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    Posted: August 14 2014 at 13:18
I wonder if there are still members around senior enough (not about age but in period knowing about PA) to tell us how was PA in the beginning.
Was it significantly different than now?
Who was adding albums and bios, and writing the early reviews, M@x himself and a few helpers?
Was the look of the homepage similar? (I can imagine than the header collage came quite later courtesy of a member whose name I do not remember but who posted a few such collages).
Was there a forum from the beginning?
It would be amazing if anyone would have kept screenshots of how the site looked like in the past but I guess that's too much asking for...

(I joined in Feb 2010 and I had been already checking the site for a few months, I'd say I discovered it somewhere in mid 2009).

Edited by Gerinski - August 14 2014 at 13:18
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Points: 32482 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2014 at 13:21
See for yourself.  Smile

https://web.archive.org/web/20020726140505/www.progarchives.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20040401154238/www.progarchives.com/forum/

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https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Points: 5134 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2014 at 13:22
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

See for yourself.  Smile

http://https://web.archive.org/web/20020726140505/www.progarchives.com/


http://https://web.archive.org/web/20040401154238/www.progarchives.com/forum/


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Points: 5093 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2014 at 13:31
^ the links point to nowhere
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Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

^ the links point to nowhere


I edited the links.  They should work now.
https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays
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Ouch! i wouldn't go back...
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Wow ...
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WOW, do I love the internet archives...

Looking at how websites appeared over a decade ago is one of my favorite internet activities, lol. Thanks for sharing those links!
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There was intrigue, there was violence, there was sex. And that was just my posts.
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2014 at 14:36
Basically, tons of Yes vs Genesis polls and no one yet saying they had been done to death. 
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^^^LOL. It is a cool thing to see PA in its infancy Big smile
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Points: 5093 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2014 at 14:51
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

See for yourself.  Smile

https://web.archive.org/web/20020726140505/www.progarchives.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20040401154238/www.progarchives.com/forum/
Cool! that's just what I meant.

Love the "sub-genres tab", Neo, Prog-Metal, 70's Classic Prog and Symphonic. That's the way many of us used to see it back in time LOL
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Points: 5093 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2014 at 14:58
And a thread about Mariah Carey with 18 pages LOL LOL LOL
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I wasn't here for it, but that's really an interesting look back.
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Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

And a thread about Mariah Carey with 18 pages LOL LOL LOL




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Points: 8543 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2014 at 15:03
OMG...I remember the old Mariah Carey thread. That ended up being the general chat thread, which was later named the Velvet Room.
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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She's Danny Carey's mom, isn't she?
My other avatar is a Porsche

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Points: 13489 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2014 at 15:07
Oh yeah! Those were great days! It all started before this new Prog explosion and there were very few Prog bands around so we were focused mostly on old stuff. And PA was a rather niche website - a real hidden gem! I sometimes miss that atmosphere... On the darker side, there were some really nasty trolls as well.
And one more thing: you could actually download mp3s and not just stream them.

Those days are all gone now but one thing's still true
When I look and I find
I still love you...




BTW, it's hard to believe it will be my 10th anniversary in May next year! Shocked
"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."

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Points: 17498 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2014 at 15:12
Nice.....
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^Mine will be in June. BTW, thanks for giving a shout out to us nasty trolls.   
I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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