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Finnforest 
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 Posted: November 27 2010 at 22:28 |
 Epignosis wrote:
clarke2001 wrote:
I'm surprised how many really young people we have here.
Surel, it's great that you love prog, but...
GET OFF THE INTERNET!!
Go out, go to a gig, have a drink, kiss a girl, do yoga, go fishing, ride a bike, climb a mountain!
Again and again!
(I should be doing it too. I'm on computer because my girlfriend is in bed, snoring badly.)
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I'm 27 and on the computer at least 10 hours a day because I work at my home computer and I don't like crowds and I drink plenty at home thank you very much and I would kiss a girl but I'm married and I can't bend like I used to to do yoga of any sort and I can't fish worth a damn but I tried once and caught a leaf and I haven't owned a bike since I was 12 and the mountains are three hours away.
Also, I'm lazy. 
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Good answer Robert   Moris made me think though, we did have some extra time in our pre-Internet youth. What did we do? Probably just watched more TV and played Dungeons and Dragons. I'm quite sure the time wasn't filled with more girls
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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The Truth
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Joined: April 19 2009
Location: Kansas
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 22:16 |
Dgregsound wrote:
I'm 7 and I only listen to Zeuhl |
lol?
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Majesty
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Joined: October 16 2010
Location: Mexico
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 21:24 |
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I'm 14 (Heck, 15 in a few days) and, I'm not gonna lie, I do very much enjoy Progressive Metal. It was actually my first approach at prog in general.
I don't ONLY listen to it though. It's been a relatively short time since I started digging prog, so my knowledge in it is rather limited. I've been listening to the other common non-prog metal bands such as Genesis, Yes and Rush though, so while Prog Metal is the one I currently enjoy the most, I'm expanding myself.
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rogerthat
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 21:00 |
Also, it's worth noting that classic prog is a rather obscure species for us youngsters ( I am 25 but in the same boat as the kids  ) so it's usually tough to get into prog any other way than through DT, Opeth or PT. This must have been repeated ad nauseum on this forum, but outside prog circles, nobody actually talks of albums like SEBTP, Red or Fragile as all time rock classics, so there's no way to learn about them for us. I was fortunate in that I read the term progressive rock for the first time in the context of Pink Floyd, so when I set out to investigate this thing, I already knew it had its origins in the 70s and was not some new development.
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rogerthat
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 20:55 |
NecronCommander wrote:
So are we implying here that metal is juvenile and just a phase for teenagers?
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No, but it must be difficult to relate to the 80s metal aesthetic unless you heard it in an 'early' stage. I think those who were not already into proto metal a la UFO, Rainbow, JP in the 70s would have found the drastic increase in crunch in the 80s hard to come terms with. There will be exceptions, of course. That said, I would say that people who listen to only and only metal and dislike mostly everything else have somewhat limited horizons in music, but then I would say that of people who listen to only stadium rock as well, so ignore me, I am an elitist.
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J-Man
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Joined: August 07 2008
Location: Philadelphia,PA
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 19:59 |
15 and I listen to EVERYTHING.
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A Person
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Joined: November 10 2008
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 18:51 |
clarke2001 wrote:
I'm surprised how many really young people we have here.
Surel, it's great that you love prog, but...
GET OFF THE INTERNET!!
Go out, go to a gig, have a drink, kiss a girl, do yoga, go fishing, ride a bike, climb a mountain!
Again and again!
(I should be doing it too. I'm on computer because my girlfriend is in bed, snoring badly.)
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Since I'm 20 I'm assuming this isn't intended for me.
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Epignosis
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Joined: December 30 2007
Location: Raeford, NC
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Points: 32552
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 18:47 |
clarke2001 wrote:
I'm surprised how many really young people we have here.
Surel, it's great that you love prog, but...
GET OFF THE INTERNET!!
Go out, go to a gig, have a drink, kiss a girl, do yoga, go fishing, ride a bike, climb a mountain!
Again and again!
(I should be doing it too. I'm on computer because my girlfriend is in bed, snoring badly.)
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I'm 27 and on the computer at least 10 hours a day because I work at my home computer and I don't like crowds and I drink plenty at home thank you very much and I would kiss a girl but I'm married and I can't bend like I used to to do yoga of any sort and I can't fish worth a damn but I tried once and caught a leaf and I haven't owned a bike since I was 12 and the mountains are three hours away.
Also, I'm lazy.
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clarke2001
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Joined: June 14 2006
Location: Croatia
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 18:40 |
I'm surprised how many really young people we have here. Surel, it's great that you love prog, but... GET OFF THE INTERNET!! Go out, go to a gig, have a drink, kiss a girl, do yoga, go fishing, ride a bike, climb a mountain! Again and again! (I should be doing it too. I'm on computer because my girlfriend is in bed, snoring badly.)
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UndercoverBoy
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Joined: November 10 2009
Location: Tulsa, OK, U.S.
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 18:37 |
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15, I listen to a good variety of Prog, however I don't like it as much as I used to.
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Nathaniel607
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Joined: June 28 2010
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Points: 374
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 18:30 |
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I'm 16 and listen to a great variety of prog (and other). Though I do listen to the classics, I am of the opinion the a lot of the so-called classic masterpieces of prog really aren't as good as some people think... I would name any for fear of being completely hated though!
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Jake Kobrin
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Joined: September 20 2008
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Points: 1303
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 17:59 |
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I'm 17 and I don't listen to much metal nowadays, but I love albums in every single subgenre on this site plus alternative rock, folk, indie, experimental, ambient, post-rock, singer-songwriter, electronic, acoustic, black metal, classic rock, shoegaze, doom metal, post-punk, dark ambient, trip-hop, death metal, industrial, pop, neofolk, folk rock, avant-garde, blues, new wave, slowcore, jazz, classical, etc, etc, etc... There isn't a single genre of music that I don't/haven't listened to.
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The Block
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Joined: September 01 2009
Location: St. Alfonzo's
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 17:39 |
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I'm 14 and one of my favorite bands is Spock's Beard. I also love Frank Zappa
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 Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp!
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VanVanVan
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Joined: October 08 2009
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 17:17 |
I'm 18 and bands like Kansas and Rush got me into prog; newer prog and metal didn't come until much much later.
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"The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen
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progkidjoel
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Joined: March 02 2009
Location: Australia
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Points: 19643
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 17:11 |
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I'm 17 and vanilla prog metal is one of my least favourite subs. My two favourites as of right now would have to be tech/extreme and exp/post and crossover as well, although avant has been grabbing my attention more than ever lately.
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The_Jester
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Joined: September 29 2010
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Points: 741
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 16:53 |
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I understand you weird guys alot since I listen to other types of prog like symphonic prog RIO and Jazz/Rock a lot.
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Dgregsound
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Joined: September 25 2010
Location: New York City
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Points: 6
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 16:51 |
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I'm 7 and I only listen to Zeuhl
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Mushroom Sword
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Joined: September 28 2010
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Points: 426
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 15:05 |
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For the record Petrucci is 43...
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Slartibartfast
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Joined: April 29 2006
Location: Atlantais
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Points: 29630
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 14:27 |
I hopped on the prog bandwagon before 18 and you'll have to pry my cold dead fingers to get me off. By the way, we will not be around to need you or feed you when you are 64 as we will likely all be dead, so there  .
Edited by Slartibartfast - November 27 2010 at 14:43
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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NecronCommander
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Joined: September 17 2009
Location: Madison, WI
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Points: 16122
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 13:54 |
Probably 20 times. It's 15 minutes long and I'm trying to learn to play it, so I'm trying to get the song more or less memorized by sound.
EDIT: Nope, closer to 30.
Edited by NecronCommander - November 27 2010 at 13:56
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