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fusaka 
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 Posted: March 03 2013 at 13:34 |
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Yeah 91...brain cramp. Corrected the post.
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Tapfret
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Posted: March 03 2013 at 13:58 |
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Too bad, I was really hoping I was 10 years younger than I thought.
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fusaka
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Posted: March 03 2013 at 14:21 |
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Prog Sothoth
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Posted: March 03 2013 at 15:07 |
Looking at a lot of these lists makes me envious. When I started to go to a lot of gigs, I was deep into thrash and death metal, thus the first show I saw concerning a band within these archives was Death in 1990, but of course they weren't playing anything considered 'prog' back then.  I got into more alternative stuff in the early 90's and saw Tool in 1994 in a club, but again, Undertow is hardly progressive compared to later releases. Thus I suppose the first first show I attended that could be considered actual 'prog' in a liberal sense would be Dead Can Dance in 2005. This thread has me itching to check out more full-fledged prog shows.
Edited by Prog Sothoth - March 03 2013 at 15:09
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Metalmarsh89
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Posted: March 03 2013 at 19:34 |
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My first prog-related concert was Phish in 2011, which was quite an experience. My first strictly-prog concert was Dream Theater with the Crimson ProjecKt last summer (2012).
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Finnforest
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Posted: March 03 2013 at 19:55 |
PR: Sabbath 83  P: Yes 84 
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Tapfret
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 01:26 |
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Well then. if PR is up for discussion...1989 I saw Metallica and Primus. Not sure which was first.
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Dean
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 02:04 |
 akamaisondufromage wrote:
My first prog gig as I have said before was Genesis at Knebworth in 1978 on the And then there were three..... tour aged 14. I was sitting just behind Dean who was lobbing bottles at Devo earlier on during the day. I thought they were excellent but some of the less 'progressive' Genesis fans took a disliking to this 'punk' music for some reason. As Brand X were on the bill I guess I should say they were the first prog band I saw live. Luckily I have an older sister without whom I would never have been allowed to go.
Enclosed vid with photos of crowd including the luxurious toilet facilities Dean once again pissing up against the fence! I don't know you can't take him anywhere!
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 (only just seen this) ... I think you'll find it was Starship on the receiving end of my displeasure, I rather liked Devo.
from an older thread:
Dean wrote:
Electric Light Orchestra, Northampton Cricket Club Clubhouse, 1970/1(?)
This was their first tour as a band and Jeff Lynne and Bev Bevan were still a part of The Move at the time; the cellists didn't have their electric cellos and most of the tunes didn't even have proper titles (the working titles Jeff Lynne announced them as are unprintable here). I saw the Move and Wizzard at the same venue a few weeks either side of this gig (I was a major Move fan at the time) and one of my all-time favourite groups, The Kinks, a month or two later. Support was by a three-piece local band called Orphan, who dressed in brightly coloured workman's overalls and the only thing I can remember with any certainty is that they covered Pink Floyd's Interstellar Overdrive surprisingly better than I first feared when they announced it.
Pink Floyd, Empire Pool Wembley 1972.
This was the premier tour for Dark Side of the Moon - I was 15 and had been a Floyd fan for a couple of years already, but this was the first time I'd seen them live. It really did change my life. I saw Floyd on every tour after that up to The Wall at Earls Court in 1980 (attended by several other forum members as I recall from a previous thread), but you never forget your first time... |
 ...£1.50 to see Pink Floyd.
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prog4evr
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Posted: March 04 2013 at 23:17 |
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Kansas (1977) was my first. But I want to say that I saw Yes at the LA Forum on the "Going For The One" tour, also in 1977 (September, actually). In my remembrance, this is the absolutely BEST concert I have ever been to. And, it just so happened to be a Prog concert featuring Yes. God, that was an absolutely great evening...
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Morning of Ashes
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Posted: March 05 2013 at 21:19 |
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I saw ELP in Little Rock in 1973, shortly before I turned 16. Keith Emerson shooting fireballs out over the audience; I was hooked for life.
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Canterzeuhl
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Posted: March 06 2013 at 00:27 |
I saw 'Ian Anderson plays the Christmas Jethro Tull' at Exeter Cathedral in 2009. But he didn't play Solstice Bells, what's up with that?!!?
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BlackenedGass
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 13:15 |
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Roger Waters performing Dark Side of the Moon in Manchester 2009. Phenomenal show, my obsession with Prog started there!
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horza
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 13:34 |
Steve Hillage- Open tour - Glasgow Apollo 1979 followed by Rush - Permanent Waves tour - Glasgow Apollo 1980 Genesis - Duke tour - Glasgow Apollo 1980 a great way to start my prog journey 
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Originally posted by darkshade:
Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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chopper
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 13:50 |
First prog concert - Genesis at the Hamersmith Odeon, Friday June 11th 1976.Cost £1.50!
If my memory is correct this was the Trick of the Tail tour. It was definitely Collins, not Gabriel.
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dysoriented
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Posted: March 07 2013 at 14:22 |
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Dream Theater- England, UK
Edited by dysoriented - March 07 2013 at 14:22
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tamijo
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Posted: March 08 2013 at 05:46 |
My first PA artists would prob be Jukka Tolonen, 1975-76 i guess. He played a lot in Copenhagen at the time.
My first major PA artist was :
Jethro Tull in "Tivolis koncertsal" 27 juli 1977 - great show !!
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: March 08 2013 at 05:51 |
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If Uriah Heep counts, then it was at a place called Viften in 1996. I was 14.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: March 08 2013 at 16:39 |
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PINK FLOYD - Momentary Lapse tour - 1987 - I was 15 !! Was really impressed they resurrected 'One Of These Days', Pratt did an admirable job of it.
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infocat
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Posted: March 08 2013 at 23:09 |
Tom Ozric wrote:
PINK FLOYD - Momentary Lapse tour - 1987 - I was 15 !! Was really impressed they resurrected 'One Of These Days', Pratt did an admirable job of it. |
That was probably my first one as well. I was 18.
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Ruby900
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Posted: March 23 2013 at 14:55 |
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'91 Yes Union tour. Birmingham NEC. Brilliant concert!
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