How old are P.A. members? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I voted for 18-25 huhuhuhu.

I'm 19. I used to be after finding more complex styles of music after being raised on Christian rap, rock, and ahem, "Christcore" (I know, we're all crying right now). I found bands like Metallica and later on Led Zeppelin, which I started going their route. I dug how they were a collectively equal effort, great vocals with dudes who actually PLAY their instruments. I got bored with the shredding and was interested in the older classic rock/art rock bands.

Then one day I was caught up in the middle of fangirling over the announcement of Guitar Hero 5, and I look at the track listing. "Who the heck is King Crimson?" I look up them on iTunes and only find an Ozzy Osbourne cover of "21st Century Schizoid Man" (so very prog). "Man, this is cool!!" I cringe today knowing that I thought that at one point. The fact was I never went on YouTube to look up the original song for over a year. I finally listened and didn't know what to think. The vocals weren't as clear. The song was much faster than I had anticipated, and "Mirrors" sounded BIZARRE. The YouTube video also was very poor quality, leaving me hung further on my opinion of the song.

I always gravitated toward lengthier, more dramatic, oftentimes ballads. Even in the Christian music phase (if you want examples, "From Crib to Coffin" by Emery and "To Whom It May Concern" by Underoath are decent examples). Naturally some of my favorite songs when I was really into classic rock were "Stairway to Heaven" and "Telegraph Road" by Dire Straits. I found the desire to know the greatest, most epic songs out there. I found Arrow Classic Rock's Top 500 Classic Rock Songs (2007) list and got to work. One of the higher ranked songs on that list was "Firth of Fifth" by Genesis. I thought "Wasn't that that band with the guy who did 'In the Air Tonight'?!" It turned out to be an amazing song. My first full exposure to the genre. I looked up more about this "Progressive Rock" and found digitaldreamdoor.com's list of Top 100 Prog albums and bands list. I began to learn, and things exploded from there. I found this web site some years later. Tongue

"We have grown, but there is still much to be done. Many that live in darkness that must be shown the way, for it is the dawning of a new day."

I hope I die before I get told. Cool

https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays

ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

ExittheLemming wrote:

ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

Oh, oh, we older guys are superior to you younger guys. Bull Censored

Both Jim Garten and I were using self depreciating humour which exploits the infirmities of our elderly status for everyone's amusement i.e. we were making a joke at our own expense

If you don't understand that then it's not a quantum leap to us believing you'd have to be told the stand up comedian is the guy 'facing the other way' Confused

It's not very funny though. It seems arrogant to me

No-one is claiming it's funny but yes, I wholeheartedly agree that old farts taking the piss out of themselves is the apex of arrogance.and would therefore apologise unreservedly on behalf of everyone over the age of say, 'sparkle in the eye' for having bruised your unripe sensibilities.

Edited by ExittheLemming - August 01 2014 at 18:05

ExittheLemming wrote:

ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

Oh, oh, we older guys are superior to you younger guys. Bull Censored

Both Jim Garten and I were using self depreciating humour which exploits the infirmities of our elderly status for everyone's amusement i.e. we were making a joke at our own expense

If you don't understand that then it's not a quantum leap to us believing you'd have to be told the stand up comedian is the guy 'facing the other way' Confused

It's not very funny though. It seems arrogant to me

“War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.”

― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four

"Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart

I think it's just the way the local demographic turned out. (Sorry if I couldn't think of a funny answer.)

Edited by Dayvenkirq - August 01 2014 at 03:54

ProgMetaller2112 wrote:

Oh, oh, we older guys are superior to you younger guys. Bull Censored

Both Jim Garten and I were using self depreciating humour which exploits the infirmities of our elderly status for everyone's amusement i.e. we were making a joke at our own expense

If you don't understand that then it's not a quantum leap to us believing you'd have to be told the stand up comedian is the guy 'facing the other way' Confused

^ It's all over the place but with subtlety

“War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.”

― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four

"Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart

Oh, oh, we older guys are superior to you younger guys. Bull Censored

“War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.”

― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four

"Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart

I soiled my ballot paper Embarrassed

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Poll Question: Please state your age
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Under 18	14	[6.48%]
18-25	43	[19.91%]
26-30	14	[6.48%]
31-34	8	[3.70%]
35-39	21	[9.72%]
40-45	31	[14.35%]
46-50	24	[11.11%]
51-55	32	[14.81%]
56-60	22	[10.19%]
61-65	7	[3.24%]
over 65	0	[0.00%]
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