A wild newbie approaches . . .

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   Hello, all.  I've decided to join the community.  Not sure what all I'll do while I'm here, but I'm here nevertheless.
My history with progressive rock is a bit peculiar.  I grew up listening to Yes, 70s Pink Floyd, and the Alan Parsons Project, and pretty much nothing else (unless you want to count 90s Tangerine Dream, Asia, and a smidgen of Kansas and Supertramp).  My interest in progressive rock has been renewed as of late because I've been diving into the history of music in general for the past few years, watching documentaries, reading Wikipedia pages, and discovering sites like this and Metal Archives.  While I don't know if I'll be "diving" into this stuff as I listen to a modest variety of genres, progressive rock is something of which I do wish to explore a little more.  I have since listened to a few other artists, mostly Rush, some Glass Hammer and Dream Theater, and a bit of Procol Harum, and I imagine I'll be hitting some of the other heavy hitters, like Jethro Tull, Genesis, ELP, Marillion, etc.

More generally, I'm in my late 20s and currently a graduate student finishing my Masters of Science.  My other interests include animation, comics, video games, movies, sci-fi, fantasy, and other generally nerdy things.

Have at me!

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bj_waters Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: February 10 2013 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 37	Topic: A wild newbie approaches . . . Posted: February 10 2013 at 20:25
	Hello, all. I've decided to join the community. Not sure what all I'll do while I'm here, but I'm here nevertheless. My history with progressive rock is a bit peculiar. I grew up listening to Yes, 70s Pink Floyd, and the Alan Parsons Project, and pretty much nothing else (unless you want to count 90s Tangerine Dream, Asia, and a smidgen of Kansas and Supertramp). My interest in progressive rock has been renewed as of late because I've been diving into the history of music in general for the past few years, watching documentaries, reading Wikipedia pages, and discovering sites like this and Metal Archives. While I don't know if I'll be "diving" into this stuff as I listen to a modest variety of genres, progressive rock is something of which I do wish to explore a little more. I have since listened to a few other artists, mostly Rush, some Glass Hammer and Dream Theater, and a bit of Procol Harum, and I imagine I'll be hitting some of the other heavy hitters, like Jethro Tull, Genesis, ELP, Marillion, etc. More generally, I'm in my late 20s and currently a graduate student finishing my Masters of Science. My other interests include animation, comics, video games, movies, sci-fi, fantasy, and other generally nerdy things. Have at me!

Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65258	Posted: February 10 2013 at 20:51
	You're on the right track, stick with who you've mentioned and then if your curiosity is peaked beyond your general interests, look into National Health, Gentle Giant, Steve Hackett, Wobbler, Greenslade, the Tangent. Good luck on your path along music history and musicology, you never know where it'll take you. Edited by Atavachron - February 10 2013 at 20:56

zeqexes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 19 2012 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1238	Posted: February 10 2013 at 23:50
	Welcome!


dtguitarfan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 24 2011 Location: Chattanooga, TN Status: Offline Points: 1708	Posted: February 11 2013 at 05:31
	Welcome!
	My 2012 List

Moogtron III Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616	Posted: February 11 2013 at 06:36
	Welcome at this happy place of snobs and nerds

Daysbetween Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 12 2006 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 1036	Posted: February 11 2013 at 14:51
	Welcome to PA and greetings from Scotland

lucas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 06 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 8138	Posted: February 11 2013 at 18:01
	Welcome, there is a lot to explore in prog but also in other musical genres. A whole life would not be enough to discover all the gems of music.
	"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)

bj_waters Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: February 10 2013 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 37	Posted: February 12 2013 at 17:18
	Well, thank you all. I don't know how much you'll see of me, but I'll be around. @dtguitarfan: I saw your signature picture on another thread and thought it was pretty cool. I've thought about doing something similar just as a wallpaper, but I like your idea. However, I'd really have to think hard about what to put on it. I'm afraid I'd run out after about six or seven artists.