Prog fan's in your 20s

Count yourself lucky, I've never met a prog fan in person full stop. It just never reached New Zealand. All the people like my parents and people my parents age were not even 10 when the Prog era was almost over in 1972 or so. I'd love to meet any prog fan of any age to discuss music, hopefully one day I find one!

Well said

First prog song: Dark side of the moon, blew my mind but I can't really listen to it anymore

First major prog song: trilogy by ELP. I absolutely loved keyboard solos, so I loved keyboard solos in songs like this. I had recently heard Dark Side and decided to try find more music like Any Colour You Like. Found ELP - From the beginning, it was alright so decided to listen to the albums main song Trilogy. Revolutionized my music taste more than any other track. Insane chaotic synth solo that I'd never heard before. never heard 'transitions' in music, which I later learnt was called prog.

I really smashed ELP after this for the next 2 years. Found Canterbury scene, fusion, classical jazz, classical music etc after discovering prog. My favorite track atm is currently Mumps by Hatfield, or Visit to Newport Hospital by Egg.

It's worth noting that I discovered prog in 2013 and have been on a prog bender ever since. My dad was born in '63 but hates prog and general w**kiness, he was in a somewhat popular NZ Punk band in the late 70s early 80s. Not really popular, wouldn't expect anyone to know them but people occasionally do. Lately my Dad has been listening to some of my records and he is beginning to like Prog, but typically only modern stuff. Hates the hippy stuff, which in my opinion is my favorite era (1969-73) :(. He really just grew up in a time where Prog is not popular, as did I.