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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 13 2011 at 06:44
Found PA on "comparetheprogarchive.com"
 
 
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I was searching information about some progressive rock group, three years ago. But, until now, I have not decided to sign up in the progarchives forum. I hope collaborate in the forum with my opinion, progmates!

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I was searching for info on Automatic Fine Tuning, i'm glad I found this site/forum!Thumbs Up
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I got my mind off of porn and decided to Google "progressive rock".
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Points: 20645 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 27 2013 at 20:46
I went looking for progressive rock sites a few years back and just found it via routine searching.
Before that I wasn't really into reading about prog online and really learned about the more obscure bands from 2  friends and using  various books about prog.
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Points: 65455 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 27 2013 at 20:54
I awoke one night in 1997 to several entities beside my bed who told me some day there would be a worldwide community of prog lovers who will commune with each other daily and spend many gleeful hours cataloging obscure bands no one cares about.   I chuckled, rolled over and went back to sleep.   Who knew.
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Points: 7951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2013 at 00:03
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

I got my mind off of porn and decided to Google "progressive rock".

Same here.
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Points: 2673 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2013 at 00:37
I was tired of not having anyone to talk to about prog music, so I googled "progressive rock forums" to see if there was such a thing. That brought me here.

And that's how it all went down!
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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2013 at 06:41
Like most, I was looking for music. Smile

When I joined, there was no forum yet ( I recall suggesting one), and when the forum started, I was the third person to sign on (after a wacky, wonderful Australian named "Dude" -- they get up early in Oz -- and soon-to-be original moderator Maani). PA was much smaller and close-knit then, with a very eccentric flavour, and lots of humour and camradery. The whole Internet forum/talk to folks all over the world thing was fresh and wondrous then, and many real long-distance friendships were made.  Those early days were a lot of fun -- threads from back then were often quite creative and hilarious. Wacko

After about a year or so of slow & steady growth, the site really took off in popularity, became much more diverse in user ages and personalities, reviews flooded in, and the unified flavour necessarily changed. (Along with all the fruits and nuts, a lot of flakes were added to the PA granola. It became less satisfyingly nutritious and more fattening, but more accessible to consumers.) It was impossible to know or relate to everyone, or read everything. Progress. Ermm

Still, the site has certainly prospered, and I congratulate founders Max and Ron on its phenomenal growth and continued success! Beer



Edited by Peter - March 28 2013 at 07:07
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Points: 10665 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2013 at 06:59
Went through a period as quite a big metal fan (European, melodic power metal mostly) in my early-to-mid teens. Drifted towards progressive metal and loved many hard rock and rock bands that, when googled, directed me towards this...erm..."progressive" colour scheme on a site called Progarchives (more specifically prog-related and proto-prog). Discovered a Kansas compilation and a Rush compilation in my dad's CD collection around the same time. Got really curious, started exploring the database/lurking the forums and eventually joined up asking for recommendations.  Remember trying out this band called Genesis only to find it extremely boring.

Hardly a tale of heroics and daring exploration, but with the Internet...what can you expect? 


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Searching one day for an elusive band that nobody cared about, I found a site that everyone cared about.
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typed in directions for  'Alloa from Solihull' and ended up on the Jon Anderson albums page...
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Originally posted by Peter Peter wrote:

Like most, I was looking for music. Smile
When I joined, there was no forum yet ( I recall suggesting one), and when the forum started, I was the third person to sign on (after a wacky, wonderful Australian named "Dude" -- they get up early in Oz -- and soon-to-be original moderator Maani). PA was much smaller and close-knit then, with a very eccentric flavour, and lots of humour and camradery. The whole Internet forum/talk to folks all over the world thing was fresh and wondrous then, and many real long-distance friendships were made.  Those early days were a lot of fun -- threads from back then were often quite creative and hilarious. WackoAfter about a year or so of slow & steady growth, the site really took off in popularity, became much more diverse in user ages and personalities, reviews flooded in, and the unified flavour necessarily changed. (Along with all the fruits and nuts, a lot of flakes were added to the PA granola. It became less satisfyingly nutritious and more fattening, but more accessible to consumers.) It was impossible to know or relate to everyone, or read everything. Progress. ErmmStill, the site has certainly prospered, and I congratulate founders Max and Ron on its phenomenal growth and continued success! Beer
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Points: 51 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2013 at 12:00
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

I got my mind off of porn and decided to Google "progressive rock".


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I believe it was Google for me also.  Long before I joined, I was simply a lurker.
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Points: 235 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2013 at 22:56
I think it was when I subscribed to Rhapsody and had exhausted the meager fare of the prog that they bothered to include that I knew about (for example, at first no Beard prior to Snow--and then not even Snow, a single KC album in the Belew era...although at times, ample Porcupine Tree extending all the way back to the psuedo-psychedelic/trip stuff done under the same name), I started... (let's all say it together) googling about the bands that were listed as prog. 

Either that or I might have seen it as an external link on a wikipedia page about prog--maybe Camel...Maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time. 
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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2013 at 23:22
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

I got my mind off of porn and decided to Google "progressive rock".
Likely it was just a typo. Something that rhymes with "progressive rock," you mean.
 
Opens Google: "Aggressive #@#%" Wink
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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2013 at 23:29
^ I swear, I don't drink.
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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 28 2013 at 23:34
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ I swear, I don't drink.
I swear, I drink. CensoredBeer
 
 


Edited by Peter - March 28 2013 at 23:35
"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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