Can you remember the first ever prog rock band you

The first Progressive Rock band I heard and liked was King Crimson. I believe it was in 1971. The album was In The Wake Of Poseidon.....an album often compared to In The Court Of The Crimson King in a poor attempt to repeat it. I could never really see it that way obviously because Poseidon was my introduction to K.C. and not the Court and for me it was like hearing a new style of music . Their style in the early days was sinister and poetic. Their ballads were dramatically pretentious. At age 15 this is what I loved because it brought me escapism.

I went overboard collecting every Crimson album and their off spring. I bought Centipede Septober Energy solely on the fact that it featured ex Crimson members and that Bob Fripp helped produce it. I spent years searching for a bootleg recording of Abracadabra..an album that Fripp recorded with a witch communicating with the dead. A total preposterous notion. The way the album is described I'm not sure if I'd like it.

When Mort Garson recorded occult albums they were done well. The pieces were extremely creepy , but they were musical and contained melodies over top of creative ideas that are appealing to this day.

Islands, Lizard, and Court I bought immediately and I began listening to all 4 of the early albums. I was lost in their music and at age 15 it was overwhelming and impressionable like I stepped into another world not unlike the primrose path of mental cohesiveness...a dark new world where things do not seem like they should be...but then again..they never were.

Progishness wrote: Pink Floyd.

I remember now (but it wasn't Queensryche). As a teenager in the nineties I listened mostly to classical music and classic rock (inspired by Tour of Duty). A classmate let me hear music from Megadeth, Pantera, Queensryche and Dream Theater. Bit too metalic for my taste at the time. Although I did like Erotomania from DT's Awake. Then I had to go into hospital for toncil surgery and recovered for 2 weeks. First week I couldn't bare much more than listening music and that's when Awake really clicked. Few weeks after that, I discovered Savatage's Gutter Ballad. So, Dream Theater and Savatage are the first prog bands that got my love for prog going.

YES!!!

The first prog band I fell in love with was probably Yes. I remember loving "Tempus Fugit" and watching the music video when I was little.