Which prog band was your initial entry into prog?
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Topic: Which prog band was your initial entry into prog?
Posted By: Dr. Prog
Subject: Which prog band was your initial entry into prog?
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 12:54
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what band (or solo artist) FIRST got you into the world of progressive rock? This is not what is your favorite or who do you think is best poll, this is purely, what band did you really first listen to which led you to explore progressive rock further? So you may have heard a prog band and it didn't register----not interested in what you first heard; what you first heard that led you to delve deeper and explore further is the key.
Thus, I listed the seminal generally recognized bands of the late 60s/early 70s, along with choices for later bands----ie 80s neoprog bands such as Marillion, IQ, Pallas would fall under that choice; 90s bands such as Anglagaard, Flower Kings, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater would be the "prog revival" examples. No not every band in the world is listed here, so don't beotch about that (you didn't list X, Y or Z)---then vote for other. And be honest, don't list some obscure band because you think that makes you cool. Just tell us, what prog band got you into prog rock. (ie, a bunch of us could all say the Beatles with Sgt Pepper or some influential nonprog band----that's for another poll. This is your first PROG band that got you to delve deeper.
For me, I have to go back to the Moody Blues----Days of Future Passed. That album led me to King Crimson In The Court of the Crimson King and led me to early Yes and ELP. So I have to give credit to the Moody Blues for getting me into prog roughly 34 years ago.
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 12:57
| I'll vote other (Rush), but really discovered both Rush and Yes at about the same time, it was those bands that served as my gateway to prog. |
Posted By: Dr. Prog
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:01
| nuts, I probably should have listed Rush as a choice, since I know that's how a lot of people got into prog, but we will count em up. |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:01
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Mike Oldfield. (he's a band by himself) ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:02
| ELP, through Works Live and the Fanfare Collection. |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:05
| Magma is an interesting choice. If this applies to anyone, please post with an explanation - it would be interesting how having this particular band as your gateway would color your experience getting into other progressive bands/genres. |
Posted By: StyLaZyn
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:06
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The Canadian trio called Rush. Back in 1980. ------------- 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:14
| Rush. |
Posted By: Luke. J
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:15
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Dream Theater with Octavarium in 2005. If you speak of progressive rock in particular, it is Genesis. |
Posted By: zvinki
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:18
| Rush in 1976 with 2112. |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:28
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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:33
You know your comments re Elton John are very valid, and I do feel his very early work did have some progressive leanings ( nuances) like Madman Across the Water. His early work is most enjoyable!
I voted Floyd, but Caravan and In The Land Of Grey and Pink kick started my prog love affair too. ------------- ...As I venture through the slipstream, between the viaducts in your dreams...[/COLOR] |
tuxon wrote:Posted By: LinusW
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:35
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Kansas for me. Introduced by my father, but I never liked them until I borrowed a compilation and then tried out Masque. Which I incidentally bough today (LP). Will look good on my wall.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/LinusW88" rel="nofollow - Blargh |
Posted By: Avantgardehead
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 13:55
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Genesis - Nursery Cryme It was love at first listen.  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Avantgardian |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 14:05
| Hard for me to say, but I would say that Frank Zappa's "Peaches en Regalia" is what got me into seriously exploring progressive rock. |
Posted By: unclemeat69
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 14:19
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in the 80's I knew Kate Bush, 80s KC, VDGG, some Schulze and 80's Yes,
somewhere in the 90s I discovered classic Yes, at some point i got more
and more into prog, so for me the discovery trip started with classic
Yes (as that built up my appetite) ------------- Follow your bliss |
Posted By: Karbo
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 14:42
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My vote goes to Pink Floyd.
It all started with the song «The Trial» on The Wall. I was at at friend's house , and his father had a huge CD collection of 2 albums, «The Wall» and Tears for Fears' greatest hits. We listened to «The Trial» and to «Shout» over an over again, to his parents' despair.
And I went home and asked my parents to buy me these albums. And I worn out two tapes of each. I know they are not prog, but TFF played an important part in me becoming a prog-rock enthusiast.
And not long after that, I found out about Rush, Yes, Genesis and the all the usual suspects. ------------- « Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen. » Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 14:56
I'm surprised you didn't include Rush as I've run into many people (including myself) who were introduced to prog through them. They definitely started my love of music. 
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 15:16
It all started with ATOM HEART MOTHER  from PINK FLOYD during spring 1971
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 15:20
Genesis - Rush - Yes....in that order.... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 15:29
Dream Theater... After I saw their video for "Pull me Under" (and initially bashed LaBrie for "daring to wear a Napalm Death shirt, you hairy pop singer!  ) I decided to try again... bought IMAGES AND WORDS and it was it... then I had AWAke and all the rest... then I bough Liquid Tension Exp, then Explorer's Club and then other bands... Eventually I bought Yes and Genesis after visiting PA.... ------------- 
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Posted By: dufman
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 15:44
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i was listening to Yes years before i knew what prog was. my dad had been a fan since the 70s and he didn't know either ------------- Next upon the bill in our house of vaudeville Weve a stripper in a till What a thrill! what a thrill! And not content with that, with our hands behind our backs, We pull jesus from a hat, |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 15:44
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Pink Floyd. I was a student in Cambridge in 1969 and knew people who knew members of the band (Syd Barrett and Roger Waters as well as Dave Gilmour), so I saw them quite a few times. Didn't like them much in the early days, but got to love their later stuff. Genesis followed - true love! ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 16:08
First show : Frank Zappa in 1971 and it was all instrumental (or just plain mental)
The Beatles had really set the initial touch with their orchestrated material including harpsichord, strings, brass and choir. I mean Eleanor Rigby is such a classic ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 16:11
Excluding Tool (I thought it was Alternative) and The Doors/The Beatles/Pibk Floyd (I regarded them all as Classic Rock bands), my first prog group was UK 
Not Genesis, not Dream Theater and not Crimson - it was UK whom I listened with a knownledge of listening to an ART-ROCK band (I didn't know the "progressive rock" term in those dark ages  )
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 16:15
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Rush for me, in 1978 i think. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 16:22
| 'Twas JT of course. I saw them play live, it was the famous one you'l see everything is from on youtube for instance. My mom told me that was prog and Iwas intrigued. So I went to the library and she told me which of the vinyls there were classics and the rest is just history ;) |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 16:24
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Coheed and Cambria. If they don't count, it was the Mars Volta This combination in to prog is a lot more common than one might think. -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 16:27
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I got into Pink Floyd from the Alan Parsons Project, so Pink Floyd it is. I would be very surprised if anyone got into prog through Magma. That would be really, *really* awesome though. |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 16:29
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Pink Floyd > King Crimson > Yes > Jethro tull...... ------------- 
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 16:31
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I kind of grew up with all sorts of music, my elder brother and sister would play Camel, Alan Parsons Project and PFloyd, but they are 9 and 10 years older so I didn't really take much notice, my Dad was playing music and another brother was playing disco...........
I was 14 when I first heard Marillion's Script and Pendragon's The Jewel. A friends older brother played them to me.......... that was 1985...............
 The rest is history! It was love at first listen, it's like it all amde sense, think about what your average 14 yr old was listening to in 1985, it was an easy choice! |
Posted By: Philip
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 16:40
| Pink Floyd, when I was about 7 or 8 years old. |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 16:51
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Am I the only one with Crimso? There were some proggish or prog related bands before it, though, but they don't count.
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Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 17:30
| UK - Danger Money |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 17:36
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It was undoubtedly Yes: i dunno about anyone else here, but it was the keyboard solo from Roundabout that got me into prog. i'd never heard anything like it in my life, and i loved it! i wanted more, so i searched and found a lot more of it, and my love hasn't changed.
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 17:45
| Tool but I didn't know what was "prog" until Dream Theater. |
Posted By: Dr. Prog
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 17:47
I know what you mean. I had to think hard back to 1973-4 and try to place which I heard first----the Moody Blues, or Yes, no doubt from Roundabout on the radio. It was close, but I am positive it would have been Nights In White Satin, and I am sure Yes followed shortly after, then ELP and Floyd. Strangely enough, it would be a little while longer before I really got into Genesis, circa 1976. I think I was even into Kansas before I was into Genesis, as Kansas had some exposure on TV and radio and you never saw Genesis or heard them on the radio back then.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 18:13
mine... oh yes... the one good thing my father did... was get me hooked on this album.. if there was a starting place for me.. it was here... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 18:33
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^ wow Mike, what an interesting starter ..this is always a hard question for me, my very first intro was hearing Tarkus as a little kid, loving that space-age cover but being rather confused by the music ..by about 11 I'd gotten Hemispheres - again cause of the artwork - but this time I like the music (though it still baffled me), it wasn't till high school I found out Rush were actually cool  , and from there it was a gradual immersion into Yes, Tull, Mahavishnu, KC, and the proggie metal of Sabbath and Maiden |
Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 18:35
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 18:44
I got my love of prog at an early age but didn't really go whole hog till the last 5 years or so.. my parents both loved music, of ALL types, and had it playing all the time.. there are some albums.. that stayed with me.. through 30 odd years... like ELO2 ...my mom had it on 8-track. I mentioned it in my review... wow.. just completely blew me away as a kid. I was taken away to place ...very very far away. Damn... need to hear that album again. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 19:00
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Dream Theater.
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Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 19:04
| For me it was TOOL,The Mars Volta,Rush |
Posted By: ClassicRocker
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 19:09
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ELP - getting to hear BSS, Trilogy, Tarkus, & Works 1. Then several years passed before my next major discovery in the "true prog" world, Yes w/ The Yes Album. ------------- 
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Posted By: elpprogster
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 19:12
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For me was Triumvirat; in the early 80´s he lent me his old D90 tape including the bands "Spartacus" and "Old Loves Die Hard" albuns. I imediatly loved such kind of music. The funny thing is that the didn´t have any sticker identifying the band/albuns and even my brother didn´t remember who was the band on the tape. Then I walked by several record stores, putting the tape to play before the people and during a lot of time, nobody knew which band was... some bet on Barclay James Harvest, some even Jethro Tull. The curious thing is that the 1976 album "Old Loves Die Hard" was nº 1 at portuguese album chart at its time! |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 21:04
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Actually, Kansas and Rush were the first bands that I got into back in the late 70's/early 80's, but never really was aware of a progressive genre. Probably getting into Marillion and Spock's Beard made me start to explore other bands, though. E ------------- 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 21:13
| FLOYD with The Wall then Tull with TAAB and at the same time Yes classics. |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 21:24
| Hmmmmm, good question. I can't remember. One moment in time I am listening to the Monkees then one day I wake up and Tangerine Dream is playing. How the years blend together as time goes on. All I know is I am going to see my favorite band of all time (YES) in August and I am pumped. Yup, I listened to them lots back in the 70's as a teen. |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: May 09 2008 at 21:29
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Genesis. First album that I ever purchased with my own money was the shapes album.
------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: zicIy
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 01:49
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GENESIS, "Trespass" album ( vinyl ). after so many years that album still to be my fav stuff of Gabriel era, although i dont like that satirical "The Knife" song since my first listening untill now so much as i like other tracks aswell. my fav song from the album is "Looking For Someone". also, i´v been and i still to be highly pleased by that specific sound of "Trespass" album, probably unpremeditated by the band, but this is a majestic sound anyway. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 02:15
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I started with Uriah Heep, not knowing they were Prog or even what Prog was. Then my official start was with Yessongs, when I became a moderate fan, after a year or two I listened Frágil playing Genesis covers and became a total proghead. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 02:20
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Dream Theater. i was a nu metal/hardcore guy before i heard them. A google search turned up DT on progarchives and the rest is history. i barely listen to them anymore but thank God for them. otherwise id still be headbanging to fred durst and Korn. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: zicIy
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 03:53
hey, my first concert of some great band was Uriah Heep, in Belgrade, ex-Yugoslavia. i´v been 13 yrs old. it was "High And Mighty" tour, if i can remmember well. one great show anyway, but i´v been thinking that they were a hard rock band, untill i saw them at PA.
 Greetings!
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 04:24
| Even though I had previous aquaintances with Queen and The Moody Blues, my first proper introduction to progressive rock was when my father played me for the first time In The Court of the Crimson King. Instant love. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 06:09
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Dream Theater initially, and Yes, Pink Floyd, Focus and Genesis very soon after. ------------- 
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Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 06:45
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Rush. (I voted "Other") Really, the first band I labeled as Prog though, was Dream Theater. Then PF and many others. But I'd heard Rush first! |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 08:01
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Pink Floyd, but I did not know at that time that they are prog or something like that, and what is progressive rock at all.
Things really started with Images and Words, then revisiting Floyd, and then came the other bands.
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Posted By: jetson
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 10:28
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Other: Rush Then I began listening to Floyd  ------------- 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 14:16
Strangely I do feel the same with most of Heavy Prog bands, not being prog. This is for no discussion(please), just a thought of mine, that I really can't see Uriah Heep, Atomic Rooster, Black Widow being PROG. Even though long compositions, the label doesn't fit them, IMHO of course. Just maybe Heep cause the Roger Dean's cover. I love Salisbury but as an overall album none of there's are prog, they have 1 or 2 fabolous prog songs but that's it. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: May 10 2008 at 14:27
| Well, I hope the thread starter doesn't think I want to look cool, because I don't... Anyway, my initial entry into prog came in the early Seventies, when I was all of 11 years old, through an Italian band called Delirium. If you're interested in knowing more, check my review of their debut album, Dolce acqua. After that, I went on to explore the other historic RPI bands of the time, such as New Trolls, PFM and Banco, and a few years later the English giants, such as King Crimson, Pink Floyd and Genesis. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: May 11 2008 at 00:22
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Its hard to say which group really did it because I think it all came about in one blur. I know I listened to Dream Theater, Yes, and Rush before Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Genesis, King Crimson, and ELP. However, when I got ITCOTCK and Selling England by the Pound, I took a much bigger interest in prog. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: May 11 2008 at 05:40
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Pink Floyds The Wall and Dream Theaters Images and Words were the first prog albums I heard.
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Posted By: MusicalSalmacis
Date Posted: May 11 2008 at 18:48
| First to vote for Magma!! *proud* |
Posted By: Dr. Prog
Date Posted: May 11 2008 at 19:58
I knew if I threw Magma in there, someone would bite.
 Surprised it took this long. |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: May 11 2008 at 20:18
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Late 60s - I heard and liked some songs from Moody Blues, Procol Harum, Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd. I was 11-12 then and had no idea it was art-rock, space-rock, whatever.
1970 - I went with friends and cousins to a music festival and heard O Terço here:
http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=-jz7GJC895s - http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=-jz7GJC895s
Yes, I was there that day and remember quite well the impression it left on me. Someone, older than I, whispered in my ears that it was "symphonic rock" -it got me immediately... later that year I got their first album and a bit later "Atom Heart Mother" and "Meddle" from Pink Floyd.
I don't know the good soul who posted those 37 seconds from 1970, but it still gives me chills when hearing/seeing, having passed almost 40 years. ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: kenmartree
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 01:03
As many people have said, we didn't know what Prog was in the 70's. A lot of what we consider prog was played on the radio, but I credit my uncle who was 11 years older than me for introducing me to prog when I was a preteen. In his collection were ELP (Tarkus my fav then and now), Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd and Porcol Harem. In 75 I started my own collection and added Genesis, Rush, Roxy and KC, only Roxy was my personal find, all the others I found out because of friends. but I knew noone who had Roxy, I walked into the record store one day, saw the cover of Siren and took a chance, a good one.
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 02:18
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ELP followed by KC then Yes,Genesis,PF......... I have grown fond of Zappa and Beefheart. Very eclectic music from these guys. |
Posted By: cesar polo
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 03:40
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It was Pink Floyd's "Wish you were here". At that time (1976) it was the opening music for a disco club I used to go. I liked very much, I buy the record and then "Dark side of the moon", and then Genesis's "Wind & Wuthering"...
Recently I'm working as a DJ in a disco club when they organize some "retro party", and I always start the session with some Pink Floyd song...just as a reminder of those glorious times
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 03:41
| Jethro Tull and their Songs from the wood album from 1977. It was back in 1992, the first prog album i heard. |
Posted By: cosmic_owl
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 08:58
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I've been listening to Tull and Rush since birth I think. I found the Moody Blues because of the Beatles, and I've always loved Floyd. But I always thought of them as more psychedelic rock than prog rock. Yes made me aware of the genre, so I voted Yes. ------------- ~The Great Owl Hath Spoken~ |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 09:48
| Yes |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 10:08
Well, your question wasn't about preference, it was about who got you into prog, which would:
a) explain why it took this long and
b) make your use of the :rolleyes somewhat odd... presumably MS did get into prog via Magma, and presumably, he would've voted other if you hadn't included them.
Also, do you have a vendetta against Magma? Just curious...
I love Magma (as I'm sure you well know; you've called me out on it several times), but I wouldn't pick them for this poll because it would be a downright lie.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 12:45
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There really was no single entryway for me. I'd have to start with the top seven selections and add a few more.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Dr. Prog
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 12:55
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response below |
Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 12:55
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I'm glad we agree
Also keep in mind that my post is light-hearted and curious, not attacking you (the one you quoted).
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Posted By: Dr. Prog
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 12:59
Absolutely no vendetta. I have seen Magma twice live, have a DVD and several albums. I threw Magma in there because I get a kick out of some of you Magma fanboys, whom there are quite a few here. I just wanted to see who would say, yeah, I got into prog via Magma. While its possible I suppose, its just not very likely, given their relative obscurity as an avante garde French band (in comparison to the Big 5) and due to the complexity of their music. Its not likely that someone would initially get into prog via Magma, but discover Magma after getting into prog via other groups.
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Posted By: Pnoom!
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 13:10
Alright, fair enough.
I would protest, but I am guilty as charged. That said, I get a kick out of some of your fanboyisms as well, so I don't feel too bad
I would say the poll results reflect that... of 101 votes, Magma has garnered all of 1.
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Posted By: manray
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 19:03
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Mine was 'Focus' AMAZING GROUP |
Posted By: cosmic_owl
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 19:45
I was thinking about buying Hamburger Concerto today online, but I bought Relayer by Yes instead. But Focus is definitely next.  ------------- ~The Great Owl Hath Spoken~ |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 19:51
| All of the above. |
Posted By: Dr. Prog
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 19:57
???You got albums by all 7 bands at the same time and simultaneously got into prog by listening to them all at the same time?
commitment issues.......?
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Posted By: cosmic_owl
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 20:16
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Talk about a sensory overload.
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Posted By: Imadofus
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 20:28
It was Shine On You Crazyy Diamond 
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Imadofus - last.fm |
Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 21:05
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It was Yes. My older brother had The Yes Album and Fragile in his record collection. The first record I bought on my own was Close To The Edge and it blew my young mind! ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 21:10
Your avatar describes well that moments
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: May 12 2008 at 23:09
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Although I had the Dark side of the moon (just cause you have to have it) and I liked it, it wasnt until I heard King Crimson that I got stuck with prog
------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: esprit
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 02:00
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Had to be Yes.
I had earlier heard Court of the Crimson King, which got my attention but I didn't dive into it.
I first heard Yes at my very first rock concert (Mott the Hoople in Tunbridge Wells, Kent). They had been playing tunes over the PA during setup. Shortly before the band was ready, they played Yours is no disgrace off the just-released Yes album. I was absolutely blown away and hooked for life. ------------- Michael Dunn Program Director www.planetnerve8.com |
Posted By: Altti_H
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 03:21
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Hi, I started with ELP self-titled when it was released. After that I listened a lot of earlier music as well, Nice, Beggars Opera etc. but ELP was the one that opened "bandoras box" for me. And the box has been open since that. -- |
Posted By: DAVE M
Date Posted: May 13 2008 at 03:25
| THE GROUNDHOGS - SAW THEM AT THE TENDER AGE OF 17 ON TOP OF THE POPS PLAYING THEIR 'SIGNATURE' CHERRY RED. WAS ONLY USED TO TRACKS LASTING 3 MINUTES SO THIS AT 6 MINS WAS REAL 'UNDERGROUND' STUFF - AND TS MCPHEE IS STILL GOING STRONG - PLAYING IN RUNCORN ON 31ST MAY AGED 64! |
Posted By: Dr.No.7134
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 17:30
| Tool-I didnt even listen to music before i found tool |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 17:36
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A mixture of The Mars Volta and Coheed and Cambria...
yes my past didn't change since last time I posted in this thread. ------------- <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 17:54
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almost simultaneously, Genesis and Yes...Rush & Marillion followed shortly afterwards... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 17:56
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Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord to be precise - had been listening to a lot of folk & psychedelic-pop up until then, but this album turned my head completely, more so than Sgt Pepper at the time. ------------- What? |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 17:58
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Real headscratcher that one...who could it be...? ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 19:07
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Well back when I was getting a band together in my earlier Junior High years, I was getting into all kinds of classic rock. I was downloading a lot of Pink Floyd off of iTunes, and I thought they were cool. So like all things I think are cool, I researched them. Wikipedia said they were categorized as something under prog rock. I looked up prog rock but really didn't get the Wikipedia defenition of it. It also mentioned something about a band called King Crimson defining the genre. So I listened to the song "In the Court of the Crimson King".
So back then, I thought prog was basically slow music with keyboards. ------------- 
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 19:11
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Dream Theater. ------------- 
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Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 19:33
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I found an old 8track player in a used speedboat that my parents bought and it had one 8 track with it (some Motown crap if I remember correctly.) I promptly went out and bought John William's soundtrack to the Star Wars film. (Yep this dates me.) That Christmas my parents bought me four 8 tracks and two of them were Fragile and The Yes Album. I've been hooked ever since. |
Posted By: The Great Destroyer
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 03:17
| Pink Floyd, although I think King Crimson made me love the genre. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 03:38
Same for me. -------------
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Posted By: Treasure
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 12:23
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Yes. My dad played me The Heart of the Sunrise and I haven't looked back since. ------------- 
http://www.last.fm/user/YertGuy - http://www.last.fm/user/YertGuy |