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The Truth
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Honorary Collaborator
Joined: April 19 2009
Location: Kansas
Status: Offline
Points: 21795
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 13:45 |
lazland wrote:
It's always dangerous to stereotype, in whatever form.
I'm actually constantly amazed by the breadth of knowledge of the genre by some of our younger members. a lot of them can put us oldies to shame!
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I love putting oldies to shame.  
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NecronCommander
Special Collaborator
Prog Metal Team
Joined: September 17 2009
Location: Madison, WI
Status: Offline
Points: 16122
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 13:46 |
Noak wrote:
I'm 17. There are no prog bands I despise more than Porcupine Tree, Tool and Meshuggah. Except perhaps Marillion. I prefer Avant Prog and Zeuhl if we're talking Prog. Other than that I'm an avid fan of Free Jazz, Modern Classical music, Experimental Folk music, Noise and Drone. |
Maybe you've been listening to the wrong kind of metal. There's some excellent avant-metal stuff out there, and a lot of post-stuff has drone/noise influences.
Given the stuff you've listed up there, Kayo Dot (all of their styles) would be right up your alley.
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NecronCommander
Special Collaborator
Prog Metal Team
Joined: September 17 2009
Location: Madison, WI
Status: Offline
Points: 16122
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 13:47 |
I do know a decent amount about classic prog, too. I don't dislike the genre but I don't listen to it too often.
Although I am a huge fan of Yes.
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Luna
Forum Senior Member
Joined: July 28 2010
Location: Funky Town
Status: Offline
Points: 12794
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 13:53 |
^ How many times have you listened to racecar??
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NecronCommander
Special Collaborator
Prog Metal Team
Joined: September 17 2009
Location: Madison, WI
Status: Offline
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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Slartibartfast
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Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam
Joined: April 29 2006
Location: Atlantais
Status: Offline
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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Mushroom Sword
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 28 2010
Status: Offline
Points: 426
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 15:05 |
For the record Petrucci is 43...
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Dgregsound
Forum Newbie
Joined: September 25 2010
Location: New York City
Status: Offline
Points: 6
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 16:51 |
I'm 7 and I only listen to Zeuhl
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The_Jester
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 29 2010
Status: Offline
Points: 741
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 16:53 |
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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progkidjoel
Prog Reviewer
Joined: March 02 2009
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 19643
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 17:11 |
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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VanVanVan
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 08 2009
Status: Offline
Points: 756
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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.
Now I love it all, though. 
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"The meaning of life is to give life meaning."-Arjen Lucassen
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The Block
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 01 2009
Location: St. Alfonzo's
Status: Offline
Points: 924
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 17:39 |
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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Jake Kobrin
Prog Reviewer
Joined: September 20 2008
Status: Offline
Points: 1303
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 17:59 |
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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Nathaniel607
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 28 2010
Status: Offline
Points: 374
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 18:30 |
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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UndercoverBoy
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 10 2009
Location: Tulsa, OK, U.S.
Status: Offline
Points: 5148
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 18:37 |
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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clarke2001
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: June 14 2006
Location: Croatia
Status: Offline
Points: 4160
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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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Epignosis
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: December 30 2007
Location: Raeford, NC
Status: Offline
Points: 32560
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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.)
| 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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A Person
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 10 2008
Location: __
Status: Offline
Points: 65760
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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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J-Man
Prog Reviewer
Joined: August 07 2008
Location: Philadelphia,PA
Status: Offline
Points: 7826
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Posted: November 27 2010 at 19:59 |
15 and I listen to EVERYTHING.
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rogerthat
Prog Reviewer
Joined: September 03 2006
Location: .
Status: Offline
Points: 9869
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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?
Hrmph. |
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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