Fellow Rockers...
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Topic: Fellow Rockers...
Posted By: Shatterwolf
Subject: Fellow Rockers...
Date Posted: November 11 2004 at 20:57
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Hey, I'm shatterwolf and I'm the new guy around here. I love prog. rock, and I live for it. It's hard for me nowadays to express my love for this music, since most of the kids at my school either are wiggers, or my friends like stuff like Greenday, Sublime, etc. They think I'm nuts for liking Kansas, Yes, Genesis, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd 'Hendrix... Psh, what do they know. I'd take "South Side of the Sky" over whatever the hell they listen to anyday. I started listening to Yes when I was about 12, and loved them ever since. I'm 15 now. Genesis, G.D, and everything else I listened to soon after. I just found my Kansas CD, so obviously I'm blasting "Magnum Opus" on my CD player. God, how I love them. Hope to get to know you guys soon! ------------- 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: November 11 2004 at 21:54
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(Right back where I started....) Good then, it's still good now. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Welcome, young Shatterwolf. I got into prog around age 12 too, and look where it took me!
Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: November 11 2004 at 22:59
| Im astonsihed that theyre are more than ten teenagers (myself included) who like prog rock. This site keeps turning out pleasant surprises! |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: November 11 2004 at 23:26
Us teenagers are the only cool people in our age group 
anyway welcome. ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: November 11 2004 at 23:31
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Kansas is one of the best bands EVER. Magnum Opus is tons of fun.
The other day, I worked out a way to play the main theme of it in power chords in standard E. 
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 00:32
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Welcome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 02:46
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Hi Shatterwolf, and welcome!
------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 03:36
Aha! Another youngster to corrupt 
Big welcome, Shatterwolf - enjoy your time here (but don't listen to anything Peter Rideout says, he's a twisted old English professor - and you know what they're like!) ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: sigod
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 04:41
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Hey Shatterwolf, welcome aboard. Grab yourself a cup of coffee and warm your feet at the blazing fire of forum opinion. ------------- I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision. - Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 06:27
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Shatterwolf wrote: "They think I'm nuts for liking Kansas, Yes, Genesis, Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd 'Hendrix... Psh, what do they know. I'd take "South Side of the Sky" over whatever the hell they listen to anyday. I started listening to Yes when I was about 12, and loved them ever since. I'm 15 now. Genesis, G.D, and everything else I listened to soon after. I just found my Kansas CD, so obviously I'm blasting "Magnum Opus" on my CD player." That's music to my ears. it's good to hear that there are teenagers who actually like 'classical' Prog Rock. Before discovering ProgArchives I thought that such music was the preserve of the over-40s (no offence, guys!). Prog Rock may be a niche market, but it's a relief to know that there are some newcomers to that market.
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 10:22
Amen to that !!!!!!!!!! Hey I´m only 89 years old ...what the.........
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 10:44
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Welcome to the Prog-nerd connection!
I think 12 is the turning point for many of us. The most influential stage. Tell us. Who turned you on to prog? A kid doesn't just walk into a record shop and grab a Kansas album, they had to have someone say, "Check this out!" |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 10:49
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Yes who led you astray.......Like...........
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Shatterwolf
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 15:36
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Ahh, is it possible to quote these damn things here? This forum style is new to me.
My dad turned my on to prog. When I was very little, he would play Dust in the Wind and Terrapin Station when we were on long car trips. I thought it was cool, but I never went out of my way to listen to them. Then when I was 12, he took me to a Yes concert, and I fell in love with them. As soon as I got home, I took out Fragile and listened to it all night. From then on, I basically taught myself all I know about prog rock. -------------
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Tell us. Who turned you on to prog? A kid doesn't just walk into a record shop and grab a Kansas album, they had to have someone say, "Check this out!"Posted By: Shatterwolf
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 15:42
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Oh yea, and I just got an IM from ym friend, who plays bass. I was trying to be nice, but look: "No way your comparing me to that untalented douche Chris Squire or whatever the f**k. Go ahead and compare me to Flea or Brian or Mike Dirnt. even though I'm not half as good as any of them...YET." You see how much they suck cock? -------------
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Posted By: frenchie
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 15:43
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you are not alone my friend. i am 17 and only have a few prog friends at my school. me and my friend pete started it off and spread it to about 10 others. but me and pete overdose on prog many a day with insanely huge record collections. remember us prog fans have an excelled musical taste over our green day and oasis liking fans. we can enjoy the music that they listen to but expand our horizons much furthur to the much more advanced music that is prog. we are gifted! only a few of my friends like prog and they reli know what music is, and can write their own pieces on guitar and keyboards etc. ------------- The Worthless Recluse 
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Posted By: Shatterwolf
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 15:54
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I wish I was half as lucky as you. Hell, people tell me that Dust in the Wind was written by a bunch of "peace-filled hippies" and that Phil Collins is a fag, and he sounds like a girl. *sigh* When will they learn? -------------
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 19:56
They are from kansas so it is "peace-filled Hicks" get it right! Prog music is 'musicans musci' for the most part. THere are a a few who aren't that love it for what it is but most have some sense of how dificult it is top play this kind of music. Glad to see another youngster here. |
Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 20:01
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Your getting it now Garion my boy. Kansas=Hick Progressive. I think it should be a new sub-genre |
Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 20:12
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Christ! In my local we have Yes,Genesis,Rush and ELP on the old Jukebox! I got into Prog when I was 11.One of my mates at school had an older brother who was in a band.He was into Floyd, Hendrix, Yes, Genesis, ELP among others and it was a great time listening to all his records on a very HIFI rack system.We were the coolest kids (honest) smokin' joints and drinking cider (aah) and going to concerts which made us appear very "hippy" and wild to some of the others at my college. Then we got a copy of 2112 on import in 1976 and we would play it non-stop for hours and hours at full volume. I still have brain damage from the head-banging and skull shattering volume levels. Marvellous! ------------- 
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 20:16
We had Styx on the Jukebox ...and it got worse from there!!
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 20:20
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I liked Styx in the late 70's. Even saw them live a couple of times-Dennis De Young reminds me of Dean Friedman Downloaded Pieces Of Eight & Grand Illusion yesterday-they dont really stand the test of time. every time I hear "Come Sail Away" I think of Eric Cartman and his far superior version! -------------
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 20:25
| I had Pieces of Eight at one time...I can remember how Renegade was their big hit for that album....I prefered Queen of Spades myself or even Blue Collar man |
Posted By: Shatterwolf
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 22:07
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Styx is OK... -------------
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: November 13 2004 at 12:10
I didn't go that far I just thought "hick", (You need to read this story of their first recording session in New York it is so typical hick goes to the big city) which they have called themselves many times, was more correct than hippie. Who else would be in the catagorie? http://www.numavox.com/pages/artists/kerry_livgren/sections/interviews/interviews/interview-2/topics/kansas-early.html - http://www.numavox.com/pages/artists/kerry_livgren/sections/ interviews/interviews/interview-2/topics/kansas-early.html
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: November 13 2004 at 13:41
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There was a radio station in So Cal when that album came out that played Pieces of Eight (the Song) every morning at 6 am for like a year straight. I do believe though that is their most progressive album. PO8 was one of their more progressive songs as was Hanna which is on the same album. |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: November 13 2004 at 14:24
Who else indeed? That's one lonely sub-genre The only ones I could think of would be the Dixie Dregs, and maybe some of the more instrumentally-inclined Southern Rockers like the Allman Brothers. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: November 13 2004 at 15:15
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The Allman Brothers might possibly have been
Hicks but boy could those s**tkickers play. Duane Allman and Dicky Betts must ranks as two of the most under-rated axemen in rock history. Well maybe not Duane cause he died and was therefor lionised but Dicky Betts is a helluva player. And probably the Allmans should get some prog recognition due to the simple fact that they had two drummers. Over the top or what! |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: November 13 2004 at 15:18
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well true but all you have to do is listen to the slide guitar on Layla to know how great he was/could have been. |
Posted By: arcer
Date Posted: November 13 2004 at 15:21
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Yeah he was great but I always just felt that Betts
never got his due as he was always overshadowed by Duane's death. Personally, I think some of his guitar work is the equal of and often better than anything Duane did. And, crucially, he wrote a lot of great tunes too, like Jessica |
Posted By: Shatterwolf
Date Posted: November 13 2004 at 18:47
Kansas is widely considered progressive "with a touch of southern rock". Not that big of a deal to make it its own sub-catagory. -------------
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 13 2004 at 18:50
The  means it was a joke..an inside joke to Garion back in the Kansas Thread days so bugger off!
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Posted By: Shatterwolf
Date Posted: November 13 2004 at 19:01
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::steps back:: -------------
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Posted By: Reed Lover
Date Posted: November 13 2004 at 19:04
Dont worry Splatterwalls, the tongue means he wants to...................... . -------------
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 13 2004 at 19:06
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: November 14 2004 at 03:28
Welcome my dear child, bravo for your excellent musical taste forget your friends, they don't know nothing ..and try those bands: Amon dull Ash ra temple Gong Agitation free allman brothers santana and so many others |
Posted By: Shatterwolf
Date Posted: November 14 2004 at 14:37
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I've never heard of the top four before... there's so much I need to know, I hate teaching myself about all this great stuff. Damn you, Jessica Simpson. -------------
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: November 15 2004 at 04:57
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Welcome to the machine. You should check out some German bands such as Grobschnitt, Guru Guru, Novalis, Nue! Amon Duul II Octopus and Hoelderlin. Also check out Omega from Hungary. From Norway check out Ruphus and from Ireland FRUUP. See some of my reviews under my real name, Ian Gledhill in the collaborators section. |
Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: November 15 2004 at 12:52
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It was a good one too. |