How did you get into prog?

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   it was a long, long process that started at about the age of 9 when after seeing the Tarkus cover, me and a buddy had to hear it.. needless to say it  was way over our heads but it stuck with me..   then a couple years later after seeing the Hemispheres cover I bought it, it was my first record and though intrigued, I still didn't quite get it.. later British metal (Maiden, Priest, Ozzy), Zep, Hendrix, finally Yes and Tull, some Crimson too, but I didn't seriously get into Prog until much later in my 30s

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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: 65435	Posted: September 30 2008 at 04:14
	it was a long, long process that started at about the age of 9 when after seeing the Tarkus cover, me and a buddy had to hear it.. needless to say it was way over our heads but it stuck with me.. then a couple years later after seeing the Hemispheres cover I bought it, it was my first record and though intrigued, I still didn't quite get it.. later British metal (Maiden, Priest, Ozzy), Zep, Hendrix, finally Yes and Tull, some Crimson too, but I didn't seriously get into Prog until much later in my 30s

npjnpj Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 05 2007 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 2720	Posted: September 30 2008 at 03:03
	At the time I got into it (early 70s) it wasn't really called underground, that moniker went more to acts like UFO and trip-ridden bummed-out bands, that mostly didn't turn out to have much of a future (Pink Floyd is another exception, for instance). You had about four choices: Rock, obscure heady music (now Prog), disco, and pop (although the last two were quite interchangeable from a quality standpoint, I suppose). A lot of people were into both Rock and Obscure, and that's how I got into it too. The term Prog at the time was very different to what it now. In my recollection it actually meant distancing yourself from the pop ditties of the time as produced by Manfred Mann or the Dave Clark Five, as examples. Deep Purple in Rock was quite often considered the height of Prog for just this reason. Meanings change over time. Edited by npjnpj - September 30 2008 at 04:14

progvortex Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 21 2008 Status: Offline Points: 242	Posted: September 30 2008 at 00:59
	How did you find out about and get into this semi-underground, underrated genre of music that we call progressive? I got into prog pretty recently. I started listening to Pink Floyd: first DSOTM, then Wall, Meddle, Animals etc. eventually got into Dream Theater and Jordan Rudess (w/Terry Bozzio on drums) which naturally led to Frank Zappa and then ELP, Yes, VDGG, Camel, Procol Harum, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Alan Parsons.
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