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Well, well,
g'day to all of you here. I am a (still) young person from Sweden who
now decided to join this site in order to meet other progressive rock
lovers and broaden my musical horizons. Also, it was quite frustrating
speaking about bands hardly any one of my friends had heard of and
refuse to like when I do my best to force it onto them.
I came to listen to progressive rock thanks to (believe it or not) the
Genesis album "We can't dance". I liked it, so I bought some more of
the later Genesis albums, and then one day, visiting Stockholm, I found
and decided to try my luck with "Nursery Cryme" and "Foxtrot". I was
confused at first by the different sound, but after a few listenings, I
got stuck and became a complete Genesis-freak. It took me some years,
but finally I had laid my hands on all studio albums, and I constantly
look for live albums and bootlegs that I don't have to prices I can
afford. Sadly, Genesis and prog albums over all are quite hard to come
over where I live, and I rarely order things via the internet (even
though I couldn't keep myself from buying "The Genesis Archives" that
way).
After being a more or less fundamentalistic Genesis-listener for two
years or so, I decided to try to find some other bands of the same
kind. It was a slow process (I'm a bit parsimonious, so I seldom try
and buy something I haven't heard before) but the latest year(s) it's
gone faster, and among my favourite prog bands I can now include:
Pink Floyd
Ixthuluh
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
The Flower Kings
King Crimson
Focus
Van Der Graaf Generator
Jethro Tull
Steve Hackett
These are the bands I've heard the most of (which doesn't say that much
actually, except in the case of Ixthuluh, where I've heard almost, if
not all of it)
Otherwise, my taste in music is quite broad. I like what might
generally been seen as "strange", "not mainstream" and
"how-the-heck-can-you-call-this-music?", and genre-wise I can mention
punk (especially Swedish punk), progg (Swedish style of music, not to
be confused with progressive rock, or should it? There's an interesting
discussion, I think), metal, indie-pop, classic, electronica and
various "alternative" artists, mostly Swedish ones. Oh, why not
drop som band names just when I'm at it, to make this post even longer?
(genre information is my own opinion, faulty as it may be, oh
and"progg" and "neoprogg" means progg as in "Swedish progg" not
"progressive rock")
Arch Enemy -death metal
All Girl Summer Fun Band -indie pop
Asta Kask -punk
A Quiet Life (If you've ever heard these, please tell me, because then you might be a fellow wotmaniac) -pop/rock, prog elements
Anti-Flag -punk
Bob Hund -"neoprogg"
Charta 77 -punk
De Lyckliga Kompisarna (DLK) -punk
Den Förlorade Generationen -"neoprogg"
Doktor Kosmos -"neoprogg"
Dia Psalma -punk/depressive folk rock
Eld Attack Krossa (EAK) -punk
Gunder Hägg / Blå Tåget -progg
The Hidden Cameras -gay pop
Hoola Bandoola Band -progg
Kurt-Sunes Med Berits (KSMB) -punk
Lastkaj 14 -punk
Manowar -power metal
MID -punk
Mullhippiar Neffonsson -"neoprogg"
Nationalteatern -progg
Ninja Magic -ninja speed metal
Pluxxus -electronica
Puss -electronica
Philemon Arthur & The Dung -progg
The Present Darkness -electronica
Pi -"neoprogg"
Radioaktiva Räker -punk
Röyksopp -electronica
Sportlov -black metal
System Of A Down -it's some sort of metal...
Stearin Light -"neoprogg"
Senap -punk
Strebers -punk
Vaya Con Dios -jazz, jazzy pop?
If you've read all this way, I could as well tell you a bit more about
me than my taste (or lack of it) in music. I live in the central part
of Sweden (Närke), politically I identify myself as a socialistic
eco-anarchist (whatever), I'm interested in theatre, art and other
"cultural" things, I'm a scoutmaster and, in theory, still an active
practicer of football. I enjoy reading and writing and being outdoors.
In the winter, I try to get as much time downhill skiing as I can
afford (which sadly isn't much) and all around the year, I enjoy the
company of the forest where I probably will spend quite a lot of time
in the future (as much as there is one). I'm a firm believer in the
principle of "if the law is wrong, break it", and when I'm not
psychically ill (which isn't very often these days...) I enjoy the
company of others. You could say that I'm a bit of a crazy hermit, but
some of the voices in my head would disagree with that.
Ajö.
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