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I'm 16 and got into prog last year, with early Genesis as the gateway, then found Yes, ELP and some Italian bands. Definitely a minority and possibly the youngest prog head ever. Could someone to recommended some good modern bands because they seem underwhelming compared the 70s stuff?...
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Originally posted by james_lagan james_lagan wrote:

I'm 16 and got into prog last year, with early Genesis as the gateway, then found Yes, ELP and some Italian bands. Definitely a minority and possibly the youngest prog head ever. Could someone to recommended some good modern bands because they seem underwhelming compared the 70s stuff?...

Two of my current favourite modern prog bands are Astra and Mostly Autumn, and also Blackmore's Night if you like a bit of proggy Folk. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Also, and I could be wrong(and hope I am)but it seems like most younger fans(20's)either aren't into or don't know about the somewhat lesser known older prog bands such as Barclay James Harvest, Eloy, Triumvirat, Starcastle, Strawbs, Nektar, Greenslade, PFM, Curved Air, Happy the Man, Grobschnitt, Banco, Earth and Fire, Ange, Finch, etc etc. 
 
I'm just about old enough to have heard of all of those bands., although I'm not sure about Ange. Smile

I'm not overly familiar but Ange were a French band similar to early Genesis.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Also, and I could be wrong(and hope I am)but it seems like most younger fans(20's)either aren't into or don't know about the somewhat lesser known older prog bands such as Barclay James Harvest, Eloy, Triumvirat, Starcastle, Strawbs, Nektar, Greenslade, PFM, Curved Air, Happy the Man, Grobschnitt, Banco, Earth and Fire, Ange, Finch, etc etc. 
 
I'm just about old enough to have heard of all of those bands., although I'm not sure about Ange. Smile

I'm not overly familiar but Ange were a French band similar to early Genesis.
That sounds promising. I'd probably like Ange if they sound like early Genesis. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Also, and I could be wrong(and hope I am)but it seems like most younger fans(20's)either aren't into or don't know about the somewhat lesser known older prog bands such as Barclay James Harvest, Eloy, Triumvirat, Starcastle, Strawbs, Nektar, Greenslade, PFM, Curved Air, Happy the Man, Grobschnitt, Banco, Earth and Fire, Ange, Finch, etc etc. 
 
I'm just about old enough to have heard of all of those bands., although I'm not sure about Ange. Smile

I'm not overly familiar but Ange were a French band similar to early Genesis.
That sounds promising. I'd probably like Ange if they sound like early Genesis. Smile

That will depend on how you feel about vocals sung in French. ;)
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Ange is fantastic. I don't speak French which adds to the experience for me. If you like Ange, check out Pulsar (my favorite French group). If you can't handle vocals, try Arachnoid.
BTW, I have two daughters, ages 17 and 15. About 4 years ago took them both to see their first concert, by an incredible local band called ProgNation. In addition to a few original tunes, the band played spot-on covers of King Crimson (21st Century Schizoid Man and Court of Crimson King, if you can believe it), Pete Gabriel, Moody Blues, Genesis, Yes, ELP and other classics. I figured if they didn't like the songs of one group they might like another. They liked ALL of it, and after the show met the band who were very kind to us. In fact, it was guitarist Chris Cudo's birthday and my kids got a piece of birthday cake!
Anyway, about a week later we were in the car and I was playing an ELP compilation I'd made. They loved Lucky Man, From The Beginning and Take A Pebble, but then Tarkus came on. I figured that might be a bit too much for them so after about 30 seconds I switched to the next song.
My oldest daughter yelled at me. "What are you doing? I loved that! Put it back on!"
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Also, and I could be wrong(and hope I am)but it seems like most younger fans(20's)either aren't into or don't know about the somewhat lesser known older prog bands such as Barclay James Harvest, Eloy, Triumvirat, Starcastle, Strawbs, Nektar, Greenslade, PFM, Curved Air, Happy the Man, Grobschnitt, Banco, Earth and Fire, Ange, Finch, etc etc. 


Very often when progressive rock is mentioned on the internet or TV one will hear how the 1970s were the golden age and no new artists of note cropped up afterwards, so if anything it makes more sense to me that people who are new to the genre and want to explore its lesser known exponents would first gravitate towards bands from that era rather than bands who are currently active. Personally, I love Triumvirat, PFM and Happy The Man; I think Curved Air and Banco are okay; I don't really care about BJH, Eloy or Grobschnitt; I know of Strawbs, Nektar, Greenslade and Earth & Fire but haven't heard anything by them.
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Originally posted by james_lagan james_lagan wrote:

I'm 16 and got into prog last year, with early Genesis as the gateway, then found Yes, ELP and some Italian bands. Definitely a minority and possibly the youngest prog head ever. Could someone to recommended some good modern bands because they seem underwhelming compared the 70s stuff?...


You're right that most modern bands aren't as good as the classics (that's my opinion, it's probably a bit of rose tinted lenses though).

This is my favorite album of all time and it came out in 2008, Swedish band making Symphonic Prog pretty much like Yes, but with Beach Boys styled 5 layer vocals.




This album is considered the best album of the decade (2010s). It came out in 2018 and it is an excellent homage to classical 70s prog.
interests: Moon Safari, Gilgamesh, Egg, ELP, Soft Machine, Gong, Opeth (Everything pre watershed), Brighteye Brison, The Flower Kings
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In my 20s, I like prog
Liked it when I was 15 too
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Originally posted by BunBun BunBun wrote:

Well, it has been a while since I have posted on this site, but I am a 25 year old female and I am a huge prog fan. I have been really big into prog for probably the last 6 years or so. I love to collect vinyl and I have been slowly amassing my favorites. Phil Collins and Genesis were my gateway into the wonderful, weird world of prog and I have been a huge fan ever since. I honestly never heard of prog before until I read on wikipedia that Genesis were considered a progresssive rock band, so I told myself I needed to find out what this "progressive rock" was.

Now, that I have a vague notion on what this genre of music is because lets be honest, people are always arguing over what is and what isn't progressive rock. I especially love the symphonic side of prog but I have since gotten into the RPI genre, some zheul, some avant, some jazz fusion, neo, etc. Now my tastes are pretty eclectic.

So yes, there are definitely younger people who are into prog, however, I have to admit I haven't met many people my age who are such huge prog fans as I am. Sure people seem to like Rush and Pink Floyd but that is the extent of many peoples' knowledge of progressive rock.

Honestly, you summed it up perfectly. I also never had heard of Prog before, but I loved the music and wanted more. And just like you I travelled into the weird side worlds of prog and found even more new music.

I haven't met any prog fans aside from prog death metal fans at Opeth, and the guy at my local music shop likes modern prog like Plini, King Gizzard etc. I haven't really heard these bands yet. It's taken me years to get through all of the classic prog acts and their spin offs.


I know what you mean, I now listen to a good balance of new bands and music along with classics but it takes years to just get through some of the big classic bands but oh well, it's nice to know that there will always be new music to discover.
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Yea, I definitely should of mentioned that I was referring to the younger crowd when I made that statement.

Yep. Unfortunately that seems to be the case. I'm not(and I'm sure you're not either) referring to younger prog fans though. If the younger folks get into prog and within a few weeks they don't know about Yes, KC, Genesis, ELP, etc then they aren't paying attention or just focusing on prog metal etc. In the past(say past ten to 12 years or so)whenever I have seen a younger person in public and talked to them about their Yes t shirt it almost always turned out that they found out about them through their parents. I think many younger folks who have heard of Yes probably just think of them as "just another classic rock band" and the same thing with Genesis. Their loss. Wink  


Yea, if a person is a prog fan then they tend to be up on not only the classics but also some of the newer groups despite their age. Also, it most definitely is their loss if they think these groups are just like other classic rock groups. I know some people hate using the term prog rock or progressive rock, but I think it is good because then it can help people discover more music in the vein of yes and genesis or whatever because I wouldn't know even an eighth of the groups I now know if it wasn't for this site.
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I'm curious as to how prog fans in their 20's listen to music. I doubt it's on cd so is it mostly vinyl, streaming or downloads?


Mostly through streaming whether it's spotify or youtube. I mostly buy my music on vinyl though, and sometimes the occasional CD. I do like boxset CDs like the Flower Kings Kingdom of Coulours or Blue Effects complete collection. It's a nice space saver on the shelf lol.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Also, and I could be wrong(and hope I am)but it seems like most younger fans(20's)either aren't into or don't know about the somewhat lesser known older prog bands such as Barclay James Harvest, Eloy, Triumvirat, Starcastle, Strawbs, Nektar, Greenslade, PFM, Curved Air, Happy the Man, Grobschnitt, Banco, Earth and Fire, Ange, Finch, etc etc. 


Lol I see a pattern where I keep responding to your posts. Anyways, I am happy to say that I am into most of those groups. I'm a huge fan of Eloy, Triumvirat, Ange, PFM (my 3rd fav. group), Banco(own 8 of their best on vinyl including their newest release), Nektar. Just started listening to Greenslade about 2 weeks ago and now I'll need to hunt down their first LP. Happy the Man might be my fav. American prog group based on their first 2 LPs alone. Haven't heard of Grobschnitt and Earth and Fire, so now I'll need to listen to those at a certain point.

Anyways, I didn't start out with any of those bands as I'm sure most didn't but thanks to this site I have gladly gotten into them.
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I am 29 and have liked Prog since I was about 15.
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I'm in my 20s too! Obsessed with Camel's early streak of albums. Great tension, release, and ear for melody all around.

I 'discovered' Rush through Guitar Hero and grew to like them from that. But I also went through a phase in my teens where I was obsessed with Deep Purple - Machine Head. Not sure if it counts as prog, but the loads of ideas packed into each song and the great musicianship pulled me in


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I'm a prog fan in my 20s! Although that may be the first time I've ever acknowledged that being 21 constitutes being in my 20s, lol.

Rush and early Queen were my gateway drugs into becoming a serious prog fan (not that early Queen and Rush aren't prog, just that they're shared by the umbrella of classic rock which is what got me into music). From there it was Yes, Floyd, and Dream Theater, and later on Genesis, King Crimson, PFM, Jethro Tull, ELP and on and on.

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I'm 22. My half birthday was two days ago. That is all.
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I'm freshly 18 yo and discovered prog 2 years ago when I was 16. Needless to say that it became my favorite genre of all time. I started basically with ITCOTCK but soon got into more not so well-known styles such as RPI.

My love for prog was sealed when I heard SEBTP and CTTE for the first time (CCTE took me like 4 listens to get into but SEBTP was a one shot) and I continued with early Genesis, all the King Crimson discography, ELP etc, until I found VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR which was an absolute love at the first sight .

I don't own any spotify account, I download mp3 or flac and I collect vinyls.

On vinyl, I have bands such as :

ELP, GENESIS, YES, KING CRIMSON, MIKE OLDFIELD, OSANNA, VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, WOBBLER, JETHRO TULL, MAGMA, PETER HAMMILL, ANGE and CAMEL.

On mp3 I've downloaded :

ELP, GENESIS, YES, KING CRIMSON, MIKE OLDFIELD, OSANNA, VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR, WOBBLER, JETHRO TULL, MAGMA, PETER HAMMILL, Ange, CAMEL, PHIDEAUX, RUSH, JORDSJO, IL ROVESCIO DELLA MEDAGLIA, PREMIATA FORNERIA MARCONI, BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO, AREA, GENTLE GIANT, HARMONIUM, MUSEO ROSENBACH, LOCANDA DELLE FATE, PLAT DU JOUR, RENAISSANCE, RIVK WAKEMAN, STEVE HACKETT and ANGLAGARD.
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Well, there certainly seems to be more prog fans in their 20's than in their 30's or 40's. I just turned 50 and not many people my age are into prog because they weren't exposed to it growing up (they are mostly into metal and rap).

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