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Posted: July 22 2014 at 12:26

So 'mahoosive' nice word I like it!

We need to get the 'spotty oiks' back on PA.

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Posted: July 22 2014 at 12:20

[I'm not surprised by the results, though. There is the new generation, who are pobably more on the 'metal' side of prog, there is the majority of 40+, the even older generation probably do not use internet that much, and the people between 25-40 are probably the Green-Day-generation... ]

Yeah, there does seem to be a "lost generation." My take on that is that in the eighties prog was still pretty visible with YES, Pink Floyd, RUSH and Genesis all pretty big so many people getting into those bands and discovering their back catalogs. Then in the nineties it was all about grunge and alternative and I think other than Dream Theater there weren't really any bands for people to get into prog through(imo). So lots of rediscovering prog online but not so much discovering it. Even I took a break from prog in the nineties for a brief period of time. Then because of the internet(but more specifically prog's presence on it) more younger folks gradually discovered prog. I also feel that the older folks now had kids who were old enough to appreciate the genre. This also might partly explain the big numbers of younger fans on here. Anyway, that's my take on it. ;)

Edited by Prog_Traveller - July 22 2014 at 16:30

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Posted: July 22 2014 at 12:15

2004:

Poll Question: What age group are you?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
15-20	702	[41.94%]
20-25	224	[13.38%]
25-30	139	[8.30%]
30-35	100	[5.97%]
35-40	113	[6.75%]
40-45	187	[11.17%]
45-50	128	[7.65%]
50-55	59	[3.52%]
55-60	5	[0.30%]
60-65	2	[0.12%]
65-70	15	[0.90%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted

2014:

Poll Question: Please state your age
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Under 18	7	[5.83%]
18-25	26	[21.67%]
26-30	7	[5.83%]
31-34	5	[4.17%]
35-39	10	[8.33%]
40-45	17	[14.17%]
46-50	14	[11.67%]
51-55	19	[15.83%]
56-60	10	[8.33%]
61-65	5	[4.17%]
over 65	0	[0.00%]
You have already voted in this poll

'Curious and more curious!' cried Alice (she was not so much surprised, that for the moment she had not forgotten how to speak good English).

These two polls may look remarkably different but they are actually very similar. Of course the total number of members who answered the polls is vastly different and our numbers have depleted considerable since the site opened, I think that's to be expected and there are many reasons for it. But when you normalise the data to take that into account it looks like this:

So ignoring the mahoosive under 18 spike in the 2004 results for a minute, the plots are not that different, (you can visualise a ten-year shift to the right inthe 2004 plot if you like to account for the fact we've all aged ten years since the first poll) so what we've seen (proportionally speaking) is a decline in the number of spotty oiks rather than a significant increase in the number of wrinkled prunes.

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Posted: July 22 2014 at 11:48

Jim Garten wrote:

Up to 35 = 45 responses
Over 35 = 75 responses

YOUNG'UNS - KNOW YOUR PLACE!

Over 35 might be old or at least not young but the interesting thing is that there are still more fans who got into this genre after the 70's than during.

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Posted: July 22 2014 at 11:08

^ I have more class and decency than you think Wink

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Posted: July 22 2014 at 11:06

Up to 35 = 45 responses
Over 35 = 75 responses

YOUNG'UNS - KNOW YOUR PLACE!

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Posted: July 22 2014 at 11:06

manofmystery wrote:

Lot of youths on the site... no wonder there's so much godforsaken metal

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Posted: July 22 2014 at 10:48

45.

I'm not surprised by the results, though. There is the new generation, who are pobably more on the 'metal' side of prog, there is the majority of 40+, the even older generation probably do not use internet that much, and the people between 25-40 are probably the Green-Day-generation... Wink

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Posted: July 22 2014 at 02:20

Old enough to remember when punk was considered cool (but I wasn't, 'cos I'd bought a Uriah Heep album... which I still listen to), old enough to remember every farewell tour by The Who and Status Quo, old enough to remember beer at £0.22p per pint, old enough to remember thinking "I'll never smoke, no way!"(

), old enough to have been at the first night when Pink Floyd performed The Wall in London & old enough to remember wondering who would replace Gabriel

OK, OK...

51 in 2 days

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Posted: July 22 2014 at 00:11

Gerinski wrote:

Mirror Image wrote:

I'm 32 and I had my first experience with progressive rock when I was 4. Rush were the first prog band I ever heard. I believe it was the "A Show Of Hands" concert, but we also used to have 'dance nights' at the house and Rush would be featured on the turntable quite frequently.

Not quite sure what you mean, can you remember what your were listening at 4? A Show Of Hands is from 1989, that's 25 years ago so if you are 32 now things do not add up, you were at least 7 when you heard it for the first time.

My mistake it was Exit..Stage Left NOT A Show Of Hands, although years later I did see that concert on VHS. This was around 1990 when I saw that concert, though.

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Posted: July 22 2014 at 00:01

ole-the-first wrote:

ExittheLemming wrote:

146

Oh my... Here in Russia 146 became a synonym of very "fair" elections.

It's no surprise that someone's f$%king with the numbers. What surprises me is that they weren't careful enough when crunching numbers.

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Posted: July 21 2014 at 22:14

manofmystery wrote:

Lot of youths on the site... no wonder there's so much godforsaken metal

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Posted: July 21 2014 at 20:57

...and if you maintain this lifestyle, you won't reach 50.

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Posted: July 21 2014 at 20:07

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Posted: July 21 2014 at 19:46

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Posted: July 21 2014 at 16:01

“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

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