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Slartibartfast 
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 Posted: October 26 2007 at 20:37 |
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The prog fairies made me.
I Am Prog
(And So Can You!)
Edited by Slartibartfast - October 26 2007 at 20:39
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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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Teh_Slippermenz
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Joined: September 11 2007
Location: United States
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Posted: October 26 2007 at 21:12 |
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I heard "Owner of a Lonely Heart" on the radio, it was Yes, so I went out and bought "The Yes Album" after looking into them. (I always start with their best-known album, or try to, when looking for music) I fell in love with "Yours is No Disgrace" from the first "wah-wah"-like notes that opened up the song. From there, I discovered Pink Floyd (somebody recommended me "Animals"), and others, and now I've discovered the early days of Genesis. (I was first introduced to them through "We Can't Dance", my mother had a cassette copy, and I used to love "I Can't Dance", now I believe that "Dreaming While You Sleep" and "Fading Lights" blow away the rest of that album...)
And right now I think I'm discovering Neal Morse. O.o (Reunion, from One, this is awesome)
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sean
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Joined: April 02 2005
Location: United States
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Posted: October 26 2007 at 21:28 |
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For me it was hearing Rush and Kansas on the radio, which led me to get their albums, and then i discovered that they were referred to as progressive rock, so i started looking deeper into the genre, and here i am.
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Avantgardehead
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Joined: December 29 2006
Location: Dublin, OH, USA
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 01:09 |
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Someone randomly uploaded "The Return of the Giant Hogweed" to me on SoulSeek around Summer of last year, and when I saw the word "Genesis" I thought, "Oh no, not that Phil Collins band..."
But then I listened to the song and just about said "WTF AWESOME!!!" out loud. It was different than everything I expected Genesis to be at the time and 10000x different than any music I had heard prior. So after doing some investigation, I find that a guy by the name of Peter Gabriel did vocals on their classic albums (which I used AllMusic to determine) and was very relieved. I then downloaded those five albums. I instantly fell in love with Nursery Cryme and "The Musical Box" cemented my admiration of this band. I had no clue music like that existed in the 70's...
Foxtrot didn't take long to sink in either, and "Supper's Ready" was very impressive.
Selling England by the Pound took a little longer to settle in part because of the poppier parts, but a second try got them in.
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway took maybe three listens before I understood/liked it.
Trespass took only one initial listen (I really liked "The Knife") to get in, but one thorough, complete listen to truly enjoy.
And then it went from there. I investigated several progressive rock bands from AllMusic and actually didn't like any of them the first time around. King Crimson and Pink Floyd took two listens, and Yes took about four. I then found this site which enabled me to find more prog and give those bands more chances.
Edited by Avantgardehead - October 27 2007 at 01:09
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http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian
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ghost_of_morphy
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Joined: March 08 2007
Location: United States
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Points: 2755
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 01:29 |
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When I was maybe ten, my parents bought me an 8-track player and three tapes: The Star Wars soundtrack, The Yes Album, and Fragile. I was instantly hooked.
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Nil Recurring
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Joined: October 18 2007
Location: Netherlands
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Points: 22
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 04:35 |
I'm the drumplayer of a rock band, we started 4 years ago playing things like nirvana, pearl jam and stuff like that. Our guitarist was already into some progmetal at the time and when we started to jam and create our own music it appeared to be kinda progy. That's were our guitarist gave us some prog records. The first prog album I listened was tool's lateralus and I was getting the most intense kick off my life. That was the point were I converted. Nowadays I listend to bands from every subgenre, with zappa and king crimson as favourites
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Music is no entertainment.. music is art! thread it that way
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steve j
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Joined: September 30 2007
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 04:45 |
I never really liked pop music / chart music except for the odd track, they seemed like trailers for films not the real purpose of music really. Anyway back in the mid seventies I bought Rick Wakeman "Journey to the centre of the Earth", and that was it really. I searched out music I really liked. Eloy produced some classics at the end of the 70s and I was hooked. Most of my mates didn't share the same taste, they liked AC/DC which stands for everything that is not prog
The thing is I didn't really use the Prog label until I joined this Forum, yet my collection is packed with Rush, Yes and Eloy.
Through the nineties I didn't really buy much music. The children were growing up, money was tight, I only continued with Rush. The direction of Rush disappointed, I felt they could do much better and be more creative.
This forum has turned my musical desert into an oasis, and the recent metal prog split has helped me enormously. They say the internet will change your life, this site has certainly done that - Thanks to all who have contributed. 
I think I should have started a thread that read "How has this website changed your life"
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Dean
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Joined: May 13 2007
Location: Europe
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 05:14 |
It grew up with me. I was listening to Psyche-pop and the Moody Blues in the 60s, (the first album I bought with my own money was Kaleidoscope's A Tangerine Dream), from there it was a natural progression into Pink Floyd, Kevin Ayers & Van de Graaf Generator in the early 70s, then Yes & Genesis, then Krautrock (Amon Düül II) & RPI (in the form of PFM & Le Orme).
I've been into Gothic Rock since the early 80s, so I am now drawn towards the darker side of Prog (well, with Floyd, VdGG and Amon Düül I was never that far away from it anyway  ) so I love Symphonic Gothic Progressive Metal, a fair amount of Post Rock/Metal and anything that can truly be called experimental.
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Raff
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Joined: July 29 2005
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 05:21 |
I was born in 1960, and grew up in Italy in the early Seventies. My first exposure to prog was through Italian prog, or RPI as my darling other half calls it... The first prog album I ever bought was Delirium's Dolce acqua (which still sounds damn good), at the age of 11. A few years later, thanks to the people I used to hang out with at the time, I discovered Pink Floyd, Genesis, KC and most of the other historic bands. My love affair with prog has been a bit on and off through the years, but now it seems it's here to stay! 
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Negru Voda
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 06:01 |
I was born prog. 
Actually I was listening to Pink Floyd's PULSE album in the car with my dad and that's what sparked my interest.
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Zargus
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Location: Sweden
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 07:40 |
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Well yust like i wrote in alot other threads like this one, it was thx to Dark Side fo the Moon, and Money wich was the first PF song i ever heard and then bought the album and at first was very disepointed but continued to lisen and then it yust clicked big time and for a very long time it was my absolute favorite album. Then i started to discover other bands like Yes, KC & Jethro tull where some of the first if i remeber right.
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Snipergoat
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Joined: September 22 2007
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 08:11 |
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Id been listening to alot of Hendrix (Electric Ladyland) and I wanted to get into more psychedelic stuff. And this I guy I knew suggested Pink Floyd. So I got Piper and DSOTM.. and I liked it so much I got all their albums. At the same time a friend told me about a band called "Dream Theater". And then I just started reading all about prog and got to hear about bands like Rush, Yes, King Crimson etc etc etc
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sinkadus
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Location: United States
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 08:39 |
I remember MTV had these "sneak peak" videos that they actually had scheduled for 8, 11 oclock and Rush's Subdivision was one the videos. I watched it and then bought Signals(still my fav album) that led me to Yes then ELP then Genesis and so on. 
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I talk to the wind...
my words are all carried away...
Take Care,
Roy
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Peter
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 09:22 |
We've had this topic about 20 times here....
 It was around 1972. My cool older sister played ELP, Yes, Genesis, Floyd. Tull, etc, & I listened.
Genesis (Foxtrot) and Yes (Yes Album) were the first to really grab me, as I recall.
I was about 12, & I started buying my own prog albums at about 14. It was very exciting to discover all that far-out, deep music as a young fellow!
Edited by Peter - October 27 2007 at 09:28
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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H9dyo8varium
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Joined: October 18 2007
Location: Indonesia
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 09:26 |
 The Doctor wrote:
I first got into Genesis and Yes through their more commercial albums, Abacab and Genesis for the former, and 90125 for the latter, around the age of 13 or 14. That led me to check out their earlier works. Once I had all of the Genesis and Yes catalogs, I began looking for more music similar in style. That led me to ELP, King Crimson, Floyd, Rush, Marillion and so on.
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Almost similar with my experience. Dream theater most commercial album (especially in Indonesia) FII, introduces myself to the another DT's album. And after has a chemistry with them then i know that they were influenced by Prog band like Yes and Rush. Finally, i can declare that prog is my fittest 'friend-early' for me
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Beyond The Endless Sacrifice
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MadcapLaughs84
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Location: Mexico
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 09:38 |
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I was a heavy metal kid, my dad is a prog head and some guy introduced me to Dream Theater and I became addicted and I started to look back at their influences and realized how great was Prog.
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Philéas
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 09:50 |
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A friend of mine is (or was, her interest in them has decreased lately) a huge Rush and Genesis fan. When I got to know her I listened to old-school Rock music such as Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, The Who etc. etc., so she told me to get into Rush and then Genesis if I liked Rush. So I did. And then I got into more Prog, discovering this site just when my Prog obsession was at its peak, which is why I registered here and started posting. My interest in Prog has since decreased, though I still appreciate it a lot.
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Rivertree
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Location: Germany
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 10:14 |
Well it was in my youth - the turbulent early 70s.  I searched for more experimental and complex music and got familiar with Kraut/Psych/Jazz Rock more and more - what an amazing experience!
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cacha71
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Joined: August 31 2007
Location: Planet Earth
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 11:56 |
I have always been an independent kind of person and have wanted to do my own thing rather than follow the herd. When I was a teenager in the UK I used to listen to some totally unheard of East German bands like Karat which had progressive rock influences (at that time!), at a time when other kids were all listening to Duran Duran.
Later, at University I started on Pink Floyd. I then bought a progressive rock compilation CD because I recognised a lot of the artist names and titles on it, loved it and bought albums of a lot of artists on it. I have been collecting and expanding ever since.
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http://www.last.fm/group/Progressive+Folk
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Abstrakt
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Posted: October 27 2007 at 12:04 |
A combination of:
- A TV comercial about that "Dark Side of the Moon" was on sale at CDON.com
- My dad's been into Jean Michel Jarre since the 80's, and i've grown up listening to his LP's & Tapes. I think it was when i searched JMJ on the internet, that i found PA. I soon discovered: Ash Ra Tempel, Edgar Froese, Tangerine Dream, Eloy, Hawkwind, Triumvirat, Yes & more. I started talking to people on PA in late summer 2005, but then, after losing everything on my computer, i had a long break. In April 2006, i got back to PA, and soon got many recommendations from mainly Bj-1 (
 ). Now my wallet hurts 
- Randomly finding Albums on PA, that i later found on my local library. I borrowed them & converted them into .mp3. This way i discovered Pawn Hearts (Souldn't get into it at the time), Itcotck, Samla Mammas Manna, Kebnekaise III and others...
Edited by Abstrakt - October 27 2007 at 12:06
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