've seen this topic before, but to put it simply, my brother listened to Dream Theater, and I was interested in them. I discovered Porcupine Tree through recommendations for DT, and I was off from there. |
Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 18:23
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Having three older brothers in the 1970's was my starting point. Yes and Genesis was my first exposure to prog, I was light years ahead of my school mates, Who were into Kiss and KC & The Sunshine Band.
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Posted By: Oceansizzle
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 18:23
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classic rock background (The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Queen) --> PINK FLOYD (obsessed for a couple years) --> Rush --> Porcupine Tree (pink floyd cover band told me about them) --> Yes --> all other symphonic prog (Genesis, Camel, etc.) --> progressive metal --> experimental post-rock/post-metal (Oceansize!, Explosions in the Sky, Isis, Tool, 65daysofstatic...) so i guess in short, i didnt start consciously listening to progressive rock until Porcupine Tree...but growing up listening to classic rock (mostly Floyd, Rush, and Zeppelin) led me to it. and of course this website. it has led me to many incredible bands |
Posted By: FunnyWays
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 18:46
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Seeing Pink Floyd at Live 8 (on TV unfortunatly) really kicked it off for me. Not very long ago I know. ------------- 
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Posted By: puma
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 20:32
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I was a big Rammstein fan when I was 15, my art teacher liked them too
and he gave me a mix CD with all sorts of bands, like Shriekback, Cheap
Trick, Rush, Led Zeppelin, Dead Can Dance, and Judas Priest. Basically
that mix CD defined my musical tastes from that point on. From
only knowing Rush's "Anthem" I got more and more into them, and built up a bit of a Rush album collection. I had bought Yes's Relayer years earlier on the strength of its album cover alone (ah, to be a teenager and have 15 dollars burning a hole in your pocket) and LOVED it. I got into Yes separately from every other band, and then I slowly started listening to more and more Jethro Tull, Symphony-X, Yes, and finally I heard King Crimson when Guitar World magazine rated "Red" one of the best guitar albums of all time. After a while of noticing all these bands were known as "progressive rock" I started noticing a trend in the music I liked and realized they were all labelled together for a reason, and since that point a few years ago I've been pursuing different bands in that paradigm. So basically thanks to my art teacher I listen to what I listen to. But that's not fair to my parents. My dad grew up in the city in the 1970s and is a complete disco duck, a big fan of funk and disco, while my mom got me into heavy metal bands, and stuff like Talking Heads and Roxy Music, all genres I absolutely adore (all of them genres I let affect my own musical playing style as well). |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 20:37
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The prog fairies made me. I Am Prog (And So Can You!) ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Teh_Slippermenz
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 21:12
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I heard "Owner of a Lonely Heart" on the radio, it was Yes, so I went out and bought "The Yes Album" after looking into them. (I always start with their best-known album, or try to, when looking for music) I fell in love with "Yours is No Disgrace" from the first "wah-wah"-like notes that opened up the song. From there, I discovered Pink Floyd (somebody recommended me "Animals"), and others, and now I've discovered the early days of Genesis. (I was first introduced to them through "We Can't Dance", my mother had a cassette copy, and I used to love "I Can't Dance", now I believe that "Dreaming While You Sleep" and "Fading Lights" blow away the rest of that album...) And right now I think I'm discovering Neal Morse. O.o (Reunion, from One, this is awesome) |
Posted By: sean
Date Posted: October 26 2007 at 21:28
| For me it was hearing Rush and Kansas on the radio, which led me to get their albums, and then i discovered that they were referred to as progressive rock, so i started looking deeper into the genre, and here i am. |
Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 01:09
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Someone randomly uploaded "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" to me on SoulSeek around Summer of last year, and when I saw the word "Genesis" I thought, "Oh no, not that Phil Collins band..." But then I listened to the song and just about said "WTF AWESOME!!!" out loud. It was different than everything I expected Genesis to be at the time and 10000x different than any music I had heard prior. So after doing some investigation, I find that a guy by the name of Peter Gabriel did vocals on their classic albums (which I used AllMusic to determine) and was very relieved. I then downloaded those five albums. I instantly fell in love with Nursery Cryme and "The Musical Box" cemented my admiration of this band. I had no clue music like that existed in the 70's... Foxtrot didn't take long to sink in either, and "Supper's Ready" was very impressive. Selling England by the Pound took a little longer to settle in part because of the poppier parts, but a second try got them in. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway took maybe three listens before I understood/liked it. Trespass took only one initial listen (I really liked "The Knife") to get in, but one thorough, complete listen to truly enjoy. And then it went from there. I investigated several progressive rock bands from AllMusic and actually didn't like any of them the first time around. King Crimson and Pink Floyd took two listens, and Yes took about four. I then found this site which enabled me to find more prog and give those bands more chances. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 01:29
| When I was maybe ten, my parents bought me an 8-track player and three tapes: The Star Wars soundtrack, The Yes Album, and Fragile. I was instantly hooked. |
Posted By: Nil Recurring
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 04:35
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I'm the drumplayer of a rock band, we started 4 years ago playing things like nirvana, pearl jam and stuff like that. Our guitarist was already into some progmetal at the time and when we started to jam and create our own music it appeared to be kinda progy. That's were our guitarist gave us some prog records. The first prog album I listened was tool's lateralus and I was getting the most intense kick off my life. That was the point were I converted. Nowadays I listend to bands from every subgenre, with zappa and king crimson as favourites
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Posted By: steve j
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 04:45
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I never really liked pop music / chart music except for the odd track, they seemed like trailers for films not the real purpose of music really. Anyway back in the mid seventies I bought Rick Wakeman "Journey to the centre of the Earth", and that was it really. I searched out music I really liked. Eloy produced some classics at the end of the 70s and I was hooked. Most of my mates didn't share the same taste, they liked AC/DC which stands for everything that is not prog
The thing is I didn't really use the Prog label until I joined this Forum, yet my collection is packed with Rush, Yes and Eloy.
Through the nineties I didn't really buy much music. The children were growing up, money was tight, I only continued with Rush. The direction of Rush disappointed, I felt they could do much better and be more creative.
This forum has turned my musical desert into an oasis, and the recent metal prog split has helped me enormously. They say the internet will change your life, this site has certainly done that - Thanks to all who have contributed.
I think I should have started a thread that read "How has this website changed your life"
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 05:14
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It grew up with me. I was listening to Psyche-pop and the Moody Blues in the 60s, (the first album I bought with my own money was Kaleidoscope's A Tangerine Dream), from there it was a natural progression into Pink Floyd, Kevin Ayers & Van de Graaf Generator in the early 70s, then Yes & Genesis, then Krautrock (Amon Düül II) & RPI (in the form of PFM & Le Orme). I've been into Gothic Rock since the early 80s, so I am now drawn towards the darker side of Prog (well, with Floyd, VdGG and Amon Düül I was never that far away from it anyway ) so I love Symphonic Gothic Progressive Metal, a fair amount of Post Rock/Metal and anything that can truly be called experimental.------------- What? |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 05:21
I was born in 1960, and grew up in Italy in the early Seventies. My first exposure to prog was through Italian prog, or RPI as my darling other half calls it... The first prog album I ever bought was Delirium's Dolce acqua (which still sounds damn good), at the age of 11. A few years later, thanks to the people I used to hang out with at the time, I discovered Pink Floyd, Genesis, KC and most of the other historic bands. My love affair with prog has been a bit on and off through the years, but now it seems it's here to stay!
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Posted By: Negru Voda
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 06:01
I was born prog. 
Actually I was listening to Pink Floyd's PULSE album in the car with my dad and that's what sparked my interest. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 07:40
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Well yust like i wrote in alot other threads like this one, it was thx to Dark Side fo the Moon, and Money wich was the first PF song i ever heard and then bought the album and at first was very disepointed but continued to lisen and then it yust clicked big time and for a very long time it was my absolute favorite album. Then i started to discover other bands like Yes, KC & Jethro tull where some of the first if i remeber right. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snipergoat
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 08:11
| Id been listening to alot of Hendrix (Electric Ladyland) and I wanted to get into more psychedelic stuff. And this I guy I knew suggested Pink Floyd. So I got Piper and DSOTM.. and I liked it so much I got all their albums. At the same time a friend told me about a band called "Dream Theater". And then I just started reading all about prog and got to hear about bands like Rush, Yes, King Crimson etc etc etc |
Posted By: sinkadus
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 08:39
I remember MTV had these "sneak peak" videos that they actually had scheduled for 8, 11 oclock and Rush's Subdivision was one the videos. I watched it and then bought Signals(still my fav album) that led me to Yes then ELP then Genesis and so on.  ------------- I talk to the wind... my words are all carried away... Take Care, Roy |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 09:22
We've had this topic about 20 times here....
 It was around 1972. My cool older sister played ELP, Yes, Genesis, Floyd. Tull, etc, & I listened.Genesis (Foxtrot) and Yes (Yes Album) were the first to really grab me, as I recall.
I was about 12, & I started buying my own prog albums at about 14. It was very exciting to discover all that far-out, deep music as a young fellow! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: H9dyo8varium
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 09:26
Almost similar with my experience. Dream theater most commercial album (especially in Indonesia) FII, introduces myself to the another DT's album. And after has a chemistry with them then i know that they were influenced by Prog band like Yes and Rush. Finally, i can declare that prog is my fittest 'friend-early' for me ------------- Beyond The Endless Sacrifice |
Posted By: MadcapLaughs84
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 09:38
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I was a heavy metal kid, my dad is a prog head and some guy introduced me to Dream Theater and I became addicted and I started to look back at their influences and realized how great was Prog. ------------- 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 09:50
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A friend of mine is (or was, her interest in them has decreased lately) a huge Rush and Genesis fan. When I got to know her I listened to old-school Rock music such as Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, The Who etc. etc., so she told me to get into Rush and then Genesis if I liked Rush. So I did. And then I got into more Prog, discovering this site just when my Prog obsession was at its peak, which is why I registered here and started posting. My interest in Prog has since decreased, though I still appreciate it a lot. |
Posted By: Rivertree
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 10:14
Well it was in my youth - the turbulent early 70s.  I searched for more experimental and complex music and got familiar with Kraut/Psych/Jazz Rock more and more - what an amazing experience! ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Rivertree" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: cacha71
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 11:56
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I have always been an independent kind of person and have wanted to do my own thing rather than follow the herd. When I was a teenager in the UK I used to listen to some totally unheard of East German bands like Karat which had progressive rock influences (at that time!), at a time when other kids were all listening to Duran Duran.
Later, at University I started on Pink Floyd. I then bought a progressive rock compilation CD because I recognised a lot of the artist names and titles on it, loved it and bought albums of a lot of artists on it. I have been collecting and expanding ever since.
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 12:04
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A combination of:
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 12:36
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What I want to know is how do I get out?
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 12:40
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You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
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Posted By: paloz
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 13:51
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It all began a lot of years ago, when my father was listening to "Wish you were here". I was loving it, so i took it from my father's wardrobe, and i began to wander with my mind............ Ooooooooooh, what a pleasure was it! I thought i had finally found a real music, without stupid sounds or rhythms, intelligent. Then there was Dark side and all PF's discography. Then I stopped, and i continued with some old rock'n'roll, but not prog. Nearly 4 years ago I finally began to "study" all the prog there was to know absolutely. And now i'm here, telling you my silly story, and confirming my absolute love and dedition to progressive rock.
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Posted By: MrHiccup
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 15:08
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Videogames.
Final Fantasy VIII started it all, back in 2000. That was the kind of music I wanted to listen to...
My ears owe their life to this man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Uematsu - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuo_Uematsu
Just look at his influences. The rest is history. ------------- Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends... |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 15:10
I noticed that too. Damn it, I love RPG music. |
Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 15:40
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Oh my god. Nobuo Uematsu is god. No, really, it's true. Final Fantasy VI has the best music, though. Or VII... ah. I love them all. ------------- 
'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..' |
Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 15:48
The mans a musical genius! By far the greatest composer of gaming music- "Man With A Machine Gun" from FF8- awesome! Wow, I never considered it, but that's probably how I got into it as well. ------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
Posted By: misterkeyboard
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 16:22
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I had a good friend that brought me into this. It started with Dream Theater and then moved backwards in time to bands like Genesis, ELP, Yes.
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Posted By: Telinstryata
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 22:29
| When I took up drumming a few years back I started buying Modern Drummer magazine in order to get some tips, and I read an article about this drummer who used 3 bass drums in his "Siamese Monster" drum kit. In the article they mentioned that he played for a progressive metal band called Dream Theater. I've been a metal fan since the mid 80's but I didn't know what "progressive" meant in relation to music (I feel the term's too limiting, but that's a whole other sermon) I wanted to hear this drummer (since I was drum crazy at the time) so I went out and picked up one of their albums. The album I picked up was Train of Thought, since it was their most recent at the time. I was blown away. It wasn't long until I had all their albums and I still wanted more...so I went online to see if I could find some bands that were similar to Dream Theater. My searching lead me here, since then I've found many bands that I have added to my list of favourites. Like Riverside, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Meshuggah, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Tool etc and I'm adding more all the time. I thank this site for introducing me to these bands and many more. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: October 27 2007 at 22:40
Head first... 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 08:55
You know, I think the correct answer is you gotta get in to get out. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 08:59
For the truly curious I cover that in my progressive biography. And I guess I could copy it here, but don't want to get busted for self plagiarism. I do have an interesting 8-track story though. When growing up, my older brother had already started to get into it. I remember one family trip coming back to Atlanta from Carrolton, Kentucky, my brother wanted to put in a Jethro Tull tape. I was thinking cool Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillys. I don't think we got very far through the tape before it was yanked out. My dad went on to take a liking to a little prog (I just remembered, John Denver about the same time, has John Denver ever even been mentioned on this site before? ) before the divorce and becoming a total country and western fan with the new wife. My mom went on to become a huge Santana/Kansas/Dixie Dregs fan. Must have been the spell of Tull.------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 12:04
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When I first heard Meddle circa 1972.
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Posted By: Frippertron
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 15:24
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When I first heard Prog Rock it was "Hemispheres" by Rush, I had no idea what it was all about.. I was a young teenager and heard the album at a friends house, straight after that first listen I said to him "Errr.. play that again.. is side 1 just one song? or 5 songs interlinked? and whats going on?" then of course La Villa Strangiato.. "Wow.. a 9 minute instrumental with different styles.. how the?"
Of course for a while I had no idea what this type of music was called, I listened to Yes, and bought a tape of King Crimson (Larks Tongues In Aspic) whilst shopping in Liverpool.. I put the tape on my personal stereo and listened to it on the bus.. Now.. That really made me go wow! Larks Tongues Part 1.. It was mellow.. I thought, then a crunching riff.. and violins etc, where was the kitchen sink??
I was by now realising that I was into something good here and wanted to know more.. I was constantly running to my mates house with the latest tape/vinyl.. "WOW! Now this one is mad.. Its classical music with heavy bass and keyboards, and fantastic drummer" (of course.. it was ELP).
This story is ongoing.. been well over 25 years and still finding gems. :-) ------------- The Cheerful Insanity of Prog Rock |
Posted By: xhouse
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 15:42
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One word (sorta): Yesssongs.
From then on, a sometimes wonderful (like discovering Supper Ready) sometimes horrible (The year 1979-I thought the world had ended) journey. ------------- Between Thought and Expression Lies True Perception |
Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 17:10
a friend of mine and i are kinda HUGE into music. when we hang out we pretty much do one of two things. listen to or play music (attempt to play  ) for hours on end. did i mention that we are huge metal heads? one day he turns up the volume pops in this disc and blasts a song that turns out to be As I Am. loved it. so i being a large internet music pirate (thank god for torrent files  ) downloaded as much dream theater as i could because i couldnt remember the name of the song i heard. what the hell, its free right? i became slightly obsessed and soon after i found this site, with dream theater being the only band on the site i had listened to (since then a few more bands have been added that i did listen to back then). I branched out through prog metal, the the now post/experimental metal, to post rock, then on and on and on.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: Lucent
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 21:27
| Close To The Edge. Need I say more? |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: October 28 2007 at 22:25
| Because I am a drummer, a friend in high school (30 years ago) told me to listen to Alan White playing on Yes, Relayer. I did and I was blown away, especially by Sound Chaser. From Yes, I found ELP, Kansas, Genesis, UK and Camel (as a teenager in the 1970s). In the 80s, Marillion came along and they were my favorite, with Fish at the helm. Lately, TMV, FK, SB, Transatlantic and Like Wendy are some of my favorites... |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 29 2007 at 18:57
Yes  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Christian
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 09:34
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Real prog all happened in 1973 for me. First DSOTM (I think) quickly followed by SEBTP, TOTTO and then I was hooked. Never looked back since.
But I realize (with the input from this forum) that I actually made some "cheating" before that since I was heavily into Uriah Heep, Deep Purple etc. before 1973, and I always liked the longer songs
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 10:27
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With three older brothers listening to prog, how could I not listen to prog?
My oldest brother like ELP and ELO, and played Focus tunes on the piano.
My middle brother listened to Genesis, Yes, Jethro Tull, Kayak and I think he listened to PFM as well.
My youngest brother liked Procol Harum.
Even my sister had a Focus album. All my siblings loved Focus, my parents liked Thijs van Leer and the Beatles...
Prog was all around me
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Posted By: DAVA
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 11:47
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I got in through the metal route. I didn't like Dream Theater for many years. But once a cousin was watching the special features on some DT DVD and I heard Acid Rain. The following week I bought LTE 2 and Black Utopia (Derek Sherinian). That was about 3 years ago, and I don't think I've bought more than a couple of non-prog cd's since. |
Posted By: explodingjosh
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 12:58
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Well its been about a year since I discovered this site, and before then, the only prog bands I knew of and liked were Pink Floyd, Tool, Rush, The Mars Volta and a little Dream Theater. I just began buying Top 100 albums and now I'm about 300 albums later.... Finding dollar-bin records and used CDs. Before prog, my favorite band was System of a Down, I went to see them with The Mars Volta, so they kinda helped me make the transition as well. ------------- 
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Posted By: tormat1985
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 15:09
I got into prog rock music from watching a movie called Buffalo 66 ... the movie kind of sucked but it had some good music in it such as King Crimsons moon child and Yes Hart Of The Sunrise ... ever since then i went out and search for this kind of music and it progressed to all kinds of band like genesis,gong,caravan,soft machine and ect http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118789/ -
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Posted By: santiagomo87
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 22:36
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I actually listened to punk back in the middle school days and i thought i disliked metal but one day i listened to fear of the dark and changed a bit my mind but still refused to listen to most metal then i got into the wall because of my dad and one frend gave me scenes from a memory. on my first listen i fell asleep but then i woke up during the synth solo of home, feeling something i had never felt and it was weird because i alse felt like i rested a lot. At the same time my dad got an ipod filled with music from a friend and i looked under the genre progressive rock and found yes, genesis and a lot of neoprog and fell in love with most of it, then my interests moved further into jazz and funk because of my cousin and now back to pop, but now i can understand it and enjoi it in a different way (i only listen to that when i'm with my girlfriend). Anyways prog is now my favorite music and i listen to most of it moving back and forth to most genres ------------- Santiago |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: October 30 2007 at 23:01
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I think I got in from the back door... seriously, I did not know that Images and Words was called 'prog' back in 1992  obviously, through metal and then prog-metal  |
Posted By: HailVibrania
Date Posted: October 31 2007 at 06:20
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Evolution thats how When I was about 14/15 I was into pop but as time went on my tastes changed as I was exposed to other types of music,I suppose at the end of the day John Peel and the other DJ's on Sounds Of The Seventies introduced me to other Genre' of music including Prog but there was no "Road To Damascus" conversion as such. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 31 2007 at 09:12
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My former piano teacher once said that people often have the same pattern of musical development: metal -> prog rock -> fusion -> jazz -> classical music Maybe that's true for some people, but not for me. Even if he is right to some extent, I think most people who are really bitten by the prog bug, never stop listening to prog. In many cases they wouldn't listen to other music either. Not in my case by the way: there was a lot of classical music being played at our home when I was a kid, and prog did open my ears for fusion, and fusion opened my ears to jazz a bit... Hey, my piano teacher was right in some way after all |
Posted By: SilverEclipse
Date Posted: October 31 2007 at 12:35
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I would say a heavy dose of Pink Floyd got me into prog, as well as Queen's more progressive recordings (The March of the Black Queen, The Prophet's Song)
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: December 14 2007 at 17:58
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I listened to Pink Floyd when I was a kid (8 years old), I simply liked them. Didn't know what type of music they perform. But Dream Theater turned my direction into prog seriolsy (and jazz also). I think that Dream Theater has this "special ability" to make people love prog. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 09:34
| Well two years ago, i had a friend tell me not to buy a Dream Theater CD, as it apparently was just 'all guitar solos', i went out and bought Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory,and loved it from the second track. And i found Yes and Focus in my fathers CD collection and loved some of that as well, and of course not leaving out Pink Floyd |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 17:30
| i used to be a massive fan of classic rock like led zep and guns n roses, then i heard november rain and stairway, and fell in love with the epic. then my dad introduced me to echoes by floyd, then yes's yours is no disgrace and finally rush - natural science. they didn't really appeal to me at first, but after my dad took me to a yes reunion concert at the NEC when i was 12, i've liked prog a wanted to find more ever since. |
Posted By: muhamad dlai
Date Posted: December 29 2007 at 18:17
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well i was into metal... just 4/4, speed and attitude....
someday a friend, jordan said: listen this... it was a cd player. and a band whish name i never heard before, Dream Theater. it as a song, erotomania, but i coulnd understand what was happening... this cd "is scratched..." but whoa! it was love at first spin... he recorded me a cassete with many songs, metropolis, learning to live... a change of seasons, what awesome drumming... and the drummer sings!!! wow!! that year, for my B-day i bought my first cd, AWAKE. my drumming changed horizons...
my taste also turned into the first prog band i loved before DT, RUSH. "Signals" was the first piece of music I enjoyed so, from the begining to the end, without being "popular songs" (except for -subdivisions)
there was a band in my country, wich i wanted to play back then... Equinox. i wasnt hired but i meet their drummer, now he´s my best friend. i say Premiata Forneria Marconni, Focus, and other big prog acts.... i learned and understood many things about prog on tht era... and open ears to other generes, ideas and more since then... not just power metal madness....
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Posted By: Exodizer
Date Posted: January 01 2008 at 15:40
| Through guitar I knew Satch and Vai, Malmsteen, Johnson etc.. and Then I found Petrucci. For a while I was convinced Dream Theater was the best band ever but ofcourse that doesn't last once you get into other prog (so through guitar I guess). |
Posted By: Mad Dog Moon
Date Posted: January 01 2008 at 17:28
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In my high school/early adult years, I didn't like prog one bit. When I was in high school, the term "progressive rock" seemed to be more of an FM radio format as opposed to a musical genre. The station I listened to would often play progressive rock as we know it, jazz fusion, folk-rock, etc. in the early part of the day, and the more harder rock like Ted Nugent and Aerosmith (my preference at the time), in the later hours. I merely put up with progressive rock. I do remember that during this time where the term progressive rock may of had a different connotation than today, The presently existing program called "Stone Trek" was broadcasting on that station; presenting an alternative to even the regular FM radio format hours that included much of what we consider prog today. This may even add more to any confusion of the term progressive rock (it does for me anyway). I think my first positive listening experience with prog was when an old friend of mine bought the "Breathless" album by Camel. I of course still like the album, although I certainly don't feel it's their best by any stretch of the imagination. Other than that, I think my eventual love for Classical music has contributed immensely to my interest in prog rock. That, and British Comedy, 50's sci-fi, and spacey jazz like Eric Dolphy and Sun Ra. |
Posted By: Leftoverture
Date Posted: January 02 2008 at 23:27
| David Bowies Pin Ups album w/ See Emily Play > Pink Floyd and Arnold Layne > Pink Floyd in general > King Crimson > SOLD! for 1 million dollars! |
Posted By: Sunhillow_
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 16:55
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it was December 1985(!!!!!!!!!!) when this guy came to my parents house.. he was my sister boyriend.. and that day he had this lot of progressive rock Lps...Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, ELP... and two albums by Yes: Tales From Topographic Oceans and Drama. Since I was 11 years old, Topographic sounded a little " strange". But Drama was THE thing. What was this music so rich , full of changing of moods, rythms, guitar and keyboard solos, great vocalizing? The guitar was great, the keyboards were great, the bass were great, the drums were great.. I HAD TO HAVE THIS ALBUM! So the next thing I know I proudly own this K7 with the Drama album, plus some Pink Floyd ( Summer 68 and Shine On You Crazy Diamond parts I-V) and some Queen (excerpts from A Night Of The Opera). Then I remember staying alone on the new year's night (1985-1986) listening to the whole Topographic Oceans and being totally infected with the " Yes thing" (and the Progressive Rock thing). Those were the days!
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Posted By: SilverSean
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 17:04
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My English teacher in 9th grade was doing a poetry unit, and we were allowed to bring in some albums that we believed had poetic lyrics. Someone brought in The Dark Side of the Moon, and we listened to a couple tracks. I loved it. ------------- Hold on to the Dream... |
Posted By: Utah Man
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 19:57
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someone sent my dad, in 1970, a copy of ELP's self-titled album. my dad, aged 50+ at that time, didn't like it...I did & then... I got Tarkus...was very interested at the unique sounds & then... got Gentle Giant's Acquiring the Taste... Been hooked ever since...never looked back. |
Posted By: Draith
Date Posted: January 05 2008 at 23:49
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Ah, the story. I was pretty much raised on Rush, Scorpions, Supertramp, Kansas, The Police and popular late 70's bands of the sort that my parents enjoyed when they grew up in that era and they played it in the car on trips. I know Permanent Waves inside out because of that, it's still my Mom's favorite album. I wasn't really a prog nut though, in fact I started to get heavily into hair metal in my mid-teen years. However during that time, my best friend Justin was a pretty much bred into progressive music, and he showed me Yes and I showed him Rush. They would become among our favorite band because of that. Also my brother and I were discovering power metal, like Kamelot, developing my taste for prog metal as well. Justin gave me Close to the Edge almost exactly year ago, and that album made my intellectual nature click and I have been obsessed with progressive rock ever since. He let me borrow Gentle Giant as well; I didn't like them at first because of the vocal style but I soon acquired the taste for them. Quite soon he and I were the progressive rock fanatics of the school, along with our already pogger friend Kent, and the three of us have exchanged prog albums and discovered what band we like and don't. My more metal loving friends Josh and Anthony and I have come to like progressive metal like Dream Theater, Opeth, and Symphony X. Now pretty much all of my band geek friends at my school are becoming coverts with stories of their own to tell. It's just wonderful! |
Posted By: Jshutt64
Date Posted: January 07 2008 at 13:53
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Well, when I started listening to rock at about 12, I was all about Zeppelin and AC/DC, nothing else. One of my best friends was a huge fan of Rush, Kansas, and Yes but those bands really didn't do much for me.
My sophomore year in high school, I was eventually convinced to give a Nightwish CD a spin. I did, and I loved it. Within a few months, I was completely and totally into Symphonic and Power metal. Later that year, I joined a band with my best friends (who listen to a ridiculous amount of prog) and guess what? They wanted to play Rush.
So, over time I was indoctrinated into the wonderful world of prog, and I am very grateful for it. My junior year was the first time I really discovered Opeth and Dream Theater, and those 2 bands really were the ticket to me enjoying prog as much as I do now.
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Posted By: marcocosm
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 16:24
| The Mars volta baby!!!!!!1 |
Posted By: Hat of Truth
Date Posted: January 08 2008 at 17:43
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I startet to listen at Classical Rock, don't quite remember when. Anywho, the bands where basicly Queen, AC/DC and so on, you know, the mainstreamers. And then I bought Dark Side of the Moon. This was rather late since I didn't grow up in the 70's. Frome there everything just flow'd on. I started to buy more Pink Floyd (still amongst my favorit bands) and various other prog-related music like The Who, Deep Purpe, Beatles, Early Queen (and so on). It was youtube and wikipedia that made me listen to Genesis. The first song I heard was The Knife and I got stuck. Although their records are really hard to get I managed to get Foxtrot and Selling England... I also got Jethro Tull, Supertramp (actully, Supertramp was earlier then Genesis), Yes and so on. More recent days I've been trying to listen more at prog from 80-nowdays, abit slow when it comes to picking up music. |
Posted By: progodd
Date Posted: January 23 2008 at 23:18
| By 1977-1980 I was listening to Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, The Beatles, etc., and all the classic bands and I met an older guy had all this arsenal of LP's by all these "rare bands"and I remember he used to lend me his LP's. My first prog lesson was listening to A Live Record by Camel, In The Land Of Gray And Pink by Caravan, Tales From Topographic Oceans by Yes, Playing The Fool by Gentle Giant, Seventh Sojourn by Moody Blues, Foxtrot by Genesis, and Thick As A Brick by Jethro Tull. This music along with some Anthony Phillips and the first live collaboration by McLaughlin, De Lucia, and Di Meola opened my mind and ears to Progressive Rock. I was only 12 at the moment but I can fairly say that great music can be listened at any age. |