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zoviet 
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 Topic: Which bands/artists opened the prog portal?Posted: August 03 2012 at 21:15 |
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there will surely be that 1 or 2 bands or albums that dragged you kicking and screaming into the blackhole that is prog! I', gonna name 2 of my fav bands ever whom because of my obsession with their awesomeness got me hooked onto prog like a sick junkie whore, always craving more more related yet adventurous sounds, and what i was led to hahaha:
TORTOISE - Can, Neu, Faust, krautrock - Yes, Camel - This Heat - Shadowfax and new age fusion, worldbeat - Spyro Gyra, Yellowjackets, smooth jazz fusion - Bitches Brew, In a silent way SUPERSILENT - King Crimson, especially the dbl trio incarnation and Projeckts - rest of electric Miles catalogue - ECM, Terje rypdal - Tangerine Dream - New age synth - classic 70s jazz fusion
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Horizons
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Posted: August 03 2012 at 21:58 |
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Rush.
Forever grateful. Edited by Horizons - August 03 2012 at 21:59 |
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Ambient Hurricanes
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Posted: August 03 2012 at 22:32 |
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^Same here, they were both my introduction to the vast world of progressive rock music and my music teachers, in a way; listening to them basically taught me how to compose and also opened to me a whole new world of theoretical musical thought.
The only other big "gateway" band after them for me was maudlin of the Well, they opened the door to extreme metal and all of the more experimental stuff. |
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Mirror Image
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Posted: August 03 2012 at 22:46 |
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The initial song that opened me up to progressive rock?
This: My Dad played this record and told me that I sounded a lot like Fripp on guitar. I said "Who?" Then he put on the record, I never looked back.
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Posted: August 03 2012 at 23:03 |
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In order in which I got into them:
Dream Theater Opeth Rush Phish Pink Floyd Once I realized I was listening to prog: Return to Forever Yes Dream Theater (with new realization) King Crimson Gentle Giant Brand X I also enjoyed The Flower Kings "In the Eyes of the World" and Transatlantic's "All Of The Above" and "My New World" when I was new to prog in 2005, but didn't really get into those bands until 2009. |
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Jazz-rock conspiracy? Zappa and Miles played at the same festivals in the summer of '69 right BEFORE Hot Rats AND Bitches Brew were recorded. |
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Mr. Maestro
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Posted: August 03 2012 at 23:19 |
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Kansas introduced me to prog as a genre. After them, I got into Pink Floyd, Rush, and Yes. Other classic bands soon followed, but those four were the first.I didn't find out about modern prog until I stumbled across Rocket Scientists; if it weren't for them, I would've been stuck listening to 70s bands for the rest of my life. For this reason they're still a little special to me, even though they don't get much attention.
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Posted: August 03 2012 at 23:39 |
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2112 really started it, Genesis declared my love for it.
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richardh
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 01:45 |
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Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends ,We're So Glad You Could Attend, Come Inside Come Inside |
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sleeper
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 05:40 |
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Pink Floyd Dream Theater Symphony X These were the four bands that got me started, almost 10 years ago now. |
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 07:48 |
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My first two albums were Rick Wakemanses: Journey To The Centre Of The Earth and King Arthur though they didn't kick open the door. Also I fell in love with one ELP track - Toccata. My brother had this Best Of Genesis double album that was actually a combo of Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot. That did the trick.
 I also remember my brother having an 8-Track of Jethro Tull's Warchild that he brought along on a family trip. When it came time to put in a new tape I was thinking cool do that one thinking of Beverly Hillbillies (Jethro Bodine character). As I recall it didn't stay in too long.  Also remember The Who's theme from Tommy being played on the way to Mammoth Cave. It was either 8-Track or radio. After my parent's divorce, my brother took the lead in bringing prog into the family. My mom even got hooked on Santana, Kansas, and the Dixie Dregs in particular. My sister never got the bug. My dad remarried and got into Country-Western.My mom bought the tickets to my first concert which was prog - Kansas. She picked up enough for the family, one of my middle school friends and a couple of my brother's friends. (treat) In thanks one of my brother's friends gave my mom one of his beat up acoustic guitars. That was the first instrument I got my hands on. The first song I was able to play along to, sort of, was Roxy Music's Bogus Man (live). Also I think, I can do a reasonable singing approximation of Bryan Ferry. Edited by Slartibartfast - August 04 2012 at 08:03 |
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 08:57 |
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Tricky question, mostly because a lot of the stuff I listened to prior to my involvement with PA is listed here under Krautrock, psych and electronic. I just didn't know it was 'prog' - as a matter of fact, I didn't know what prog was before I visited this site
I've listened to Pink Floyd ever since I was a small kid - baby sperm. Similarly, I've had Samla Mammas Manna records in my collection since I was 12 - even if I failed to hear the attraction for a looong time Amon Düül ll, Can, Neu!, LA Düsseldorf and the likes I quite enjoyed all through high school - though yet again: I didn't know squat about prog. The thing that lead me to this place was however Porcupine Tree's Deadwing. Upon visiting PA, I suddenly realised just how much of the music I had in my collection was considered progressive. So yeah Pink Floyd is the obvious bet, but in reality I wouldn't know how to answer this question truthfully.
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 09:59 |
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I was listening to prog way before I knew what it was, bands like Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Zeppelin, Sabbath and a lot more. But when I got King Crimson ITCOTCK I realized that this genre what ever it is might be bigger, then I got Red and understood that I found my direction.
PROGRESSIVE!!!!!!!
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Wu Bi Shuai
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 11:12 |
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Rush, Pink Floyd, and Supertramp were my gateway bands. Shortly after I learned that there was such a thing called prog. After I found this site I realized how much there was left to listen.
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 12:18 |
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Pink Floyd
Rush Dream Theater Tool yep
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I grew up listening to a lot of classical and jazz, and in my pre-teens I went rummaging through a drawer with my Dad's old records and found ELP's Pictures at an Exhibition. That cracked open the door. In college a friend introduced me to Dream Theater. I slowly started liking them, and I remember hating Metropolis Pt. 1. But for some reason part of the instrumental section stuck in my head and I kept hearing it in my brain, so I had to listen again. After a couple more listens I didn't HATE it anymore...and then I had an epiphany where I started to piece together some of the cool musical things they were doing with compound time and such, and that's when the door blew wide open and I was hooked. After that, other music I used to listen to slowly started becoming boring to me and all I wanted was more prog.
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Andy Webb
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 12:34 |
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^That's a long winded way to say Dream Theater.
I listened to SFAM and was done.
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 12:48 |
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In the spring of 1985, a friend lent me his copy of the Triumvirat album Illusions On A Double Dimple. I had seen the album with the mouse in the egg shell before, but found it a puzzling cover, and had previously found prog kind of puzzling and inaccessible.
Hearing Illusions opened the door for me in a really big way. |
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 13:58 |
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I got hooked on JT a couple of years ago. This very video clip did the trick.
When I read that they played Progressive Rock I decided to explore that genre. I first discovered and fall in love with Gentle Giant, and then King Crimson's ITCOTCK. After that I discovered PA, and the rest is, as the say, history.
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 13:59 |
Me too  Well, them and Yes. My parents played them alot while I was growing up.
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Posted: August 04 2012 at 15:29 |
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I first heard ITCOTCK in 1970, got hooked on Mellotrons & never went back....first vinyl LP I ever bought was "In The Wake of Poseidon"....was into "The Yes Album" when it first came out, and then "Fragile"....the first ELP album was hugely popular at my high school, 1970....
Age has its advantages!
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