A young prog fan here to say... we exist *shrug*

Yeah I confirm, we exist, I'm 18 yo

ClosetothSupperBrick wrote: Today is my 20th birthday! I was born in this century but I like prog and I am here to simply state that. (I'm also a woman who likes prog but whatevs :D ). I was introduced to prog rock by my dad but I took it further than him... he only really likes Pink Floyd, Rush, Porcupine Tree and Steve Hogarth Marillion. I learned to appreciate this kind of music, and thus I never remembered once being on the same page, music taste-wise, as my peers and it was a bit isolating. I learned to not give a sh*t (are we allowed to use profanity here? *edit: I guess not) about what anyone else thinks, but it is funny having someone ask what my music taste is... they don't expect the answer to be prog rock, that's for sure. When I harnessed the power of the Internet, forums like this, rateyourmusic and others, as well as the obvious music-finding apps/websites Youtube, Spotify, Pandora to a lesser extent, I found more and more music that fit my tastes, which I didn't know at the time, was more proggy and obscure than my dad, who introduced me to it in the first place So, now I like Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Van Der Graaf Generator, JTull, Camel, Renaissance, PFM and Banco and recently came across the beauty of Anglagard's Hybris thanks to this site. I am pretty sure my dad has never listened to half of those bands. This will forever be MY genre, and I hope to find even more bands that can rank as highly as those that I listed. Additional note: it took a while for almost every band to really click, likely cause I have ADHD and zoned out too much in the long epics lol. VDGG and GG were especially difficult to get into but now have many highly ranked songs on my all time fav songs list

cstack3 wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: cstack3 wrote: I discovered prog at the gentle age of 12, when a friend of mine played his older brother's copy of ITCOTCK. This was in 1970.  I was instantly hooked by the lush, rich sound of Mellotrons and never went back!   So yes, dear Santa, it is possible for the young to find and enjoy prog.   Maybe not super easy these days for a younger person to find out about prog(or anyone who's not already a fan for that matter) but it's certainly easier now than any period of time since the 70's.  We greybeards must help them!  I was teaching high school biology, and my kids know I'm a musician, so they asked what bands I like.  I told them Yes and King Crimson.  Within minutes, one of the lads had pulled up live CTTE on his cell phone and was showing it around!   It just takes a spark.  Teach the young.  I had too much musical equipment lying around, so I donated thousands of dollars worth to a Chicago charity called Girls Rock Chicago before we moved.  It was appreciated so I'm told.   If I were in Chicago, I'd be giving Chris Squire bass guitar lessons!  https://girlsrockchicago.org

cstack3 wrote: I discovered prog at the gentle age of 12, when a friend of mine played his older brother's copy of ITCOTCK. This was in 1970.  I was instantly hooked by the lush, rich sound of Mellotrons and never went back!   So yes, dear Santa, it is possible for the young to find and enjoy prog.

bloody young people 

I discovered prog at the gentle age of 12, when a friend of mine played his older brother's copy of ITCOTCK. This was in 1970. 

Edited by cstack3 - September 10 2020 at 14:16

twosteves wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: twosteves wrote: read an article in the NY Times that smart college students were more likely to enjoy prog---that is true as I am very smart  what seems to be absolutely true is young musicians --especially those who study jazz or classical definitely appreciate prog even if they think it can be pretentious or annoying.  Is that a recent article or from a while ago? while ago.

twosteves wrote: read an article in the NY Times that smart college students were more likely to enjoy prog---that is true as I am very smart  what seems to be absolutely true is young musicians --especially those who study jazz or classical definitely appreciate prog even if they think it can be pretentious or annoying.

I turned 41 recently, but I consider myself "young" to Prog because I discovered it a little late in my life, at about 16 or 18 years old. Besides, Prog is practically unknown in this forsaken corner of the world, so I had to wait for the internet to become an accessible tool to become acquainted with this wonderful music. And that happened here until the very late 90's!

As it is, I am barely discovering those giants you talk about. Rush was my first contact with prog in the mid 80's, although at the time I wasn't aware of the genre it belonged to. Then came Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Symphony X, and later on, the truly classic progsters, like ELP, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Genesis, and more recently, Camel.

I am still in the beginning of the learning process. I'm in awe of all these PA veterans who have so much knowledge of pretty obscure bands and subgenres. And I am also very grateful for sites like this that teach me so much of those amazing bands and these amazing fans

Also younger here. 22.75 years of age thereabouts. Welcome. It also took me a while to warm up to certain acts or albums. Even ones I now worship, and that are influential in my own writing.