If you're younger than 18

I am 19 now. I guess looking back on it, I did start in metal, but I moved into prog, and now I'm into avant-jazz, noise, Zeuhl, operatic fusion and all sorts of things that girls are turned on by.

Conor Fynes wrote: I am 19 now. I guess looking back on it, I did start in metal, but I moved into prog, and now I'm into avant-jazz, noise, Zeuhl, operatic fusion and all sorts of things that girls are turned on by. my quick music history Age 8-11: beatles, led zeppelin, beach boys, queen, u2 (all good music, but fairly broad) all of this changed when i was 11 and a friend showed me AC/DC.  12: getting interested alot more in zeppelin, buying my first band shirts, then by the end of elementary school, i am getting big into classic 'metal' like yngwie malmsteen, crimson glory, and motley crue. those are all still great to me. at this age i walso buy rush's moving pictures after loving them from the radio, but i have no idea they are prog. 13: hear dream theater and am amazed so i buy SFAM and love it. all the while getting more into metal, but sticking mostly to the bands i already know 14: big year, I hear Opeth's the drapery falls and am amazed, so i start getting into extreme forms of metal that i didn't like before. 15-16: my 'metalhead' years, going to lots of local shows, becoming knowledgable and stuff. 17: i start listening to classic prog and loving it. 18: i start getting big into avant garde metal and the like, looking for more challenging sorts of music. 19: zeuhl.

16 and primarily listen to prog metal but I'm VERY VERY picky.  I have a hard time finding old prog that I can really sink my feet into like I can with Cynic or Maudlin of the Well.  My friends crucify me for liking Collins more than Gabriel, and rightly so I suppose, but the only "classic" prog I could every fully get into is Floyd, and that being said I'd rather have nails shoved into my ears than listen to anything off of Dark Side of the Moon.  Animals, Wish You Were Here, and a handful of tracks off of The Wall I thoroughly enjoy.  I'd much rather pick up a jazz record than an old school prog record.  I love Pat Metheny and John Coltrane.  They're both phenomenal musicians. 

I hadn't realized there was an age restriction associated with the appreciation of progressive rock. ;o
I'm 16, and I've basically been addicted to progressive rock for the past 3 years. Amazing genre, hard to not appreciate it.

//roar.

Lol I was eight when i started to listen to Jethro Tull.

JS19 wrote: NecronCommander wrote: So are we implying here that metal is juvenile and just a phase for teenagers? Hrmph. The stereotype is definitely there amongst the so called 'purists' Hrmph.

I concede there are a rare few who hold this view but you are hoisted by your own petard. Those people you might deem 'purists' are both young and old. I've never met say, a RIO/Avant snob over the age of 35.

ExittheLemming wrote: JS19 wrote: NecronCommander wrote: So are we implying here that metal is juvenile and just a phase for teenagers? Hrmph. The stereotype is definitely there amongst the so called 'purists' Hrmph. I concede there are a rare few who hold this view but you are hoisted by your own petard. Those people you might deem 'purists' are both young and old. I've never met say, a RIO/Avant snob over the age of 35.

progistoomainstream wrote: Finnforest wrote: Nope.  All proggers under 18 only like prog-metal, and all old guys only like Genesis.   Not true at all. I know many young proggers that cannot stand prog metal and love genesis.

The Quiet One wrote: progistoomainstream wrote: Finnforest wrote: Nope.  All proggers under 18 only like prog-metal, and all old guys only like Genesis.   Not true at all. I know many young proggers that cannot stand prog metal and love genesis. He was kidding.

Joeytmnd wrote: The prog metal bands I could get down with are Opeth(later albums), Tool, Animals as Leaders and Dream Theater. Other than that, it's just noise to me...