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Hawkwise 
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 Posted: August 17 2010 at 21:26 |
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Three Older Brothers and Alan Fluff Freeman Saturday Rock Show .
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SaltyJon
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Posted: August 17 2010 at 23:25 |
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Hmm...very indirectly, probably Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Through that game, I heard Primus. I loved them, so I bought all of their albums. Then I started exploring other projects with Les Claypool, and I bought the live Frog Brigade albums. One of those happens to have a cover of King Crimson's "Thela Hun Ginjeet" on it. I loved that more than any Primus I heard, so I had to check out the original band, which I discovered thanks to the liner notes was King Crimson. From there, the internet, but I can't say that Internet would be my choice for the poll.
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JJLehto
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Posted: August 17 2010 at 23:29 |
And to think, Tony Hawk introduced me to SoaD which got me into metal! 
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caretaker
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Posted: August 18 2010 at 08:00 |
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When I was about 12 years I got a transistor radio for my birthday and accidentally discovered our local college radio station. I heard all these bands with weird names playing this music like I had never heard before. Some of it sounded sort of like my dad's classical music but with different instuments. Also, the first time I heard Mason Williams' Classical Gas. It got me searching for more music that sounded like that.
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NecronCommander
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Posted: August 18 2010 at 08:53 |
Teh interwebz.
Shortly after discovering their music, I looked on Wikipedia, which said Dream Theater was a "progressive metal" band. Further Googling led to this site.
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yanch
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Posted: August 18 2010 at 12:18 |
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Freshman year in high school, new friend played me Aqualung, which I liked, then handed me Thick as a Brick, told me to listen to it uninterrupted, and the rest is history.
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Mr Greeen Genes
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Posted: August 18 2010 at 15:40 |
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My mom's terrible Rolling Stone Rock n' Roll Encyclopedia and Ratings books. so books for me...
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Adams Bolero
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Location: Ireland
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Posted: August 19 2010 at 15:09 |
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None of the above. My tutor gave me Nursery Cryme by Genesis and one by one introduced me to all of the classic Prog Bands like King Crimson and Yes and also to more obscure bands like Henry Cow and Egg. I owe my love of Prog Rock and indeed to being on this forum to his guidance.
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''Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.''
- Albert Camus
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Peter
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Posted: August 20 2010 at 11:33 |
 Wow -- here's one we haven't seen before! 
Via the front door ears. 
 Seriously, thanks to my dear, cool older sister.  She played ELP (From the Beginning on 45, Trilogy, BSS, Genesis (Foxtrot), Tull (TAAB, Aqualung, PP), Yes (Yes Album, Fragile, CTTE), all when those albums were new and revolutionary -- I was 12-13, and previously into stuff like Alice Cooper and Purple (also thanks to her).
From there, I soon found my own way to Crimson, Giant, TD, Nektar, Can, Amon Duul II, etc, etc. Circus magazine helped.
Edited by Peter - August 20 2010 at 11:47
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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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Sussano
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Posted: August 20 2010 at 16:07 |
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A friend introduced me to Dream Theater and Riverside, and ever since then I've been in a constant search for new bands, so it's really a mixture of "school friends" and "Internet" [=
By the way, non of my current friends, colleagues or family listen to anything even close to prog, or any kind of rock for that matter, which I find kind of sad. But, well, I can't control everyone, I guess.
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spookytooth
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Posted: August 20 2010 at 21:32 |
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My parents raised me on progressive rock. I have memories of my parents playing ELP, Yes and Pink Floyd mix tapes in the car for me when I was little. Of course later on in my life the internet and friends helped me expand my music horizons (prog being in the forefront) even further.
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Would you like some Bailey's?
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: August 21 2010 at 14:29 |
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Guitar teacher?
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sydbarrett2010
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Posted: August 31 2010 at 22:48 |
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my older brother followed by my cousin
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Takeshi Kovacs
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Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: September 06 2010 at 14:46 |
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Friday Rock Show
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 Open the gates of the city wide....
Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/TakeshiKovacs/
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RoeDent
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Posted: September 06 2010 at 17:12 |
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August 2006: I read something on a red button news service about Comfortably Numb being voted the best guitar solo of all time. So I came to the internet (the ultimate repository for all human wisdom and knowledge), listened to said solo, then listened to the live version on PULSE, and I was hooked on the Floyd.
Two years passed, I still had the internet, and I stumbled across a 42-minute song. Being a fan of long songs in general, I had to try and find it. That 42-minute song was called Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence by a group called Dream Theater. Then I heard Octavarium and I was hooked on them.
A few more band discoveries later (Porcupine Tree in particular), and I've recently started to delve into the 'classic' prog epics. My favourite of these at the moment is Supper's Ready. I'm still on this incredible journey of discovery through this magnificent genre of music. Long may it continue!
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Lark the Starless
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Posted: September 16 2010 at 11:20 |
It was a mixture of some of the options...
I'll rank them in chronological order:
4. Dad (rock music in general, FEW prog bands like Pink Floyd; he sort of laid the foundation and the very basics; 12, 13 years old)
3. Radio (Discovered a few songs from Rush and Yes, around 14, 15)
2. TV (VH1 Classic, saw a Genesis concert video and a Genesis doc and I was hooked! I was around 15,16)
1. Internet (I looked up prog artists on Wikipedia and ultimately, ProgArchives!  Around 16 - the day I die?  The rest is happening and developing everyday.) |
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progvortex
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 00:02 |
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My buddy gave me a CD of Fragile. But it didn't really get going until I found and downloaded Pawn Hearts online, the CD release with the very avant-garde bonus tracks. Crazy stuff.
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Life is like a beanstalk... isn't it?
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DeKay
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Joined: September 16 2010
Location: Greece
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 11:10 |
Read an article about the best prog rock albums ever when I was 13 (more or less). Most of them became my favourite albums as well. Not hard to guess which these were.
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cemego
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Joined: January 18 2010
Location: Philadelphia PA
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Posted: October 05 2010 at 11:25 |
Bad poll. My influence was an older friend.
...and laugh it up folks... my introduction to prog was Supertramp-Breakfast in America, Genesis-Selling England BTP, Trick of The Tail, and ELP-Trilogy. The Genesis and ELP is understandable but the Supertramp is iffy. HAHA! 
Edited by cemego - October 05 2010 at 11:28
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listen to streaming stuff! no commercials!
http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls
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Chela
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Location: California
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Posted: October 12 2010 at 16:01 |
School friend... then lover.
Edited by Chela - October 12 2010 at 19:20
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