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Poll Question: Did you first discover prog when you got online?
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    Posted: November 29 2023 at 10:54
I'm just curious how many prog fans first discovered prog online versus before you first went online. For me it's before I got online.

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Discovered it online I suppose, the term and main artists. First heard Floyd's 'Money' on the radio. First exposure to Prog! An epic moment! (Also got Pizza in the same trip Tongue)
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At least 95% of the prog I listen to today I've discovered through ProgArchives. Thumbs Up
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"Online" was probably 20 years in the future at the time I discovered prog...
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I guess these forums are dominated by old farts like me, so before the Internet times. I only discovered prog in the early/mid 80s when it was still called symphonic rock in my country. A subscription to a symphonic rock magazine (called Sym Info at that time) made me discover many other and to me new bands that were not played on the radio. The local library helped a lot too to make me discover lots of more other prog bands...

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I discovered it before the Earth formed. I'm older than an ironing board.
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Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

Discovered it online I suppose, the term and main artists. First heard Floyd's 'Money' on the radio. First exposure to Prog! An epic moment! (Also got Pizza in the same trip Tongue)

A pop tune for the radio, nothing more.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

Discovered it online I suppose, the term and main artists. First heard Floyd's 'Money' on the radio. First exposure to Prog! An epic moment! (Also got Pizza in the same trip Tongue)

A pop tune for the radio, nothing more.


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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

I discovered it before the Earth formed. I'm older than an ironing board.


I don't believe you.

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I am immortal and hundreds of years ago when i was hanging out with Nostradamus, he prognosticated prog to coalesce in the 20th century. We peeked through his crystal ball and watched a Yes concert from 1971. I was hooked and spent the next few centuries in agony because the gods forbid me to access the future in order to incorporate ideas into the current timeline on which i resided. As soon as the actual 60s hit i was dognapped and taken to an iceworld where i lay dormant for decades and didn't emerge from my cryogenic cocoon until the 21st century so most prog i discovered has been online although i was teased with glimpses of a distant future in a previous indognation.

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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

I am immortal and hundreds of years ago when i was hanging out with Nostradamus, he prognosticated prog to coalesce in the 20th century. We peeked through his crystal ball and watched a Yes concert from 1971. I was hooked and spent the next few centuries in agony because the gods forbid me to access the future in order to incorporate ideas into the current timeline on which i resided. As soon as the actual 60s hit i was dognapped and taken to an iceworld where i lay dormant for decades and didn't emerge from my cryogenic cocoon until the 21st century so most prog i discovered has been online although i was teased with glimpses of a distant future in a previous indognation.

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We didn't have online in the late 60s, but my big brother had a cool record collection for me to explore when he wasn't around. There was also "underground" FM radio.

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I'm honestly surprised there aren't more who said "yes" on here so far. Maybe they are still in school. Tongue
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No - before I got online, because as you said...
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I discovered progressive music back in the late 60s. I really got into it in the early 70s, and never looked back, even though I still like some other genres of music, like classical, folk, Blues, and some world/ethnic music.
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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

No - before I got online, because as you said...



Hey, I'm sure no one on here actually looks like that since this is a prog site and not an aging porn stars website. Wink


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Didn't know it was called prog until the 90's. 

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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Didn't know it was called prog until the 90's. 

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Online is the internet. 
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