How old are Prog Archive members?
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Topic: How old are Prog Archive members?
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Subject: How old are Prog Archive members?
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:15
| I'm just curious how old most of you are. My guess is that you guys are mainly in the 15-25 age range since many seem to focus on newer bands that most older fans probably wouldn't be aware of(ie Mars Volta, DT etc). I'm 35 and I usually feel young in the world of prog but it could be different in here. If so that's a good thing because it means prog is finally gaining a new generation and reaching a younger audience. :) |
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:17
39.And I love Tool,TMV and DT and all those kinds of prog bands.I love all prog but prog metal is a passion of mine. -------------  |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:20
| 19. I make no distinction between old and new - I like what I like and what I like is prog. |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:21
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Well said,TP ------------- |
Trouserpress wrote:Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:22
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35 here also i have been a Prog fan scene the 80's !!!!!!! i started with Rush-Pink floyd-Yes .Now i am a big jazz fan, from traditional |
Jazz to Fusion, 
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:24
OK I guess I generalized a bit too much but once I saw a gray haired guy at a prog show and he didn't even know who Rush was. Just recently a saw the same guy wearing a GG t-shirt. Anyway, it just seems to me that most prog fans are older than me(I got into prog in the mid 80's) but I think that's slowly changing(thank god).
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Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:27
| Hey TP can you list all those albums you have flashing on your screen? I recognize most but not all. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:45
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Close to (the) 16...
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Posted By: Cygnus X-1
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:45
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17 and I must say after a year of listening i have this statement to make: ahem PROG RULES! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Bodins/?chartstyle=DarkSide5Big"> 
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Posted By: Tommiokoman
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:46
19 here, and thanks to my dad I listen prog  He got me into Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Yes and many more classic progbands. On my own I discoverd Rush, Dream Theater, Pain Of Salvation, Evergrey, Porcupine Tree etc. The list is endless  ------------- Nothing to see here, move along. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:48
Already covered in this thread: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1076 0 Hope that helps! Check out the ones you don't know - they're all absolute masterpieces! Edit: it keeps adding a space before the final "0". Remove that when you cut and paste. |
Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 13:50
I`m 20
------------- http://www.lastfm.pl/user/tomash33 - Last.fm |
Posted By: samhob
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 14:00
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almost 17 |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 14:04
almost famous age -------------
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Posted By: samhob
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 14:06
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I meant close to Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 14:08
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28, youngsters! New bands from 90's like Ayreon, Flower Kings, Landmarq are great though. ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 14:12
| 29 here i love progmetal |
Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 14:19
34. That's about five years older than Ian was when he wrote "too old to rock and roll, too young to die". 
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 14:26
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This will give you a nice insight in how old the members here are: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=703&PN=1 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=703&am p;PN=1 I am 19 years old BTW |
Posted By: limeyrob
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 14:43
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50 - Want to come and see my collection of prog vinyls, sonny?
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Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 15:45
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44, I've been a Proghole since 1973. Maybe sooner, depending on what you view as "Prog." I listen to a bit of everything, mostly modern stuff like Echolyn, IZZ, K2, Shaun Guerin, Steve unruh, Underground Railroad, Thieves Kitchen.... I listen to the classics on occasion, but I like to stay fresh. After Hearing Heart of the Sunrise around 3,600 times, I can wait a bit before I spin it again. I'm also into instrumental stuff, mainly, Allan Holdsworth, Jonas Hellborg/Shawn Lane, Kofi Baker, McGill/Manring/Stevens and Ohm. |
Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 19:14
| 49, but don't jump to the conclusion that us oldies are stuck in some sort of 70's timezone. The best music to listen to is something you have not heard before. The thrill for me is finding new works that I can grow to appreciate over a number of listens and believe me, as an oldie who has been through a few generations, there is far more good music being produced today than in the 70's. I think you will find most of us old proggers have an appreciation of music that transcends time and place. |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: September 09 2005 at 19:19
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Just in case anyone has not seen it, there is a pinned poll of members' ages in the Polls forum: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=703&PN=1 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=703&am p;PN=1 You might want to vote in that poll so that the site Admin. gets an idea of the spread of ages of the membership.
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Posted By: Borealis
Date Posted: September 10 2005 at 23:07
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I'm 16 year old. I listen mainly to post rock, and electronic prog music. ------------- Vive le Québec libre!... |
Posted By: kingofbizzare
Date Posted: September 11 2005 at 16:09
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I'm 17. I've only been listening to prog for a little over a year, but I already have a vinyl collection that is currently somewhere around 160. I mostly listen to the major British bands (mainly due to the difficulty in finding some of the more obscure/world bands). My parents really didn't listen to any prog, but when looking through a box of tapes my dad had hidden away I found Wish You Were Here, which he had completely forgotten he had. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/kingofbizzare/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: nousommedusolei
Date Posted: September 12 2005 at 00:40
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Almost got 17 years under my belt. ------------- I don't believe in demons I don't believe in devils I only believe in you |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: September 14 2005 at 21:59
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Soon 15 here ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Pr@gmatic
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 11:42
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19, with the mind of an adult (yeah, rrright), the soul of an old man, and the heart of a child! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 11:47
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42 and a proghead since 75 at the tender age of 12!! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 17:44
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I'm 18 years old. And I'm also interested in both old and new bands, as long as I can connect to the music (no, never try Shub Niggurath on me again! Lately, I listen to a lot of more progressive death and black metal albums and to a lot of music by Oceansize (hey, I'm going to their gig in 2 weeks time). As you might notice, I'm very unpredictable ------------- Interested in my reviews? You can find them http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=784 - HERE "...He will search until He's found a Way to take the Days..." |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: October 13 2005 at 18:47
17 six months till 18 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 00:46
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I'm 41 years young, but leach time I go to a Prog' concert I feel younger because the average age of the audience is way over 55. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: jotah15
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 13:24
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21 here. and i mostly like 70´s prog
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www.sudakarock.com (try it!) |
Posted By: Arnold Layne
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 13:30
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im 16 and like everything except for neo-prog ------------- HELP! |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 04:44
| 29 |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 09:13
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I just entered my roaring forties. So it's 40. I'm especially interested in '70's prog. There's lots of good '80's stuff too (neo-prog). I do like newer bands, but they're mostly from the non-prog section. Artists like Air, Bjork, Los Lobos and Massive Attack. Eclectic, but not prog (though maybe some people would make an exception for Air). |
Posted By: Juhqli
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 14:15
| almost 18 |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 03:18
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42 years old, into prog since about 1975-ish & still discovering new music, be it undiscovered (by me ) 1970s classics like Gentle Giant (cheers Peter), newer bands such as Flower Kings or Echolyn (cheers Danbo), bands I would never have thought about a couple of years ago. I also have the dubious honour of having introduced Opeth to this site back in Feb last year... Then you get into my more eclectic tastes, from Diamanda Galas to Diamond Head, from Mozart to Motorhead, from Bax to Black Crowes, King Oliver to King Crimson... you get the picture.
As my wife says, "music is food" or as Zappa said "music is the best" ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: beat
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 09:32
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26 minus 5 days
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Posted By: TURK182!
Date Posted: October 18 2005 at 15:54
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28 and want to be young forever! ------------- "A Flower!!!" "If you go down to Willow farm, you look for Butterflies..." |
Posted By: Gabrielpenteado
Date Posted: October 19 2005 at 02:33
18, and wanna see mine? got Genesis all the way until invisible touch got Yes all the way 90125 ELP Jethro Tull Floyd Gabriel Focus PFM and it keeps coming hehehehe but i still bet you managed to have one bigger than mine =/ tough mine one also have A LOAD of brazilian music could you send me your vynil collection on text? theres always some weird nice things in the middle |
Posted By: Bilek
Date Posted: October 19 2005 at 05:25
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30 ------------- Listen to Turkish psych/prog; you won't regret: Baris Manco,Erkin Koray,Cem Karaca,Mogollar,3 Hürel,Selda,Edip Akbayram,Fikret Kizilok,Ersen (and Dadaslar) (but stick with the '70's, and 'early 80's!) |
Posted By: Bilek
Date Posted: October 19 2005 at 05:30
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I realised that most members here are just kids! now I'm feeling old Wish I could go to a prog concert and feel younger like you, Ivan!!!! (for those who are interested: my musical choices nowadays are revealed in my current signature! apart from them: King Crimson, Gong, Magma, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Caravan, and all similar and related bands/artists plus solo projects... not to mention my first faves: Deep Purple, and of course, YES!) ------------- Listen to Turkish psych/prog; you won't regret: Baris Manco,Erkin Koray,Cem Karaca,Mogollar,3 Hürel,Selda,Edip Akbayram,Fikret Kizilok,Ersen (and Dadaslar) (but stick with the '70's, and 'early 80's!) |
Posted By: jotah15
Date Posted: October 23 2005 at 01:08
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!   -------------
www.sudakarock.com (try it!) |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: October 23 2005 at 07:38
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43, been into prog for 30 years now, from revolting teenage sod to slightly seedy middle aged git. I'm into a lot of newer stuff, but not so much neo prog or prog metal, although they have their place. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: UncleMeat
Date Posted: October 23 2005 at 09:42
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I'm 41. Started as a big Genesis fan. Bought Genesis
Live in 1976 when I was only 12. I was influenced by my elder
brother who went to the original Lamb Lies Down On Broadway concert in
74 (or 75). Listened to Yes, ELP, Camel. Later I started listening to
krautrock, electronic music, classical music. But Prog is not my only
cup of tea; in the ealy 80ties I also started to like Joy Division,
some punk music etc. I was able to combine my love for early Genesis,
the ultra solo's of Keith Emerson and the trance-like Tangerine Dream
music with Sex Pistols, Neil Young, reggae etc. My biggest favourite
was and still is Zappa. Just recently I started looking for other prog music, using for example this site. I 'discovered' Gentle Giant, the Canterbury scene, and found a lot of other interesting music like The Flower Kings. I can still enjoy both hardcore punk and ten-minute Zappa solo's, stravinsky and Mahavisnu Orchestra, Some country and Bach. In the end, there is only good music and bad music. ------------- Music Is The Best |