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Adam groovin' to Nepenthe
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Email: adam@progweed.net
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About the whole prog thing...
Well, it all started for me with Genesis. I decided that I'd always kind of liked them on the radio and asked for 'We Can't Dance' for Christmas. Gimme a break, I was 12. And I listened to it, and the pop stuff was fine and everything, but the longer stuff like 'Fading Lights' I just fell in love with. And then I got to see them in '92 (thanks mom and dad), and I thought the old stuff was about the coolest thing I'd ever heard. My fondest memory of that show is still the drunk guy passing out on my feet during 'Second Home By The Sea.'
After that, it's all my uncle Jim's fault. He'd been a Genesis fan back in the day, and he introduced me to the old stuff, as well as Yes and Crimson, who he was sure would thoroughly freak me out. And the Who, but that's another story. From there, I kinda figured it out on my own. I tried out all the 'big' bands (Yes, ELP, Tull, Floyd, etc.), and then I found this guy named Fish who sang on one of Tony Banks' solo albums, and I thought he was pretty cool. So, Marillion became my other favorite band. And for a while, that's the way it was, Genesis and Marillion and the usual stuff. And then I discovered the internet, where I could find out about all these hundreds of bands that were like the stuff I liked.
And we all know where that leads. I'm finally beginning to make a dent in the mountain of things that I desperately need to hear, but for everything I've heard, there's 20 more I need to. But thanks to some wonderful people who know what's good for me, I've developed a love for Canterbury and RIO, and a taste for Zeuhl.
Besides the prog stuff, I enjoy some power-pop,
particularly Jellyfish, a lot of late-70s new wave stuff like XTC, Talking
Heads, and Elvis Costello, and the odd other thing now and then.
| Geographical Location: Pittsburgh, PA |
| DOB: 10/10/1979 |
| Enjoy these Styles and musical qualities: I like something about most things, but I'm on a particular Canterbury and RIO kick. |
| Other styles/genres/qualities of music that I like not listed above: As I'd mentioned, the power-pop stuff and the new-wavy stuff. |
| Favorite or well-respected bands/artists: Genesis, Marillion, Yes, Kevin Gilbert, Echolyn, Happy The Man, Porcupine Tree, Jellyfish, Thinking Plague, I could go on all day... |
| Dislike these Styles and musical qualities: I'm still not sure about the whole Space thing. |
| Musical styles or qualities that I do not like: Living in Pittsburgh, I've developed a real distate for dumb blue-collar rawk. Like Skynyrd. They need to go away. |
| Occupation: Student, majoring in chemical engineering. (Almost done! Woo!) |
| Other musical activities: I play bass, but not with anybody at the moment. |
| Hobbies / obsessions: Apart from the prog thing, which should be obvious... I play a lot of video games, mostly RPG's. |
| Other comments: I hope we help you find some cool stuff. Feel free to email me and stuff. |
Ten Desert Island Discs (warning: subject to change, not all prog!)
Genesis - Selling England By The Pound
Marillion - Brave
Yes - Close To The Edge
Toy Matinee - Toy Matinee
Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom
Jellyfish - Spilt Milk
The Who - Quadrophenia
Happy The Man - Crafty Hands
The Beatles - Abbey Road
and I'm going to leave the last one blank for the
one I'm forgetting
Adam's Album of the Year:
1997: Fish - Sunsets on Empire
1998: Neil Finn - Try Whistling This
1999: Poprcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
2000: Echolyn - Cowboy Poems Free / White
Willow - Sacrament
Last CD I bought:
Hawkwind - In Your Area (It's ok...)