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Man Overboard 
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 Topic: About that age poll...
Posted: March 28 2005 at 18:52 |
...never realized so many of us were so young! I'm 20 myself, been into prog since I was 14...
Since we can't reply to that one, how about we put our ages here, and when we got into prog?
...and yes, I'm 99% sure that this has been done before, just statistically speaking... 
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frenchie
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 18:54 |
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got into prog=14 or 15
age now=17
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The Worthless Recluse
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Yams
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 18:55 |
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Nineteen. About six years ago with Pink Floyd's DSotM (like many others I assume) and I've never looked back.
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Ben2112
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 19:13 |
33 now, got into Floyd at age 16. Began discovering most of the rest of the prog pantheon at around 19-20. Just recently have been really getting into some bands for the first time (since joining this site  ). First and foremost of these has been Gentle Giant.
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greenback
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 20:12 |
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37, and still progging, jazzing, fusionning, new aging, hard rocking and metalling more than ever!
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[HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!>
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Man With Hat
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 20:16 |
Now = 17
Got into prog about age 14 or 15 with King Crimson and Gentle Giant.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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beterdedthnred4
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 20:45 |
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Age: 18
Got into prog: hmm...probably about 12
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eriksalkeld
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 22:05 |
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started metalling and got into prog from rush and dream theater when i was 16, now i'm 19 and i'm not ONLY into prog, good music, hope you understand
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Autenticidad, actitud, pluralidad, espiritu e inteligencia, si es prog bien, si no, tambien.
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Aaron
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 22:22 |
i am 23, here is my music history
pre 16- nothing, i actually never listened to music, i honestly didnt own an album before then
16-18 - punk rock, early 80s mostly, like Adolescents, Circle Jerks, TS, also a huge fan of The Offspring
18-22 - Metal, I picked up Manowar's Battle Hymns LP at a garage sale for 50 cents as a joke, changed my life, quite possibly the most important moment of life
22-23 (now, look like only one year, but really has been two, just about) - Prog, I am in love with this music, ever since I picked up the Yes Relayer album, just looking at the artwork, I later bought Fragile (didnt buy Relayer, the picture just got me interested) I still listen to quite a bit of metal, but i cant stand, let me repeat, I cant f**king stand punk rock
Aaron
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Hierophant
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 22:24 |
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Age:18
i really got into prog when i was about 16
my musical progression goes like this
techno/dance/pop
alternative rock
classic rock
grunge
metal
prog metal
prog rock and fusion
now i really want to get into jazz and classical but not sure where to start...
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aqualung28
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 22:26 |
I'm sixteen now and have been a Beatle's fan since about 6 years old. I got into prog when I was 14 when my Aunt gave me the Best of Zappa for Christmas. I then bought the Division Bell which I thought and still think is crap, so I tried out Darkside of the Moon and I got Aqualung after that and the rest is history. I'm basically into most kinds of music now
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"O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love
'n you should have us all
O' you should have us fall"
"Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart
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Hierophant
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 22:29 |
 aqualung28 wrote:
I'm sixteen now and have been a Beatle's fan
since about 6 years old. I got into prog when I was 14 when my
Aunt gave me the Best of Zappa for Christmas. I then bought the
Division Bell which I thought and still think is crap, so I tried out
Darkside of the Moon and I got Aqualung after that and the rest
is history. I'm basically into most kinds of music now |
Your aunt gave you best of zappa?? wow kicka**
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aqualung28
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 22:33 |
I don't think music would be part of my life if I didn't get that album. I think abstractly so I think that is why Zappa made sense to me immediately
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"O' lady look up in time o' lady look out of love
'n you should have us all
O' you should have us fall"
"Bill's Corpse" By Captain Beefheart
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alan_pfeifer
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 22:37 |
Got into prog: 15
Age: 16 (was a big Alt. Rock fan, still am, but prog is tied with it as fav. genre).
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Ben2112
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Posted: March 28 2005 at 22:46 |
Hierophant wrote:
aqualung28 wrote:
I'm sixteen now and have been a Beatle's fan since about 6 years old. I got into prog when I was 14 when my Aunt gave me the Best of Zappa for Christmas. I then bought the Division Bell which I thought and still think is crap, so I tried out Darkside of the Moon and I got Aqualung after that and the rest is history. I'm basically into most kinds of music now
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Your aunt gave you best of zappa?? wow kicka**
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Yeah really! The only music-related thing I ever got from an aunt was a Rick Springfield T-shirt . I had asked her for a concert t-shirt and I got that . Bad thing was, my brother asked her for the same thing and got an Asia T-shirt with the first album cover on the front. The bastige!!
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BebieM
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Posted: March 29 2005 at 01:07 |
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Age 16, got into prog with 15, first prog band i liked: KC
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Posted: March 29 2005 at 01:16 |
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I'm assuming the much older fans were all killed during the Genre Wars of '77-'78.. *sighs* Damn the punks... *shakes his fist*
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Yams
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Posted: March 29 2005 at 01:17 |
Aaron wrote:
pre 16- nothing, i actually never listened to music, i honestly didnt own an album before then |
Yeah, before I got into Pink Floyd I really didn't listen to music, and I didn't own a single album.
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Hangedman
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Posted: March 29 2005 at 01:51 |
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Well im 18 got into prog (utterly and completely) ant 17 was a gabriel (who isnt prog thank you) and jetro tull (also a dab of focus) before that but my passion was grunge. and before grunge nothing really. My first album was scenery and fish by I mother earth. but my first album that really got me into music was Bush X's(im told that they are just called bush outside of canada. I refuse to accept this) razorblade suitcase. (but to be fair ive always had a passion for music, i listened to almost every genre and knew a good deal about music by the time i was 10)
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Soulman
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Posted: March 29 2005 at 02:01 |
Before 10: Listening to my Dad's music (Cream, Clapton, Marley etc blues rockers)
10-13: Whatever was in the Pop mainstream, I was listening to on my local radio station.
13-14: Starting getting into Rap and Hip Hop alot more with the
mainstream rappers at that time. Plus Canadian hip hop groups like
Swollen Members and I became obssesed with 2pac (  Yes I did!  )
14-15: Started to get into the underground rap scene (MF Doom,
Blackstar, Jedi Mind Tricks and Canibus) and wrote my own rhymes to
become a rapper, but the dream soon faded and I lost passion for it.
15-16: I began to tire of the music I was listening to and slowly got
into popular metal and some punk music for a short while. Then I heard
about "progressive rock" and noticed that some of the stuff was older
music which I assumed was good because I had some good memories with my
father's music. Then I began listening to Spock's Beard, Dream Theatre,
and Metallica at the same time .
16-17: Enhance my tastes in Prog and began listening to more and more
artists and then getting myself into Jazz and Fusion. I stopped
listening to metal and punk, but got into alt-rock for a short while. I
started a band to start reflecting my new tastes in music and never
really looked back at rap.
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