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Mortte
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Lemon Kittens & Deluge Grander. First one is really great, Grander is ok, but I could have live without it.
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PolarWolf
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I've found many new bands and artists here. Most important being Robert Wyatt, PFM, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and Magma. Especially Magma was a great discovery. Their music is very interesting and unique and I hadn't heard anything about Magma or Zeuhl before.
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Meltdowner
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progaardvark
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Before this site existed, I was already discovering new bands via GEPR, Progression magazine, Jerry Lucky's Progressive Rock Files, and what was left of the rec.music.progressive newsgroup. So it would be very difficult to separate which source I discovered a band in because I failed to document it. I am absolutely certain that I have discovered more on PA since circa 2007 than any previous source. The number would be in the hundreds I'm sure, but one big one I had missed that was due to PA was Gentle Giant.
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Jeffro
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Just to name a few PFM Soft Machine Mahavishnu Orchestra Mars Volta Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson And a whole bunch of more obscure one shot type bands who maybe made one or two albums before vanishing I also gained a newer appreciation for bands like Tull, (early)Kansas, King Crimson, ELP, and Pink Floyd. Some bands, like Genesis, I knew about but had never really plunged into their prog years. Now I have and I love it. I only wish I had found this site many years earlier
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Chaser
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I became a PA member only recently, but had been looking at the site for several years before I joined.
Whilst I was already very familiar with the big UK based prog bands, I wouldn't have dreamed of looking at prog bands from Italy, Germany, France, etc... until I got on this site. So it has opened up a whole new world of music to me. The big band that I had missed was Van der Graaf Generator, and it was an absolute treat to get into them after seeing how highly they were rated on PA. VdGG now rank as one of my favourite bands of all time. I'm currently getting into the Canterbury scene, which had largely passed me by, based on the ratings on PA, and it's a journey I'm very much enjoying. Hoping to discover much more in the future from this site, and I think I will!
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SteveG
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I don't think PA introduced me to many new artists but PA did help me to come to enjoy neo prog groups more than I did years ago. Many great reviews, especially from Lazland, helped to broaden my appreciation.
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lazland
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Ooh, you do say the nicest things I really must get back to reviewing...... |
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SteveG
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Edited by SteveG - August 17 2018 at 10:45 |
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Squonk19
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Where PA works best for me is finding out much more detail about bands and albums I have heard about elsewhere. Prog Magazine, Morow prog radio and 'word of mouth' remain my usual starting points, but then the PA summaries, reviews and the many recommendations and opinions expressed on this forum really add to my knowledge and help me plunge into a band or particular album with more confidence and understanding of what to expect.
Over the last year or two, I have grown much more familiar with the work of Gentle Giant and Hogarth-era Marillion - both of which I neglected over the years, as a direct result of forum posts and opinions. I caught up with a number of bands, such as Twelfth Night, who passed me by first time round. I've even dabbled with more left-field choices (for me at least) such as Magma and Can? I have also been able to get several new releases immediately as a result of posts on this forum. |
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philipemery
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PA has helped me discover:
Island Mutiny in Jonestown (love you Dennis) Fireballet Mithrandir Quill (1977) Lift Spektakel Pulsar Among many many others. I love it because it has been my number one source for finding amazing one album wonders. Edited by philipemery - August 17 2018 at 11:08 |
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Barbu
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Not prog, does not belong here. Colorless, lifeless, insipid, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring and...unstimulating. |
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philipemery
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Also: Lime and limpid green. |
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But the sun is eclipsed by the moon. -- Pink Floyd
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SteveG
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SteveG
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A second scene A fight between the blue you once knew Floating down, the sound resounds Around the icy waters underground Jupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania Neptune, Titan Stars can frighten Ohoooh Ohoooh Ohoooooooh |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Lemon Kittens aren't on PA though. I've heard of them anyway so not a big deal to me. The greek band Lemonade Influence is though(apparently they are weird but then again so are lemon kittens).
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Squonk19
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C'est magnifique, Barbu! |
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octopus-4
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Too many for me too, and despite being in the same team, Hyrrokkin and Cardiacs are the only two that I can say that I "know" from the ones mentioned above.
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Barbu
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Squonky! |
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Squonk19
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^ That beer on the other thread looks great! Cheers!
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