When were you infected by Prog?

Well.... I was 14 at the time and I was going into turn it on again... I decided to go my favourite music shop to buy something else and I took Calling All Stations (which I really like) and And Then There Were Three... that I hated from that moment on then the owner, who's now my friend, made me a gift: Foxtrot. I put it on and I didn't understand what the hell I was listening to when I heard the final phrases of Supper's ready. when PG said "...to the new Jerusalem" iI decided to buy Nursery Crime. and so on...

A friend across the street starting bantering on about this group called Genesis, so I got curious. This was back in about '75 or so. I went to the local Wherehouse record store (now defunct) and found these bargain  basement-priced LPs on the old Buddha label for Nursery Cryme, Foxtrot, and Live. Awful sound quality, and you could actually see pits on the vinyl. I think that part of the process for wrapping them was to have them stepped on first. Didn't matter though. I was hooked. Soon after, Red really turned me onto the world of Crimso.

I got into Prog backwards.  I was just getting into metal and Symphony X was recommended. At first I thought it sounded silly, but it grew on me fast.  Then I got into Dream Theater and Fate's Warning. I kept reading of all these guys' influences and decided to check out YES, Genesis, and King crimson.
It blew me away how great this music was for being so old, and now I can't really get back into the metal scene because of them.

I really cannot point out a date, my Dad is a big fan of a quite a bit of prog. I was raised on Yes, Jethro Tull, King Crimson, UK, ELP and Pink Floyd. I can't really think of a time before I was infected with the prog virus so to speak. 

It all started with Tool. When I was younger i was into some pretty bad music, mostly hard rock that alot of fiteen year olds listen to. I happened across Tool because they are quite popular in that group of music. Tool remains my favorite band and honestlly is more of my religion . Because of them I got into Crimson, and after that I just got obssesed.

I have to blame/credit two albums: Queen II, and Fly by Night by Rush.  Bohemian Rhapsody led me to Queen II, which led to Fresh Aire, which led to Genesis and IQ.  By-Tor led me to The Necromancer and A Farewell to Kings, etc., which led to Yes.

NecronCommander wrote: Early last summer.  I had been listening to singles by bands like Rush, Yes, and Primus, but then I discovered Dream Theater.

My dad raised me listening to bands like chicago, toto, pink floyd, boston, kansas etc..Im thankful now that i look back on it because you need to grow up listening to stuff like that to reach your full musical potential.

Formentera Lady wrote: I remember it was 1982. Until then I only listened to Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Sweet and some german 'Schlager' (I don't know what it is in English). My seven year older brother accidentally dropped a cassette tape in the room I was playing. On the cover was handwritten 'Genesis Three Sides Live' and I thought it was something biblical. I was a very curious child then, ecpecially when it is about music, so I put the cassette in the cassette player... and was immediately blown away. I had to see this band. So my brother took me to my first rock concert. The opener for Genesis at that time I did not know at all. Some 'King Crimson', and I was not very impressed. The music was too strange. I only remember a funny bald guy playing a strange looking bass, who made photos all the time from everyone. Later, Genesis started a for me unknown song with acoustic guitars and vocals and it seemed, as if a story was about to be told. When it came to ' A flower?' I sat on my brother's shoulders because I couldn't see a thing. My brother had an aching back after that, but I got the full blow of the Supper's Ready virus...

I corrected some mistakes, sorry.

Since day one...and everyday after that..