For those who have become jaded...

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Originally Posted by Rick and Roll

I always wondered about this phenomenon.

...Maybe it's the time period I grew up in. When I was in high school (1978-81), hair bands were the rage. We got a lot of residual from the great 70's bands who were winding down (only to reappear later but that's a different topic). Only after going back into the back catalogues did I discover just how good the 70's were. And then came my introduction to prog and fusion in college and the door swung wide open.

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What is interesting is that people who are 5-10 years older than I will rave about Uriah Heep, Procol Harum, bands that rocked their world at a formative music age. It all depends what you grew up with.
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Hmm, I'll bet I'm in that age catagory (high school was 67-71), but my musical devolopment took some different turns. I started out with 60s pop rock and surf music. Around the 70s I got into jazz rock, like CTA, BS&T, et al. Then I met a guy who introduced me to Gentle Giant, Genesis, Bruford, UK, ELP, JLP, etc. My musical life was never the same