What decade did you first get into prog?

The mid 80s, when I was in my teens.  The process sped up considerably in 1987 when I entered college and met a friend who was also into it.

The 60s for me. It started with the Moodies' Days of Future Passed. Before that I was of course a staunch Beatles fan.

It has struck me that the devoted Beatles' fans all went with the Moodies, the Floyds and the rest of the so called prog bands, while the most devoted Stones' fans later prefered Led Zep, Purple and Sabbath.    

HolyMoly wrote: Gerinski wrote: I'm from '66 and during the early 70's my home soundtrack was already full of prog played by my older brother and sisters so I grew up with Tarkus, Nursery Crime, Yes Album, DSOTM, Tommy, Renaissance etc (along with other classic rock of the period, Beatles, Stones, Lou Reed, Bowie, Purple etc). I started purchasing albums by myself around 1980. This is quite close to my story, except I'm from '69, it was my dad instead of a brother, and I don't recall my dad ever owning an ELP record.

Cool dad!  I'm the same age, but my dad listened to country music only. 

I got into Rush in the mid-80s.  Other prog around '88 or '89.  Thank you Stone Trek!

2003 when I bought Gabriel's Up not knowing about his back catalog with a pop band I disdained.







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Edited by hobocamp - February 09 2013 at 08:45

HolyMoly wrote: Gerinski wrote: I'm from '66 and during the early 70's my home soundtrack was already full of prog played by my older brother and sisters so I grew up with Tarkus, Nursery Crime, Yes Album, DSOTM, Tommy, Renaissance etc (along with other classic rock of the period, Beatles, Stones, Lou Reed, Bowie, Purple etc). I started purchasing albums by myself around 1980. This is quite close to my story, except I'm from '69, it was my dad instead of a brother, and I don't recall my dad ever owning an ELP record.

In the 60's.




1760's that is!

The 70's through my older brother who had Fragile, DSOTM and exposed me to In the Court of the Crimson. I was just blown away by ITCOTCK and still am today!!

70's for me, but I took a break for awhile until discovering Spock's Beard and the Flower Kings in the 90's.  Then discovering what I missed with Marillion, IQ, Pendragon, Iona, etc was amazing!

Like many others in the forties (born in 72)  I first got ino prog in the 80's, specifically Genesis opened the door.  I had a resurgance in the nineties when I discovered Dream Theater but ultimately in 2007 I rediscovered Dream Theater after a decade of electronica.  The Dream Theater discovery led me to Transatlantic which in turn led me to Spock's Beard and The Flower Kings which in turn led me to Porcupine Tree which led me to . . . . six years later.  I voted 80's per the initial instructions

I'm not sure if there was really a prog "scene" in the sixties but I figured I would put an option for sixties anyway in case some people(probably those with hearing aids and wheel chairs, just kidding, want to put that in there. Lots of psychedelic stuff was progressive so I suppose it's not too much of a stretch. Also some stuff was really more progressive than psych imo(early PF, Moody Blues, Soft Machine, The Nice etc).

I didn't mean to deliberately confuse anyone. It was sort of an afterthought to put in sixties and 2010's and didn't feel like changing it. If anyone wants I can open it up to multiple votes temporarily and you can change it(or add another decade since you can't take away what you already voted for).