Favorite Prog band- then and now

[Slipperman]

I'd suppose I started listening to Prog music around 1971 with Yes and ELP, when I was 13 years old (that pretty much dates me) "Roundabout" was probably the song that was my introduction to the scene. Throughot high scholl, up until mid-1975, my exposure was pretty much limited to Yes, ELP (which became my favorite in those years),Pink Floyd, and the more popular Zappa stuff (like Apostrophe).

Then when I entered college friends introduced me to the likes of Genesis, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, the progressive works of Jethro Tull, and a number of others. I was hooked, but after college and the 1970's- I grew weary of not seeing anything new on the scene, and the "dead years" took me away from the scene.

It's only been a year or so since, through the Internet and websites like this one, did I discover that progressive Rock is back- and that there is so much going on.

So now I am discovering new artists that I really like- Echolyn, Transatlantic, Cairo, Marillion, Spock's Beard, Ozric Tentacles and I am still learning about others as I listen more. Also, I am discovering old artitis from the 70's that I didn't pay much mind to back in the old days- Caravan, Mike Oldfield, Camel, and Happy The Man ,to name a few.

It's great to se that the scene is alive again and well- it's as if I had died and come back to life!