If you're younger than 18

The Moody Blues were the band that got me into music, and I was like 11 at the time. If that doesn't count then I found ELP at 14 when perusing iTunes. I found out that they were called "progressive rock" so I looked up more of the stuff and got way into it. I was never greatly into metal of any kind.

I'm 14, and I've been got into prog by Pink Floyd around 13. I've tried to listen to some Dream Theater and stuff, but I don't like it so much.
For now i keep listening to Floyd, Genesis, Yes, Jethro, Area, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Elio e le Storie Tese, etc.

IMHO I think Metal is the current front runner for Prog (and has been for a number of years).  So it's natural for kids to start there.  I did kinda but I was also playing stand up bass in Jazz ensemble in high school and was playing guitar and/or bass in a few Post Rock, Math Rock, and Fusion bands in college while going for a music theory and composition degree.  So I was in effect paying attention to more than just metal.  However it was bands like BTBAM, Meshuggah, Death, Converge, Emperor, Into the Moat, Ion Dissonance, Spiral Architect, Spastic Ink, At the Gates, SYL, etc that lead me to listen to King Crimson.  Which in effect changed my whole view on music forever.

I'm only 15 and i don't like prog metal. I like : Pink Floyd, Rush, Frank Zappa, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, ELP, Yes, Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator, and many more classic prog bands.

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I'm 16, and I'm not particularly fond of prog metal (there are exceptions, though). I began listening to prog when I was 8 or 9, IIRC. My dad had ATTWT in a LP. I began listening to Follow You, Follow Me, and it was a matter of time until I ended up misplacing the needle and listening to The Lady Lies. I still think Genesis is the best band ever.

I haven't been listening Genesis in the last few days (well, at least not as often as I used to), 'cause I recently discovered PFM, Spock's Beard and The Flower Kings. Amazing bands!

I am only 16 years old at this time and my favorite bands are the progressive bands like Rush, my number 1 favorite band ever, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Pinky Floyd Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Van Der Graaf Generator, Peter Gabriel, Mike Oldfield, Weather Report, Supertramp, Spock's Beard, Procol Harum, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, and i could go on and on

Well I'm 18 and i love all kinds of prog, my dad is kind of a proghead too, so since i was little i've been listening to his pink floyd/led zeppelin/king crimson albums. I think i listen to more prog metal, but i do love the classics. Especially pink floyd.

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I always loved how much of a newbie magnet it was.