What band has Prog Archives helped you discover?

I've found many new bands and artists here. Most important being Robert Wyatt, PFM, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso and Magma. Especially Magma was a great discovery. Their music is very interesting and unique and I hadn't heard anything about Magma or Zeuhl before.

Before this site existed, I was already discovering new bands via GEPR, Progression magazine, Jerry Lucky's Progressive Rock Files, and what was left of the rec.music.progressive newsgroup. So it would be very difficult to separate which source I discovered a band in because I failed to document it. I am absolutely certain that I have discovered more on PA since circa 2007 than any previous source. The number would be in the hundreds I'm sure, but one big one I had missed that was due to PA was Gentle Giant.

I became a PA member only recently, but had been looking at the site for several years before I joined.

SteveG wrote: I don't think PA introduced to many new artists but PA did help to come to enjoy neo prog group's more than I did years ago. Many great reviews, especially from Lazland, helped to broaden my appreciation.

Ooh, you do say the nicest things

I really must get back to reviewing......

Where PA works best for me is finding out much more detail about bands and albums I have heard about elsewhere. Prog Magazine, Morow prog radio and 'word of mouth' remain my usual starting points, but then the PA summaries, reviews and the many recommendations and opinions expressed on this forum really add to my knowledge and help me plunge into a band or particular album with more confidence and understanding of what to expect.

Over the last year or two, I have grown much more familiar with the work of Gentle Giant and Hogarth-era Marillion - both of which I neglected over the years, as a direct result of forum posts and opinions. I caught up with a number of bands, such as Twelfth Night, who passed me by first time round. I've even dabbled with more left-field choices (for me at least) such as Magma and Can? I have also been able to get several new releases immediately as a result of posts on this forum.

Squonk19 wrote: Hogarth-era Marillion

Not prog, does not belong here.

Colorless, lifeless, insipid, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring and...unstimulating.

Barbu wrote: Squonk19 wrote: Hogarth-era Marillion Not prog, does not belong here. Colorless, lifeless, insipid, uninteresting, unexciting, uninspiring and...unstimulating.

But prog by any other name would still smell as sweet.

Mortte wrote: Lemon Kittens & Deluge Grander. First one is really great, Grander is ok, but I could have live without it.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Too many to name, I typically hear about bands either here, PE, FB or at festivals. I pretty much always come here after that to explore discography, read reviews, check threads and decide where to start exploring. Some that spring to mind include Thinking Plague, Miriodor, Chrome Hoof, Hyrrokkin, Secret Chiefs 3, Cardiacs, elephant9.

^ That beer on the other thread looks great! Cheers!